If you saw the 2010 Futures Game you got a chance to see some live arms. We took a look at the left-handed Futures pitchers already, and we’ll come across them again as we run down the speed of all the pitchers’ fastballs. On an evening where 14 of the 20 pitchers had an average […]

If you watched the All-Star Game on Tuesday night, you may have noticed a lot high-nineties fastballs zipping from pitcher to catcher. At one point Fox put up a graphic listing the fastest fastballs of the night: Pitcher Speed (mph) Price 100 Verlander 99 Johnson 99 Some people wondered, particularly with David Price, whose average […]

Note: due to the All-Star break, we now bring you a special “Classic” version of “And That Happened.” The following originally ran on July 14, 1956.* Glad that All-Star break is over. Man, Griffith Stadium leaves a lot to be desired! Only 28,000 in attendance? Maybe they’d draw more people if they stretched the event […]

This afternoon the Atlanta Braves traded shortstop Yunel Escobar and minor league lefty Jo-Jo Reyes to the Toronto Blue Jays for shortstop Alex Gonzalez and prospects Tim Collins and Tyler Pastornicky. Shortly thereafter my Twitter feed erupted with instant-analysis of the deal, with most sabermetric-friendly folks calling it a steal for the Toronto. Just focusing […]

If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably already seen enough articles comparing Jesus Montero to Justin Smoak.. Two articles on Fangraphs yesterday seem to pretty much sum up the prevailing mood. But there’s one aspect to this that I haven’t really seen covered: the Texas Rangers are in the AL West. What I really mean […]

National League 3, American League 1: If you cared about the All-Star Game all that much you watched it, and if you didn’t watch it you probably don’t care, so there won’t be an in-depth recap from me (click the link in the score for the game story).  Suffice it to say that I’m pleased […]

Well, as I’m sure people coming to THT today have already heard, George Steinbrenner passed away at age 80. I have nothing insightful to say about what manner of man he was, nor any particularly eye-opening big statements about his role in the baseball world. I do have, however, some random nuggets about him and […]

LSU’s Anthony Ranaudo was the 39th overall pick by Boston this past June. The big right-hander was one of the top projected draft prospects before the Spring but an inconsistent and injury plagued season hurt his stock tremendously. Ranaudo is being advised by Scott Boras and as such, is seeking a well over slot bonus. […]

Note: due to the All-Star break, we now bring you a special “Classic” edition of “And That Happened.” The following originally ran on July 13, 1969: Orioles 4, Red Sox 0: A three hit shutout from Mike Cuellar lays the Bosox low. After two years of upstart seasons — first from these very same Red […]

Let’s take a moment to celebrate the White Sox’s surge to first. A little more than a month ago, on June 8, the Sox were 24-33, nine wins under .500 and 9.5 games out of first place. As of the All-Star break, they now stand alone atop the AL Central (albeit by one-half game) with […]