The Blue Jays are everyone's dark horse favorites to supplant the Yankees and Red Sox in the very difficult American League East. We breakdown the rosters position-by-position to see how real the possibility is for Canada's team. Read more »
Baseball Analysis
Are The Jays Really Ready To Win The East?
Scouting Blog: Felix Hernandex And Tim Hudson
Our Scouting Blog is the newest addition to RealGM?s coverage of baseball in 2007. In this space, we will write up small scouting reports on how players are doing and will update it with reports throughout the season. Read more »
Royal Dilemma: Alex Gordon Struggles Out Of The Gate
After tearing up Double-A last year, Kansas City Royals super rookie Alex Gordon is proving the transition to the big leagues is not an easy one. Gordon was a five-tool stud for the Wichita Wranglers batting .325 with 29 HR, 101 RBI and 22 SB. Those times are a long way off now, as the 23-year old has started the season very slow. Read more »
Promise For Slumping Phils
If you know anything about the Phillies, you should already know that this team is one of a few that consistently sets the standard for poor April performance. So how seriously can we take their dismal start? Read more »
The Beane Squad - Building A Team On The Cheap
Billy Beane's shrewd tactics have led to many successes, but may have also kept the A?s from hoisting a World Series trophy in recent years. Having majored in business in college, Andrew Perna would like to think that if given the reigns to an MLB franchise, he?d be more of a Billy than a George (Steinbrenner that is). Looking over the baseball salaries for this season, he assembled a cheap line-up worth glowing over. Read more »
The RealGM.com Team Rankings For The Week Of April 9th
What a crazy first week of baseball we just wrapped up. Teams with great expectations skidded out of the gate, while new up and comers stole the show all over the country. In this week?s edition of the team rankings, we have a new top team and saw many other clubs take double digit drops of their own. Read more »
More Than Just Another Game
On May 16, 1999, Dasiuke Matsuzaka and Ichiro Suzuki faced off for the first time in Japan, with Matsuzaka getting the better of the match-up, striking out Ichiro three times in three at bats and walking him once. On Wednesday, they will compete for the first time on U.S. soil. Read more »
Baseball Notebook: First Week Sightings
The first week of baseball is in the books with many storylines to discuss, between Dice-K, the Amazin' Mets, Mother Nature's power and the young Devil Rays. Read more »
The 30 GM's: J.P. Ricciardi Of The Toronto Blue Jays
With similar philosophies and desire to use statistical analysis as mentor Billy Beane, J.P. Ricciardi has gone about rebuilding the Toronto franchise. Read more »
I Love Baseball
The beginning of baseball signifies all that is right in the world: spring temperatures, heated rivalries, and less clothing for co-eds. Even an opening day for the Red Sox against the Royals can be accepted because baseball is back. Read more »
The First RealGM.com Team Rankings Of The 2007 Season
The divisions have been outlined and the playoffs have been mapped out for the 2007 season, but how do the teams stack up against each other. Outside of their divisions and being judged against each other, here are how all 30 teams rank heading into April?s action. Read more »
In Need Of A Prayer
Many prognosticators have the Angels coming out on top in the AL West. That will become a daunting task if they can?t keep their star players, and many of their role players, out of sickbay. The Angels will start the year with five regulars, including former Cy-Young Winner Bartolo Colon, and last year?s rookie stud Jered Weaver, on the DL. Read more »
Awards And Postseason Predictions
The Red Sox and Mets matched up 21 seasons ago in the 1986 World Series. Will they again in 2007? Douglas Benton thinks so. Read more »
National League West Preview
The National League West has seen a revolving door of division winners in recent seasons. Since 2002, every team but the Colorado Rockies have finished first with the San Diego Padres being the only team to win the division more than once. Read more »
National League Central Preview
The end result in the NL Central will be one team who is able to withstand the competition best as opposed to who can dominate their opponents the most. This didn?t stop the St. Louis Cardinals from winning it all last season, but is there another St. Louis in the central for 2007? Read more »
National League East Preview
The standings just didn?t look right at the end of the 2006 season. The Atlanta Braves weren?t on their customary top perch, but rather thrown rudely off by the ever-explosive New York Mets. In 2007, will the Mets continue their dominance and create a new streak or will the old social order be put back into place. Read more »
American League West Preview
The Wild, Wild West appears to lack early sparks it has shown in previous years, but while it lacks greatness, it most certainly doesn?t lack parity. Read more »
American League Central Preview
The Kansas City Royals just can?t catch a break in their rebuilding plan. Not only are they constrained financially and are vastly under talented, but they are in a division with four other teams who can all logically win the World Series. Read more »
Reed-Ing Johnson
If there ever was a player rebuilt in the mold of Lenny Dykstra, it?s Reed Johnson. He is an all-out hustle player, who chips in home runs, steals bases, plays good defense, gets on base, and most importantly, he enjoys the game. Johnson is also the key to the Toronto offense. Read more »
American League East Preview
The New York Yankees may have the most talented roster in all of baseball, but that doesn't mean the Red Sox and Blue Jays will hand the Bombers the division. Read more »