Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Jesse Dougherty – The Washington Post: When people refer to America as a melting pot I tend to roll my eyes. It’s a phrase that gnaws at me for no other reason than it is very cliche. There is truth in that phrase, cliche-ridden or not. Baseball in America is truly the embodiment of the […]
The sun shining, the pull of the tides, the moon filling up the night, and Mike Loree being the best pitcher in the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Since he entered the league in 2012 Loree has been at or near the top of the pitching leaders every year. In an extremely hitter-friendly league, he’s never […]
Foreign pitchers are the lifeblood of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Every team is allowed to carry three foreign players on their main roster, and most of the time all three spots are occupied by foreign pitchers. Mike Loree has been the standard of excellence in this regard, but others like Darin Downs, Bruce Kern […]