There were two hot tickets for central Virginians in the summer of 1992: the new rock band from Charlottesville that featured both a saxophone and a violin, and the AAA All-Star Game hosted by the Richmond Braves. Seventeen years later, Dave Matthews Band have established themselves as one of the biggest touring bands in the…
In a shocking move Tuesday, the Pirates dealt Nate McLouth to the Braves, and called up heralded prospect Andrew McCutchen to take McLouth’s center field duties. The 21-year-old McCutchen was hitting .303 (61-for-201) with four home runs, 20 RBIs and 10 stolen bases for Triple-A Indianapolis prior to his promotion. For the Bucs, McLouth was…
What do you know about what the baseball draft produces? Most fans probably have some sense of the history of their favorite team’s high profile draft picks. For instance, I’m a Phillies fan, and most Phillies fans know that many of their current stars, such as Cole Hamels, Chase Utley, and Jimmy Rollins, are the…
Major League Baseball is loaded with talented outfielders in their early 20s right now. The deep rookie class of 2009, featuring the likes of (among others) Dexter Fowler, Fernando Martinez, Cameron Maybin, Andrew McCutchen and Colby Rasmus, will only add to the riches in the future. And the pipeline isn’t close to drying up. The…
Most Baseball Prospectus readers are familiar with the challenge of putting together a fantasy baseball team. Owners spend weeks scouring various information sources (including BP’s own Player Forecast Manager), sorting through hundreds of players to determine those that will be the most productive or are most likely to be undervalued by the dozen or so…
The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people. – Bill Veeck As the scoreboard programmer for the Trenton Thunder in their inaugural season (1994), one of my daily tasks was to enter in player averages from the compiled statistics faxed to us from the Howe News Bureau. Before I did…
When sorting out who it might be, it’s the unlikely candidates that you need to review.
Taking the teams out of the equation to answer who the best talents are in this year’s draft.
The benefits of the massive multi-player payoff the Rangers are enjoying from the Teixeira trade has its echoes in history.
A quartet of first-year moundsmen taking turns in big-league rotations and doing well, and what to expect next.
The author joins the list of the ailing, but gets back in gear with news about player injuries you should and shouldn’t fear.
What does handicapping the field tell us about who baseball’s next 300-game winner will be?