AL Cy Young Award: Verlander vs. Price
The regular season is almost a full week from conclusion and two of the first round playoff matchups have two teams up 2-0 on their opponents. It seems, to me, like the season only started three months...
View ArticlePicking the 2012 MLB Award Winners
With the focus in baseball being on the fantastic matchups being waged in the playoffs, the intense debate about the end-of-season awards has been tempered for the time being. It’s a temporary lull...
View ArticleMike Trout Is The 2012 AL MVP Any Way You Look At It
WAR, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing; at least within the confines of this article. While they aren’t the end-all, be-all, I am a major proponent of advanced baseball stats because I believe...
View ArticleTorii Hunter Could Be Worth Five Wins to the Tigers
The Detroit Tigers have reportedly agreed to terms with former Los Angeles Angels right fielder Torii Hunter on a two-year deal worth $26M. The 37-year old Hunter is coming off of a 2012 campaign...
View ArticleBaseball Notes for March 31, 2013
Major League Baseball’s 2013 Opening Day is finally here! With another season comes the return of Baseball Notes. Without a single regular season game having yet been played, there is already plenty...
View ArticleMLBDirt.com’s Baseball Notes for April 29, 2013
The length of a baseball team’s disabled list can have such a strong impact on the outcome of their season. Injuries not only deprive teams of talented players, but alter the chemistry that was so...
View ArticleMiguel Cabrera MVP of the First Half
There was so much debate last season over who the 2012 American League MVP should have been. Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout both had historic seasons which led to debates that brought to light new...
View ArticleGreg Cadaret Has Left His Mark On the Game
Left-handed pitchers are one of the most valuable commodities in baseball. Any southpaw with talent has a ready-made major league career ahead of them, which can bring them stardom, or at the very...
View ArticleGuido Knudson: Pitching Prospect Could Soon Bring Relief to the Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are bound for the 2013 playoffs, but not by the virtue of their bullpen, which has endured inconsistent veteran Jose Valverde and shaky rookie Bruce Rondon among others at the end...
View ArticleMax Scherzer is My Vote For AL Cy Young Award Even Without the Wins
Photo by: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports The American League Cy Young Award voting will likely go, in a landslide, in favor of 21 game winner Max Scherzer. While Max Scherzer does sit at the top of...
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