At what point is it too many players that cannot play or decide to opt out? Across all of sports, when does the talent get diluted enough to really make the leagues question if they should continue? My guess would be that it would take a slew of high caliber stars to cause any kind of thought surrounding cancelling seasons. There have already been a … Continue reading How Many Cases is Too Many?
Major League Baseball is supposed to be back at the end of July, but what is the likelihood that the season actually happens? Per multiple reports, the league has done a horrible job of handling testing of players and personnel, causing the postponement and cancellation of training camp exercises by teams. The entire league was supposed to have tests conducted on July 3rd but in … Continue reading The Baseball Season is Teetering
It seems almost like a foregone conclusion to break down the National League West division because it has the most star studded team in all of baseball. However, as seen in the last few seasons, just because you have a lot of star power, that does not mean that you will mesh enough to get that elusive Commissioner’s Trophy. The Los Angeles Dodgers are still … Continue reading 2020 MLB Predictions: NL West
How cool would it be to see a pickup baseball game full of MLB all-stars? An All-Star Game that players and fans would actually care about because it would feature players trying to truly best one another in a game of bragging rights. Well according to The Athletic, we all missed out. After Spring Training was cancelled in March, many players on teams that have … Continue reading MLB Sandlot Games
The National League Central race was especially close last season, coming down to the last few games before the St. Louis Cardinals eventually closed out with a two game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers. This season is not expected to be so close but it will by no means be a runaway, given the condensed 60-game schedule. Let’s break it down. St. Louis Cardinals The … Continue reading 2020 MLB Predictions: NL Central
The new 60-game season creates a lot of interesting wrinkles for this season, aside from being the shortest season ever played. Unfortunately new rules have also been implemented for this season, the biggest one being the designated hitter now featured in both leagues for the 2020 season. Given all of the new circumstances surrounding the season, it will be interesting to see what that actually … Continue reading 2020 MLB Predictions: NL East
Given that baseball is back on its way but still far enough out to really make you miss it, we took a stab at building the best three-year rotation that a team in theory could build. There is a huge range amongst the 30 MLB clubs on what they spend just on their starting five for 2020 (if the season were to have been played … Continue reading Building the Best Three-Year Rotation
Given the developments of the last few days, it seems likely that there will in fact be a MLB season, albeit truncated to around 70 games. From afar, 70 games sounds like a substantial number, nearly the entirety of the NBA and NHL seasons, however, for baseball that number is a drastic difference from the normal 162-game regular season. The game of baseball is as … Continue reading Will This Year’s MLB Records Hold Value?
On June 17th, 2003 “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game” was published and the baseball world was soon set on fire. The book, by Michael Lewis, chronicled the exceedingly poor Oakland Athletics and their unexpected success in the 2002 baseball season due to something called “sabermetrics” or in layman’s terms “moneyball.” Essentially the front office duo of Billy Beane (GM) and Paul DePodesta … Continue reading The Rise of “Moneyball”
“Mr. Padre” as he was affectionately known throughout his playing days was without a doubt one of the best players of his generation but many people do not know the name, Tony Gwynn. Gwynn was born in Los Angeles and attended San Diego State University before being drafted in the third round of the 1981 MLB draft by the San Diego Padres. Making his debut … Continue reading The Legend of Mr. Padre
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