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Correcting the All-Star rosters: American League
As always, the All-Star rosters don't reflect first half performance. Here is the American League roster that should be taking the field in New York. In the interest of science, sabermetrics, and...
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Blue Jays rough up Diamond, beat Twins to win series
"You got a diamond, you got nine men, you got a hat, and a bat," sings the Rogers Centre crowd during the seventh-inning stretch, after watching their nine Blue Jays take their bats and score six runs...
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Blue Jays 11, Twins 5: Diamond Crushed
In terms of terrible starts, it doesn't get much worse than it did for Scott Diamond today. Pitch after pitch, replay after replay, Diamond continued to lay the ball right over the plate where Blue...
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Cubs Minor League Wrap: July 7
I was at Memorial Stadium for the second of three games tonight. What I'm sure you're all interested in is how Paul Blackburn and Rob Zastryzny did. The answer is very well. Blackburn showed a...
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Detroit Tigers Links: Should Justin Verlander be an All-Star?
Tigers links:Verlander’s Decline in Historical Perspective FanGraphs Baseball, Matt KlaassenBy reasonable standards, Verlander’s 3.54 ERA and 112 innings pitched at the halfway point of the 2013 season...
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Roto Roundup: Clayton Kershaw, Michael Brantley, David Price and Others
Do you have some trade offers you are considering, but need to bounce them off of someone? Are you pondering a roster move and want a second opinion? Feel free to post your questions in the new Fantasy...
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MLB Bullets Is Struck With A Case Of Apathy
I've got an issue with this episode of MLB Bullets, because most of the news this weekend revolves around the All-Star Game rosters and who made the team and who didn't. Honestly, I stopped caring who...
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The Rays Tank: Gaining Ground in the AL East
The Rays are coming off a three-game series sweep of the Chicago White Sox and have seven games remaining until the All-Star Break, four against Minnesota and three against Houston. Tampa Bay is...
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Monday Morning Media Mashup: Raising The Bar Edition
After going 3-4 in their last homestand, the Toronto Blue Jays are kicking it back today before heading off on the road for a three-game series against the 46-42 Cleveland Indians (note that the...
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Glaring Weaknesses: Second Base Edition
Coming off a series win over the lowly Minnesota Twins the Blue Jays are hovering just below .500 with the All-Star break on the horizon. This team may not officially be out of contention but there is...
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Cubs Minor League Wrap: July 8
Spent my last day at Memorial Park, catching the Boise Hawks win over the Tri-City Dust Devils. I'll have more to say about that later, but tonight I want to get the Wrap done and get the bed. I'm...
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Tuesday BBB Links: Weathering the Storm Edition
Hopefully everyone made it home safe yesterday, that was really something. Here are your morning links as the city returns to sanity.JAYS LINKSAlex Anthopoulos’s Trade History: Hits &...
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Who Are Ya: Ubaldo Jimenez
The Cleveland Indians welcome Toronto to Progressive Field today as Ubaldo Jimenez goes up against Josh Johnson. Jimenez faced the Blue Jays in the second game of the season when things were still so...
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Cleveland Indians series preview: Toronto Blue Jays, July 9-11
Coming of a disappointing series against Detroit, the Indians continue their homestand with three games against the Blue Jays. Tuesday and Wednesday's games will start at 7:05, while Thursday's series...
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Blue Jays announce signing 8th and 9th round draft picks: Kendall Graveman...
The Blue Jays have signed their 8th round pick, RHP Kendall Graveman and LHP Chad Girodo. Both were drafted out of Mississippi State. The Jays don't announce signing bonus amounts but It was way under...
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Should we trade Casey Janssen?
Over at Sportsnet.ca, our friend, Dirk Hayhurst tells us that the Blue Jays should trade Casey Janssen now.Being honest, I'm never really a fan of posts saying player X should be traded because none of...
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Minor League Ball Gameday, July 9
Good afternoon prospect watchers. Let's get down to it.***Yesterday's Minor League Ball Gameday thread, chock-full-o'information and vitriol-free for your enjoyment!***My main project right now is...
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View from the other side: Indians questions for Jason Lukehart of Let's Go Tribe
The Indians are 46-43 good for second in the AL Central, trailing the Tigers by 3.5 games and 3.5 games back in the Wild Card race.The Indians are Just 3.5 games back of the Tigers...what do you think...
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Minor moves: Brandon Lyon, Ramon Hernandez, Shawn Camp, Carlos Carrasco,...
Here's a roundup of today's minor moves:Mets release Brandon LyonThe New York Metsannounced that they have released right-hander Brandon Lyon, who was designated for assignment five days ago. Although...
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MLB Final Score/Recap: Cleveland Indians 3, Toronto Blue Jays 0
July 9, 2013Indians 3, Blue Jays 0I think I may petition Commissioner Selig to award Ubaldo Jimenez a complete game shutout for last night's game. For Ubaldo, the seventh inning might as well be the...
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