Today, Dave Cameron weighed in on the whole “Should Stephen Strasburg go to the All Star Game” debate. That got me thinking, if Strasburg is elected, will he even play? Here’s what I had to say in the comments over at Fangraphs. Are we sure Strasburg would even pitch if elected? The Nats are holding […]

The last two days have brought a pair of prospects at different points of development to the top level. Matt Joyce and Josh Thole are hardly franchise cornerstones, but each has a decent shot at being a league average or better player with consistent playing time. Let’s dig deeper shall we? For Dioner Navarro, the […]

The great pitchers are the ones who work the count in their favor and put the batter in a hole. There are twelve possible ball and strike counts. Out of those twelve there is one that seems to neutral, the first pitch, with five in favor of the pitcher and six in favor of the […]

Happy Friday! Here’s a look at AJ Burnett’s season, courtesy of Pitch Code. To those who aren’t familiar with PitchCode, the lines represent walks or hits, with line thickness indicating power (ie. walks and singles are the thinnest, homeruns are the thickest). Extra base hits seem to be a big part of his demise…

Red Sox 13, Rockies 11: Laser show: Dustin Pedroia: 5 for 5 with three homers including the game winner in the tenth. Torture session: This game: four hours and forty-eight minutes and not a decent pitching performance in sight. Deja vu: Jonathan Papelbon: blowing a save and giving up a couple of runs. Phillies 12, […]

Perhaps no prospect outside of Stephen Strasburg commanded as much attention as Aroldis Chapman this off-season. Remember Chapman was signed by the Cincinnati Reds to a whopping six-year $30.25 million deal in January after defecting from Cuba. The 22-year old Chapman was assigned to Triple-A Louisville out of spring training. He has continued to flash […]

Phillies 7, Indians 6: Walkoff jack for Jimmy Rollins gives the Phillies a come-from-behind victory.  Gentlemen, you may commence the “the Phillies’ swoon was all about missing Jimmy Rollins” narrative . . . now. Rockies 8, Red Sox 6: We can’t be terribly surprised at ninth inning rallies off the Indians’ pen, but two homers […]

Phillies 2, Indians 1: If you’ve got to set the record for all time home runs allowed, you’re probably best served, mentally speaking, to do it in a game you win 2-1, which is what Jamie Moyer did last night. The 505th of his career went to Russell Branyan. Number one was hit by Count […]

Prior to last Sunday’s Hall of Fame Classic, I talked to Phil “Knucksie” Niekro, a member of the Hall of Fame since 1997. A three time 20-game winner and onetime ERA champion, Niekro finished second to Tom Seaver in the 1969 National League Cy Young Award balloting. Phil and his younger brother, Joe, combined to […]

According to John Paul Morosi of Fox Sports, the San Francisco Giants recently expressed interest in Kansas City Royals outfielder David DeJesus. While CSNBayArea.com’s Mychael Urban later reported that trade talks aren’t exactly hot and heavy between the two clubs, DeJesus’ name is often surfacing as July 31st approaches. MLBTradeRumors lists Boston, Atlanta and San […]