Pittsburgh Pirates Manager: Clint Hurdle (9th Season) 2018 Record: 82-79 (4th in NL Central)    2019 Payroll: $59,775,002 (29th in MLB) Additions: SP Jordan Lyles, RP Michael Feliz, OF Lonnie … Continue reading NL Central Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates →

Cincinnati Reds Manager: David Bell (1st Season) 2018 Record: 67-95 (5th in Central)    2019 Payroll: $116,773,214 (16th in MLB) Key Additions: OF Yasiel Puig, SP Alex Wood, OF Matt … Continue reading NL Central Preview: Cincinnati Reds →

The Kansas City Royals were the worst team in one of the worst divisions of all-time in 2018. Their attendance numbers fell back down to where they were before their … Continue reading The Royals Have a Chance to Innovate the Use of Base Running →

The MLB playoffs are over so let's take a minute to look back on them. What makes the playoffs so interesting is that it's such a small amount of games … Continue reading The Best/Worst Players From the 2018 MLB Postseason →

The World Series is here and when the Dodgers take on the Red Sox on Tuesday night, there will be two big name starters on the hill. Let's start by … Continue reading World Series Game 1: Pitching Comparison →

Time to talk about the Rays again. I didn't plan to write about them again, but then last Wednesday, Sergio Romo played 3rd base. The Rays used a very unique … Continue reading Waxahachie Swaps and Sergio Romo Playing Third Base →

I wrote previously on the Rays and their use of the opener. I'll link to that post at the bottom of this one. Now that we are just past the … Continue reading I Think The Opener Is Working →

I've already talked about the hitters for this year's All-Star game so let's look at the pitchers. I once again used an algorithm to analyze the pitchers. I used 5 … Continue reading Analyzing This Year’s All-Star Rosters: Pitchers →