New York Mets captain and third baseman David Wright is still working his way back from various injuries, including spinal stenosis. He last played in an MLB game in May of 2016. Wright has been grinding in his minor league rehab stint over the past month. Last week, the Mets announced that Wright will be […]
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We spent the previous two columns looking at which National League division leader is best prepared for a World Series run (you can read that article here). We did the same for the American League (here is that article). You can see how we came to the conclusions we did, based on numbers that do
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As the baseball season winds down, it’s time to take a more serious look at how the current division leaders might fare if the playoffs started today. Last week, we looked at the American league (read that article here: https://bit.ly/2MxIEM6). Today we’ll take a look at the National League. In all transparency, I am a Cubs
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As the baseball season heads into the home stretch, it’s not too soon to see how the current division leaders would fare if they are left standing atop the standings at the end of the regular season. Let’s start with the American League and see which among the Red Sox, Indians or Astros would be
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Now that it’s early August, it is time for baseball fans to take a close look at baseball’s hottest teams to take seriously as the dog days have arrived. In this post, I will examine the top teams in baseball. Hottest MLB Teams Going into the Final Quarter of 2018 Philidelphia Phillies The biggest surprise team
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What a last few days of the MLB trade deadline. Time to catch our breath and summarize what occurred… A flurry of moves is finalized, leaving a whole lot of player movement to digest across the Major Leagues. Powerhouses like the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees added significant pieces in Manny Machado
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Astros 3B Alex Bregman has broken onto the scene the past two years. In his second full year in the league, he was named to his first career All Star game. Bregman put on a show, but fell up short in the Home Run Derby. A day later Bregman hit the go-ahead home run and
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Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, took some shots at Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout during a press conference over the All Star break. Manfred knocked Trout’s self-promotion and marketing as the best player in Major League baseball. Basically what Manfred said is that Trout would be an even bigger star in
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The Oakland Athletics are suddenly one of the hottest teams in baseball. They are currently riding a five game winning streak, and have won eight straight series. Since June 16, Oakland owns a 26-7 record which is the best in baseball. So, why should you believe in the Athletics you may be asking? High Powered,
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The Pirates have been one of the hottest teams in baseball as of late. A week before the All Star Break, they were eight games under the .500 mark. Today, they are 53-49 and just three games out of an NL Wild Card spot. So how has this happened? Historically High Scoring Offense The Pirates
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