Swinging Out of the Box: The Case For Alphonso Soriano
June 21, 2012 by James Farris · Leave a Comment
With more Kevin Youkilis trade rumors today, and teams scrambling for productivity at third base, I have an easy, but controversial idea for the Cubs to move the huge contract of Alphonso Soriano. The best thing for Alphonso Soriano, and the Cubs for that matter, would be to start playing him at third base. I […]
Can They Keep Up Their Hot Starts?
June 1, 2012 by Andrew Martin · Leave a Comment
The first third of the baseball season is just wrapping up and has already been marked by numerous injuries, slow starts, and surprises galore. In particular there are some players who have come out of relative obscurity and are well on their way to posting seasons beyond what even the most optimistic analysts predicted during […]
A Tale of Two Teenagers
May 20, 2012 by Austin Gisriel · 3 Comments
Another teenage phenomenon has made his way through Hagerstown, only this year he was wearing visiting gray and his stay lasted for only four games. Dylan Bundy, the Baltimore Orioles 2011 first-round draft pick who is rated by many scouts as the best high school pitching prospect in the last 25 years, threw five shutout […]
Clearing The Bases
April 19, 2012 by George Kurtz · Leave a Comment
What is our next top 9 list you ask? Well it will be about some of the best players taken in the first couple rounds of most fantasy drafts that have gotten off to slow starts in one way or another and what should be done with them. General rule of thumb is that most […]
Bottoming Out in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
September 2, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment
They should bottle Showalter’s elixir and sell it outside Camden Yarks. Â The Baltimore Orioles are showing signs of life in response to their new manager’s tonic after flat-lining for more than half of the 2010 season. The Orioles’ record since Showalter stepped into the dugout is 17 – 10. Â That is a .630 winning percentage […]
Nidiffer Inks Deal With Astros
June 18, 2010 by Paul Gotham · Leave a Comment
Good things do come to those who wait. The 2010 Major League Baseball draft came and went. Three days and 50 rounds passed. Twelve Wildcats from the University of Kentucky heard their names called. Former Webster Yankee, Marcus Nidiffer, waited patiently. When he did not hear his name, Nidiffer remained calm.The omission surprised a few […]
Weighing Bryce Harper
March 8, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · 3 Comments
Bryce Harper had no where to go but down after being hyped as Lebron James last June. Â Questions arose after uneven moments in his play last summer, then again at the start of the college season. Â Nationals GM, Mike Rizzo, who will pick first in the amateur draft in three months, must decide whether the […]
