Baseball Analysis

3rd September, 2005 Minute Maid Park, Houston Chris Carpenter RHP (19-4, 2.29, 183 K's) vs. Roger Clemens RHP (11-6, 1.51, 167 K's). Two of the NL's Cy Young candidates duel in Houston, as the first place Cardinals face the Astros. Read more »

The Marlins' Dontrelle Willis (LHP) defeated the Mets 4-2 on Friday night, earning his 19th victory (19-8, 8.1 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K). Willis broke the Florida franchise record he shared with Carl Pavano (18 wins). The Cy Young candidate is expected to start 5 more times as the Marlins compete for the NL Wildcard. Read more »

This is make or break time whether or not you are in a roto league or a head-to-head league. In roto, points are up for grabs. In head-to-head, the successful fantasy manager is planning for the playoffs. Here is a list of players to grab for the stretch run. Read more »

For years, the Phillies melted under heavy expectations and were made sure to hear of it from their passionate fans. This year however, has been different in more ways than one. This year, the expectations were still there, but to a lesser extent, and they slumped early in the year as opposed to later. Now the Phillies are playing some of their best baseball and atop the wild race that is the National League Wild Card. Read more »

How many teams are the Devil Rays going to keep out of the postseason? With 6 games against the Yankees still to come and 3 games each against Boston, the Angels, and the Indians each respectively, Tampa Bay impacts all three Divisional races in the American League. You could say the hunt for October will go through Tampa Bay for once. Read more »

The White Sox had a 15 game lead a month ago in the AL Central and now its dwindled to a mere 7 1/2 over the Cleveland Indians with six games to play against the Tribe. Read more »

The Phillies are playing some of their best baseball and sit atop the wild race that is the National League Wild Card. Read more »

2nd September, 2005 McAfee Coliseum, Oakland Al Leiter LHP (4-3, 4.28, 36 K's) vs. Danny Haren RHP (11-10, 3.99, 131 K's). The weekend 3-game series may be a preview of the October AL play-offs. Sunday night's game will be featured on ESPN's Baseball Game of the Week (8:05 ET). Read more »

Veteran 1B John Olerud homered twice, doubled, and drove in 6 runs as the Red Sox defeated the Devil Rays, 7-4, on Thursday night, at Fenway Park. RHP Bronson Arroyo (11-9) was the winning pitcher, as the first place Red Sox won their 5th straight game. Read more »

We have a NEW #1 and some new names in our top 25 this week, including the emergence of a number of quality Cy Young candidate pitchers. Which of these players will truly make a difference during the month of September in their teams drive to the play-offs and World Series? Read more »

1st September, 2005 Shea Stadium, Queens Jon Lieber RHP (12-12, 4.81, 112 K's) vs. Steve Trachsel RHP (1-0, 0.00, 6 K's). Two of the NL Wild Card contenders square off in NY. It should be an exciting month of September baseball. Who's your NL choice? Read more »

Dodger RHP Derek Lowe was the show today, pitching a 1-hit, complete game shutout of the Cubs, 7-0, at Wrigley Field. Lowe (9-13, 3.91) gave up a first inning leadoff infield single to Jerry Hairston Jr. The 32 year old pitcher walked two, and recorded seven K's, and was one chopped, 2-strike swing away from a no-hitter. Read more »

Since the All-Star break, which was 50 days and 46 games ago, the Marlins have hit 32 HRs, 18 of which have come from Delgado and Cabrera. In other words, Jason Giambi, Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr. and Andruw Jones have all hit more HRs since that meaningless game in Detroit than the other 23 guys on the Florida roster not named Carlos and Miguel. Read more »

The Rockies were 27 games under .500 entering play Tuesday night. They were also just 12 ? games out of first place. Had they played even .400 baseball for the first couple of months of the season they would be in contention to win the division. Folks, this is futility of epic proportions. Read more »

Sitting 11 games back of Chicago in the Central Division, the only way to make those predictions come true is to overtake three teams and 4.5 games for a Wild Card berth. That classified this Kansas City series as a-must-win-and-sweep-if-possible situation. Read more »

31st August, 2005 Safeco Field, Seattle Randy Johnson LHP (12-8, 4.20, 173 K's) vs. Felix Hernandez RHP (2-1, 1.75, 38 K's). The Mariner rookie phenom faces New York for the first time. Read more »

Mark Teixeira drove in 6 runs as the Texas Rangers defeated the Chicago White Sox, 8-6, in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader. Teixeira was 3 for 4 (1 2B, 2 HR). He now has 34 HR's, and the 107 RBI's matches a career best. Read more »

After finally snapping an embarrassing 19 game losing streak, the longest in franchise history, the Royals seemed to regain some of their footing by taking two of three from the division-leading A?s and Red Sox. Read more »

With September 1st call-ups only a day away and the Chicago Cubs eight games back in the Wild Card race, it is now time to start preparing for next year ? again. Read more »

The Giants new top pitching prospect is Matt Cain, a 20-year old phenom from Tennessee who has a devastating array of power pitches. With all the players in the Giants minor league system who have been traded over the last several years, Cain has remained untouchable, and with good reason. He is the future. Read more »