Baseball Analysis

The Indians should not have the record they do, a call for expanded replay, the Matt Kemp-Bryce Harper farce and struggles of the Josh Hamilton. Read more »

Kevin Youkilis is the latest member of the recent championships teams to leave the Red Sox, but this divorce is just what both sides needed. Read more »

The Red Sox continued their climb up the rankings, moving to eleventh place, while the Marlins have dropped seven spots. Read more »

Alex Rodriguez ties Lou Gehrig for an all-time record, Andre Ethier gets a big deal from the Dodgers, Philip Humber struggles and two big market teams are in last place. Read more »

The first round of the 2000 Major League Baseball draft has generated just three All-Stars and fourteen players that never made it to The Show. Read more »

The Angels have jumped seven spots in our rankings this week, while the Diamondbacks have slid the same number of slots. Read more »

Why the First-Year Player Draft will never be a hit, the regression of Ian Kennedy, what ails the Pirates, Derek Jeter comes down and the future of Edwin Encarnacion. Read more »

The Reds have jumped four spots to eighth and the Mets have fallen all the way down to 28th, while the same teams comprise the top seven. Read more »

More than a quarter of the way through the season we have seen Cole Hamels, Josh Hamilton and Zack Greinke increase their worth as free agents this winter. Read more »

The Indians have jumped 10 spots from 26th to 16th in the rankings, while the Rangers remain on top and the Twins in the basement. Read more »

A lot has happened in Major League Baseball since the last Hanging Curve, including an injury to a future Hall of Famer (Mariano Rivera), the benching of another (Albert Pujols) and a career-week for a slugger (Josh Hamilton) on a path that could lead to Cooperstown. Read more »

The Rangers are back in the top spot thanks to a red-hot week from Josh Hamilton, who clubbed nine home runs in six days. Read more »

Checking in on the development of Jurickson Profar, Gerritt Cole, Julio Teheran, Anthony Gose, Jed Bradley. Read more »

The Orioles have worked their way into the top-three, while the Cardinals and Rangers continue to dominate and the Cubs and Twins remain in the basement. Read more »

The Nationals begin to slide, the Austin Jackson effect, Moneyball numbers in Oakland, power at Citi Field, Anthony Rizzo and more. Read more »

The Nationals and Orioles have spots in the top four, along with expected powers Texas and St. Louis. Read more »

The host Cubs took two out of three over the weekend to hand the Cardinals their first series loss in what was expected to be a mismatch the other way. Read more »

Johan Santana, the Blue Jays, Stephen Strasburg, Derek Jeter, David Ortiz and Will MIddlebrooks are examined in the first edition of The Hanging Curve. Read more »

The Los Angeles Angels were one of the most talked about teams this spring, but have gotten off to a 6-10 start with Albert Pujols still being homerless. What is the forecast for the Angels going forward and how long can Baltimore stay in the race? Read more »

The Rangers have won seven-straight thanks to the highest OPS (.881) in the Major Leagues, while the Cubs have dropped to last place. Read more »