The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
These pair of third basemen are both coming off all-star seasons, and at 24 and 25 there is definitely more to come. Click the title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The Washington Nationals ended the 2009 season much as they began it, the worst team in baseball. Yet here in DC dogged faith abounds in new GM Mike Rizzo. After signing Stephen Strasburg and becoming GM, he has put together much of the personnel to build the organization. But what of the major league team in the 2010 season? It’s his team now. Will he have a budget to field a respectable team...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
More photos » by Lori Shepler - AP Browse more photos » In early 2007, when then-DC GM Jim Bowden signed right fielder Austin Kearns to a 3-year/$17.5 million dollar deal with a $10 million dollar club option for a fourth year or a $1 million dollar buyout, Kearns told Washington Post writer Barry Svrluga , as quoted in an 2/2/07 article entitled, "Kearns to Have an Extended Stay With...
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
More photos » by Julie Jacobson - AP Browse more photos » A couple of days ago I received "The Bill James Handbook" in the mail (from ACTA Sports ). For those of you who are unfamiliar with the handbook, it's 95% stats with a little commentary thrown in. Earlier, I posted what the handbook had projected for the 2010 Angels, but here are a few other things I found interesting:...
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Baseball players can make contributions in a number of different ways, the most obvious and talked-about of which is how they do at the plate. Defense, position, and baserunning tend to be brushed off as secondary concerns. What follows are the top and bottom 15 in the sum of these latter three values, as determined by UZR, Fangraphs' position adjustment, and Baseball Prospectus' EQBRR. Note that catchers...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Did you guys see the latest accolade given to Ryan Zimmerman on account of his 2009 season in the field? Bill James 2009 Fielding Bible award for all of MLB--makes me think his chances are even greater of winning the NL Gold Glove. The other winners--Pujols, Aaron Hill , Jack Wilson , Carl Crawford , Franklin Guitierez, Ichiro, Yadier Molina and Mark Buerhle. Congratulations to Ryan. I will be shocked...
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
More photos » by Charles Krupa - AP Browse more photos » Last February, Scott Boras client Joe Crede dropped his asking price enough for the Twins to sign him to an incentive-laden deal . He was exactly as advertised, from the glove to the power to the number of games he was healthy, but with the Twins going into 2010 with third base in essentially the same position it was at going into...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
More photos » by Luis Alvarez - AP "Can I take your bags, Adam?" Washington Nationals' OF Josh Willingham, 3B Ryan Zimmerman and 1B Adam Dunn wearing what Rolling Stones' Matt Taibbi describes as, "...bright-red uniforms that appeared to have been stolen off the backs of two-and-a-half-star-hotel bell captains." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Browse more photos »...
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
by Lenny Ignelzi - AP View full size photo uploaded October 29, 2009 Time for the World Series edition of Who Would You Rather Have? CBS Sportsline recently completed a 5x5 mixed league mock draft, and Chase Utley was selected 4th overall before Ryan Braun, Joe Mauer and Alex Rodriguez to name a few. After Utley went deep twice on Wednesday night do you select him before ARod? Or is ARod still a more...
Hogs Haven (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
View full size photo uploaded October 29, 2009 As the hostility between Redskins ' fans and Dan Snyder reaches new levels hourly, I was quite surprised to find an article stating Dan Snyder was one of the investors trying to move the Expos to Washington DC back in 2003. [BET founder Robert] Johnson plans to purchase 51% of the Expos, leaving baseball with the remaining 49%. Over the next three or four...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
More photos » by John Amis - AP 6 months ago: Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman, is congratulated at home plate by left fielder Adam Dunn (44) and shortstop Cristian Guzman (15) after his two-run home run against the Atlanta Braves during the third inning of a baseball game on Saturday, April 11, 2009, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis) Browse more photos » Can Adam Dunn get...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
More photos » by Charles Dharapak - AP 2 months ago: Pitcher Stephen Strasburg, the No. 1 overall draft pick in the baseball draft, holds up a Washington Nationals jersey with third baseman Ryan Zimmerman during a news conference at Nationals Park in Washington, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Browse more photos » Bouncing back from a rough outing in his second AFL start,...
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
More photos » by Morry Gash - AP Are you there, Albert? It's me, God. Browse more photos » I know every writer has a different reason for voting for a player for the MVP award. Some do the biggest RBI guy on the best team. Others pick the best story for a good player. While others still define some arbitrary level of value to a "sparkplug" player and pick that player for the award....
Capitol Avenue Club (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Straightforward. With a bit of possible bias (see NL ROY, though my NL Cy ballot is straightforward, no bias whatsoever). NL MVP 1. Albert Pujols 2. Chase Utley 3. Hanley Ramirez 4. Ryan Zimmerman 5. Prince Fielder 6. Troy Tulowitzki 7. Adrian Gonzalez 8. Derrek Lee 9. Pablo Sandoval 10. Matt Kemp NL LVP 1. Garret Anderson 2. Alfanso Soriano 3. Emilio Bonifacio 4. Jeff Francoeur 5. Edgar Renteria NL...
anzu0l3it | 10/23/2009
WASHINGTON – Justin Maxwell's grand slam off All-Star closer Francisco Rodriguez with two outs in the ninth inning gave the Nationals a 7-4 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday, Washington's first win all season when trailing after eight innings. Maxwell drove a full-count pitch from Rodriguez (3-6) barely over the wall in left field. As the rookie rounded the bases, the Nationals streamed
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anzu0l3it | 10/23/2009
WASHINGTON – Justin Maxwell's grand slam off All-Star closer Francisco Rodriguez with two outs in the ninth inning gave the Nationals a 7-4 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday, Washington's first win all season when trailing after eight innings. Maxwell drove a full-count pitch from Rodriguez (3-6) barely over the wall in left field. As the rookie rounded the bases, the Nationals streamed out...
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