Top 100 players of the decade
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comAlbert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez were the clear-cut first two choices for the top 100 players of the decade; after that, the list got a little more difficult.
Story | Conversation | December 14, 2009A's going young in 2010
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...stars, the A's will be like the Angels without Chone Figgins and Kendry Morales and Torii Hunter and Erick Aybar. Every year I pick the A's, and every year they finish well...
Blog | November 19, 2009Tracy and Scioscia the easy choices
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...were as good as they were because of Kendry Morales (their second choice at first base), Torii Hunter, and budget acquisition Bobby Abreu. Wait, wait ... I do know this: "Scioscia's job in 2009...
Blog | November 18, 2009More Gold Gloves, more head-scratching
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...was also the American League's MVP). In the outfield, the voters had to choose both Torii Hunter and Ichiro Suzuki, because both had won eight straight Gold Gloves and everybody knows that if...
Blog | November 10, 2009Francona managing by the numbers?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Bobby Abreu's RBI double off the Green Monster, as Fenway Park suddenly went silent. [Torii] Hunter was due up but Francona decided to intentionally walk him, loading the bases for [Vladimir] Guerrero...
Blog | October 13, 2009Does Abreu stir the Angels' drink?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the result mostly of a key addition (Bobby Abreu and his .390 OBP), a career year (Torii Hunter matched his career high in wRAA - set in 2002 - in ca. 100 fewer PAs), and a...
Blog | October 06, 2009Appreciating Ichiro's 'record'
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotGee, I don't know ... I certainly heard plenty about Ichiro Suzuki's new "record." What about you? Is this the first you've hear...
Blog | September 14, 2009Abreu boosting teammates?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...4.31/4.16 (-) Howie Kendrick: 3.32/3.78 (+) Juan Rivera: 3.44/3.69 (+) Torii Hunter: 3.52/3.72 (+) Gary Matthews: 3.76/4.06 (+) Overall, that's eight plusses...
Blog | August 24, 2009More Angels on base
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...play," sums up the philosophy of the Mike Scioscia era. Players like Vlad Guerrero and Torii Hunter fit the mold -- good hitters who swing often and make contact. That changed a bit this...
Blog | August 04, 2009Angels find new way to win
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the fourth-best slugging percentage. And they're doing that because Morales, Erick Aybar, and Torii Hunter are all enjoying the best seasons (by far) of their careers, and because Mike Napoli'...
Blog | July 27, 2009Scioscia leaves power on bench
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Sean Rodriguez, who was leading the Pacific Coast League with 21 home runs? --snip-- Except for Torii Hunter, with occasional help from Kendry Morales and Juan Rivera, there aren't any candidates in...
Blog | June 15, 2009Abreu's paucity of power puzzling
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...power to come around eventually, at least to some degree. It had better come around, anyway. Torii Hunter's got nine homers already. The Angels' other outfielders have one
Blog | May 14, 2009O's giving up on Pie?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...and in Wednesday's series finale against the Los Angeles Angels, his failure to charge Torii Hunter's first-inning single allowed Bobby Abreu to get to third base. The plan was...
Blog | May 04, 2009Angels should really sign Manny
Rob Neyer...can employ a designated hitter, and clearly -- based on the contracts they've doled out to Torii Hunter and Gary Matthews -- they don't worry much about the size of their payroll. I don...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 30, 2009Little change in Teixeira talk
Rob Neyer...will have to respond, but the Angels used this method successfully last offseason to lock up Torii Hunter for $90-million on a five-year deal. But the stakes are even higher this time...
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