Starlin Castro
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Position-by-Position-at-a-Glance
Only a couple of weeks away from Opening Day, let's check in on each position around Major League Baseball. **Catcher** Entering a new golden age, the catcher position boasts top-tier talent: Yadier Molina and his world…
Trade Targets for Contenders
The new playoff format gives more teams hopes of making the postseason, which decreases the number of sellers at the trading deadline. If there is a silver lining for truly terrible teams, like the Cubs and Twins, it's…
Best Hitters Against Pitch Type
An occasional glance at a few numbers on Fangraphs can quickly freshen up your bar stool baseball talk tremendously. Case in point, let's look at the best hitters against certain pitch types. For a larger sample size,…
No Pressure, Starlin!
Is it fair to compare 20-year old Starlin Castro with 36-year old, 5-time World Champion, future Hall of Famer, Derek Jeter ? Well, Jeeze, um, I guess we'll pick, um... Castro? It's quite likely that we will not see…
Rookie of the Year Ballots
It occurred to us last night that at the conclusion of this year's regular season, we posted our picks for the Cy Young and MVP winners but failed to enter a ballot for the AL and NL Rookies of the Year. I guess R.O.Y.…
Position Players of the Future 2010
Brett Wallace looks like a nice boy. Last year, when we posted our first Position Players of the Future post, we did it in late August. So, we missed out on some September callups, notably: Buster Posey, Tyler Flowers,…
Pictures: NL Rookies
We've been blessed with exciting rookies this year. Just the National League has a
Are You Not Entertained?
It's never easy to make your Major League debut. Think about how nervous, excited, or anxious you may get for your first day of school, or first day at a new job. Now, imagine that there are 40,000 people around you and…
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…
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