I headed to the new Citi Field Stadium this past Tuesday, where I took in a Mets-Marlins game. (Sorry, no pictures — I somehow managed to lose the camera-computer cord.) I had to suffer through Tim Redding, but it was an enjoyable game all around with Hanley Ramirez conking a home run and Cameron Maybin […]

We are hard at work on this year’s Hardball Times Baseball Annual. It looks like we’ll have about 35 articles this year, a little less than last year. We pulled back because some reviewers seemed overwhelmed by how much content there was in last year’s book. 35 articles is still pretty lengthy. Before last year, […]

Before this year, one of the Cardinals greatest strengths was considered to be their excellent depth at third base. The incumbent, Troy Glaus, had put up a 5 WAR season in his first year with the club and most thought that he would able to produce similar results this year if healthy. In addition to […]

I think I’ll pop my THT and FJM cherry in one shot. Take it away, Jayson. Stephen Strasburg may be — whoop de doo — a Washington National now. But you can bet every centavo of his signing bonus on this: Don’t say parlay. Parlays never work. The draft that made that miracle possible will […]

I don’t want to waste valuable pixels when no commentary is necessary. (h/t Pete Abe)

For obvious reasons, very few players start 17 games and relieve 23 others in a season; it’s happened 210 times. Yet this team had six of them, accounting for all but 42 of their starts and 26 of their relief appearances. Rogers Hornsby was managing these Browns, and they drew a franchise-low 80,000 fans for […]

Yesterday the Chicago Cubs re-called right handed pitcher Jeff Samardzija. Samardzija is perhaps more renowned for his time spent playing wide receiver for Notre Dame than for his success on the baseball field. Armed with a powerful sinking fastball, Samardzija made an impressive debut in 2008 with the Cubs. In 27.2 innings he struck out […]

As a baseball fan and analyst, I consider my knowledge of the minor leagues to be important. However, as a Mets fan, I consider my knowledge of their minor league system to be vital. This is why I have gone ahead and drawn up my list of the Top 40 prospects in the Mets farm […]

There will be a time in the future where fans of AL teams can’t pick on their National League brethren. Luckily, that time hasn’t come yet: “We know going in that we need to win 90-something games,” [Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart] Sternberg said. “Is it 92 or is it 98? Eighty-nine, 88 don’t get […]

In honor of Derek Jeter’s imminent breaking of Lou Gehrig’s franchise record for most hits, LoHud Yankee blog presented a list of each franchise career hit leader. In a thread on it over at BTF, poster AG#1Fan noted the Mets had a comically low career leader for a franchise that had been around for nearly […]