This post has been brewing for a while now, but I must admit I was just not that excited or motivated to write it.
Not excited as I have been a long time baseball fanboy. Not motivated as I am not usually the curmudgeon type. I’d rather focus my energy elsewhere. But alas due to contractual [...]
Posts Tagged ‘CC Sabathia’
Disenchanted with MLB? Yeah I’m A Lost Man, too
Why Isn’t Cliff Lee Starting Tonight
While I was not entirely enthused about the World Series prior to Game 1, I have been pleasantly surprised early on with a fairly entertaining series. Game 1 provided a superb pitching matchup between Cliff Lee and CC Sabathia. Game 2 also provided a great pitcher’s duel, with Pedro and AJ Burnett going at it. [...]
Wake Me Up When September Ends
August is supposed to be the Dawg-Days of the MLB baseball season, while September is usual full of excitement around playoff races and MVP & Cy Young awards. Less two weeks left in the season, there remains very little to be decided. As a result, the last two weeks are shaping up to be pretty [...]
MLB Power Rankings – September 8th
Welcome to another edition of the Cubicle GM MLB Power Rankings. Looking at the rankings this week, it has become pretty clear which teams the contributors here believe have a shot at October and a World Series.
The eight teams which would qualify for the playoffs if the season ended today were all in the top [...]
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 [...]
Here They Are… Your League Leaders (Pitching)
Following up on last week’s perusal of MLB league leaders (they probably aren’t who you assume they are!), we look today at pitchers, both in the American and National Leagues. As with hitters, we’ll take each major statistic and break down players in terms of “Biggest Surprises”, “Least Likely to Continue”, and “Start Worrying”. The [...]
Quality Starts: Just One Part of the Story
I kept hitting Refresh yesterday on my Internet Explorer as I watched one of my favorite young sleepers – Tampa Bay’s Matt Garza – throw an absolute gem in his first start of the year against the Red Sox. In Boston, mind you. 7 IP, four hits, five strikeouts and one earned run in what [...]
History Class: What Types of In-Season Acquisitions Help Teams Make the Playoffs?
Each year without fail, the MLB trade deadline is an exciting time. July 4th weekend has passed. MLB All Star break has passed. You have a good idea where your team stands, and yet all of a sudden, without failure your team has the chance to go Extreme Makeover, Baseball Edition. They can choose: buyers [...]
