National League

Philadelphia Phillies No-Hitters

August 16, 2016 / Baseball

Ferguson was a two-way player who spent four years in majors, all with Philadelphia. He made 170 career starts and completed 165 of them, underscoring how different the game was back then. As a second baseman/outfielder, the switch-hitter recorded a 735 OPS while scoring 191 runs in 257 games. Ferguson led the NL in WAR in 1886, but his promising career was cut short when he died of typhoid fever before the 1888 season.

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The Wire Troll: Tyler Lyons Returns to the Rotation

September 6, 2015 / Baseball, Michael Seff, The Wire Troll

ESPN owners are taking note of Tomlin’s recent success, as he has gone from 10.7 to 33.3 per cent in just a week. Tomlin’s last two starts have been phenomenal, including a complete-game victory on Friday at Detroit.

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National League Silver Sluggers

November 5, 2011 / Baseball

Braun has now played four full seasons in the bigs and owns four Silver Sluggers. After putting up his first 30-30 season, this award was a slam dunk.

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The 2009 Wire Troll National League All-Wire Team

October 21, 2009 / Baseball, The Wire Troll, Tim McLeod

In the National League this season there were some huge bargains in the pitching department. Not that the bats were all that shabby — with speed being available all over the place — but pitching was where it was at in the NL in 2009.

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National League Prospects Update, Part II

August 15, 2009 / Baseball, Matt Wilson, Prospects

The Marlins roster is filled with prospects every year. The minute a guy turns 27 on this roster, they immediately get shipped out for another influx of prospects.

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National League Prospects Update, Part I

August 14, 2009 / Baseball, Matt Wilson, Prospects

When your team is 17 games back in the division and half your roster is on the disabled list, it is a great opportunity to see if any of your farm system is ready to play in the show. You know things are going bad when you have players on the disabled list with valley fever.

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Free Agency Report: National League, Part X

February 24, 2009 / Baseball, Free agents, Rumours

Is Jerry Manuel putting a gun to his own head by shifting Jose Reyes out of the leadoff spot? Oh, baby! Spring Training games start Wednesday – meaning that in less than 24 hours, we’re going to be checking out boxscores. It doesn’t get any sweeter than that. Well, except checking out boxscores while being

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