Baseball Analysis

Ryan Braun and Jake Peavy got past Jay Bruce and Roy Oswalt respective, but only one of these two players can advance to our Elite 8. Read more »

The Jays were easily the best team in baseball on the mound in 2008, but their bats failed them in disappointing fashion. How can they compete against the Rays, Red Sox and Yankees this season? Read more »

JP Riccardi has taken some hits and even with Travis Snider graduating on to the bigs, the Blue Jays have some promising talent. Read more »

As a fellow catcher, J.P. Arencibia has Matt Wieters' kind of pop, but Pedro Cerrano's contact and plate patience. Read more »

Expectations were high on Ricky Romero when he was the 6th overall pick in the 2005 MLB Draft, but after battling injuries and inconsistency, he may now be ready. Read more »

Justin Jackson has some young Derek Jeter and Troy Tulowitzki in him and is excellent defensively. He simply needs to improve his pitch recognition at the plate. Read more »

David Cooper has good plate discipline and could easily develop into a consistent .385 OBP/.500 SLG type of hitter on the major league level. Read more »

Kevin Ahrens was the 16th overall pick in the 2007 Draft and his development has been relatively slow as he has transitioned to third base and has also become a switch-hitter. Read more »

Southpaw Brett Cecil's combination of a high strikeout rate, low walk rate and extremely impressive groundball rate makes for somewhat of a statistical anomaly. Read more »

Geovanny Soto was Albert Pujols' sacrificial lamb in the first round and he probably will have an even easier time with Ryan Zimmerman. Read more »

The Yankees improved dramatically with their free agent trifecta of CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira and A.J. Burnett, but will their carryover core produce at a high enough level end their one-season October absence? Read more »

The Yankees don't have a prospect crop as good as the early 1990's, but they have several high ceiling players that they are swinging the fences on. Read more »

Austin Jackson is a phenomenal athlete who can become a very good five-tool player if he decreases his propensity for strikeouts. Read more »

If Jesus Montero continues to improve defensively behind the plate, he will become one of the best sluggers at the position in the game. Read more »

Andrew Brackman was the 30th overall pick in the 2007 MLB Draft and slid because of his looming Tommy John surgery. He's healthy now and at 6'10", with a superb fastball and knuckle-curve, expectations are still high. Read more »

Arodys Vizcaino has the velocity, strikeout rate and command to make him an extremely intriguing young arm. Read more »

Dellin Betances is nicknamed Baby Unit due to his 6'8" frame. If he stays healthy and becomes more consistent with his mechanics, Betances could become a front end starter. Read more »

The NL East has two of the best five or six players in the game in Johan Santana and Hanley Ramirez. Read more »

The Orioles were a 61-63 team on August 17th, but lost an unreal 30 out of their final 37 games to finish the season 68-93. This kind of meltdown makes improving their win total by 7-10 wins an incredibly realistic scenario especially if Matt Wieters appears sooner rather than later. Read more »

The Orioles' future begins, ends and begins again with Matt Wieters, who they will rely on offensively and also to help develop Brian Matusz, Chris Tillman and Jake Arrieta. Read more »