Top 75 Trade Candidates At The Deadline This is the final update to our annual ranking of top trade candidates in the run-up to the trade deadline, drawing from our power ranking approach to pending free agents. You can check out the original list (and review the methodology) here and find the second list here. Essentially, we’re ordering players…
DetailsThe 20 Greatest Los Angeles Angels of All-Time The Los Angeles Angels franchise has existed since 1961. For the entirety of their existence, they have played in the American League. During their history they have been known by three names: Los Angeles Angels (1961 – 1964, 2016 – Present), California Angels (1965 – 1996), Los…
DetailsMarcus Stroman will be fueled by Mets hate: ‘Chip on his shoulder’ It all comes full circle. The Mets acquiring Marcus Stroman surprised many — at six games out of the wild card as of Monday night, the Mets were expected to be sellers at the deadline, not buyers. The Mets’ plan and Stroman’s fit…
DetailsPhillies Add a Modest Upgrade in Jason Vargas The Phillies have bolstered the back-end of a flagging rotation, which by some measures ranks among the National League’s worst. What’s more, they’ve done so through an upgrade obtained from within the division, namely the Mets’ Jason Vargas. The 36-year-old southpaw doesn’t light up radar guns or…
DetailsEdinson Volquez Hopes To Return In 2019, Retire Thereafter Veteran hurler Edinson Volquez says he’d like to make it back to the MLB mound one last time this season, as MLB.com’s T.R. Sullivan was among those to report. Regardless, the 36-year-old says he’ll hang up his spikes at season’s end. Volquez has been rehabbing an elbow…
DetailsFlu-Like Symptoms: The Unlikeliest Rookie of the Year Candidates The post Flu-Like Symptoms: The Unlikeliest Rookie of the Year Candidates appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/51967/flu-like-symptoms-the-unlikeliest-rookie-of-the-year-candidates/
DetailsTable for Three: The Diamondbacks Conundrum The post Table for Three: The Diamondbacks Conundrum appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/51978/table-for-three-the-diamondbacks-conundrum/
DetailsProspectus Q&A: Beep: Inside the Unseen World of Baseball for the Blind In the baseball literature course I teach, I’m always looking for something new to bring to the class, something to shift expectations while also telling a really good story—an interesting one. A thoughtful one. Something my students (and I) haven’t seen before. Imagine…
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Short Relief: Crimes of Bird Law, Fashion, and Metaphors It was the end of the seventies in Canada, and the seagulls just weren’t right. Lake Ontario, said to be the most polluted freshwater in the world in 1979, was warping its herring gull population. Pesticides and industrial waste in the region were dulling their parental…
DetailsScoresheet Keeper Chronicles: Chapter 6 The post Scoresheet Keeper Chronicles: Chapter 6 appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/article/51972/scoresheet-keeper-chronicles-chapter-6/
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