If the MLB Season Ended Today:
With approximately 125 games played so far this season, what would happen if the MLB playoffs began this week? Who would be a definite lock-in for the postseason, who would be on the bubble and which teams would be watching the playoffs on television? American League: Division Leaders: Houston Astros-West, Cleveland Guardians-Central, New York Yankees-East […]
Top Teams in Each Division of MLB 2022
MLB, or Major League Baseball, is a professional sports organization and the oldest league globally. As the league kicked off last April, 30 teams are now going toe to toe to have the best record in the season and secure spots for the playoffs. Throughout the years, many teams have made history and won one […]
Christopher Morel: The Cubs True Utility Player
As April moves into May and Memorial Day weekend looms in just a few days, MLB teams are settling down into the grind of the 2022 baseball season. For the Chicago Cubs, the daily ups and downs (literally and figuratively) have given way to a new rookie sensation who’s a breath of true fresh air: […]
Wrigley Field Faithful warm up to Stroman in 2022 Debut
If new Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman ever studied anything about marketing while in college at Duke, he showed that he learned well by marketing himself as the newest addition to the Cubbies’ starting rotation on Sunday. Despite the tough 5-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, the Stroman trade last December was a good move for […]
NL Central Predictions for 2022
Well, it’s that time of year again when hope springs eternal as Major League Baseball opens up with another season of our national pastime. If you took a long nap and woke up suddenly this weekend and watched a National League game, don’t panic, you’re not on a strange island where baseball rules have been […]
A Look at the NL Central and Pennant Probabilities
The NL Central the most up-for-grabs divisions in baseball in 2020. Both the NL East and NL Central are divisions that only have one team that is essentially considered out of the race from the get-go. In the NL East, that team is the Miami Marlins. In the NL Central, that team is the Pittsburgh […]
Dan Driessen, Forgotten Cog of the Big Red Machine
Do you remember your first trip to a Major League ballpark? The sights and sounds of the Big Leagues can be dizzying for a young fan getting his first in-person taste of the game at the highest level. That was certainly the case for me when I visited Riverfront Stadium on June 23, […]
Nine Innings/Questions on the Cardinals with C70 at the Bat
If you like what you read below, check out more from a good friend of BaseballReflections.com (yes, you’ve seen that name here before, just not for a while), Daniel Shoptaw at his site, C70 at the Bat! This is a continuation of our series of articles where I ask fellow bloggers from the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) […]
Nine Innings/Questions on the Brewers
If you like what you read below, check out more from Chris Zantow at his site, https://chriszantowauthor.wordpress.com/! This is a continuation of our series of articles where I ask fellow bloggers from the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) 9 innings worth of questions about their team. The goal is to do this for as many teams as possible […]
Handicapping the NL Central: Playoff Odds and Perspective For Every Team in 2015’s Toughest Division
There are plenty of great division races going on in baseball right now, but none of them are quite as exciting as the ongoing contest in the National League Central. Baseball’s toughest division includes the best team in baseball (the St. Louis Cardinals, 76-43, .639 win percentage) and the third-best team in baseball (the Pittsburgh […]
Can the Cardinals Make the Playoffs for the 5th Straight Year?
St Louis Cardinals have made the playoffs four times in a row—can they extend this impressive run into a fifth year? There have been some long periods in St Louis Cardinals’ history where they have contrived to miss the playoffs, season-after-season. Eighteen years stood between their World Series from 1946-1964 and the Seventies […]
Reflections on the Reds: Three reasons to watch the Reds
As interleague play comes to an end and the All-Star break nears the Reds find themselves both in first place, and in a pretty good position to continue their success into the postseason. Everything seems to be falling their way, except attendance. Recently average game attendance is up about 3,500, yet they are still ranked […]
Mark Melancon’s Struggles with Red Sox
During the 2011-’12 offseason the Red Sox and Astro‘s made a trade that brought the Red Sox their next set-up man, and the Astro’s an injury plagued, yet talented middle infielder who was looking for an opportunity in Jed Lowrie. There wasn’t a ton of reaction to this trade, but it’s proving rather significant through only […]
