7 games into the season, Austin Riley was carrying a .371 OPS. He had collected 2 hits, was having bloody awful luck with a .071 BABIP, and had struck out 8 times.
The dog days of August came round and … Finish Reading
You really shouldn’t base your entire thought process related to a player on a single game.
That would be very unwise to decide how you’re going to evaluate a player in any sport, but especially in baseball, which is based … Finish Reading
Where he came from:
We have discussed him before. For more great Braves stuff see:
Like many minor league players hoping for a chance to break through, … Finish Reading
I don’t want to resort to name-calling, but there is only one thing you can call Mark Melancon: a Proven Closer. And I know it’s been a long decade, but can you remember a time where one pitcher provided this … Finish Reading
Whence and whither our American Ian Anderson?
As to the former, I wrote this a couple of weeks ago:
… Finish ReadingAnderson blazed through the minors like the second coming of Soroka — indeed, his prospect
Marcell Ozuna was signed in January after free agent Josh Donaldson left for the Twins. Here’s what I wrote about the signing at that time.
The signing couldn’t have worked out better for the … Finish Reading
This isn’t our typical Player Review. I just can’t do a typical player review for Tyler Matzek, my favorite story of 2020. Quotes from the story come courtesy of a 2014 piece written by Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post.… Finish Reading
If you’re late to the series, get caught up here:
Unlike so many contributors here, … Finish Reading
If you need to catch up, here are our first 3 parts to the series:
After a 2020 season that saw a possible MVP year from Freddie Freeman … Finish Reading
