Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Venados de Mazatlán traded Sebastian Valle C-R to Yaquis de Obregón for Isaac Paredes 2B/SS/3B-R This was a remarkably easy trade for the Venados to make. While Valle had been adequate as a backup catcher for the Venados, that’s all he was ever going to be with them, a backup catcher. His solid defensive skills […]
I recently changed jobs, well, not jobs but departments. I left my rural Illinois border department and took a job with a department in the metropolitan Milwaukee area. It’s presented a lot of changes, and to say I’m still getting the hang of those changes would be an understatement. One of the biggest differences has […]
Anyone who writes fairly frequently knows how easily one can find themselves in a rut. You would think that this site being dedicated to the global game of professional baseball would leave me with endless topics to write about. The topics may be endless but finding a topic that you want to write about in […]
Para ser honesto, aprecio las muestras de pequeña factura en el béisbol, pero estaba pensando no arrojarme sobre esto debido a que me parecía demasiado temprano: ¿El cubano José Miguel Fernández entró a este lunes por la noche golpeando .500 luego de sus primeras 81 apariciones en home en la KBO? ¡Eso suena increíble! Con […]
To be honest, while I appreciate small sample sizes in baseball, it seemed too early to jump on this one: The Cuban player José Miguel Fernández is hitting .500 after his first 81 home appearances in the Korea Baseball Organization. That sounded amazing! With the Doosan Bears going 10-7, Fernández, 32, has 36 hits in […]