This article is courtesy of our friends at DBacks Venom Written by: Amit Lal The Diamondbacks completed the month of April 2012 with a decent 12-11 record, despite losing Chris Young and Daniel Hudson to the Disabled List. Even though Young only played in 11 of the team’s 23 games, he still leads the team in HR …
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Apr
20
Chase Headley – for real?

This article is courtesy of our friends at The Flagrant Fan Written by: William Tasker There is not a more remote location in the continental United States from this Maine location than San Diego. From the top of Maine to the bottom of California is about as long a diagonal line as you can draw. And suffice …
Jan
25
My Problems With FIP
This article is courtesy of our friends at Optimistic Mets Fan Written by: @Ceetar The formula for the Sabermetric stat FIP is (13HR + 3(BB+HBP-IBB) – 2K )/ IP That’s then added to a constant to equate it to normal ERA ranges. (xFIP provides some extrapolation on HR rate per fly ball, but my overall …
Jan
07
Porcello, Scherzer, Coke, Kelly and Young Due To Submit Arbitration Numbers
This article is courtesy of our friends at Bless You Boys Written by: Tigerdog1 Five Tigers are eligible for arbitration this off season: Starting pitchers Rick Porcello and Max Scherzer, outfielder Delmon Young, reliever Phil Coke and utility man Don Kelly. That means unless the club can come to terms with the players before midnight …
Mar
11
Injured Phillies: Utley and Brown Concerns
The expectations for the Philadelphia Phillies were at epic level just a few weeks ago. Even still, they are the clear runaway favorite to come out of the National League, but have a few setbacks that may make a bigger impact than people believe. Chase Utley: Chase Utley is currently dealing with a right knee …
Jan
25
Why Do The Rangers Hate Michael Young?
It seems as if the Texas Rangers are doing anything and everything that they can to run Michael Young out of town. Young has a career .300 batting clip and has averaged 17 HRs and 87 RBIs a season in his eleven years with the Rangers. In those eleven years, Young has ranked in the …




