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The World Series champion has been crowned. Next up is Awards Week. The winners of the major regular-season awards will be announced, garnering fan acclaim (or griping) and bonus payouts … Continue Reading 2022 MLB Awards Week Preview
The 2022 World Series was tied at two games after Houston Astros pitchers joined forces to hold the Philadelphia Phillies hitless in Game 4. Justin Verlander took the mound for … Continue Reading 2022 World Series Game 5: Houston Wins Tiebreaker
According to a report by Houston Chronicle beat writer Chandler Rome, two-time Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander was to be shut down for the remainder of the season due … Continue Reading Astros and Justin Verlander Dispute Report of Injury Shutdown
The votes have been tallied and the results are in for the 2019 Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) awards winners. This means it’s time for me to grade last … Continue Reading Grading My 2019 Awards Predictions
The Division Series got underway on Thursday with the first National League contests, followed by a full four-game slate on Friday with the beginning of American League action. Here are … Continue Reading Division Series Weekend Top Plays
The 2019 Toronto Blue Jays flirted with being no-hit by Trevor Bauer on April 4 and Shane Bieber on July 24, but it ultimately took a veteran ace, Justin Verlander … Continue Reading Oops, He Did It Again: Verlander No-Hits Jays for the Second Time
As a distraction from the Cubs’ poor play on Friday, I decided to ask my Twitter followers their opinion on the best pitcher out of some of MLB’s active strikeout … Continue Reading Who’s Your Ace? Let’s Rank the Active Strikeout Leaders
It seems like one of the favorite things for old fogeys to complain about these days in relation to Major League Baseball is the so-called sabermetrics revolution. Teams are increasingly … Continue Reading MLB Advanced Stats that Senior Citizens – and John Smoltz – Can Appreciate