Can Of Corn: The Switch
9/17The Devil Rays appear ready to move B.J. Upton off of shortstop for good, most likely to third base. It won't hurt his value as much as you might think.
Can Of Corn: What if…?
9/15Barry Bonds' greatness in the batter's box has been well established. But what would his numbers look like if he were a pitcher?
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9/10Which teams boast the best one-two pitching punches in the game? Dayn Perry's got the envelope in hand, teleprompter rolling...
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9/08They've won 11 straight and 19 of 21. Can they keep winning all the way into October? Dayn Perry looks at the Astros' postseason hopes.
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9/03While thrilled at the way his Cardinals tearing through the National League, Dayn Perry is a bit nervous about the possibility for postseason pitching problems.
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8/27Dayn Perry checks in on Jeff Francoeur, James Loney, Curtis Granderson and others in this around-the-minors edition of Can of Corn.
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8/25Barry Bonds, Adrian Beltre, Albert Pujols and company are well on their way to huge seasons. But Dayn Perry writes that 1996 and 2000 dwarf this year's cavalcade of offensive outburstery.
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8/20When you mix corporate owners and baseball, you get a mess of conflict and distrust. Dayn Perry breaks it down.
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8/18Take a quick trip around the game with Dayn Perry, including a look at Brandon Phillips, a diagnosis on Sammy Sosa, and a salute to Ray Lankford.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightCan Of Corn: Breaking Down the AL Wild Card Race
8/13Having tackled the senior circuit, Dayn Perry now turns his attention to the AL wild card race. The Sox look strong, but upcoming head-to-head matchups could decide it.
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8/11Dayn Perry takes a closer look at the NL Wild Card hunt and separates the contenders from the pretenders. Warning: Those who believe in billy goat-related curses, eat your Lucky Charms before reading...
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8/06Dayn Perry takes a look at the rest of the prospects traded at last weekend's deadline. Young guns under the microscope include Jose Bautista, Justin Huber and Scott Kazmir.
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8/04After much dithering about, major league GMs were finally able to cobble together a respectable trade deadline after all. My Prospectus confreres have done an excellent job in deconstructing these deals with regard to how they'll affect organizations at the major league level. Now I'm going to take a gander at the prospects involved.
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7/30Who's the best prospect in the game: B.J. Upton of the Devil Rays or David Wright of the Mets? A look at their minor league numbers might unlock the answer. Dayn Perry anoints his top prospect in all of baseball in Friday's Can of Corn.
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7/28The last thing I am is a deadline drum-beater for the somehow coveted mediocrity that is Kris Benson (or, Jeff Suppan v2.0, if you prefer). However, if there's one team that can use him in the back of the rotation, it's the Twins. Brad Radke and Johan Santana have been Cy Young contenders in the front two spots, and Carlos Silva and Kyle Lohse have been serviceable. Still, Terry Mulholland's 4.55 R/G doesn't seem likely to hold up. The rumored deal, one that would send Doug Mientkiewicz and Mike Restovich to Pittsburgh, is reasonable. Justin Morneau is fully ready to take over at first and thrive for years to come, Restovich comes from a position of notable depth within the organization (and he's not a future star), and Mientkiewicz, while somewhat underrated by most of us in past seasons, has been an unmitigated cipher in 2004. It's a deal that makes sense for Minnesota, but only because the price for them is nominal and they're not viewing Benson as something he's squarely not, an ace.
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7/23Like any number of other folks with a long-running obsession with all things sports, I've spent a fair amount of time engrossed in simulation games. For much of my youth, I played hours upon hours of Lance Haffner 3-in-1 Football on my trusty and abiding Apple IIe. I once famously led the 1986 Michigan State Spartans and QB Dave Yarema to a majestic Rose Bowl win and a national title by instituting what I believe to be a heady forerunner to the once de rigueur run-and-shoot offense (in real life they were a paltry 6-5....Give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, George Perles). Years later, guided by my steady, knowing hand, Max Knake of TCU would pass for more than 800 yards as my Horned Frogs crushed Texas 86-21. Nineteen eighty-six was also a fine year for my incursions into Lance Haffner Full-Count Baseball. In a stroke of organizational genius, I, as potentate of the Cardinals, engineered trades for Dave Magadan of the Mets (whose card had him hitting a robust .444/.524/.444 in 21 plate appearances) and Mark Ryal of the Angels (.375/.412/.562 in 34 plate appearances). By having the faith and foresight to plug them into the lineup full-time and lavishing the team with "sample size be damned" statistical goofiness that followed, the disappointing '86 Redbirds became pennant winners when fashioned in my image.
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