Baseball Analysis

Chase Utley is back in the top slot while Rafael Furcal is firmly on fire and is ranked fourth. Read more »

How are the Rays playing such great baseball? It begins with defense and depth. Read more »

The Cubs have the fifth best record in the MLB, but are first here, largely due to that 19-5 blowout of the Brewers on Wednesday. But they do lead the league in runs (189), OPS (.820) and total bases (499). Read more »

A record number of heretofore top baseball hitters (Ortiz, Beltran, Giambi, etc) are unthinkably slumping, and there's no clear indication as to why. Read more »

A-Rod is still unhappy in New York, and his latest demand has him taking back the coveted shortstop position as well as taking the legal name of Derek Jeter along with all the media benefits that come with said name. Read more »

The Cubs have displayed patience and discipline at the plate not seen since before the Dusty Baker era, which is where the controversy lies with Alfonso Sorian's return. Read more »

If the Indians hope to repeat as AL Central Champs and make some noise in the postseason, Cliff Lee must continue to pitch well while veterans C.C. Sabathia and Paul Byrd regain their consistency. Read more »

As they deal with injuries to their lineup, New York is undefeated (6-0) in Wang?s starts this season. Read more »

Chase Utley has fallen from the top slot down to three as he now trails Albert Pujols and Lance Berkman. Also in the top-five are Pat Burrell and Derrek Lee. Eight of the top-20 players have Reina Values over +1,000%. Read more »

Andruw Jones explains to RealGM why he still has high hopes for 2008. Read more »

The D-Backs and Cubs remain on top of RealGM's team rankings yet again with the Cardinals entering the top-3 and the Angels, White Sox, Braves, Red Sox, and Mets trailing close behind. Read more »

Pat Burrell's contract was largely criticized by fans as an albatross around the franchise?s neck especially with $27 million of the total being back loaded into 2007 and 2008. But the reality of the situation is that Burrell stands to make more in free agency. Read more »

With nine homers, Chase Utley is now the best player of 2008. Albert Pujols and Chipper Jones round out the top-three while Jacoby Ellsbury is joined in the top-32 by a large handful of his Boston teammates. Read more »

The AL was supposed to be the stronger league this season, but three (D-Backs, Cubs, and Cardinals) of the top-four teams are in the senior circuit. Read more »

In terms of ?mound presence?, Ryan Dempster looks much more comfortable and confident than he ever did as a closer. Read more »

Colby Rasmus, the 21-year-old top prospect of the Cardinals' organization, looks set to become one of baseball's next great five-tool center fielders. Read more »

Ben Sheets is once again the top-ranked player in baseball according to our FIC. Also in the top-ten are Dice-K, Big Puma and Pat the Bat. Included in the bottom nine are players like Troy Tulowitzki, Hunter Pence, Andruw Jones and Robinson Cano. Read more »

Who is John Bowker and how does is he hitting a homer in every three of his at bats? Which starter should be the odd man out when Noah Lowry returns? How old is their supposed 'young talent'? Read more »

In terms of ?mound presence?, Ryan Dempster looks much more comfortable and confident than he ever did as a closer. He?s working quickly, and consistently getting ahead of hitters in the count. Read more »

Justin Upton and Mark Reynolds have each slugged five homers while Brandon Webb, Dan Haren, and Micah Owings each have ERA's in the 2.00s, making Arizona the hottest team in baseball. Rounding out the top-five are the White Sox, Cardinals, Brewers, and Blue Jays. Read more »