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Why the A’s should trade for Ichiro Suzuki
Last year, Ichiro Suzuki had his worst season. The Seattle Mariners right fielder and future Hall of Famer hit .272, 54 points below his lifetime average. He also had an OPS+ of 84 and -0.4 WAR and...
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DOs And DONTs: Detroit Tigers
This is a very hard article to write on the Detroit Tigers simply because there are so few DONTs on their Major League roster. This off-season they spent some big money signing Prince Fielder and have...
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DOs and DONTs: Chicago White Sox
At first glance there weren’t really that many players I would draft from the White Sox this year. But upon further investigation, they may have some very valuable middle to late round picks that could...
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Cardboard Hunters: 1933 Goudey Sam West
Welcome to the latest edition of Cardboard Hunters. If you read the previous post you know that right now I am working on gathering rookie cards from all of the Hall of Fame players. I have added a...
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Where to now, Vladimir Guerrero?
I’ve been spending a fair amount of time lately on Twitter, and the other day, @uniformcritic had an interesting tweet. To any baseball history fan unfamiliar with @uniformcritic, he’s worth a follow,...
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Bourn on the Fourth of July
The final vote frenzy to select the 34th man for each All-Star team was rife with sketchy alliances, bad slogans, and no small amount of angst. Lost amongst the barrage of hashtags, team emails, and...
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Josh Hamilton and The Changing Face of the American League
Until recently, the Angels were planning on sporting no more than a $145 million payroll in 2013. Enter Josh Hamilton. Start giggling now. It seemed like they were done when the acquisition of two...
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Joshin’ Around
Pitchers and catchers have reported which means it is time to delve into all, yes all, sorts of fantasy baseball argle bargle! So what is the argle bargle du jour? Well, that would be the outfield...
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Playing the Name Game: Spring Training edition, Part Two
This is the 2nd of a two-part Spring Training edition of Playing the Name Game. In Part 1, I listed some infielders for you to focus on during your AL-only or NL-only drafts or auctions. As a reminder,...
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Ah… Predictions, Predictions
There is no true off-season in baseball. It is simply some down time to make adjustments to rosters, to reflect on past stats, and make predictions for the future. Baseball is never over in the heart...
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