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May 15, 2013

Painting the Black: The Cleveland Show

by R.J. Anderson

How the Indians have approached first place.

May 13, 2013

Painting the Black: The Helpless Hitter Who Finally Put His Foot Down

by R.J. Anderson

The A's are getting unexpected production out of third base this year. Why it might not be an illusion.

May 8, 2013

Painting the Black: Hanson Devil

by R.J. Anderson

The Angels traded for a former future ace. They got a junkballer with limited options.

May 2, 2013

Painting the Black: Six Who Clicked, Pitchers Edition

by R.J. Anderson

Looking at six April stars on the mound.

May 1, 2013

Painting the Black: Six Who Clicked

by R.J. Anderson

A look at the surprising stars of April 2013.

April 30, 2013

Painting the Black: Segura and Sound

by R.J. Anderson

The Brewers' young shortstop deserves to be talked about.

April 23, 2013

Painting the Black: Extraordinary Joe

by R.J. Anderson

Don't sleep on Joe Mauer's mid-career awesomeness.

April 17, 2013

Painting the Black: Have You Had Your Breaking Ball Today?

by R.J. Anderson

James McDonald seeks a happy medium.

April 10, 2013

Painting the Black: What's the Matter with Hicks and Machado?

by R.J. Anderson

Two bright, young players are struggling. Should we worry about each one to an equal extent?

April 8, 2013

Painting the Black: Junk In His Trunk

by R.J. Anderson

Eric Stults succeeds, surprisingly.

April 2, 2013

Painting the Black: The First 24 Hours

by R.J. Anderson

Opening Day observations about James Shields, Jon Lester, Mike Moustakas and others.

April 1, 2013

Painting the Black: The Unknowns

by R.J. Anderson

Scanning the Opening Day rosters for little-known players who might work their way into your consciousness this year.

March 26, 2013

Painting the Black: Ian Kennedy's Secret

by R.J. Anderson

How does Ian Kennedy get so many whiffs with so little zip?

March 18, 2013

Painting the Black: Occam's Rubber, Part II

by R.J. Anderson

Looking at another pitcher who found benefits in a small shift.

March 12, 2013

Painting the Black: Reality Show

by R.J. Anderson

MLB The Show 13 isn't flawless, but it continues to get impressively real.

March 8, 2013

Painting the Black: Where America's Imports Play

by R.J. Anderson

The United States produces the most major-league starters, but there are exceptions.

March 5, 2013

Painting the Black: The Flawed Free Agents Who Are Left

by R.J. Anderson

Nobody else is talking about these free agents, but we will.

March 4, 2013

Painting the Black: The 2013 Free Agents and Hidden Rationality

by R.J. Anderson

R.J. goes back over his free agent rankings to see what teams knew that he didn't.

February 28, 2013

Painting the Black: Count to 300

by R.J. Anderson

Updating the Glavine Line and looking for the next immortal.

February 26, 2013

Painting the Black: The Other Pitcher the Royals Got

by R.J. Anderson

What sort of arm can Kansas City expect in Wade Davis?