A lot of the good things that you are able to say about the Rays of today are the same things that were being said about Oakland A?s a decade ago. Read more »
Jason Follain - Baseball Analysis
The Tampa Bay (R)A's
Bang For Your Buck All-Stars
Inexpensive production is invaluable in today?s MLB and players like Angel Pagan, Andres Torres, Aubrey Huff and Jose Bautista have given their teams excellent ROIs. Read more »
Go For A Ride On The Mets Rollercoaster
For all that the Mets have put their fans through over the past half decade, the future isn?t as bleak as it might sound. The 2010 season looks to be a lost one, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Read more »
How Important Is Fielding?
The influence defense has on a team?s success may be becoming overblown. Looking at various metrics, hitting and pitching still outweigh fielding by a clear margin. Read more »
Early Season WAR Success (Hitters)
Looking at the Wins Above Replacement leaderboard sees names like Vernon Wells, Austin Jackson, Colby Rasmus and Andrew McCutcheon. Will they still be around at the end of the season? Read more »
What To Do With The Philadelphia Outfield
The Phillies have huge payroll commitments to other players, plus potential replacement Domonic Brown, but shifting Jayson Werth to center and trading Shane Victorino might be the better action plan. Read more »
Behind The Padres Surprising Success
While San Diego has relied on their pitching staff to anchor their fast start, their offense has performed better than expected due to the breakout of a couple prospects. Read more »
Will The Song Remain The Same For San Francisco's Offense?
While the Giants offense does appear to be better than last season, the long term outlook for 2010 doesn?t seem to be all that encouraging. Read more »
Fun With Small Sample Sizes (Hitters)
Shin-Soo Choo, Hunter Pence, Chase Utley, Mark Teixeira, Carlos Lee and Ivan Rodriguez are all having notable starts to the 2010 season. Read more »
Fun With Small Sample Sizes (Pitchers)
Matt Garza, Jon Lester, Roy Halladay, Jake Peavy and even Livan Hernandez have had interesting numbers in their initial handful of 2010 starts. Read more »