MLB Articles

Some folks love the home run. They can’t get enough of it. They love watching majestic 450-foot fly balls arch into the seats, sent skyward by men with massive muscles. To others, they would prefer to watch that in batting practice, not in games. With seemingly every player in baseball capable of hitting 20 homers […]

The new brigade is taking over baseball. Across the MLB landscape, teams continue to throw caution to the wind promoting rookies early in the season exposing them to Super 2 status allowing them to reach arbitration a year early. One of the most recent callups is the son of Hall of Famer, and his name […]

Two potential slugglers in the Natoinal League are slated to be called by by their respective clubs, and Ray Flowers is ready to break them both down for you. Those men are Kevin Cron of the D’backs and Josh Naylor of the Padres.   As of Thursday night, Kevin Cron of the Diamondbacks led the minors […]

Ray Flowers takes a look at the hitters around the infield and the outfield. Bogaerts is surging. Braun can still produce when in the lineup. Bregman and Bryant continue to mash the baseball. Yandy Diaz heads to the IL. Brian Dozier and a glimmer of hope. Hosmer is finally hitting. La Stella is tearing it […]

The 2019 season is underway and, predictably, it’s a disaster. Some teams seem to have no plan at all. Other teams are continually searching for answers to get the last out, either because of poor performance or injury. Very few are the situations that have nary an issue. Each week we will try to get […]

Bullpen Usage & Reliever Ratings, or BURR, is an idea that Flowers and Mans have been playing around with since the 2017 season. The reason for their focus is simply that bullpens are a more important part of the modern game than ever before. You know what we mean. Whereas at one time starting pitchers threw 220 […]

Do the Braves have an ace in Mike Soroka? Who is Jake Arrieta at this point? David Price returned, and the results were very positive for the Red Sox lefty. Yu Darvish is improving, sort of. Cashner has been effective. Corbin has been solid, but there are some concerns. Minor has been a major contributor […]

We are nearly one-third of the way through the regular season and there have been numerous surprises. Both with how some teams have been performing as well as individual production among hitters and pitchers. This week, I’d like to take a glance at the standings as well as some May trends that might foreshadow future […]

We’re at the point of the season that we kinda know who players are. Are they performing up to expectations or are the struggling to live up to the hopes placed on their shoulders? That said, do we really “know” who players are? Is it possible that the guy that started out hot has seen […]

Each week we will try to give a quick update on each of the top-40 minor leaguers that could help out in the fantasy game in 2019. Of course, there is an element of uncertainty with all of this as we never quite know when a team will decide to call up a youngster or […]