Over on I take a look at the decline in offensive production across Major League Baseball and the possible connection to the amphetamine ban. The decline in offense has been going on for a while, but some hitters just don’t seem to do what they used to and pitchers are surging. Is this the end …
Category Archives: 2010
Chris Davis Shelton and the Smoak Monster
In 2008 Chris Davis came up from Triple A for 317 plate appearance with the Texas Rangers. In that time he hit .285/.331/.549 with a K:BB of 88:20. Davis was hitting home runs at an average of once every 18 at bats in the bigs and was positioned for a huge breakout year in 2009. …
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Dice-K, Wakefield, Clemens
The Boston Red Sox have the chance to break one of baseball’s long held traditions: the five-man rotation. Headed by Josh Beckett, Jon Lester and John Lackey and backed up by Clay Buchholtz, Tim Wakefield, and when he returns from the disabled list, Daisuke Matsuzaka, the Sox have possibly the deepest pitching staff in the game. While …
Fantasy Draft #1
I had my first fantasy baseball draft over the weekend. I tried a new strategy this year and took a few pitchers in the early rounds rather than building a scrapheap rotation and trying to trade for an ace in July. This is a 6×6 league: R,HR,RBI,SB,AVG,OPS | W,K,ERA,WHIP,SV,K:BB. 23 man roster. C: Brian McCann …
2010 Fantasy Baseball Outfielder Rankings
The Sports of Boston team of experts posted their Top 50 outfielders. Here are my picks: Ryan Braun Justin Upton Matt Kemp Matt Holliday Grady Sizemore Jayson Werth Nick Markakis Jason Bay Adam Dunn Carl Crawford Jacoby Ellsbury Ichiro Suzuki Shin-Soo Choo Curtis Granderson Adam Lind Ben Zobrist Nelson Cruz Andre Ethier Carlos Lee B.J. …
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What To Do With Jason Varitek
Over at Sports of Boston I took a look at Jason Varitek and the idea put out there by Gary Tuck that Varitek could catch into his 40s. While it would be a great personal achievement for him, it just doesn’t look too likely that a team will be interested in the catcher at this …
Baseball Prospectus Signing and Discussion
I went to the Boston University Barnes & Noble last week for a book signing and talk with Kevin Goldstein and Marc Normandin of Baseball Prospectus (Steve Goldman was unable to fly into Boston because of the rain). It was a lot of fun. Kevin and Marc took questions and talked for just over an hour …
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Red Sox Bullpen Preview
I took a look at the Red Sox bullpen for the upcoming 2010 season over at Sports of Boston. With two weeks remaining until the the official start of the season, the Red Sox added old friend Alan Embree, signing the lefty to a minor league deal. While Embree can opt out after April 15th …
2010 Fantasy Baseball Shortstop Rankings
Next up on Sports of Boston: shortstops. Hanley Ramirez Troy Tulowitzki Jimmy Rollins Jose Reyes Derek Jeter Asdrubal Cabrera Alexei Ramirez Jason Bartlett Erick Aybar Everth Cabrera Steven Drew Elvis Andrus Miguel Tejada Yunel Escobar Alcides Escobar Maro Scutaro J.J. Hardy Rafael Furcal Orlando Cabrera Jhonny Peralta
2010 Fantasy Baseball Second Basemen Rankings
Next up on the docket for the Sports of Boston fantasy baseball was Second Base. A much deeper position than even a few years ago, today’s second basemen have power, speed or both. Ian Kinsler Chase Utley Dustin Pedroia Aaron Hill Brian Roberts Brandon Phillips Ben Zobrist Dan Uggla Rickie Weeks Robinson Cano Asdrubal Cabrera Ian …
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