2017 MLB All-Star Campaign Season: The Pitchers

We are officially past the first day of summer and All-Star voting is heating up in the American League and the National League. Voting ends on June 29th. We start our annual look at All-Star campaigning season with pitchers. Yes, we are aware pitchers aren’t voted upon as they are selected by the managers and coaches. Regardless, […]
The Men Up North – White Sox Trade Bonanza

The Men Up North discuss the beginning of the Chicago White Sox massive rebuilding effort. They also explain how they absolutely robbed the Washington Nationals in the Adam Eaton trade and grade the Chris Sale deal that shipped him up to the Boston Red Sox. Contact The Men Up North at pathologicalhate@gmail.com. Twitter: Felipe– @pathological_h8 […]
2015 MLB Almanac: The Best of the Best

With only days away from pitchers and catchers reporting, we take a final look at the 2015 Major League Baseball season as we list the best of the best of last year. FUBAR FUBAR stands for Felipe’s Ultimate Baseball Advanced Rankings and it combines the following criteria to come up with what it believes to be […]
The 2015 MLB First Half All-Everything Team

Felipe Melecio uses advanced stats to hand out his first-half 2015 MLB Awards.
Shark Attacked: Explaining Jeff Samardzija’s Struggles

After seven starts, Jeff Samardzija has not lived up to the promise the Chicago White Sox had envisioned.
2014 MLB Capsule: The Ultimate Starting Rotation

Felipe Melecio uses advanced metrics to rank the top 2014 MLB starting pitchers to see if the Cy Young voters got it right.
Updated MLB Rankings Per FUBAR

All 30 teams ranked based on offensive production, starting pitching, bullpen, and defense rather than win-loss percentage.
Atlanta Braves are Still Tops: Updated MLB Rankings Per FUBAR

Through nearly a third of the season, the Atlanta Braves remain atop the XN Sports power rankings based on offense, defense, pitching, and baserunning.