As a Cubs fan, I have a fascination with horrible baseball teams. As such, I find myself drawn to the ’09 Nationals. Last night, they fell 40 games below .500 (which means they have to play better than .500 from here out to go 62-100). Question: what is the earliest a team has fallen so […]

You get a piece of it, I’ll let you… aw shoot (Icon/SMI) Hi all. I am one of the new guys Dan mentioned the other day, who will be joining THT to write for the Live Blog. I’m excited. For anyone who cares, I live in LA and am a die-hard Cardinals fan for some […]

Yesterday, the Brewers struck a deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks, sending LF Cole Gillespie and MR Roque Mercedes to Phoenix in exchange for second baseman Felipe Lopez. Lopez, who can fill in across the diamond, steps in as the Brewers’ primary second baseman after Rickie Weeks was lost for the season May 18th thanks to […]

San Diego Padres pitcher Mat Latos made his Major League debut yesterday against the Rockies going four innings allowing two runs on three hits (including one long homerun to Ian Stewart) while walking one and striking out four batters. Latos, ranked number 40 on Matt Hagen’s “Top 100 Prospects List”, flashed his mid-90s fastball (average […]

In last week’s Lost in Transactions (since retired; transaction recaps will happen on a more timely basis at THT Live), I took the Padres to task for their trade of Scott Hairston for three very questionable arms. The esteemed Geoff Young at Ducksnorts objected to my complaints, saying that: ‘Why give up a player like […]

There’s a new Batted Ball Report available to folks who pre-purchased the 2010 THT Annual. This week’s report lists and analyzes the major league leaders in total, and at each position, by Win Shares.

The Nats just lost to the Cubs, dropping their record to 26-64 (.289), putting them on pace for a 47-115 season. Sucks, don’t it? They should regress to the mean some, but here’s one way to look at it: the Nats are the 14th team in history to have a 26-64 record at the 90-decision […]

Hi everybody, my name is Dan Novick. I wrote my first post here today, which you can read below (or here). Over the next few weeks, you’ll be seeing a new group of writers joining the Hardball Times to write for THT Live. Some of these names will be familiar, others will be new and […]

Baseball America’s top 100 prospects from 2007 looks, in part, like this: 1) Daisuke Matsuzaka 2) Alex Gordon 3) Delmon Young 4) Phil Hughes 5) Homer Bailey In their short careers, each of these players have disappointed to some extent. Matsuzaka has been decent and/or injured, but not the shutdown ace some people expected, and […]

Richard Justice today sent out a “thank you” to Houston Astros manager Drayton McLane: They’re doing what smart franchises are supposed to. They’re getting their draft picks signed and in uniform in a hurry. Meanwhile, the general manager has made enough smart moves to somehow managed [sic] to keep the big league team competitive. … […]