Painting the Black: Have You Had Your Breaking Ball Today?
4/17James McDonald seeks a happy medium.
Painting the Black: What’s the Matter with Hicks and Machado?
4/10Two bright, young players are struggling. Should we worry about each one to an equal extent?
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4/08Eric Stults succeeds, surprisingly.
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4/02Opening Day observations about James Shields, Jon Lester, Mike Moustakas and others.
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4/01Scanning the Opening Day rosters for little-known players who might work their way into your consciousness this year.
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3/26How does Ian Kennedy get so many whiffs with so little zip?
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3/18Looking at another pitcher who found benefits in a small shift.
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3/12MLB The Show 13 isn't flawless, but it continues to get impressively real.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightPainting the Black: Where America’s Imports Play
3/08The United States produces the most major-league starters, but there are exceptions.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightPainting the Black: The Flawed Free Agents Who Are Left
3/05Nobody else is talking about these free agents, but we will.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightPainting the Black: The 2013 Free Agents and Hidden Rationality
3/04R.J. goes back over his free agent rankings to see what teams knew that he didn't.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightPainting the Black: Count to 300
2/28Updating the Glavine Line and looking for the next immortal.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightPainting the Black: The Other Pitcher the Royals Got
2/26What sort of arm can Kansas City expect in Wade Davis?
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightPainting the Black: The Pirates Gamble on Marte
2/19Will putting Starling Marte at the top of Pittsburgh's order pay off?
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightPainting the Black: Martin Maldonado and Learning to Love Defense-First Catchers
2/18Sure, some catchers can't hit. But are we learning to look on the bright side?
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightPainting the Black: Where the Dodgers Skimped
2/14In the wake of the Dodgers' recent record spending, we might ask why Luis Cruz is still around.
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