Opinions & Predictions

Why the Arizona Diamondbacks Should Exercise Junior Guerra’s Option

Oct 9, 2020

Arizona Diamondbacks, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The Arizona Diamondbacks fell well short of their expectations in 2020, finishing 14th in the National League with a record of 25-35. After making a pair of deals at the Major League Baseball trade deadline tha...

The Miami Marlins Deserve This Moment

Robbie Stratakos

Oct 3, 2020

Major League Baseball, Miami Marlins, Opinions & Predictions

For three years the Miami Marlins have been teased and ridiculed for their decision to trade their plethora of positional stars. Friday afternoon they hushed the baseball world. On a windy afternoon in Wrigl...

Is This Season Different for the Los Angeles Dodgers?

Robbie Stratakos

Sep 29, 2020

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The Los Angeles Dodgers won 71.7 percent of their regular-season games, which would've been a franchise record had it been a 162-game season. Furthermore, they won the National League West for the eighth consec...

The Oakland A’s Need to Wake Up

Robbie Stratakos

Sep 28, 2020

Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics, Opinions & Predictions

A team that wins its division and 60.0 percent of its games is typically wide awake. That is not the case with the Oakland Athletics. Yes, they're going into the 2020 Major League Baseball playoffs for a thi...

The Tampa Bay Rays Need a Standout Hitter to Come Forward

Robbie Stratakos

Sep 25, 2020

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays have the best record in the American League (37-20). That said, the Rays need an imposing standout hitter to emerge if they're going to win the AL pennant. Manager Kevin Cash has a bevy of...

New York Mets Self-Destructed Their Premier Strong Suit Thanks to Lack of Foresight

Robbie Stratakos

Sep 24, 2020

Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Opinions & Predictions

Starting pitching has been the New York Mets' identity for the better part of the last decade. That energy has vanished: they self-destructed their premier strong suit. The Mets went into 2019 with one of th...

Chicago White Sox: Tim Anderson is Turning Into One of MLB’s Best Hitters

Quinn Allen

Sep 22, 2020

Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The last two seasons have been career-changing for Tim Anderson, to say the least. The Chicago White Sox picked him up in the first round of the 2013 MLB Draft out of East Central Community College, a small JUC...

The Chicago White Sox Have Experienced Exponential Growth

Robbie Stratakos

Sep 20, 2020

Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

It usually takes multiple years for a rebuild to yield positive results in Major League Baseball -- unless you're the Chicago White Sox, apparently. The White Sox finished last season 72-89 (a 44.7 percent w...

Luke Voit Has Kept the New York Yankees Afloat

Robbie Stratakos

Sep 18, 2020

Major League Baseball, New York Yankees, Opinions & Predictions

Where would the New York Yankees be without Luke Voit this season? The preeminent talking point with the Yankees has been injuries. DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Judge, Gleyber Torres, Giancarlo Stanton, James Paxton, ...

The Positive for the Washington Nationals? The Youth is Playing

Robbie Stratakos

Sep 14, 2020

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Washington Nationals

To say the 2020 Major League Baseball season has been underwhelming for the Washington Nationals would be an understatement: it has been a complete disappointment. With that said, there's one fluid factor worki...