Dennis Tankersley had the world at his feet in 2001 as one of the top pitching prospects in the game. Six years later, he’s two years removed from his last major league action, yet he’s only 27. What happened? Find out in this week’s Spikes Up. We also explore the demise of Frank Robinson and […]
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Jason Tyner has no power (he’s never hit a home run in 325 big league games after crushing all of two in 3,059 minor league at-bats), he’s not much of a basestealer, very little extra-base potential, doesn’t draw many walks and he’s not much of a run producer (not a shock given his spot in
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Matt Kemp hasn’t done much since his recall after previously setting the NL on fire. A couple of days ago, however, he helped save the hottest Dodgers pitcher from going down in flames. With a diving, run-saving catch? Not exactly. Derek Lowe was standing in the dugout, preparing to go out on the on-deck circle,
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The Royals have lost 100 games for a third straight year and fourth time in five years. Yes, there are prospects on the way (Alex Gordon, Billy Butler, Justin Huber, Luke Hochevar) who are expected to help turn the franchise’s fortunes around. But things look grim. Even their hardcore fans, like RotoRob Royals’ correspondent Craig
When Alfonso Soriano became the fourth member of the prestigious 40-40 club (40 homers and 40 steals in the same season), The Onion, perhaps the finest satirical news site on the net, had a great time zinging the previous members. I mean, think about it. Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez would make nobody’s
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Baltimore’s Daniel Cabrera, a maddeningly difficult fantasy player to own, was on his game last night, coming within two outs of tossing the first complete-game no-hitter by an Oriole since Jim Palmer did it in 1969. Check out Cabrera’s exploits in today’s Daily Dose. Coors Field is a pitcher’s park? Trying telling that to anyone
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Scot “panty” Shields has recovered from a tough August in which he gave up four homers to throw shutout ball in nine of his past 10 outings. He’s been slightly more hittable this season, but has compensated for that by posting the finest command (84 Ks/24 BB) of his career. Shields remains one of the
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