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July 13th, 2008

Midseason Baseball Awards 2008 - MLB Awards

AL MVP - Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers
Ian Kinsler and Milton Bradley are playing very well for the Rangers. However, I believe that it is Hamilton who is the backbone of that team’s lineup. Take him away and the Rangers wouldn’t be nearly as deadly.
NL MVP - Lance Berkman, Houston Astros
Sure, the Astros are […]

By Stephen Kersey -- 1 comment

July 6th, 2008

C.C. Sabathia Traded to the Brewers

After weeks of trading speculation regarding where C.C. Sabathia would be traded, the Milwaukee Brewers have emerged as the winners of the Sabathia sweepstakes. Sabathia will join Ben Sheets to give the Brewers one of the best one-two punches in all of baseball.
Sabathia, who won the AL Cy Young Award last year, was traded […]

By Stephen Kersey -- 1 comment

June 22nd, 2008

CC Sabathia Trade Rumors - Destinations?

CC Sabathia, the oversized ace for the Cleveland Indians, is looking more and more like a player that is about to be traded. The Indians, who are 35-41 and seven games behind the AL Central leading Chicago White Sox, will likely look to trade Sabathia before he becomes a free agent after the season.
Sabathia […]

By Stephen Kersey -- 4 comments

June 7th, 2008

Jake Westbrook Injured - Out for the Season

Jake Westbrook will need surgery on his elbow and will miss the rest of the season. The right-handed Cleveland Indians starter has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow.
Westbrook was having a very good season for the Indians. Before his injury, he had a 3.12 ERA with 19 strikeouts over the […]

By Stephen Kersey -- 0 comments

May 14th, 2008

Cleveland Indians Starting Pitchers Scoreless Streak

The Cleveland Indians starting pitchers are blazing. The Indians starting pitchers have now pitched 43 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings. The pitchers responsible for this streak are CC Sabathia, Aaron Laffey, Fausto Carmona, Cliff Lee and Paul Byrd.
CC Sabathia was struggling earlier in the season, but he has turned it around. […]

By Stephen Kersey -- 0 comments

April 17th, 2008

Worry About CC Sabathia?

CC Sabathia, the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, is off to an absolutely dreadful start to the season. On Wednesday, he allowed nine earned runs for the second consecutive start. His ERA now sits at 13.50.
Last season, Sabathia was lights out. He was 19-7 with a 3.21 ERA as he dominated in his best […]

By Stephen Kersey -- 2 comments

April 15th, 2008

Hottest Fantasy Baseball Players

A couple weeks into the baseball season, let’s take a break and check out the hottest fantasy baseball players. In this top five list, there will be a few players who could remain near the top for the duration of the 2008 season.
1) Mark Reynolds, Arizona Diamondbacks
A lot of people liked the Diamondbacks coming into […]

By Stephen Kersey -- 0 comments

March 5th, 2008

Random Wednesday: Jim Mahoney

   Photo by <<graham>>   some rights reserved
Here’s an obscure one for you. Jim Mahoney played shortstop and some second base for four teams over parts of four seasons.
As a rookie with the Boston Red Sox, Mahoney collected his first big-league hit on July 29, 1959 — a single to left in the fourth inning against Cleveland right-hander […]

By Geoff Young -- 0 comments

February 4th, 2008

Tigers Extend Granderson

How did the Tigers go from MLB doormat to model organization without any real transition? They draft aggressively, pay for external talent where needed, and are fearless in trading. Oh, and they win a lot.
Detroit’s latest move is to lock up center fielder Curtis Granderson for 5 years in a deal reportedly worth $30.25 million. […]

By Geoff Young -- 0 comments

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