Before we dig deep into the statistics, let's help out the fans who are not fortunate enough to have their team playing past this weekend make up their minds about who to cheer for in the coming weeks. Read more »
Baseball Analysis
RIYL: A Cinematic Rooting Guide To The 2019 MLB Playoffs
Marginally Vociferous Predictions: Thoughts On MLB's MVP Races
It's been a rough September over here in the land of predicting MVP awards, with two of the leading candidates, one for each league, suffering injuries that could take them out of the running. Read more »
Perfect Pitch: 2019 Cy Young Award Predictions
With the regular season quickly winding down, we've got taut Cy Young races in both leagues. Read more »
Rookie Regalia: Predictions For Fledgling MLBer Awards
On why Pete Alonso and Yordan Alvarez are the favorites to win Rookie of the Year. Read more »
Prospective Predictions: On September's Most Critical Call-Ups
While it's pretty tough (read: impossible) to predict the instant major league success of a prospect, that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth doing. Read more »
Air Yordan: On the Brilliant Season of Yordan Alvarez
Yordan Alvarez is having the best rookie season by wRC+ in baseball's modern era. There are caveats here, obviously, but they really only apply to what might happen going forward, rather than his extremely remarkable start. Read more »
2019 Trade Deadline: Winners, Losers And WTFers
The first consolidated trade deadline came and went, and it couldn’t have happened during a weirder year. Read more »
Favorite Things: A National League Midseason Baseball Revue
The Dodgers are unsurprisingly dominating the National League, followed by the Braves, Nationals, Cubs and Brewers. Read more »
Favorite Things: An American League Midseason Baseball Revue
The Yankees, Astros and Twins will enter the All-Star break as our top-3 in the American League. Read more »
Brave Review: On Atlanta's Past And Future In 2019
The Braves are likely going to need to make some sort of additions if they're going to take advantage of the position they find themselves in right now to make a deep run this year and not go out in the first round like they did in 2018. Read more »
Sense And Sensibility: Craig Kimbrel Is A Cub
Simply put, the Cubs have needed bullpen help, probably as much as any team in baseball, especially given the difficulties of playing in the most difficult division in baseball this year. Read more »
Twin Peaks: Riding High In Minnesota
The Twins had one of the better offseasons in the American League, and now they're having the second best regular season. The real question is whether they will be able to continue winning at this rate. Read more »
Raking Bad: On Cleveland And Bad Decisions
The Indians are far from out of the running, but their offense has been entirely offensive to watch. There were plenty of ways to prevent this situation from happening, they just would have been too expensive. Read more »
Everybody Hurts: On The Yankees And Their Many Injuries
The Yankees have endured an ungodly number of injuries to start 2019. How have they done it? By actually being ready for it, and then by getting a little lucky. Read more »
On MLB's Tenuous Labor Situation And Recent Extension Glut
Teams are leveraging the fact that free agency isn't working in the favor of players due to the aging curve and signing the best players to extensions that will only pay them for their prime years. Read more »
Predictions For The 2019 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Some rankings, thoughts and predictions for the 2019 season, all of which will certainly come to pass and which we will in no way regret in the future. Read more »
Grading The 2019 Offseason: AL East
While the Red Sox mainly stood pat, the Yankees made some aggressive moves to come after their throne. Read more »
Grading The 2019 Offseason: NL East
No division in either league improved as much as the NL East did this offseason, and it's going to be an absolute grind to here next season. Read more »
Grading The 2019 Offseason: AL Central
While the White Sox pursued Manny Machado and Bryce Harper and the Indians were rumored to be shopping Corey Kluber and Trevor Bauer, the Twins signing Nelson Cruz was the biggest actual transaction of the winter. Read more »
Grading The 2019 Offseason: NL Central
Paul Goldschmidt, Yasmani Grandal and Yasiel Puig are the big additions to the NL Central this offseason. Read more »