Baseball Analysis

After a short comeback this season, making only two appearances, Eric Gagne, the once dominant closer learned his back had suffered a herniated disk and would have to be shut down for the remainder of the year. It?s not as if the Dodgers weren?t prepared for something like this to happen. The trade for Danys Baez proved vital, but his numbers haven?t been impressive thus far. Read more »

Ken Williams really works well with the philosophy of his managers, but his risk-taking style has led to some poor trades that have set the franchise back. However recently, he has hit gold and is one of the better general managers in all of baseball. Read more »

Weaver had his best success in the National League as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cardinals? pitching coach Dave Duncan is renowned for his work at reviving a pitcher?s career under the arches. Read more »

For Cincinnati, it is closer number three on the year as David Weathers and Todd Coffey have blown a combined 8 saves this year for a team that is in the thick of the wild card and division races. Guardado provides a proven player for this role who has saved games before on playoff teams in Minnesota. Read more »

After Tuesday?s thorough drubbing of the Chicago White Sox, the Batimore Orioles had every reason to be in good spirits. They came into town, rode the coattails of another stingy outing by streaking Erik Bedard, and coasted to an 8 ? 1 victory. Players were upbeat and confident. Skipper Sam Perlozzo made affirming postgame comments about the virtues of playing one?s best ball against a team of Chicago?s caliber. Read more »

Heading into the 2005 season, the Twins were predicted by some experts to win the World Series. They came out of the gates slow and were eventually buried in the Central Division by the White Sox and Indians. This year, the surprise team has been the Tigers, but the Twins are beginning to finally play to their potential. Read more »

As Brain McCann gets ready to embark to Pittsburgh for his first all-star appearance, and third by a Braves catcher in four years, it is time to look back on the men behind the mask. Read more »

Baseball's All-Star Game will be held in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, July 11, with the 2006 World Series home-field advantage at stake. Take a look at this week's NEW RealGM.com's Top 10 Player Rankings as MLB reaches the season's halfway mark, including a NEW #1 ranked player. Read more »

Jose Canseco, the self-proclaimed Godfather of Performance Enhancing Drugs, was in Chico, California for his debut with the San Diego Surf Dawgs and RealGM's Douglas Benton was there to cover the cirus that has become his life. Read more »

Surrounded by a wealth of Fenway love, Pedro Jaime Martinez proceeded to get creamed. The Red Sox beat him with their bats, but they killed him with love. Pedro confessed to being the ?number one Red Sox fan? and lamented a statement he?d made in 2004, when he said he loved the city too much to leave. Read more »

This is the article I never wanted to write. It doesn?t even matter because I?m happier with JB than I even was before. I chose JB. I did, right? It was my choice, right? Read more »

It if official, Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Jeff Kent has been voted Major League Baseballs best moustache. Read more »

A can?t miss prospect coming out of Greenbrier Christian Academy; Upton was selected second overall by the Devil Rays and quickly tabbed as a franchise savior. He is now in his fourth year in the minors and recently spoke with RealGM's Douglas Benton. Read more »

It was another good week of IL baseball, continuing this weekend and straight through to the All-Star break. Pedro visits Fenway and Josh Beckett is there to greet him next Wednesday. Read more »

Baseball's top players continue to go head-to-head in inter-league play this week. Ichiro is pressing Wright for our Top Spot, with Ortiz, Rolen, Glavine, and Cabrera moving into our Top Ten. Check out our RealGM Player Rankings Of The Week. Read more »

At 37 years old, Mike Mussina has used his superior control to get hitters out rather than blowing the baseball past them as today?s younger pitchers do. However, if Mussina is to earn himself a spot in Cooperstown, like the rest of today?s active win leaders almost certainly have, does he have to finally win twenty games in a season? Read more »

Every year when the calendar rolls to June, the debate rages to whether or not Interleague play is good for the game of baseball. While the traditionalist still hold firm that the two leagues should only meet in October, RealGM has another opinion. Read more »

Something spectacularly unspectacular is happening amid the surge of youthful developing talent in Detroit. While the focus of the Detroit Tigers success has been attributed deservingly to their manager Jim Leyland and their good young pitching staff, a few unassuming important players have gone unnoticed. Read more »

Every year, there are always a handful of players who make good on their draft selection by performing well in Omaha at the College World Series. Whether there is another Chad Cordero or Mark Prior in this group, we will just have to wait and see, but here are the top 10 players to watch for in the coming weeks. Read more »

One of baseball's most popular player's is our NEW #1, while three new player's jump into our Top 10. As MLB resumes inter-league play this weekend, check out RealGM's Player Rankings for this week. Read more »