American League West

Newfound Confidence Driving Gerrit Cole to a Sudden Resurgence

Apr 25, 2018

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...

The Curious Case of Mariners’ Felix Hernandez

Jason Kelly

Apr 16, 2018

Opinions & Predictions, Seattle Mariners, Statistics

Felix Hernandez pitched well in a loss to the Oakland Athletics this passed Sunday, going 6.2 innings while notching seven strike outs. His only blunder was surrendering a 2-run home run to Jed Lowrie, which wo...

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...

Welcome to Sho-Time

Brent Maguire

Apr 9, 2018

American League West, Headlines, Los Angeles Angels, Statistics

Shohei Ohtani has been referred to as the Japanese Babe Ruth. Nearly every team in baseball made a pitch for him when he became available last offseason. He was baseball's most talked about player coming into t...

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...

Shohei Ohtani’s Dazzling MLB Pitching Debut

Brent Maguire

Apr 2, 2018

Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball, Statistics

A brutal spring training performance led to many whispers about starting the season in the minor leagues but Shohei Ohtani came out and shut those whispers down on Sunday afternoon in Oakland. In his Major Leag...

Baseball Essential 2018 Preview Series: American League West

Tom Dorsa

Mar 29, 2018

American League West, Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The American League West division was once the most competitive five-team subclass in Major League Baseball. In 2012, the Oakland Athletics stole the divisional crown from the Texas Rangers in a head-to-head ba...

How the Texas Rangers Will Use Tim Lincecum to Start 2018

Ryan Thoms

Mar 10, 2018

Headlines, Opinions & Predictions, Texas Rangers

With the Tim Lincecum comeback experiment in full stride, the Texas Rangers have some decisions to make about how they will utilize the two-time former Cy Young Award Winner and World Series champion.As it ...

The Potentially Elite Angels Infield Defense

Brent Maguire

Mar 7, 2018

Headlines, Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball

Much of the attention surrounding the Los Angeles Angels has been centered around Shohei Ohtani, along with Mike Trout, and for good reason. The Angels, however, made a few other moves during the offseason that...

Astros Name Verlander Opening Day Starter

Scott Jenkins

Mar 6, 2018

Breaking News, Houston Astros, Spring Training

For many teams, it's easy to choose a starting pitcher for Opening Day because there's often an obvious choice on the roster. The Houston Astros aren't in that position, though, because they have three starters...