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Rockies De La Rosa and his Break Out

Posted in MLB, National League, Rockies on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Jorge De La Rosa came onto the Colorado Rockies scene last year, and the team wisely stuck with him even despite his struggles. In 2008 he had an ERA approaching a 5.00, but managed to win 10 games and struck out 128 batters in 130 innings pitched.
It was the Cool De La article over at [...]

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The Longoria Chronicles

Posted in American League, MLB, Minors, Rays, Rockies on March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The word on the street is that your Tampa Bay Rays plan on shipping their number one pick Evan Longoria down to minor leagues. The reason they want him to play for the Durham Bulls (which is right in my backyard) has nothing to do with his track record, or his performance this spring.
Mr. Sterneberg [...]

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Vegas Victories and More LABR Draft Results

Posted in Astros, Diamondbacks, Mariners, Rockies, Rotisserie, fantasy on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We are still all geared up for the official LABR results. Here is an update with the Sandlot Shrink checking in with their 2008 draft picks. Bob Radomski runs the NL team, and Larry the AL team. Some interesting picks include:

Elite pitcher status in Brandon Webb and Erick Bedard for $30
Jayson Nix [...]

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Carlos Delgado Memories

Posted in American League, Jays, MLB, Mets, NL East, National League, Rockies on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

How old am I? I can remember when Carlos Delgado was coming up through the Toronto Blue Jays system as a catcher. His potent bat moved him from behind the plate. I guess at the time they had John Olerud at first. The people are saying that Delgado’s recent injury is [...]

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5 questions with Greener on the Other Side

Posted in American League, Free Agent Signing, Hitting, Interviews, MLB, Pitching, Prospects, Rockies, Rotisserie, Sabermetrics, Spring Training, Trade on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We are already past “Pitchers and Catchers”, and the exhibition games for the 2008 baseball season are underway. Its that time of the year that baseball fantasy owners are monitoring very closely what is going on in the Cactus League in Arizona, and the Grapefruit league in Florida.
One of the better blogs I came [...]

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Quad 2007 Rankings stirs up NL MVP Debate

Posted in American League, JImmy Rollins, MLB, MVP, Matt Holiday, National League, Phillies, Rockies, Sabermetrics, Uncategorized on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »

With the 2008 baseball pre-season here, you are probably trying to figure out which player will be the offensive force to build your fantasy team around. The one baseball statistic that I have been following for a while now is the Quad which Rich Lederer pointed out several years ago when he compared some of [...]

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Upward Spiral for Hanley Ramirez?

Posted in American League, Infield, Long Term Contracts, MLB, Marlins, Mets, NL East, National League, Outfield, Projections, Rockies, Rotisserie, Spring Training, Trade, fantasy on January 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The Mets SS Jose Reyes in his young career has evolved into highly coveted player because of his ability to get on base, score a bunch of runs, a .300 batting average, home run ability, and his bread and butter the stolen bases. It was partway through last season, I made the statement calling [...]

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Baseball, Hot Dogs, Catching Ball, Getting On Base , and Apple Pie

Posted in MLB, Mets, Rays, Rockies, Sabermetrics on January 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The Mets David Wright not only wrapped up his first gold glove this season, he also came away with a distinquished title as well. You see, he led all of the National League batters except Todd Helton with a counting statistic called Times on base (TOB). The number of times reaching base as a [...]

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Hamilton’s Impressive Weekend at the Great American Ballpark

Posted in National League, ROY, Reds, Rockies, Rookies, Rule V Draft on May 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Josh Hamilton after some Saturday Night Fever last night, delivered again today with two home runs to help Reds take home the win. He also robbed the Rockies’ Matt Hawpe with an over-the-shoulder catch in center field.

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Hamilton over the weekend just hammered the Rockies pitching. The Great American Ballpark continues [...]

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Hamilton’s Talent On Display In 4 Hit Night

Posted in Josh Hamilton, Reds, Rockies on May 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The first Four Hit Night of Josh Hamilton’s career in the losing effort to the Colorado Rockies last night. The Reds might of tried Josh’s arm out of the bullpen. He pitched in High School reaching the 90s with his fastball. Just ask his catcher from way back when if he can throw [...]

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