Baseball Analysis

Johan Santana has given up as many home runs (4) as the Mets' lineup has hit out of the yard. Willie Randolph's bats have struggled mightily against righties. Read more »

The arms of the Yankees have kept them from starting the season like the struggling Tigers (1-7), but with five of their next eight games coming against the defending champion Red Sox, the bats better start catching up to the arms in the Bronx. Read more »

With Baltimore leading the way in the East, the Tigers laying low in the Central basement, and Derek Jeter, on the shelf with a strained quad, it?s been a wild first week. Read more »

The Brewers, D-Backs, and Cubs were expected to be contenders from the outset this season, but the White Sox and Orioles have had a surprising start to 2008. Read more »

The Padres are off to a fast start in 2008, not surprisingly on the backs of tremendous starting pitching. Adrian Gonzalez continues to be a road warrior and Tad Iguchi and Jim Edmonds have been serviceable replacements at second and center. Read more »

Pat Burrell is hitting .435 with three homers while seeing one less pitch per at-bat early in 2008. Meanwhile Torii Hunter keeps slugging, and has Matt Cain dropped off? Read more »

Familiar names like Ben Sheets, Chase Utley, Jake Peavy and Brandon Webb are amongst the top players, but so are unfamiliar names like Nate McLouth and Jeff Keppinger. Also making the list is the red hot ninth-place hitter Jason Kendall. Read more »

Pittsburgh Pirates? outfielder Xavier Nady has continued his success against the Atlanta Braves into a weekend series with the Florida Marlins. Read more »

Ricky Romero, 6th overall pick by Toronto, wasn't on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the other members of the 2005 draft class, but he tells RealGM that his career expectations haven't changed. Read more »

Johnny Cueto was dominant against Arizona, while the Royals are on top of the AL Central and Mike Hampton got hurt before even throwing his first comeback pitch. Read more »

The Cubs are off to a slow start at the hands of the worst possible opponent Milwaukee. Will this create a knee-jerk reaction to improve their offer for Brian Roberts? And is it time Carlos Marmol becomes the closer? Read more »

Tim Lincecum didn't pitch a gem, but he labored out the Giants' first win of 2008. The Nationals, meanwhile are 3-0 and the Mets now have tempered their expectations of Pedro Martinez. Read more »

The Phillies were statistically one of the worst pitching teams in the history of baseball to ever make the postseason. To take the next step with this group of players, they need improved performances from their pitching, and in particular their starting pitching. Read more »

Johan Santana was brilliant in his first start with the Mets, but was Jake Peavy the better NL pitcher on Tuesday? Kosuke Fukudome was also a game-changer for the Cubs in their extra innings loss. Read more »

Despite a 5-4 defeat in 11 to the Royals, the decision to bat Sheffield third already looks good with his four-walk afternoon while you can't fault the (allegedly bad) bullpen for the loss. Read more »

'Striking Out' is a new edition to RealGM's baseball pages this season, which will touch on three of pressing issues (good or bad) for all 30 major league teams. First up are the Giants who feature their worst opening day lineup since '85, which includes a Single-A shortstop and (generously) their 3rd best pitcher. Read more »

Ryan Zimmerman hit an exciting wall-off homerun to open up the Nationals' new ballpark, but opening day is finally here in full today. Read more »

Do the Rockies have enough pitching to get back to the World Series or even into the playoffs without that fall momentum they rode so well in 2007? Read more »

Coming off an impressive 96 win season and an ALCS appearance, the Tribe will look to repeat as AL Central Division Champions and once again prove to be one of the best young teams in baseball. Read more »

In the take this with a David Eckstein-size grain of sand category, we examined the statistics of the entire 2008 Spring Training and gleaned out the top performers based on our Field Impact Counter. Read more »