Swing and Miss

The Cardinal lineup has been inconsistent to say the least this season. A big reason is the alarming climb in strikeouts. The team has gone down on strikes 146 times in 637 at-bats. The strikeout total ranks fifth-to-last in the league. Players such as Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols are striking out at unprecedented rates. [...]

Cards Loss Highlights Potential Danger

[picappgallerysingle id="8429188"] The St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 defeat to the Cincinnati Reds exposed a few potential problem areas for the Cards in their quest for the playoffs and beyond in 2010.

Rays Off to a 2-0 Start

The Tampa Bay Rays are off to a 2-0 start to their season. They finished the Grapefruit League East with the best record of 20-8 in spring training. Obviously that record is meaningless (although the Yankees had the best AL Grapefruit record last spring and went on to win the World Series), but to start [...]

Howard For Pujols

Okay, so if you haven’t heard, there is a rumor from an “inside” source in the Phillies organization that there have been front office talks about trying to trade Ryan Howard for Albert Pujols. These talks are rumored to only be only taking place in the Phillies front office,  and they apparently haven’t approached the [...]

Lee Says He Will Not Negotiate During Season

Derrek lee says he will not negotiate a new contract during the season. I believe this works for both Lee and the Cubs.

Jermaine Dye headed down I55 South to St. Louis?

Jermaine Dye has been one of the more underrated players in the last 10-15 years. He consistently produces at the plate and does it without much flair for the dramatic. That’s why I think Jermaine Dye could end up as a St. Louis Cardinal this offseason WHEN, not IF they miss out on Matt Holliday. [...]

Brett and Tony’s All-Decade Team

Bringingheat’s All-Decade team of the ‘00s Tony Andracki Brett Rosin This past decade of baseball has been one for the ages. From record-setting personal seasons (Barry Bonds’ 73 home runs in 2001) to walk-off playoff game victories (See: David Ortiz circa 2004 or Luis Gonzalez in the ’01 World Series) and from the Mitchell Report [...]

Brett’s Team of the 2010-2019 Decade

With the decade of baseball from 2000-2009 about to be complete, I figured it was a great time to come up with a tentative list of who might be on my team of the next one. Granted there’s a chance several players might flame out, and several players might end up being on the team [...]

2009 Fantasy Awards

As summer has turned to fall and leaves have turned to shades of orange and brown, the coming of fall means two things in the baseball world: the beginning of playoffs and the end of the fantasy baseball season. It’s been a trying year for some in both worlds, namely for Cubs fans (I weep [...]