2023 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR CONTENDERS
The early to mid-sixties were rough on the New York Mets. They began their history by setting the record for most losses in a season in the modern era with a 40-120 record in 1962. Over their first six seasons, they averaged 108 losses a year and only avoided 100 losses in the 1966 season […]
MLB Legacies: Jason Giambi
Giambi – the records, the scandals, and life after baseball The baseball season is well and truly underway and we are starting to get a good idea of who might be going home with the World Series in November. It has been an interesting season and it has been great to have fans fully back […]
MLB Veteran Todd Walker Inducted Into Northwest Louisiana Walk of Stars
After a saddening 2020, 2021 seemed like a great year to be a baseball fan! Significant events have occurred in the American baseball fraternity in the last few months. The 2021 MLB season got off to a great start with the D’backs reclaiming their game, rookie Tyler Gilbert’s record no-hitter, the Boston Red Sox stepping […]
What Surprises Will MLB Trade Deadline Bring
The trade deadline for Major League Baseball is 4 p.m. ET on Friday, July 30. Unlike in typical years, the league has advanced the deadline to avoid day games. If any teams miss out on registering a new player by then, they will have to wait for some big deals after the season. In this […]
MLB News And Rumors You Need To Know About
As the old saying goes, baseball is really America’s greatest past time. The game has changed a little bit over the years, but it remains just as exciting as ever. If you’re a fan of baseball, you’ll agree with this assumption. Just remember that a new season is just getting started. Before too long, things […]
2018 League Division Series
As we inch towards the 2018 Fall Classic, we have already experienced historic events! Before we could even get to the Wild Card games, the National League gave us something to talk about … not one, but two teams tied for first place in the Central and West divisions causing a game 163 for all […]
Baseball Players who have Disappointed Us in 2017
By Adam Eyal The 2017 Major League Baseball season has only just finished, but some players should have given up a long time ago. Every year scouts and experts pick out the hottest prospects to watch out for over the coming months. These players are meant to deliver some of the best baseball in the […]
Is Nolan Arenado Ready to be the Next Face of the Colorado Rockies?
Nolan Arenado might just be the next face of the Colorado Rockies, but it’s safe to assume that he has no idea. When Arenado was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the second round of the 2009 amateur draft, he was selected two picks after Cincinnati’s Billy Hamilton and four picks before Cleveland’s Jason Kipnis, […]
March Reflections on the Cleveland Indians
Spring Training is supposed to be the time of the year when all teams believe they have a shot at the title in the fall and fans all over the country have dreams of watching their team in the playoffs come October. The only thing that could derail this is injuries to some of the […]
Cleveland Indians 2011-2012 Off Season So Far…
At this point, the Indians off season can unfortunately be described by three words: Roberto Hernandez Heredia. Before mid-January, those three words didn’t mean anything to anyone in baseball circles perhaps except for the man who was calling himself Fausto Carmona. As it turns out, when Carmona tried to get his new visa to come […]
MLB Revenue Sharing: Why doesn’t it seem to work?
When baseball implemented a revenue sharing plan as part of their collective bargaining agreement in 1997, the premise behind the plan was that it would create a more competitive atmosphere between all teams in baseball. So rather than the elite, large market teams such as the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox who can […]
Baseball Trade Deadline 2011 and the Impact on Fantasy Baseball
Although it wasn’t one of the most intense trading deadlines in memory, July 31, 2011 came and went with a few trades of note. The baseball players that landed on new teams no doubt want to do everything they can to prove their worth to a new team which valued their services enough to trade away assets […]
A’s Trade Ellis to Rockies
Midday Thursday, just about 12 hours before the calendar turned to July, we finally witnessed the first significant trade since the start of the 2011 season. The Colorado Rockies acquired second baseman Mark Ellis from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for pitcher Bruce Billings and a player to be named later. Colorado will also receive […]
DRSEA Informer
Volume IV, Issue 4: A Publication For Your Reading Enjoyment Show Me The Money The baseball industry is spending more money in the Dominican Republic than I previously believed, according to the latest economic impact study by Major League Baseball. At an astounding $126,326,008, the annual expenditures are over $25 million more than I […]
The Giants Playoff Picture?
The Giants’ baseball season is now down to less than thirty games and a month left in the calendar year. August was another roller coaster ride, especially when your ace, goes 0-5 with an ERA over 7.00. On the other hand, I did see the offense get white hot against the Cincinnati Reds. The Giants […]
PHILLIES MONTH IN REVIEW: JULY
The story in July was in every way a roller coaster for the Phillies. The Phils entered July having already gone through a historically awful offensive slump in May and June, so when Chase Utley was injured on June 29 and it was announced on July 1st that he would need surgery and would be […]
Pre 2010 Fantasy Baseball Predictions at the Mid-Way Point
With the All-Star Break in our rear-view, it becomes a perfect time to evaluate some pre-season predictions and projections… Division Winners AL (b)East – New York Yankees (1st, 58-33) AL Central – Minnesota Twins (3rd, 49-43, 1.5 GB) AL West – Texas Rangers (1st, 53-39) NL East – Philadelphia Phillies (3rd, 48-43, 5.5 GB) NL […]
What Did I Miss?
OK. It’s been over a month since I last posted. I’ll blame it on computer issues (including the fact that I erased everything on my hard drive). Now that I’ve recovered, what did I miss? Phillies Caught Cheating In the best tradition of the ’51 Giants, the Mets claimed that Phillies bullpen coach Mick Billmeyer […]
Top 5 Fantasy Surprises So Far in 2010: Pitchers
*These stats are as of 5/26/2010. The stats next to their names are W-L/SO/ERA/WHIP. These pitchers are the biggest surprises of the season so far… 5. Tyler Clippard, RP of the Washington Nationals 7-3/33/2.12/1.15 with 10 holds For a bullpen guy to have a 7-3 record so quickly into the season is unusual at best. […]
The SF Giants’ April of 2010
Well, the month of April is done. I love the beginning of baseball season, it is full with so much hope, that is unless your team is sadly foundering. In that case, it is the beginning of a very long season with very little hope other than for a high draft pick. However, with baseball […]
DRSEA INFORMER: Volume III, Issue 7
Baseball Continues Global Affair – Major League Baseball continues to reflect an international flavor as 27.7 percent of the 833 players on 2010 Opening Day rosters and disabled lists were born outside the United States. The foreign-born players represent 14 countries and territories, with the Dominican Republic leading the way with a contribution of 86 […]
Baseball News, Tweets & More
Image by mikeleeorg via Flickr Thursday Afternoon Edition @espn_durrett: Jerry Crasnick on Rangers’ hot start – http://tinyurl.com/y8yeymx @Ken_Rosenthal: A thought on a possible replacement for #Orioles manager Dave Trembley: http://tinyurl.com/y4eojzv #MLB (Already???) @sabr: Great interview on Seamheads: Some of Tout Wars’ top players on the TW auction & its new relationship with SABR: http://tinyurl.com/y6vuucy @jonahkeri: […]
The Biggest WAR Bargains of 2009: Part 1
Image by Keith Allison via Flickr Currently in the MLB, the average player value, per win, is about $4.5 million. So, if a player’s WAR (Wins Above Replacement) in a season was 2.0, that player would have been worth about $9 million. Naturally, there are going to be a lot of players getting paid much […]
Braves Run Scored, Run Scored Against Analysis
There’s Hope in Atlanta for 2010! I’ve noticed this year, like many before, that the Braves seem to lose against teams that have losing records. I’ve got guesses for this, but with 162 games, all teams will do this on occasion anyway. One such guess is that the Braves often score less runs against certain […]
Derrek Lee Shines in a Season to Forget
What can you offer up about the Cubs that hasn’t already been said? The Cubs have been a major disappointment in 2009 and yet, following Wednesday’s game they only find themselves 5.5 games out of first place. Yes, they also trail four other teams besides the Colorado Rockies, and yes they don’t even resemble in […]
Helton Reaches Career Milestone
Amidst the ups and downs of playing for a small-medium market club for your career Todd Helton has been about the only constant in a Colorado Rockies uniform. Todd’s 13 year MLB career in my opinion has been Cooperstown worthy. He is a career .320 hitter, 300 plus home-runs and 500 doubles and counting. Image […]
The “Mess” Which Transpired in Queens
Do we ever hear enough “Meet the Mess,” jokes? The line does become overplayed like the latest Lady GaGa track and unfortunately for the Mets, they have not done much to have us believe otherwise. I mean, let’s face it. It has been more than a disappointing season for the team with the second highest […]
Can the Rockies stay hot after the break?
Coming off a June record of 21-7 and finishing with a 10 game home–stand before the break, but there are still many questions to be answered in Colorado regarding the second half of the season. The Colorado Rockies began the season as many fans would have anticipated, slowly. But after the firing of Clint Hurdle […]
Friday Night Links
It is out of regret that we have to use this section to once again announce the departure of 2 more writers, but we do have 2 additional writing coming on board, but he will not (as of yet) be covering a specific team. The two gentlemen who will be leaving us are Tony DeMarco […]
How MLB Expansion Has Affected Hall of Fame Voting
Image by Getty Images via Daylife By way of comparison, lets look at the careers of newly elected Hall of Famer Jim Rice and current Free Agent who is being touted as a first ballot Hall of Famer himself, Manny Ramirez. As luck would have it, they have both played 16 seasons, making the timing […]
