Fifth Starter Battles

All across baseball there are teams with undecided fifth starters. I’m going to give a rundown of the battles to keep an eye on. Los Angeles Dodgers Last year’s NL West champs have a bunch of guys fighting for a spot in the rotation. Eric Stults, Charlie Haeger and Carlos Monasterios all pitched in the [...]

2010 MLB Off-Season Review: NL West

Arizona Diamondbacks Key losses- Doug Davis, Max Scherzer, Eric Byrnes Key additions- Edwin Jackson, Bob Howry, Kelly Johnson, Adam LaRoche Off-season grade- C+ Justification- I don’t quite understand trading Max Scherzer for Edwin Jackson. I feel Scherzer is a better pitcher than Jackson. It’s possible they view Scherzer as a reliever. I like the signing [...]

Los Angeles Dodgers Top Ten Prospects 2010

1) Dee Gordon-SS Awesome speed. Good bat. Great range, but needs to work on his hands. Rafael Furcal might be on his way out if Gordon has as good a 2010 as he did 2009. 2) Ethan Martin-SP Live fastball with a good breaking ball. I like his control a little more than Chris Withrow’s. [...]