Digging into Cy balloting
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Chris Carpenter on their ballots. Carroll had Wainwright in the top spot, Tim Lincecum second and Arizona...raise if he goes to arbitration before next season, did not have any bonus provision for winning...
Blog | November 19, 2009Brewers more flexible, but to what end?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Melvin puts a good deal of stock in sabermetric tools like DIPS and FIP. Still, as things stand right now, the Brewers' second-best starter (Bush) next season will have an ERA around 5 (give...
Blog | November 13, 2009Edgar representing for the DH's
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...position by most designated hitters. In looking at the list, there are two players who stand out as elite designated hitters...been a position for 37 seasons. No one did it better...
Blog | November 09, 2009Is Matsui's Yankee career almost over?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotWhat's in store for the Yankees this...we know they won't stand pat. Brian Cashman has mentioned...Jeter under contract for next season, with a new deal for...
Blog | November 03, 2009Blaming Scioscia for Angels' exit
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Guerrero and Alex Rodriguez shined in the ALCS, Figgins perhaps now stands alone when it comes to...poor series. However, the regular-season success will only go so...
Blog | October 26, 2009Rockies' O'Dowd gets new deal
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...to get better; after three straight seasons with just 73 or 74 wins, the Rockies won 68 games in 2004 and 67 in 2005. But what happened next stands as a testament to both O...
Blog | October 21, 2009Second-guessing Girardi
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotIn the wake of the Yankees...his job too much to stand up to Joe. * Aceves promptly...were essentially the same this season, and Aceves' strikeout-to-walk...
Blog | October 20, 2009Leyland blames umpire Marsh
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...felt about a key moment in the 163d game of the season. Replays appeared to show that...gives Mike Port cause to stand by Randy Marsh. Is he...
Blog | October 08, 2009The two sides of Adam Dunn
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...39; insistence of his inclusion in the Ken Griffey Jr. trade...water bottles thrown into the stands, no notable tirades, no frustrating...numbers these last couple of seasons are off the charts. And...
Blog | September 29, 2009Greinke takes Cy Young lead!
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...to know ... the Cy Predictor has Zack third in the AL at the moment. Will he win...Yankees' division title, which would (as things stand now) tie him with Hernandez, just two points...
Blog | September 23, 2009Has Orlando Hudson lost his job?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Rumors on an odd situation in Los Angeles: Talking to Jim...few times at third. Hudson stands to lose money as a...earned $7.63MM on the season, despite a base salary of...
Blog | September 21, 2009How to make the Yankees perfect
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Hughes to their secret compound in Tampa and retrain him to...majors two years ago. This season, in April, May, June and...means the Yankees, as things stand now, have only three reliable...
Blog | September 07, 2009Fisking Mo's Cy Young candidacy
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...prototypical overwhelming Cy Young candidate in the American League, you'...in one of his best seasons in a long string of...award, and as things currently stand, the only reason to not...
Blog | September 03, 2009Everybody loves Junior
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...2009 Mariners since he signed in March. He has been the...as he was in recent seasons. He has made the game...this season. Refresher course: DH stands for designated hitter. And the...
Blog | September 03, 2009Thome and the Coop
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...all-time, but I still stand by my claim ... Thome will...he'll get lost in the mix. Sorry to cue...In one of his better seasons, he finished 15th in the...
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