Joshua Sadlock, Author at Baseball Essential

Trea Turner Needs to be in Washington for Good

Jul 9, 2016

Features, Opinions & Predictions, Washington Nationals

For the second time this season, highly-touted prospect Trea Turner has been recalled by the Washington Nationals. This marks the third trip to the bigs for the shortstop who was on the fringes of the preseason...

It’s Time for the End of Ubaldo

Joshua Sadlock

Jul 9, 2016

Baltimore Orioles, Opinions & Predictions

As Opening Day approached in 2014, the Baltimore Orioles scraped the bottom of the free-agent pitching barrel and signed Ubaldo Jimenez to a four-year, $50 million deal. The right-hander was coming off a 2013 c...

Dylan Bundy has Become Untradable

Joshua Sadlock

Jul 7, 2016

Baltimore Orioles, Opinions & Predictions

The Baltimore Orioles need starting pitching. Desperately. It's an undeniable fact for a first-place team whose rotation has a 5.14 ERA (better only than the last-place Minnesota Twins and Cincinnati Reds). The...

Brad Brach is an All-Star: Sorry not Sorry

Joshua Sadlock

Jul 6, 2016

Baltimore Orioles, Opinions & Predictions

Brad Brach is an All-Star. Let that sink in. A pitcher with three career saves will dare to enter Petco Park while more deserving starting pitchers watch from home. Or something like that. Never mind that Brach...

Jonathan Schoop Building an All-Star Case

Joshua Sadlock

Jun 30, 2016

Baltimore Orioles, Opinions & Predictions

There's hot, and then there's what Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jonathan Schoop has been over his past 15 games. The burly, 24-year-old infielder has scorched major-league pitching to the tune of a .419/.44...

Congress Attempts to “Save America’s Pastime” and Falls Flat

Joshua Sadlock

Jun 29, 2016

Features, Minor League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

While sportswriters are frequently instructed to "stick to sports" when opining on political or social matters, members of the United States Congress frequently feel compelled to stick their noses into sporting...

Left Field a Surprising Strength for Orioles

Joshua Sadlock

Jun 29, 2016

Baltimore Orioles, Features, Opinions & Predictions

A dumpster fire. A black hole. A void. An automatic out. Call it what you will; left field was a lot of things for the 2015 Baltimore Orioles, none of them good. After losing Nelson Cruz to free agency, a motle...

Ben Revere’s Return Close for Nationals

Joshua Sadlock

May 4, 2016

Headlines, Washington Nationals

According to William Ladson of MLB.com, outfielder Ben Revere will rejoin the Washington Nationals on Thursday. It is still unclear when Revere will be activated. The Nationals are set to wrap up a three-game s...

More Steroid Busts Coming for MLB

Joshua Sadlock

May 4, 2016

Headlines, Major League Baseball

According to two sources close to the league, Major League Baseball is continuing to process a handful of positive performance-enhancing drug tests, with one announcement expected to come at some point later th...

Trey Mancini Continues Tearing Up Double-A

Joshua Sadlock

Apr 22, 2016

Baltimore Orioles, Features, Prospect Reports

Trey Mancini entered the 2015 as a lightly-regarded right-handed first baseman in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He was not considered a top-10 prospect and was slated to begin the season in High-A as a 23...

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