Pitch data shows that the amount of swinging strikes is not predictive of strikeout rates.
The White Sox’ utility man, one of the players in the Moneyball draft, discusses entering pro ball, life as a pro player and his playing style.
Kevin Towers looks to build the Diamondbacks into a contender, along with other news and notes from around the majors.
Do the Rockies have an unearned reputation as a second-half team?
Was Bobby Cox’s decision to not line up his rotation for a key series against the Phillies suicidal to the Braves’ playoff hopes?
Will this be the season the Twins get past the ALDS?
Things could get better but it’s up to ownership and management.
The East race gets separation as the Phillies sweep the Braves as we take a look around the Senior Circuit.
Who’s Thome to you or me when all-time greatness is an everyday thing in St. Louis?
Contextualizing when a record occurred does not cheapen the feat, but instead magnifies it.
Has Carlos Zambrano really been a “whole new pitcher” since returning to the Cubs?
Jake McGee might emerge as Tampa Bay’s version of David Price in 2008 in this year’s postseason.
C. Trent Rosencrans of CBS Sports joins us to discuss the 2010 Cincinnati Reds, Jay Jaffe joins us to talk about the 40th anniversary of Ball Four, and when we are guest-free, we talk about potential managerial changes, prospect disappointments, along with plenty of tangents revolving around El Topo, teenage Rangers shortstops, Conner Crumbliss and the sounds vehicles make.
Rounding out the NL East and turning the antics in Wrigleyville.
They are looking like a serious threat to the Twins in the American League Central next season.