Category Archives: MLB/MiLB

Ever since CJ Wilson left as a free agent on a big contract to the Angels after the 2011 season, the Rangers starting rotation has not had its for say, “the sparkle”, that it did when their ace Wilson lead them to back-to-back WS appearances in 2010 and 2011. Despite the adding of Yu Darvish immediately after the loss of Wilson, the rotation has not found it’s way back to dominance. The other issue the rotation has had, is injuries. The offense (especially because of injuries) has also been quite interesting to keep up on, but the pitching has been Continue reading The Interesting Case of the Rangers Starting Rotation→

Due to the high altitude factor that the Colorado Rocky Mountains bring, pitching has been a struggle for the Rockies for the entirety of the 22 years of their existence. So offense has been heavily relied on in order to get the team to the playoffs. For example, the only NL pennant that the Rockies won back in 2007 featured an offense that produced a batting average of .280 that had hot bats, in which carried the Rockies to sweep the NLDS and NLCS, but because of lack of pitching, they in return got swept by the Red Sox in Continue reading The Impact of a Healthy Rocky Offense→

On Monday, January 19, the San Francisco Giants finalized a deal with their 2014 World Series foes’ free-agent outfielder, Nori Aoki; for at least the 2015 season. Nori will get paid a base salary of $4 million in 2015, with a $5.5 million team option for 2016 that includes a $700,000 buyout. This new contract with the speedy outfielder also has performance bonuses attached to it in result of Aoki only appearing in 132 games last season, after playing in 155 in 2013 with Milwaukee. This will be Aoki’s third team in the last 3 seasons including 2015, but the Continue reading Giants Find Their Left-Fielder; At Least for 2015→

The Nationals were arguably the best team in the National League, if not the whole major leagues, in 2014, when they won 96 games on their way to comfortably winning the NL East. Their pitching was superb, producing an ERA of 3.03, which was the lowest. They had 3 rotation men with an ERA of fewer than 3, including the #4, Tanner Roark, going 15-10 with a 2.85 ERA. The rest of the rotation consisted of Jordan Zimmermann, strikeout specialist Stephen Strasburg, veteran left-hander Gio Gonzalez, and former Tiger Doug Fister. Unfortunately though, it wasn’t good enough to overcome the Continue reading Best Rotation in Decades: Nats on Pace for 100 Wins?→