2016 was a great year for baseball, all around. In Japan Shohei Ohtani was doing his thing, Mike Trout was being Mike Trout, Francisco Lindor emerged as a household superstar, and the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. All of these things, and more combined to make 2016 a heck of a year for being […]
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The Brewers Long Game
As I watched the Milwaukee Brewers play the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night it struck me that Jhoulys Chacín is really the Brewers number one starter. The Brewers are one of the best teams in the National League, if not all of Major League Baseball. They are as such because of their offense and […]
Statistics, Schamtistics
I recently posited a question on Twitter about baseball statistics. The question was in regards to what statistics people use to evaluate players these days. It’s a simple question on the surface, but in reality, it’s a question that leads to complex and often loaded responses. There are a lot of statistics saturating the baseball […]
The Cubs Offense in 2019
Last year the Chicago Cubs were not known for their offense. It was common to turn on a game and see the Cubs struggling to score runs. Kris Bryant was injured most of the year, while Anthony Rizzo and Willson Contreras struggled mightily in different halves of the season. There were points last year where […]
This Week in Baseball: 04-08-2019
Reason – Eric Boehm: Much has been written and many discussions have been had about Major League Baseball teams holding cities hostage with demands that they pay for a new stadium. That problem isn’t only found in MLB, but also in Minor League Baseball and independent leagues like the Atlantic League. The Atlantic League, in […]