By James Bailey Stephen Strasburg and Jason Heyward will garner a lot of attention this spring as they head an exciting 2010 rookie class. Toss in Pedro Alvarez, Buster Posey and Brian Matusz and you’ve got yourself a great race. There’s another group of young players, however, that bears watching. These are the non-rookies, guys [...]
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By James Bailey Last week, Thom Henninger looked at pitchers and hitters who were the most successful in two-strike counts. That prompted the question, who is the least successful in these situations? Which pitchers get ahead and can’t put anyone away, and which batters are doomed when they fall behind?
By Thom Henninger It’s common for a rookie to be inconsistent in his debut season. The first lengthy exposure to the major leagues is a marathon with plenty of ups and downs, and a rookie’s ability to weather and rebound from the lows is a key to success. That’s been the difference between two highly [...]
By James Bailey At the rate we’re going, all of the game’s premier prospects will be in the big leagues before long. A week after Matt Wieters and David Price got the call, elite talents Tommy Hanson, Andrew McCutchen, and Gordon Beckham were all summoned to make their major league debuts. McCutchen made a splash [...]
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By James Bailey Before the Braves went transaction crazy earlier this week, I was counting down to Friday as Tommy Hanson night. The Braves top prospect was the scheduled starter for Gwinnett County here in Rochester. My plans were short-circuited by Atlanta’s decision to cut ties with Tom Glavine and bring Hanson up to the [...]
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By James Bailey The season is only a week old, but in these turbulent times it’s never too early to revisit your investments. If baseball were played on Wall Street, here’s the advice we’d give you as a trader. Dump all of your shares in Carl Pavano. Oh, you sold them all back in 2005? [...]
By Thom Henninger A new season means a new rookie class, and Hardball Cooperative will run down the top rookies by division. Not all rookies featured here will be on Opening Day rosters, but they will get a chance to make an impact sometime in 2009. Let’s begin with the National League East, which has [...]
