After squeeking into the post-season, the Rangers had some serious issues to deal with – Josh Hamilton leaving, missing Zack Greinke, changing the role of Nolan Ryan. Will the team make it back to October baseball?
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Tag Archives: Yu Darvish
2012 Walter Johnson Award Nominees
The second to last Baseball Bloggers Alliance award is the Walter Johnson Award for the best pitcher in each league. Each website will nominate 5 players and the one with the most nominations will win. Russ and I have put our top 10 for each league here.
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2012 Willie Mays Award Nominees
Next up in the BBA Awards is the Willie Mays Award for the top rookie in each league.
We can nominate 5 players in each league and they will be thrown in with the rest of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance votes.
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2012 Top 20 Prospects – Texas Rangers
It’s prospect season again. I’ve had my rankings listed on team pages, but have been horrible about keeping those up to date. As I mentioned on the pages, I’m looking at other rankings when I make mine (along with scouting reports and my own opinion). Next up, the defending AL Champs – the Texas Rangers.
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2012 Top 150 MLB Prospects
Here it is – the Top 150 Prospects in baseball. I’ve worked on this list for a couple of months and have revised it many times. At this point, I’m very happy with the end results.
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What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been: The 2011-12 MLB Off-Season Part 1
Each off-season seems to have something happen that we’ve never seen before, but this off-season has been different. We’ve seen sluggers change teams, prospect for prospect deals, suspensions over turned, and much more. I’ll be looking at the 10 craziest stories that fueled baseball this week.
First up, Albert Pujols and Yu Darvish.
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Bullpen Banter: Fantasy Baseball Drafts
This week, Russ and Eugene discuss various fantasy baseball issues…the #1 pick, positional rankings, and decline in pitchers.
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Philadelphia Phillies Storyline: King Of The Mound-tain
Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies enters 2012 at the summit. There are 4 hurlers behind him, forming the 5 in the first tier. Who are the candidates with a shot to join the highest level in the sport? Will 2 drop from the zenith of their craft?
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Bullpen Banter: Recent Transactions
This week, Eugene and Russ look at the top 5 Transactions of the off-season so far. The first one was easy; could they agree on the rest?
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The Triple A Oakland A’s – A Look At 2012
The new year is supposed to bring people hopes of something new. The year is supposed to give us reasons to celebrate. For the past month or so, I have been letting you all know how one Major League Baseball team has nothing to look forward to. That team is the New York Mets. Today, I give them a reprieve and look west. I look all the way to San Jose. I mean Oakland. Continue reading



