By James Bailey In 2006, Josh Wilker began blogging about his baseball card collection, card by card, reaching into the box to stir up memories. In the early days his writing appeared on a site called Baseball Toaster, under the title Cardboard Gods. In time he went solo, moving to www.cardboardgods.net, where he blogs these [...]
From the monthly archives:
March 2010
By Thom Henninger If you’re wondering who else in the last 45 years struck out the first four major leaguers he faced as a rookie, it was Neftali Feliz, the hard-throwing right-hander who joined the Rangers pen in August and fanned 39 batters in 31 innings.
By James Bailey When the Pirates parted with Jason Bay at the 2008 trading deadline, they took a big step in the rebuilding of a long-downtrodden franchise. They picked up four younger, cheaper players in exchange for their star, who was at that time en route to his third 30-homer season in four years. The [...]
By Thom Henninger It’s been a difficult spring for Rays pitching prospect Wade Davis. The 6-foot-5 right-hander gave up 10 hits and four earned runs in 5.2 innings in his most recent spring outing Friday, but his ERA actually dropped to 8.80.
By Jeremy Tiermini As fantasy owners prepare for their drafts they should remember that the outfield position is fairly deep in 2010. The OF is home to big power hitters, high average batters, and stolen base leaders. If you keep a running projection for your team’s offensive stats you can use your OF spots to [...]
By Thom Henninger The makeup of the 2010 rookie class is taking shape in Florida and Arizona this month. This year’s crop of rookies is top-heavy in talented young pitchers, from Stephen Strasburg and Brian Matusz to Neftali Feliz and Wade Davis, all of whom rank among the best prospects in the game. Still, the [...]
Which pitcher would you rather have in a 5×5 fantasy league: Johan Santana or Jon Lester? On reputation Santana is the easy choice. But look a little closer at their numbers over the past two years and you might reconsider. HC’s Jeremy Tiermini compared the two southpaws side-by-side over on www.fantasybaseball.com. Here’s how he broke [...]
By James Bailey When I received a copy of Billy Lombardo’s novel “The Man with Two Arms,” my first thought was “Rookie of the Year.” For those fortunate enough to have forgotten it, that was the inane 1993 movie about a 12-year-old Chicago boy who stars for the Cubs after elbow surgery allows him to [...]
By Thom Henninger Carlos Gonzalez has been widely considered a five-tool prospect, yet he’s changed addresses twice in recent trades involving Dan Haren and Matt Holliday. Originally with the Diamondbacks, the 24-year-old outfielder was shipped to Oakland in late 2007 with Brett Anderson and other prospects for Haren. Then Gonzalez moved to Colorado with Huston [...]
By James Bailey When the Ron Washington coke-gate story broke earlier this week I figured he would be gone by this time next year. The Rangers stuck by their manager last summer when he came clean about his “one time” cocaine usage, even declining his offer to resign. He’s got a 2010 contract and the [...]
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