American League West

Houston Astros: is George Springer or Michael Brantley the Better Value?

Dec 15, 2020

Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

Houston Astros outfielders George Springer and Michael Brantley are two of the more high-profile players on the Major League Baseball free agent market this offseason. Springer, 31, will likely command a long-t...

Houston Astros Should Not be Taken Lightly in the American League Championship Series

Quinn Allen

Oct 9, 2020

Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Postseason

It's safe to say that the Houston Astros are one of the most hated teams in baseball after a cheating scandal that came to light before the beginning of this season. Despite claims that Houston used illegal sig...

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 Texas Rangers Have Opened the Door to MLB’s Basement

Robbie Stratakos

Sep 13, 2020

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers got off the family room couch a few years ago and have now approached the door to Major League Baseball's basement; times are tough in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are 16-30, which is good...

The Seattle Mariners Have Sparked an Optimistic Rebuild

Robbie Stratakos

Sep 8, 2020

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Seattle Mariners

Two months ago the Seattle Mariners were looking at future departures in Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, looking for a place to go. As the 2020 Major League Baseball season hits the home stretch, the Mari...

The Sounds of Silence: No Radio in the Bay Area for Oakland Athletics Games

Tom Gibbons

Jul 23, 2020

Major League Baseball, Media, Oakland Athletics, Radio

The Oakland Athletics added a wrinkle to this already weird season, becoming the first MLB team since 1938 to have no local radio broadcasts of games in English. They still employ Ken Korach and Vince Cotro...

A Healthy, Breakout Season for Shohei Ohtani Would Significantly Propel the Angels

Robbie Stratakos

May 26, 2020

Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

As currently constructed, the Los Angeles Angels aren't going to the playoffs in 2020. The player that could change that notion? Shohei Ohtani. In his two years in the show Ohtani has been a sight to behold,...

The Best and Worst Trade of the Decade for the Seattle Mariners

Tom Dorsa

Apr 15, 2020

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Seattle Mariners

The Seattle Mariners are known around the baseball world primarily for two things: mediocrity and a crazy frequency in trades. For the first denoted team identity, a long-running history of plain incompetence a...

The Best and Worst Trade of the Decade for the Texas Rangers

Tom Dorsa

Mar 30, 2020

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Texas Rangers

The 2010s was the most successful decade in the history of the Texas Rangers franchise. A club record 96 wins in 2011 was one of five 90-win campaigns in the decade, which featured two American League pennants,...

The Best and Worst Trade of the Decade for the Houston Astros

Tom Dorsa

Mar 23, 2020

Hall of Fame, Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

It's hard to call the decade of the 2010s a failure for the Houston Astros. From their disastrous stretch of 324 losses from 2011-2013, the Astros reinvented themselves with elite prospect development, great sc...