Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Two-way players were commonplace in the Negro Leagues. There were many reasons for this, most of which I have gotten into before. To keep it short, there were lots of two-way players in the Negro Leagues and that’s why the Babe Ruth to Shohei Ohtani narrative is a false one. When we are on this […]
Just seven games into his 2019 Chinese Professional Baseball League season Zeke Spruill finds himself without a job. He was released this week by the Lamigo Monkeys, and it’s unlikely Spruill will be picked up by another CPBL club. On its surface, Spruill’s release isn’t much of an event. He wasn’t performing, and it makes […]
I regularly watch Major League Baseball, I think that goes for most of us. Not just my favorite team, the Chicago Cubs, no, I try to watch as much MLB as I can in a given week. Again, this is something that I think goes for most of us. It may seem like I’m stating […]
As a fan of the Chicago Cubs, the 2018 trade deadline made me happy. No, I’m not going to be the dude who says he was super psyched for the Cole Hamels deal and thought the lefty was going to revert to his form as one of the best pitchers of the 2010s. Rather, I […]
ESPN – Sam Miller: There are instances where players outgrow their Minor League Baseball trappings before they have actually graduated to Major League Baseball. These seasons are fun to watch, and in a day and age where baseball is full of parity, it’s nice to witness players dominate on another level than their peers. Some […]