How Does Felipe Lopez Fit?
Last week, the Cardinals finally signed Felipe Lopez to a 1 year deal worth 2.2 Million dollars if he achieves all of the required incentives. This move is a logical, if unspectacular one for the Cards who now have a plethora of middle infielders. Lopez joins Brendan Ryan, Skip Schumaker, and Julio Lugo. With Ryan’s [...]
Is Ryan Dempster Underrated?
Ryan Dempster made the conversion from closer to starter for the 2008 season. This conversion was a success as he won 17 games with an ERA of 2.96. He followed up his 2008 season by posting an ERA of 3.65 for 2009. In 2009 he proved his season in 2008 was no fluke. You would [...]
Is the Mainstream Media Doing a Good Job?
Since I have a better understanding of baseball, there is one trend I have noticed and that is the more I learn about the game, the more I realize that those in the mainstream media are wrong. I see this as a problem because I feel that the mainstream is doing a disservice to the [...]
The Curious Case of the White Sox DH
This summarizes the current DH situation for the Chicago White Sox for the 2010 season.
Fluke or Fact: Adam Wainwright
Adam Wainwright had an amazing 2009 campaign, posting a 19-8 record and a 2.63 ERA. His peripheral stats were also outstanding. He had an 8.19 K/9, and a 2.55 BB/9 along with a fantastic 1.21 WHIP. His sabermetric DIPS statistics uphold what the more basic numbers tell us: a 3.11 FIP and a 3.28 tERA [...]
2010 Offseason Review: AL East
AL East
Baltimore Orioles
Key losses- Chris Ray, Danys Baez
Key additions- Kevin Millwood, Garrett Atkins, Mike Gonzalez
Off-season grade- C+
Justification- Kevin Millwood provides some leadership for the Orioles young staff. He’s also very durable and that should keep the young staff from pitching too many innings. Garrett Atkins is a nice low risk/high reward signing. Mike Gonzalez stabilizes [...]
