This season was a wash but there is good news because the farm system is loaded.
The five teams at the top of the rankings are separated by just 21 percentage points with 2 1/2 weeks left in the season.
Is Chipper Jones a greater switch-hitter than Eddie Murray and Pete Rose?
The offensive-dependent Brewers and defensive-dependent Mariners are on the verge of becoming baseball’s Light Brigades.
With Mario Mendoza being the patron saint of bad hitting, who should define replacement level?
The chances of someone leading the league in batting avearge, homers, and RBI have grown long in just a week.
In this weeks episode, Jason and I talk about why nobody should care about players buying Halo Reach at midnight, how the Mariners have hurt King Felix’s Cy Young chances, while also starting our minor league wrap-up with our selection of this year’s breakout prospects. Our special guest this week is Jorge Arangure of ESPN who joins us to talk about the book he’s writing about Latin American baseball as well as what is wrong (and what might not be so wrong) with the signing processes of various countries.
People scoff but the organization seems poised to make a move back toward .500.
Which pitchers have been most helped and hampered by the skill level of their opponents?
The Mets AA pitching coach discusses working with Latin-American players.
Andy Pettitte finishes his rehab assignment and looks to bolster a shaky Yankees rotation, along with other news and notes from around the major leagues.
Pitch counts can be the worst thing or the best thing to happen to a pitcher.
The division is very hard and the prospects aren’t there yet but the major league talent under Buck Showalter could surprise.
A look at how the Rockies have never been as far away from contention as it once seemed.
The Yankees’ pitching prospect hopes to be a hero in his hometown of New York.
What the rankings don’t tell us is just as important as what they do.