Joe Mauer
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50 Ways to Pick an All-Star Team
Major League Baseball released the All Star Ballots obscenely early this year, about 3 weeks into the season. Below is a link from April 24th. @ mlbonfox @ allstargame it's too early — Bobby Aguilera (@BobbyAguilera)…
Fantasy Baseball: Catchers
At this time last year, I was readjusting to life in NYC after a three-week holiday in rural Bali. Two years ago, I wrote this piece from Valdelagrana, Spain. It's easy to miss Valdelagrana... Our criteria this year…
Favorite Catcher: Wilson Ramos
Anyone who follows on Twitter or knows me personally knows we are big fans of Wilson Ramos and were on edge for the two days he was kidnapped. We were fans when the Twins foolishly traded him for Matt Capps . We…
Best Players in Their Prime
We introduced the topic of players in their prime this past weekend. We analyzed 109 position players, younger than 29 at next year's All Star Game, with Major League experience. In Sunday's Players in Their Prime post,…
Players in Their Primes
Let's begin with what this is NOT. This is not a quasi mock fantasy draft. We're not ranking players with a view on fantasy baseball. We are not necessarily arguing that any of these players will be better in 2011 than…
MLB Team Snapshots
The Beautiful Mind level insanity around the AL Previews formula I've been tinkering with and referred to in these two posts should (hopefully) be done today. In an effort to not let the homework slow down our…
Another Natural: Carlos Santana
Just a quick note this evening... Doesn't Carlos Santana "look" like a good hitter? I'm not talking about the gaudy minor league stats , his minor league MVP awards (plural), nor his successful start in his first three…
All Appreciation Team
This list is subject to change on a daily basis. It is simply a list of the player we appreciate the opportunity to watch play at each position. We could, I guess, also call it our favorite player team, but it’s more…
Fantasy Baseball: Catchers
We're coming to you live from a coffee shop/bar in Valdelagrana, Spain . Keeping up with our tab has us at one cafe con leche . Per the request of a new, loyal reader, we are beginning our series of fantasy baseball…
Good Friends, Keepers, & Sleepers
As most of our loyal readers know, I've been living in New York for about 20 months... To let you know where I'm coming from, literally, I'm a Chicago guy, who "colleged" in New Orleans, and since them has lived in…
BAseball Reality Tour - Animal Style
First, let's get this awkwardness out of the way... The ol' blog has been silent for, gasp, more than a month. I am sorry to the gaggles of brilliant readers who've been waiting and waiting and waiting. Still, my…
Value Over/Under
Today's exercise looks at some of baseball's most overpaid and underpaid players, based on their '09 performance. Hopefully, this will be informative, fun, or at the very least: tolerable. Special thanks to Fangraphs…
All Star Ballots
A few weeks ago, I started a draft for a column entitled "Appreciating Lincecum" . After writing out some thoughts on that subject, I tried to build an All Appreciation Team from players around major league baseball.…
Back from Jamaica
Sorry for the long delay since posts. We went on a "scouting" trip to Jamaica and just got back last night. We will try to be more proactive to announce the potential for a longer-than-usual break. There is a lot to…
Greetings from Mahopac
We are spending the weekend with friends in Mahopac, NY. Quickly, I wanted to make note of a few things that we've noticed the last few days. Rich Hill is Back! Congratulations to the Orioles. Rich Hill came back…
No Outline, No Rough Draft
We usually try to be somewhat buttoned up on these posts. Usually, there is an outline or rough draft that we reread and spell check. Since it is 12:45 AM on Sunday morning, I'm just going to jot down a few quick…
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