Baseball Analysis

2nd April, 2006 US Cellular Field, Chicago. The White Sox will get their World Series rings before taking on the exciting Cleveland Indians. Read more »

Alfonso Soriano once ruled this category, but now that he is out of Texas and in a position dispute, Chase Utley and Chone Figgins are now the filets of this group. Of course Jeff Kent is where he has been since 1997, the top of the second basemen class Read more »

Ichiro Suzuki doubled, singled and drove in a run. He also scored three times in Japan's 10-6 win over Cuba in the WBC Championship Game. Read more »

The abundance of starting pitchers allowed Boston to deal Bronson Arroyo. The old saying, however, that you can never have enough starting pitching could remain true in this particular case. Pena has good bat speed along with exceptional power to all fields. Read more »

Prepare fantasy fans, because the baseball season is fast approaching and thus will begin the most time consuming of all the major fantasy sports seasons. Today we'll examine a perennial position of power (literally), but also look at how it is not what it once was. Don't be fooled by the apparent depth of this field because two of those listed in the top ten (Utley and Kent) are imposters. Read more »

16th March, 2006 Angel Stadium, Anaheim. Roger Clemens will look to get Team USA to San Diego as he battles Vinny Castilla and Team Mexico. Read more »

After the ill-fated, injury-plagued, up-and-(mostly) down 2005 season that began with high expectations and finished with an exhausted whimper, the San Francisco Giants are set to take another crack at the ?Master Plan.? A master plan that relies very heavily on some very old bones, but a plan that, with a little bit of luck and good fortune, can end with fantastic results. Read more »

These days getting a third baseman is more like getting a first baseman, you see how long you can wait and still get one of the elite ones, and there are plenty out there this year. All of the guys in the top 10 can produce, and will produce; it?s just a question of who edges out whom in the rankings. The only easy thing about this list was picking who comes first. Read more »

For the fans of the Chicago Cubs, this Yogi-ism is becoming a running punch-line when the word ?disabled list? is mentioned. Once again, the injury bug has landed in Arizona, and has taken residence in the Cubs clubhouse. Spring training games have just begun, and already Kerry Wood is going under the knife, Mark Prior hasn?t thrown to a live hitter, and Aramis Ramirez has a finger injury. Read more »

Many players are overrated in today?s MLB; hell, in every sport. Pitchers who sport deceptively shiny ERAs or batters who have tons of RBI without really hitting well are generally the types that tend to get overrated. Other players have blown up reputations because of past greatness but not their recent production. Read more »

Some of baseball?s once elite sluggers in the game switched jerseys this winter while reflecting over the thought if they were still capable of lending some offensive aid to their new club, without jeopardizing the team?s chances of a winning season. Read more »

This might be the last year of serious contention for the Yankees, as they aren?t getting any younger. 19 of the 25 Yankees who?ll make the squad by April are over the age of 35. It?s fair to expect a decline in some of these oldies? stats, but don?t accuse them of being over the hill because they might just realize that their window of opportunity is quickly shrinking and capitalize on this season. Bring a championship to New York, Yankees. It?s past time to get it done. Read more »

The position of catcher is one of the hardest in fantasy baseball to get a read on. It?s hard to know whether it?s worth it to obtain one of the few who actually produce, like Victor Martinez, Jason Varitez and Joe Mauer. On the flip side, it could waste a chance at a top position player or pitcher to get just average production. There is always this debate when deciding how to draft guys at premium positions. Read more »

When the 2006 Dodger team takes the field for the first time on April 3rd, a brand new offense will jog its way across the diamond, some hopping over the chalk line with superstitions filled with the desire to win. This hitter?s club however is stacked full of veterans expecting nothing but a full-out effort from each individual. This season though, he just may get some much needed help. But which players will step it up to aid the Dodgers' lonesome second baseman? Read more »

Just three years ago, the Tigers were the laughing stock of Major League Baseball, as they went 43-119, but they were in a tight race down the stretch. Too bad this race was for the worst record in the history of Major League Baseball. Still, the 2006 Tigers will now look to creep over mediocrity and make a push at respectable playoff contender Read more »

In preparing for the 2006 season, Omar Minaya recognized a surplus of somewhat decent starting pitchers behind Pedro (Glavine, Trachsel, Heilman, Zambrano, Benson, Seo, Bannister), and decided to deal from a strength to improve the weak bullpen. A decent idea on the surface, but Omar went overboard. Read more »

While the United States is probably not the best in many of the categories, they are a balanced team, have an experienced manager who knows most of the talent that will be on display, and a handful of big game players. Read more »

It?s sometimes impossible to tell in baseball which players are going to breakout and which are going to fall off the face of the planet. Every season, different players do both of these things, and much of the time it?s unexpected. Other times, however, Miss Cleo is unnecessary to predict these occurrences. To demonstrate this feat, here are Darren Sharp's top three breakout stars and declining overachievers. Read more »

After a near 2 month dormancy, Angels General Manager Bill Stoneman signed Jeff Weaver to a one year 8, 325, 000 deal on Wednesday. Jeff Weaver, 29, will join his younger brother, Jered, in the Angels organization in hopes of a 3rd straight postseason appearance. Read more »

We here at RealGM are paid in Valentine?s candygrams from our voracious readership to ignore the sentimental side and stick to business. Simply put, Bags is not worth $17 M, and his mammoth salary is a drain on resources the team needs elsewhere. Read more »