What a great time it is to be a #MLB free agent! Former #Yankees Juan Soto may go to #Mets but may not. But why aren't more teams in (besides #Dodgers)? All the teams in MLB are increasing their franchise value. Why are they cheaping out? Paying over market for…
#astros Billy Wagner is in his 10th and final appearance on the #BBWA #baseball HOF ballot. Will this be the one? Wagner only missed by less than 2% last year. But new entrants like #mariners #ichirosuzuki CC Sabathia, and Felix Hernandez are on the ballot now. Will they get in…
Stan-the-Man Musial a first baseman?. A shoulder injury forced him to become a hitter after he started as a pitcher/outfield and then became an oufielder full-time except the #Cardinals played him at first base often. Musial had 3,630 hits - the same 1,815 hits at home as he had on…
As #Mets fans we're excited about the possibility of Juan Soto. But what might it take to get him to sign? The most expensive contract in baseball history? Even more than Shohei Ohtani. Shohei got $700M but with deferrals it ends up being closer to $460M in present value. What…
Roki Sasaki finally got Chibo to allow him to explore playing #MLB. He will play this season at some point in the Majors although he will begin his MLB career in the minor leagues. Juan Soto is being courted and his agent Scott Boras is holding court. Gerrit Cole thought…
Do you know where to get data on every baseball player who played since 1871? baseball1.com was founded by SABR member Sean Lahman. In the mid-1990s, Lahman created the first online baseball encyclopedia at his Baseball Archive website. Sean recently and generously donated this database to SABR and it's both…
No longer can #dodgers be talked about as not having won a WS in this century in a 162-game season. There are a few players like Max Muncy who remember taking Covid-19 test after winning the 2020 World Series. No parades. No cheering from the fans. The 2024 championship behind…
In 2023 #Dbacks came from 2-0 down to beat the #Phillies in the NLCS. #Yankees being down 2-0 is not insurmountable. Yankee fans however are going nuts and negative since presumptive AL MVP Aaron Judge has struck out 6 times in 2 games without recording a hit! How will the…
#Guardians gave it their best shot vs. #Yankees but it was far from enough. And Cleveland had great moments from Lane Thomas, Johnkensey Noel, and David Fry but playoff GIancarlo Stanton and the greatness of Juan Soto were too much for Guardians vaunted bullpen. Emmanuel Clase came down to earth…
We're so excited that the #Mets are still in it! Subway series vs. #Yankees would be cool and is very exciting. #Dodgers and Shohei will do all they can to stop the Magic Mets. Cleveland #Guardians got by #Tigers Tarik Skubal with former #National Lane Thomas providing two huge blows…
What a week to be a #mets fan! Now that #Brewers are vanquished #Phillies await - a much tougher task. Who do you have in the Division series that starts today? #Yankees #Royals #Guardians #Tigers #Dodgers #Padres We make our picks and talk about what happened to the #Orioles #Astros…
#Dbacks can only sit and watch the #MLBplayoffs in 2024. The defending NL champions are out after the #Mets and #Braves split a day-after-the-regular-season is over doubleheader. Both teams have zero time to recover as the opening games of the Wild Card Series begin the very next day - which…
Rookie League championships were done in July. Low A and High A Ball finished their championships earlier this month. Today the AA and AAA finals are being played with the AAA overall championship a one game 'winner take all' playoff this Saturday Sept. 28th. We wonder if there are trophies…
I#Dodgers Shohei Ohtani did it! He capped his week by tying the game Sunday with homer number 53 which was followed by Mookie Betts's walk-off homer vs. the #Rockies. #Royals have lost 6 straight and are fading like the #Twins. #Astros are on the verge of putting away the #Mariners…
Having the most wins, most strikeouts, and lowest E.R.A. in the league is kind of cool. But did you know that was called a pitcher triple crown? Tarik Skubal and #Braves Chris Sale are both in line to win the AL and NL pitching triple crowns this season. They are…
#Padres are trying to chase down the #dodgers. Glasnow is out for the year now. Trade deadline acquisition John Flaherty is the default #1 pitcher in a playoff! Bullpens will be the telling thing in the playoffs. Can any team's bullpen be trusted? #Guardians? #Phillies? We introduced a new segment…
Bobby Witt Jr. is having an all-time season at shortstop for the #Royals. Francisco Lindor is having a terrific season for the #Mets. Both will likely not win their league's MVP as #yankees Aaron Judge and #Dodgers Shohei Ohtani have the inside lanes. #Giants Barry Bonds ruined it for #Cardinals…
Will teams that charge into the wild card playoffs be too exhausted to keep it going? Gordon thinks that could happen. Momentum was on the side of #Mets who won 9 straight before losing on Sunday. #Braves #Padres #Dbacks & Mets - one team will be on the outside looking…
#MLB #Catchers after ABS is adopted, will they have to hit more than they do now? Yes. The job of pitch framing takes a lot of attention and finesse. Teams won't likely carry a defense first backup catcher as much since being a good pitch-framer will not be of benefit!…
Playoff favorites are the #royals #guardians #twins #yankees #orioles #astros in the American League, #Phillies #Braves, #Brewers, #dodgers #padres #dbacks in the National League. Which teams have the easiest schedule the rest of the way? Which have the hardest? We even talked about the #whitesox! Intro & Outro music this…
The season isn't over with 31 games to go but we couldn't stop talking about the Mets and their 2024 season. It's a long way from Opening Day and the team looks very different than it did in March. An awful May, a great June, and the Mets are still…
Shohei Ohtani may not deserve the NL MVP over Marcel Ozuna or Francisco Lindor, but he will win it anyway. So will Aaron Judge in the AL. 45 HRs .375 average in 100 games is CRAZY! A no-hitter was lost in the 9th by #bluejays Bowden Francis. #dodgers Yamamoto is…
Hitting batters became a thing once pitchers began throwing overhand and moved to the current distance from the plate - 60 feet 6 inches. Before that pitchers threw underhand and batters could request a high or low pitch. Once pitchers began really throwing to get the hitter out, they increased…
We did not talk about Judge and Soto for a change but we did mention Nick Castellanos and Mookie Betts who faced 297 different pitchers. Ted Williams in 1941 faced 75 different pitchers. Which would be harder? Outfield defense is better than ever. We talk about why. Intro & Outro…