The time has come for our June Minor League update. A few of our little fellas are growing up right before our eyes, while a few struggle to find their way in the minors. The previous monthly updates can be found here: April, May. Let’s dive into it: Madison Bumgarner The huge early career that [...]
The Six Man Starting Pitching Rotation? For Real?
In a story very much related to the recent discussion of about the next member of the 300 Win Club, twice this week we see stories about teams considering switching to 6 man starting pitching rotations. Teams have been using the 5 man rotation since the Dodgers introduced the idea in 1971. Is it possible [...]
The Next Member of the 300 Win Club?
With last week’s Randy Johnson 300th win story, came a slew of predictions around whom, if anybody, will be the next 300 game winner. And while I threw my two cents in regarding our numbness to historic achievement due to the plethora of records broken over the last decade, I have yet to toss my [...]
The Records and Achievements Don’t Mean What They Once Did
A pitcher collecting 300 career wins is an extremely rare feat. In fact, I would rank it as the second rarest feat in sports. No hitters? 256 of those. Cycles? Hundreds. 6 Hit Games? 50+. Even 4 strike-out innings are more common. There are 24 members of the 300 club. Only perfect games, 16 ever, [...]
BP Idol, Very Impressed – Just Not with the Contestants
In a rather creative move, the genius that is Baseball Prospectus began their first ever BP Idol competition a few weeks back. Borrowing a page from the Simon Cowell playbook, they chose 10 contestants to partake in the competition, which, similar to American Idol, eliminates one contestant each week based on fan voting. There is [...]
Improving my Rec Softball Team with some VORP analysis
Our About page describes CubicleGM as the playground for ‘Working Class General Managers’ where, sitting in our cubicles we each have creative and worthwhile ideas about our favorite teams and sports in general. How to best fill that open Closer, Shooting Guard, or Nickel Cornerback position? We all have well thought out ideas for each. [...]
Big Matt ‘The Future’, ‘BirdlandMan’, ‘Wheaties’, Wieters Makes His Orioles Debut Friday
CubicleGM favorite (covered in four posts, including as the focus of one of the originals), and much bally-hooed uber-super-prospect Matt Wieters will join the major league roster Friday, according to Orioles GM Andy MacPhail. MacPhail states the obvious when he says that Wieters isn’t being called up to the majors to ride the pine, and [...]
Minor League Watch – May
In Mid April, I started a recurring monthly series titled ‘Minor League Watch,’ with the hope of providing a monthly update on some of baseball’s brightest prospects. The series will follow 5 prospects, ranging from A ball to one youngster that made the Big Show out of Spring training. As we near the quarter point [...]
Is the East Coast Bias Deserved?
Over the last five or so years, one of the most trendy things to complain about is ESPN’s East Coast bias – that is if you don’t live in the East Coast. The complaint is that ESPN and other major sports media carry more Red Sox, Yankees, Mets, Celtics, etc games than say, Dodgers, Royals, [...]
Kobe Beef? Spoiled Goods!
Vlookup Vince is no NBA expert. He follows the major storylines, watches a dozen games from October through April, catches a few more down the stretch, and pays attention during the two month playoff marathon, mostly because playing series and the subplots that emerge are extremely compelling. Seeing the best players turn it on for [...]
