Slightly Better than Replacement Level
The Undefeated – Rhiannon Walker: There are not enough minority managers in affiliated baseball. It’s far too easy to lose sight of this problem with the ongoing labor strife that dominates Major League Baseball discussions and the accompanying problem of fair pay for players in Minor League Baseball. Those issues aren’t going away, but neither […]
The Ringer – Michael Baumann: Failure is nothing new to athletes, but there’s nothing familiar about the ways Trevor Rosenthal and Chris Davis have been failing. Not that long ago they were both among the best players in the game. Now, Davis has broken the all-time record for at-bats without a hit and Rosenthal finally […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]