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Five Best and Five Worst Free Agent Signings Early on in 2018

Apr 26, 2018

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Transactions

With nearly a full month gone from the 2018 Major League Baseball regular season, we're beginning to see which free agency deals have been worth the money, and which could use a do-over. Even in market slowed t...

Newfound Confidence Driving Gerrit Cole to a Sudden Resurgence

Tom Dorsa

Apr 25, 2018

Features, Houston Astros, Statistics

Gerrit Cole is not the starting pitcher he was last year. For this, the Houston Astros are thankful. Though Cole is backing a star-studded rotation in Houston, he's pitching like the denoted ace he once was and...

Will the Real Rick Porcello Please Stand Up?

Tom Dorsa

Apr 19, 2018

Boston Red Sox, Opinions & Predictions

Sometimes I lie awake at night knowing that Rick Porcello somehow won the 2016 American League Cy Young Award, despite Justin Verlander and Corey Kluber -- the two other finalists -- having better numbers in ev...

Unsigned Free Agent Brandon Phillips Still Has Value

Tom Dorsa

Apr 18, 2018

Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

On August 31, 2017, the Atlanta Braves traded second baseman Brandon Phillips to the Los Angeles Angels for catcher Tony Sanchez. It showed that the four-time Gold Glove Award winner was a valued trade deadline...

The Case For Bryce Harper to Stay in Washington Past 2018

Tom Dorsa

Apr 16, 2018

Features, Opinions & Predictions, Washington Nationals

Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper currently paces all major league hitters in home runs (7), runs (15), walks (20), and OPS (1.219). As a prelude to his impending free agency after the 2018 season, h...

Elvis Andrus Injury Summarizes Nightmare Start for Rangers

Tom Dorsa

Apr 13, 2018

Headlines, Injuries, Texas Rangers

Unbelievably, it's only getting worse for the Texas Rangers.In the ninth inning of the team's fourth consecutive loss on Wednesday night, Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus suffered a fracture of his right elbo...

Don’t Buy Into the Early-Season Hype Around Blue Jays, Mets, Pirates

Tom Dorsa

Apr 11, 2018

Headlines, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Before the season began, it was easy to notice which of Major League Baseball's 30 clubs were clear contenders and which were primed for horrendous 2018 campaigns. The Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Washi...

Yankees Shortstop Didi Gregorius Quietly Blossoming Into a Superstar

Tom Dorsa

Apr 9, 2018

Features, New York Yankees

On April 6, 2015, young shortstop Didi Gregorius made his debut for the New York Yankees in a 6-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Gregorius hit ninth and saw three plate appearances -- he did not record a hit, f...

How the Houston Astros Could Repeat as World Series Champions

Tom Dorsa

Apr 3, 2018

Houston Astros, Opinions & Predictions

Opening Weekend was a success for the Houston Astros, but just three games does not a championship win. The only goal for the reigning World Series champions is to return to the fourth-largest city in the Unite...

BBE 2018 Positional Rankings: MLB’s Top 15 Utility Players

Tom Dorsa

Apr 1, 2018

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Over the offseason, the team of contributors at Baseball Essential voted upon every position on the diamond, compiling our comprehensive Top 15 countdowns for the 2018 season. Major League Baseball is overflow...

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