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Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft previews Wednesday's games, which include a return from the DL for starters Joe Saunders and Tim Wakefield.
Story | Conversation | August 25, 2009Harden's post All-Star break impressive
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft previews Wednesday's schedule in the major leagues and notes that a weak set of starters makes Rich Harden the best choice.
Story | Conversation | August 04, 2009Called Out: Midseason Top 250
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft talks to ESPN.com's experts to see how and why their rankings of certain players differ from the consensus numbers.
Story | Conversation | July 14, 2009Gutierrez a worthy starter
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft previews the short week after the All-Star break and notes that Franklin Gutierrez should excel as he faces three lefties.
Story | Conversation | July 14, 2009Wakefield faces weak A's team
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft previews the major league slate for Wednesday and notes that Tim Wakefield gets the enviable task of facing Oakland.
Story | Conversation | July 07, 2009Finishing off the first half
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft previews the final week of the first half of the major league season and offers his best two-start pitchers plus sleeper hitters.
Story | Conversation | July 03, 2009Wang, Penny fight to stay in rotation
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft previews Wednesday's matchups in the major leagues, including big starts for Chien-Ming Wang and Brad Penny.
Story | Conversation | June 16, 2009Santana battles Phils and Yanks
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft previews the 10th week of the major league season and notes that Johan Santana will get two big matchups versus Phils and Yanks.
Story | Conversation | June 05, 2009Branyan has been somewhat lucky
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft examines May's BABIP numbers and discusses players who are lucky, like Russell Branyan, and others who are not.
Story | Conversation | June 02, 2009April BABIPs: Don't give up on Slowey
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft examines batting average on balls in play (BABIP) from April for both hitters and pitchers and makes some very interesting discoveries.
Story | Conversation | May 05, 2009Daily Notes: Scott Baker returns to the rotation
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft previews Wednesday's slate of games, which will feature potential fantasy ace Scott Baker against the hot-hitting Blue Jays.
Story | Conversation | April 14, 2009Contract-year players to watch in 2009
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft looks at all the players who could be free agents after this season and wonders whether some of them could step up their games in time for a big payday.
Story | Conversation | March 30, 2009NL LABR draft recap: Believe in Utley
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft reviews his team and draft strategy for his entry in the NL LABR experts league.
Story | Conversation | March 23, 2009Getting beyond the "Steroid Era"
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft compares statistical trends from the Steroid Era to the time before and after and finds that today's younger players have never been better, while steering clear of aging player has never been wiser.
Story | Conversation | February 22, 2009A-Rod's steroid-years stats not out of line with career track
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comTristan H. Cockcroft analyzes the stats from the period Alex Rodriguez said he used steroids and doesn't see anything much out of the ordinary.
Story | Conversation | February 09, 2009

