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Ten guys facing the most pressure in 2013
David SchoenfieldDoes pressure exist in baseball? We've made heroes and goats of those who performed -- or didn't perform -- in the game's biggest moments. But those are usually isolated snippets of time in a postseason game, when the results of one at-bat or a few g...
Blog | March 04, 2013 -
Report cards: The final grades and rankings
David SchoenfieldOK, now that I've finished all 30 offseason report cards, we can essentially use my final grades to give us Power Rankings (you can get all the report cards at the bottom of this page). Washington Nationals: A Atlanta Braves: A- Cincinnati Reds:...
Blog | February 21, 2013 -
Over/unders for all 30 teams
David SchoenfieldBovada.lv has released its 2013 over/under win totals. The following information is presented for entertainment purposes only: Arizona Diamondbacks: 81.5 Atlanta Braves: 88.5 Baltimore Orioles: 78.5 Boston Red Sox: 82.5 Chicago Cubs: 72.5 Chi...
Blog | February 20, 2013 -
Resolutions for a new year
David SchoenfieldIt's time to look ahead to 2013. While we can all resolve to do more in our communities, respect our elders and be kind to dogs, here are a few resolutions from around baseball. San Francisco Giants: To acquire some overrated veteran in midseason ...
Blog | January 01, 2013 -
Power rankings: Nationals, Reds 1-2
David SchoenfieldThere are some big free agents out there -- Michael Bourn, Nick Swisher, Kyle Lohse, Edwin Jackson, Adam LaRoche and Rafael Soriano being the biggest -- and some trades that may yet to be completed, such as R.A. Dickey to the Blue Jays, but let's tak...
Blog | December 16, 2012 -
Why each team can win it all
David SchoenfieldWith help from the blog network writers, here are reasons each team can win the World Series. St. Louis Cardinals 1. A potent, balanced lineup. The Cardinals had the best on-base percentage in baseball, including four starters -- Matt Holliday, J...
Blog | October 04, 2012 -
Three days left: Sorting out scenarios
David SchoenfieldThree days of games to go but a lot yet to be decided. In fact, let's go to the mailbag to help sort out the craziness. Hey, only three days left and no team in the American League has even clinched a division title! Pretty exciting stuff! Plus, y...
Blog | October 01, 2012 -
Who starts tiebreaker/wild-card games?
David SchoenfieldBuster Olney made an important point in his Insider blog today: Rosters for the wild-card game can be changed for the Division Series: The participating teams will set 25-man rosters for this one-game, winner-take-all extravaganza -- rosters th...
Blog | September 18, 2012 -
Ranking the five best starting rotations
David SchoenfieldNow that Yu Darvish has signed with the Texas Rangers for enough money to buy an oil well, let's rank the top five rotations. Sleepers Miami Marlins: Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Anibal Sanchez, Ricky Nolasco, Carlos Zambrano. If everything brea...
Blog | January 19, 2012 -
How are playoff rotations shaping up?
David SchoenfieldSome managers may be waiting to see who their first-round opponent will be (the No. 2 seeds in both leagues are still up for grabs), but here's my best guess on how the rotations will line up. Remember, the format is a little different this year, as ...
Blog | September 28, 2011 -
Offense down, value of bullpens up
David SchoenfieldThe Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox battled for 11 innings on Monday night, and in the end, Carl Crawford's double high off the Green Monster plated Jose Iglesias with the winning run in a 2-1 victory. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, apparently w...
Blog | May 10, 2011 -
MLB playoffs: Page 2 presents 100 reasons to love the baseball po...
David SchoenfieldPage 2 presents 100 reasons to love the 2010 MLB postseason.
Story | Conversation | October 05, 2010 -
Baseball's problem isn't balance
David SchoenfieldDavid Schoenfield throws a high hard one at those who think MLB lacks competitive balance compared to other sports. This baseball season is wide open.
Story | Conversation | March 29, 2006 -
Offense up early on: Are the balls juiced?
David SchoenfieldDavid O'Brien, who covers the Braves for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, tweeted the following: "A bullpen catcher of a team (not #Braves) says baseballs are harder this year, believes they've been juiced to aid attendance in bad economy." ESPN's...
Blog | April 05, 2011