2010 MLB Off-Season Review: AL Central

Chicago White Sox
Key losses- Scott Podsednik, Jermaine Dye, Chris Getz, Octavio Dotel
Key additions- Juan Pierre, J.J. Putz, Mark Teahen, Andruw Jones, Omar Vizquel
Off-season grade- B-
Justification- They did improve the outfield defense by letting Jermaine Dye go. They got some nice pieces for the bench in Vizquel and Jones. Juan Pierre gives the Sox speed at [...]

The Kansas City Blues

Perhaps the signing of 20-year-old pitcher Noel Arguelles, a top prospect from Cuba who towers over his opposition at 6’4/220lbs, is a sign that the Kansas City Royals are finally beginning to turn things around. In making this uncharacteristic signing and essentially gaining a second 1st round pick through the [...]

Kansas City Royals Top Ten Prospects 2010

1) Aaron Crow-SP
I can see Crow going right into the rotation seeing as he’s been drafted a couple times and played a year of Independant League ball out of college due to signability problems. He’s got a good fastball/slider combo but needs to get a feel for either a splitty or changeup to really be [...]

Player Prediction: Billy Butler

Despite the Royals’ awful season, there was a silver lining with the emergence of Billy Butler. Butler took a big step forward in 2009 towards becoming a top flight first baseman. Let’s get into some numbers.
In 07 and 08, Butler put up respectable, although not spectacular numbers as a 21/22 [...]

Player Prediction: Zack Greinke

Will Zach Greinke be the Same Fantasy Stud in 2010?
Fantasy owners all across the country were selecting Greinke in the middle rounds, and in some drafts fell to the late rounds. Obviously he was their teams best pitcher in 2009 unless they had Tim Lincecum as well. The question on everyone’s mind is: How good [...]