That's Debatable: Which team wins the ALCS?

...8-1 mark against Boston. Their lineup is at full strength now that Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford are back (and Rocco Baldelli is making a contribution). Longoria, who joined Gary Gaetti as the...

Big 12 morning links: Briles mum on starting QB

...s Tom Shatel. Among the topics are the remembrances of how Tampa Bay All-Star OF Carl Crawford was almost a Cornhusker and the recent collective struggles of formerly dominant programs Miami, Florida State...

Chat with Sean McAdam

...Rays While the Marlins can boast of strong pitching, the Rays have accumulated terrific positional talent. Carl Crawford and B.J. Upton anchor a young, athletic outfield and in time, third baseman Evan Longoria...

Chat | January 31, 2008

Chat with Amy Nelson

...highest honor. For this debate, we're pitting two 80 base stealers against one another in Carl Crawford and Jose Reyes. Crawford, long tabbed as one of the fastest men in baseball, and Reyes...

Chat | January 24, 2008

One shining weekend ahead

Are you ready for one of the all-time greatest sports weekends? A quick preview … Friday: The "Who can tank the most egregiously for Oden and Du...

Explaining some new math

...7.5 runs, and 1B docked -12.5 runs. Using these adjustments allows us to compare Carl Crawford in LF to Chase Utley at 2B. If Crawford is +15 runs via UZR and Utley...

Searching for help when it comes to overall value

...Cameron wrote about positional adjustments, and I'll try to summarize the first few paragraphs … Carl Crawford's defensive numbers in 2008 were fantastic. According to Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR), he saved more...

Fundamental Change

Baseball is going back to basics-just not the ones you learned from your old man

The Sporting Equivalency: Buck Henry

...s MLB Equivalent: Roy Oswalt Until the Rays made the World Series, maybe we'd have Carl Crawford here. Oswalt is possibly the most underrated player in baseball (Jayson Stark agrees). He's really...

Rays likely to get a slugger on the relative cheap

...for power, and Joe Maddon can drop him right in the midst of Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford and B.J. Upton and Carlos Pena -- and make their solid attack even better. The Rays...

Economy throws baseball a curve

...so much talent through the years, with players who either were drafted high (B.J. Upton, Carl Crawford, Evan Longoria, David Price) or acquired through the trade of high draft picks (Matt Garza, Jason...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 09, 2008

Rays built for sustained success

The Rays went from worst to first and have built a foundation to remain quite competitive in the AL East, writes Sean McAdam.

Presidential Fantasy League: Week Twenty-Five Scores

Where the avenues of sports and politics meet, there is a mailbox where we deposit a weekly letter; a mailbox called the Presidential Fantasy League ...

ST. PETERSBURG, FL - OCTOBER 3: Outfielder Carl Crawford #13 of the Tampa Bay Rays smiles after scoring a run against the Chicago White Sox...

How this year's playoffs affect next season's fantasy drafts

Eric Karabell describes how lasting impressions from the playoffs will play into next season's draft-day decisions, for better or for worse.