Is it just me or is Grady Sizemore quietly becoming one of the best all-around players in baseball? Power, speed, batting average, tremendous defense. While Travis Hafner gets all the headlines for his tape-measure home runs, Sizemore has flown under radar to a league-leading 99 runs while also ranking in the top 10 in steals. […]
Fantasy Notes: Sizemore — Future MVP? Read Post »
In this week’s Spikes Up, we examine whether Alex Rodriguez’s rep as a player who can’t deliver in key situations is warranted or not. Other topics this week include how Johnny Damon’s performance this weekend underscored the difference between the Yanks and Bosox in 2006; weighing in on the length of these games (I had
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The Indians’ bullpen has come full circle. Considered a main stumbling block to the club’s development in 2004, the bullpen was completely rebuilt last year — with tremendous results. This season, however, the Tribe pen has regressed, and is in even worse shape than it was in 2004, and that’s the main reason why Cleveland
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How good would Jeremy Bonderman be if he could pitch as well at home as he does on the road? Comerica Park continues to play to the favour of pitchers this season, but Bonderman hasn’t been able to use that to his advantage. His home/road splits are alarming: 4-4, 4.54 at home vs. 7-1, 2.95
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Is this the year that Derek Jeter finally earns the MVP Award that’s eluded him to date? Well, his .335 BA ranks second to only Joe Mauer, and he also ranks in the top 10 in OBP (.411), steals (26) and runs (85). Throw in 10 homers, 75 RBI and some pretty darn good defense,
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The Chicago White Sox are finding out that as hard as it was to break their extended World Series drought last season, the prospect of repeating can prove even more difficult. It’s not as if the Chisox have gone into the tank this year. In fact, in some respects — offensively at least — they
Repeating Ain’t Easy, is it? Read Post »
In this week’s podcast, Joe Aiello and I discussed the latest playoff race developments and talked about whether, 12 years down the road, the Wild Card has been a good addition to the game or not. In our weekly Fantasy Report, we suggest that while Howie Kendrick makes a great pickup, Ramon Hernandez is probably
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