Rubbing Mud

Rubbing Mud: Of Signals and Sausages

by Matthew Trueblood 4/24

The hard truth in Milwaukee.

Rubbing Mud: Bryan Price’s Other Sins

by Matthew Trueblood 4/22

Rant or no rant, it hasn't been a great month for the Reds manager.

Rubbing Mud: So You Want to Trade Your Draft Pick

by Matthew Trueblood 4/20

Is the recent trade of a draft pick from Baltimore to Los Angeles what they've been warning us about?

Rubbing Mud: The Early-Season Odds Changers

by Matthew Trueblood 4/15

The first week of the season is overrated, overanalyzed, overdiscussed--and, also, enough to move the odds significantly.

Rubbing Mud: Un-Giving Up on the Diamondbacks Front Office

by Matthew Trueblood 4/13

Three weeks after Matthew gave up on the D'backs front office, he finds admiration for a series of moves.

Rubbing Mud: Carlos Quentin’s DFA is This Godforsaken Era in a Nutshell

by Matthew Trueblood 4/10

Reexamining the loss of offense, through the lens of one DFA.

Rubbing Mud: Don’t Trade Tulo

by Matthew Trueblood 4/07

Is it possible to sell low on the second-best player in baseball? Probably.

Rubbing Mud: Four Good Young PItchers, Four Unusual Situations

by Matthew Trueblood 4/03

Four young pitcher whose teams made four interesting choices with them: Carlos Martinez, Alex Meyer, Tanner Roark and Danny Salazar.

Rubbing Mud: The Demise of the Two-Out Rally

by Matthew Trueblood 4/01

The declining offense of the era is particularly notable with two outs. What's happening?

Rubbing Mud: Kris Bryant and the CBA Fight Ahead

by Matthew Trueblood 3/23

The attention paid to Kris Bryant's service time foreshadows the major issues facing owners and players in the next CBA negotiations.

Rubbing Mud: The Reds Chose the Wrong Time to Move Cingrani

by Matthew Trueblood 3/20

Tony Cingrani might finally be in the position where he's most likely to succeed, but the Reds aren't.

Rubbing Mud: Counts Are Crushing Offense

by Matthew Trueblood 3/17

Trends in leaguewide offense can be closely tracked to the counts hitters find themselves in.

Rubbing Mud: How the Twins Discovered Moneyball 10 Years Too Late

by Matthew Trueblood 3/13

The Twins and the Red Sox share space at the top of one particular leaderboard, but changes in the game have made it a poor time in history to be there.

Rubbing Mud: The Rotation That Might Do Almost Anything

by Matthew Trueblood 3/12

The Indians have a very cheap, very good rotation. Or they have a very cheap, very bad rotation. Time will tell!

Rubbing Mud: All the Reasons for Andre Ethier

by Matthew Trueblood 3/10

Whether or not Andre Ethier bounces back, he's the sort of luxury a rich team might get from the 25th spot on its roster.

Rubbing Mud: A Solution Does Not Exist

by Matthew Trueblood 3/05

It has been a busy week for Tommy John hand-wringing. The problem isn't that implementing solutions will be challenging, but that those solutions don't exist.