Charles Gattin, Author at Baseball Essential

Cy Young Winners Who Could Have Been MVP

Nov 30, 2016

There is usually a bit of lively discussion about whether a pitcher should be able to win the Most Valuable Player. The discussion usually draws a line in the sand somewhere around the fact that pitchers alread...

Shohei Otani: The Intrigue of a Two-Way Player

Charles Gattin

Nov 14, 2016

Features, Offseason

Shohei Otani is the latest phenom that is getting a lot of buzz from Japan. The 22-year-old is generating a lot of interest from Major League Baseball clubs not only because of his right arm on the mound, but a...

Building a better bullpen: The next Andrew Miller

Charles Gattin

Nov 3, 2016

Features, Opinions & Predictions, Postseason

Andrew Miller took the baseball world by storm this postseason. When he was acquired by the Cleveland Indians from the New York Yankees at the trade deadline, it was assumed by many that they had just fortified...

Playoff Races Past and Present

Charles Gattin

Sep 26, 2016

Baseball History, Features, Postseason

With just a week left in the 2016 regular season, the only thing besides home field advantage still to be decided is which teams will fill the Wild Card slots. The American League has five teams battling for tw...

Solid Double-A Debuts for Angels Prospects

Charles Gattin

Apr 14, 2016

Los Angeles Angels, Minor League Baseball, Prospect Reports

The Los Angeles Angels minor league system has fallen to the bottom of the barrel among major league clubs after several promotions and a large number of prospects being traded over the past year. The Angels, h...

Lefty Greg Mahle Gunning for Spot in Angels ‘Pen

Charles Gattin

Mar 15, 2016

Headlines, Los Angeles Angels, Minor League Baseball, Spring Training

Greg Mahle's first full season of professional baseball could not have gone much better. The left-hander was a 15th round draft pick out of the University of California, Santa Barbara and made it to Double-A Ar...

Can A.J. Reed take his run of dominance to the Astros?

Charles Gattin

Mar 9, 2016

Features, Houston Astros, Prospect Reports, Spring Training

The Houston Astros' rebuilding process began to pay dividends in 2015 as several of their highly-rated prospects finally started making their way up from the minors. The next phase of progress for the Astros wi...

The inspiration of Jim Abbott

Charles Gattin

Feb 12, 2016

Baseball History, Features, Offseason

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Abbott was one of the award recipients at The 2016 Thurman Munson Awards in New York City on Tuesday night. The award which remembers the late, great Yankees captain and...

Nate Smith moving up Angels prospect list

Charles Gattin

Jan 31, 2016

American League, Features, Los Angeles Angels, Minor League Baseball, Offseason, Prospect Reports

Nate Smith is not going to be on many lists of top prospects in baseball. He doesn't have the stuff that draws a lot of attention from scouts. No 95 MPH fastball here to light up the radar guns. In spite of thi...

Longshot Tyler White Making Astros Take Notice

Charles Gattin

Jan 20, 2016

American League, American League West, Features, Houston Astros, Minor League Baseball, Offseason

Don't tell Tyler White about being a longshot. White, a 33rd-round pick of the Houston Astros in 2013 has elbowed his way to the top of the food chain in what is considered one of the top minor league farm syst...

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