Clearing The Bases
June 16, 2011 by George Kurtz · Leave a Comment
Last week we discussed the most disappointing players at each position, this week we’ll go with the most surprising, players who are playing well and above what we thought they might in spring training. Some of the players listed are no longer playing at that position but that is where they qualified at coming into […]
2011 Pre-Season Preview: AL East – Toronto Blue Jays
March 29, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
Blue Jays 3B Jose Bautista Toronto Blue Jays (2010 record: 85-77) The Blue Jays had the busiest off-season of any team in Major League Baseball. GM Alex Anthopoulos continued the re-structuring of the club – and its salary structure – in earnest… and, in the process, managed to rid his organization of the most untradeable […]
Clearing The Bases: Designated Hitters
March 25, 2011 by George Kurtz · Leave a Comment
Most players who are playing full-time at designated hitter this season we have discussed at other positions, so for this column, we will make it short and sweet, and only discuss the DHs that we haven’t gone over at any other point in this series of columns. The problem with selecting someone who is a […]
AL East Positional Analysis And Ranking: First Base
February 3, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
Over the next two weeks, I’ll examine the relative strengths and weaknesses of the teams in the AL East, on a position-by-position basis. The players at each position will be ranked in relation to their peers within the division, with each team being assigned points based on where their player ranks in comparison to the […]
Toronto Acquires Davis, Increases Outfield Options for 2011
November 18, 2010 by Aaron Somers · Leave a Comment
When the Oakland Athletics acquired David DeJesus from the Kansas City Royals one week ago there appeared to be a logjam created within their outfield as the team simply had too many players for the positions available. To further complicate the situation, four of the eight outfielders that were on the team’s 40-man roster as of this morning have […]
Have-Nots Would Benefit From Realignment
July 12, 2010 by Alain Usereau · Leave a Comment
It’s a known fact that attendance at the Toronto Blue Jays’ home games has been dwindling for some years, even more so in the last couple of years. Many reasons have been brought up to try to explain the situation but one thing is clear: lots of fans have lost any hope of watching a […]
