Slightly Better than Replacement Level
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 […]
For the past few years, a part of baseball has been gnawing away at me. I’ve tried to stifle it, to lock it away and ignore that it is calling to me. Alas, I am weak and keep getting into discussions and arguments related to this part of baseball. I’m not referring to anything torrid […]
Ronald Guzmán has spent the first eight seasons of his professional baseball career not quite living up to expectations. Sure, there were a few good seasons in the mix, but for the most part, he never took that leap that his raw ability and natural baseball intelligence suggested he should. He rode his natural ability […]
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 […]
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions signed SP-L Logan Darnell to an unknown contract Of the four, soon to be five, teams that make up the Chinese Professional Baseball League, perhaps none is as vexing as the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions. The Fubon Guardians come close, but they are vexing for an inability to gel as a team […]