Astros 3, Cardinals 0: J.A. Happ beat Roy Halladay on his last outing and absolutely dominated the Cards this time out, so yeah, it’s been a good week for him. Two hits and a walk in this one, with two of those base runners erased on double plays. This says a lot about Happ’s potential […]

It’s been awhile since I took a look at who Oliver projected to win the big year-end awards, so I figured I’d check-in with some numbers. Last time, we saw Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera winning their leagues’ MVP awards with Roy Halladay and Shaun Marcum as the Cy Youngs. Needless to say, three months […]

Bill James has just posted a tremendous piece of new research and thinking on his website (subscription only, unfortunately). It’s called “The Longing,” and this is the opening paragraph: Major league baseball has been substantially re-created and re-invented, over the last hundred years, by the desire of major league managers to create more stable workloads […]

As a new segment for THT, I will be posting a piece every Monday called Moving the Prospect Meter. My goal is to keep you up to speed on the on the prospects who “move the meter” the most. I’ll be discussing prospect news, important transactions and prospect promotions, and any notable performances from the […]

Until now, I have dealt with the steroid era by way of omission. Just like papers at the bottom of a “to do” pile, I have filed all the issues that revolve around baseball and the steroid years in the back of my mind. Over the weekend, as I was reading through Roger Clemens indictment, […]

It’s gonna take me a few hours to get back up to speed after a week off, so bear with me.  Can’t wait to fire up my DVR and check out those couple of Stephen Strasburg starts I missed! That kid is fantastic! Braves 7, Marlins 6: If you thought that after a week off […]

Thank you to everyone for the well wishes this week as I am recovering from a bad case of bacterial pneumonia. 104.5 degree fevers are very scary, but doctors say I’ll survive to complain about my nemesis Jeff Loria long into the future. For some time now, I’ve ranted about the Marlins’ ownership situation. Jeff […]

Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto is having a pretty good year. Okay, well…maybe that’s a bit of an understatement. The 26-year-old (soon to be 27) first baseman is hitting .326/.423/.603 with 31 homers and a 13.0% unintentional walk rate. His .440 wOBA is currently tops in the National League and his home run per […]

Happy Friday. Here’s a combo pack for Josh Hamilton, using Bat Slicer and 5 Tool Analyzer. Pretty impressive season any way you look at it. Hamilton is about average in his walk and strikeout rates, and his speed and range are slightly above average. But in all other areas he’s flat out dominant. I was […]

Indians 3, As 2: Justin Masterson pitched well on Puppypalooza night, which drew 269 dogs according to the game report. I don’t get it. Tigers 7, Blue Jays 1: Max Scherzer struck out 8 over 8 IP, walking only 1. When Scherzer can command his fastball, he can be really, really good. I don’t think […]