Slightly Better than Replacement Level
I’ve written a lot lately about the idea of a baseball community. For those unfamiliar, the basic gist is that baseball is bigger than any individual league, player, team, or nation. Baseball is baseball, and the communal aspect of baseball transcends everything else. I fear that in affiliated baseball we are losing that aspect of […]
October is fast approaching and for most people that means fall weather, Halloween shenanigans, and the end of baseball season. That last part isn’t true for everyone though, for a large chunk of baseball fans October’s arrival is fantastic news. Yes, the Major League Baseball playoffs mean that season is coming to an end but […]
Since he signed with the Chicago Cubs during the 2018 offseason as a minor league free agent I’ve heard from certain corners that Kyle Ryan would turn out to be a good addition to the bullpen. I’ll be honest, I never viewed the lanky lefthander as anything more than depth for a bullpen that seems […]
As I write this it is the Sunday morning following another Chicago Cubs loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. On back to back days, the bullpen managed to deliver gut-punch style losses. As has become all too common this year the starters did their job, the offense managed to get a lead, and then the bullpen […]
Admitting you were wrong is hard for some people, myself included. However, there are times when something you were 100% sure of ends up being so incredibly, completely, unequivocally wrong that admitting your error is quite easy. Such is the situation I find myself in when it comes to Chicago Cubs reliever Brandon Kintzler. It’s […]