Nelson Figueroa’s Major League Baseball career was long, but not exactly noteworthy. He spent nine seasons in MLB and by the time he was finished had amassed a career 92 ERA+ and 2.7 rWAR. Like I said, not exactly noteworthy, but Figueroa’s professional baseball career did not begin in 2000 and it did not end […]
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The Purpose Behind RA12
Last week RA12 was eliminated from the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente playoffs. They were swept by the team likely to win the LBPRC crown and only found themselves in the playoffs thanks to a limited field of four teams competing in the league this season. The end of RA12’s season felt much like […]
A Caribbean All-Star Problem
A couple of months back I wrote about the turmoil present in Serie del Caribe. Specifically, the issue at hand was the statements of Juan Francisco Puello, President of Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe. As the President of the SDC’s governing body, he had talked about wanting to increase the number of teams participating […]
Thom Brennaman, Really?
Every once in a while a baseball league or organization makes a decision that leaves you scratching your head. Not quite as often a league or organization makes a series of decisions that make you question whether anyone involved in making said decisions have a shred of intelligence. Typically when an article is started this […]
Transaction Analysis: If an MVP is Available You Should Sign Him
Pericos de Puebla signed 1B/2B/3B-R José Sermo to an unknown contract A few weeks back I had a write-up for Keon Barnum to the Pericos all ready to be published. Hours before it was scheduled to go live Barnum signed a minor league deal with the Washington Nationals. That was a pretty big loss for […]