Ben and Sam discuss Mike Trout’s chances of becoming the best player ever, then talk about how the Phillies’ Chase Utley extension will work out.
In an effort to spice up the All-Star break, Bret comes up with a new event’and puts two of the game’s brightest young stars to the test.
Ben and Sam answer the most listener emails they’ve ever answered.
Might Austin Jackson have a Trout-like season ahead of him?
None of which will be proven wrong.
Breaking down the components of a component.
Five hitters and five pitchers PECOTA thinks will sink in 2013.
The Next Mike Trout certainly won’t come out of the Angels’ mostly uninspiring system.
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about pitcher injuries and pitching prospects, hitter BABIPs (specifically Mike Trout’s), and whether they boo baseball players.
How do Mike Trout and Desmond Jennings compare to Coco Crisp when it comes to base-thieving technique?
A helpful pamphlet produced with the review or approval of the Office of the President of the American League of Major League Baseball, which doesn’t even exist anymore.
Silver Slugger awards shouldn’t be controversial, but Jason finds a gap remains between advanced metrics and voters.
Narrativizing baseball players through food.
The Mike Trout-Miguel Cabrera debate reminds us why the sabermetric movement was what baseball needed.
The argument over the AL MVP isn’t a pointless squabble.