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Why Did the Red Sox Sign Moncada?

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Johnny Lumsden — No Comments ↓

All along, the major teams in the Yoan Moncada sweepstakes have been the Yankees, Dodgers, Brewers, Angles, Rays, and Padres, but the Red Sox were only mentioned a few times during the waiting period of the young Cuban infielder to sign with a major league club. Boston only briefly worked Moncada out, while the other major contenders for his services saw Moncada work out more than once. The Yankees (always eager with their money) even tested out Yoan for a third time late last week, which may be the reasoning behind Boston’s decision to offer $4 million more taking the Continue reading Why Did the Red Sox Sign Moncada?→

Comparing the 3 Stadiums on the West Coast

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Johnny Lumsden — No Comments ↓

Ever since Camden Yards opened up in Baltimore for the Orioles in 1992, modernized stadiums have taken the baseball world by storm. Before the construction of the wonderful Oriole Park, stadiums have been plain and simple, but beautiful because of their simplicity; after all, baseball is America’s past time, so it is modeled on the basics of the country. Now though new stadiums are popping up everywhere with multiple different venues inside of the parks, such as, fancy restaurants/clubs/bars overlooking the field, kids playgrounds, super fan stores that sell team appeal, high class food courts, etc. The building of these Continue reading Comparing the 3 Stadiums on the West Coast→

The Padres, a Lock for the Wild Card?

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Johnny Lumsden — No Comments ↓

Finally, James Shields has signed with a team to become the last big name free agent to drop of the market. But whom did he sign with? After trading for Justin Upton, Matt Kemp, Wil Myers, and Derek Norris, Padres’ GM, AJ Preller, “puts the cherry on top”, as he swoops in when the market lowered to below $80 million for the former Royals ace, when James Shields agreed to a 4-year pact worth between $72-75 million with the Padres on Monday February 9, 2015. The Padres pitching rotation now has two top tier young studs and a great veteran Continue reading The Padres, a Lock for the Wild Card?→

Replacing Molina

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Johnny Lumsden — No Comments ↓

For 10 years now Yadier Molina has been one of the best defensive catchers in the league, and more importantly, one of the Cardinals leaders. But coming off of a two-injury season, Yadier is starting to wear down, despite only being 31-years of age. As the years have gone on, Yadier has been dwindling down on his games played. In the last 3 years, Molina has average to catch 128 games, while the 3 seasons before that his average was 140. The biggest problem, however, with Yadier’s injuries is that they have been in multiple places, which means that his Continue reading Replacing Molina→