Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Jake Mailhot – FanGraphs: Major League Baseball teams are signing their players to extensions earlier than usual. While I’m all for players getting their money from the powers that be it’s worth looking under the hood of what these extensions most likely mean. Owners know that they will be locking players out and that is […]
A topic that often rears its ugly head every few weeks or so is the idea of bush league play. This term is tossed around all willy-nilly by just about every single person involved with, competing in, writing about, or talking about baseball. Fans and insiders alike will see a play go down and mutter, […]
Baseball, specifically the game as it is played in America, is an odd duck when it comes to emotions. People want ballplayers to show that they care, but they also want them to go about their business. It’s important to fans that big moments are celebrated, but only in an amount and manner that is […]
Sports Illustrated – Stephanie Apstein: There were a lot of moving parts to the San Diego Padres finally signing Manny Machado. Now that the deal is done there are less moving parts and things have become much clearer. One thing that has crystallized, the Padres knew who they were getting and already understand the ways […]
We are nearing the finish line of another arduous Major League Baseball offseason and it is more apparent than ever that ownership across the board is terrible. The way the Chicago Cubs are handling the Addison Russell situation. How every team is operating through collusive means to drive down free agent contracts. Teams selling off […]