Freddie Freeman is about as reliable as they come. The guy rolls out of bed in the morning and gets clutch hits. That’s what he does. He batted .309 in 2018. He hit .309 batting from the right, .309 batting from the left. He hit .304 at home, .314 […]
David Price is the opposite of Mr. October. After last night’s loss to the Yankees, in which he lasted just one and two-thirds innings, giving up three hits, two walks and three earned runs, Price is now 0-9 in ten post-season starts. His ERA is 6.03. Price is the […]
Today is Baseball Day. It’s like Christmas and Halloween and your birthday all rolled into one, then sewn up with 108 red stitches. It’s the one day we are assured of four playoff games. Both American League first-round series start today. And both National League Game 2s are today. […]
When you bring in your closer in the sixth inning, you either took a time machine back to the 1970s or you are in a world of trouble in actual time. For the Athletics, it was the latter. A team with the lowest payroll in baseball—$66 million to start the […]
So, how has the state of bullpenning evolved? Oakland is starting a reliever today in their wild card game against New York, and is planning on it being a bullpen game. In their do-or-die game, the Athletics are turning it over to their bullpen. It might be because all […]
Christian Yelich is a beast. He came into yesterday’s tie-breaker game needing one home run and two RBIs to be the first triple-crown winner in the National League since 1937 when the Cardinals’ Joey Medwick hit .374 while slugging 37 home runs and knocking in 154. (Just four years […]
It hasn’t been a franchise known for success. In 47 seasons, the Rangers have eight post-season appearances. And, now, twelve last place finishes. Overall, they finish last 25 percent of the time. They make the playoffs 17 percent of the time. Of those twelve last place finishes, three have come […]
The Cubs and Brewers go into today’s games tied at the top of the N.L. Central, both with 94 wins. The Rockies and Dodgers go into today’s game tied at the top of the N.L. West, both with 90 wins. The Rangers go into today’s game with 94 losses, […]
In the 127th start of his major league career, Martin Perez showed why there should not be a 128th. He couldn’t make it out of the second inning. He walked five batters in an inning and two-thirds. His control was wilder than the notion he could be a legitimate […]
Wait, was that legal? You’re allowed to hold the other team to no runs? After checking the rule book and reviewing it with the league office in New York, the Rangers game was officially sanctioned. It appears that’s what’s called “pitching.” And that is what a well-pitched game looks […]
