2013 MLB Power Rankings – Week 11
Fog delays, 19 inning games, Tebowmania. Oh, sorry. You get the point — it’s been an interesting week in baseball, and as always, we’ve got some one-sided power rankings to prove it. The Cardinals continue their strong play and top the MLB Power Rankings for the second straight week. Meanwhile, the Red Sox have proven they’re […]
MLB: More Steroid Rumors, More Suspensions, More Chutzpah
As you’ve undoubtedly already heard, MLB announced yesterday that it will take steps to try and suspend a long list of players who they believe are guilty of using performance-enhancing drugs. Most notably on that list are: Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun, Melky Cabrera, Nelson Cruz, Bartolo Colon, Yasmani Grandal, Francisco Cervelli, Jesus Montero, Jhonny Peralta, Cesar Puello, […]
2013 MLB Power Rankings – Week 9
2013 MLB Power Rankings for week 9 are ready for your eyes. It’s an exciting week in interleague play, except, as SJN’s Tom McFeeley pointed out, the problem remains that all the intriguing matchups are happening at the same time, so if you’re a fan of baseball, hopefully you have Tivo, or one of those […]
2013 MLB Power Rankings – Week 8
Week 8 in the MLB Power Rankings features the Texas Rangers fixed in the no. 1 spot for the second week in a row. We’re also seeing a surprising burst in production from the Yankees, Cardinals and Diamondbacks, all teams that weren’t expected to get off to such great starts, let alone lead their respective divisions. Yet, […]
2013 MLB Power Rankings – Week 7
Not much is changing in the middle of the pack for week 7 of the 2013 MLB Power Rankings, the same can’t be said for the top positions. If it’s even worth mentioning, the Astros continue to hold the bottom position, as they will, likely, for the rest of the year. It doesn’t help that […]
Major League Baseball Opens New Chapter: The Strikeout Era
I mentioned last week in an article titled MLB: Ringing in the Strikeout Era, that strikeouts are on the rise, to put it lightly. It wasn’t my intention to create alarm or hyperbole surrounding this dramatic increase in Ks over the last few decades, or maybe it was. Let’s assume, for the sake of speculation, […]
Will the Real James Loney Please Stand Up?
James Loney is throwing a wrench in stats tables across baseball. He “leads” the MLB with a batting average of .391, but he doesn’t lead because he doesn’t have the required number of plate appearances to be considered for the batting title. Not yet at least (as of May 7th, which happens to be his […]
2013 MLB Power Rankings – Week 5
The impossible has happened and the Braves have been bumped from their top spot in the 2013 MLB Power Rankings. For various reasons, their pitching has taken a turn for the worse over the past week. The unavoidable ascension of the Red Sox as baseball’s top team has occurred, Arizona and Colorado continue to dominate the NL West, […]