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American League Cy Young Race Is Hot After One Month

May 10, 2017

The Baseball Writers Association of America should consider themselves very lucky that the Cy Young Award is not handed out until November. If it was given now, we'd have quite the controversy unfolding in the ...

Would Cy Young Win His Own Award?

Jeremy Frank

Nov 11, 2016

Offseason, Statistics

Cy Young. The all-time leader in wins, losses, starts, complete games, innings pitched, and more. If you're a casual baseball fan, you may not know those off the top of your head. But if you clicked on the link...

Can Chris Sale Improve in 2016?

Casey Boguslaw

Feb 5, 2016

Chicago White Sox, Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Can Chris Sale have the best year of his career in 2016? FanGraphs believes so, as they are projecting a 6.7 WAR for him in the upcoming season. Sale accumulated a 6.2 WAR last year, the highest of his career t...

Cubs Jake Arrieta Wins NL Cy Young, Silences Preseason Doubters

Robert Villarreal

Nov 18, 2015

Breaking News, Chicago Cubs, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central

He had his doubters. I wasn't one of them, but as a supporter of his pending "Number one status" in January of 2015, I was on the receiving end of a wide-scale debate as to who was a better pitcher for the Chic...

Giants Waste Tim Lincecum’s Strong Outing as Wil Myers Delivers for Padres

Chris Roth

Apr 10, 2015

Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League West, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants

SAN DIEGO - A night after playing a game that took until the top of the 12th inning to score a run, the Padres and Giants locked horns in another pitchers' duel on Friday night at Petco Park. This time it wa...

Tim Lincecum Battles and Flashes Brilliance in Latest Spring Start

Chris Roth

Mar 27, 2015

Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League West, Opinions & Predictions, San Francisco Giants

There was once a day where San Francisco pitcher Tim Lincecum was one of the brightest stars in the Major Leagues, using his unorthodox windup to throw mid-90s fastballs and knee-buckling off-speed pitches past...

Unlikely No-Hitters and the Pitchers Who Threw Them

Jeff J. Snider

Mar 23, 2015

Baseball History, Features, History

Last week, a conversation with a friend spurred an investigation into the Most Unlikely Three-Homer Game Ever. A conversation about that piece with a different friend got me wondering which pitcher had thrown t...

Is Sandy Alderson’s Plan Paying Off For New York Mets?

Adam Hurowitz

Feb 12, 2015

New York Mets, Opinions & Predictions

The New York Mets haven't been in the postseason since 2006. After the 2008 season, the Flushing Faithful have endured, what it seems like, a never-ending rebuild. However, things may be looking up for the Metr...

Calculating the modern-day contract worth of baseball’s legends

Steve Benko

Nov 22, 2014

Contract, Headlines, Opinions & Predictions

An article recently written by David Schoenfield of ESPN showed how the monetary value of the WAR statistic (Wins Above Replacement) is getting greater and greater by the year. It’s so valuable in fact, that at...

Dodgers’ Kershaw lands endorsement deal with Subway

Baseball Essential

Nov 15, 2014

Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milestone, National League, National League West, Offseason, Rumors

On Wednesday, Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw became the youngest pitcher to win three Cy Young awards and the following day was named NL MVP for the first time in his career. Off the field, Kershaw ...

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