Ten years ago, the Cardinals had just won the World Series. Their 32-year-old franchise player was in the final year of his contract. And they were in the position of making an offer to keep him. St Louis offered Albert Pujols a ten-year deal at $210 million. Instead, he signed […]
Evan Grant from The Dallas Morning News unearthed an interesting stat yesterday. “The Rangers scored three or fewer runs in 80 of their games last year. They were 7-73. When they scored either four or five, they were basically a .500 team (20-21).” So, as the Rangers head into the off-season, […]
For the past five seasons Rangers fans have seen the tear down. Now, as was announced and promised, comes the rebuild. But the reality is, the only way to rebuild this team into a true playoff-caliber team is with more tear down. Not a single player on the Rangers post-trade-deadline […]
Now, the long cold dark winter is upon us. Here, from CBS Sports, are the important upcoming off-season dates and deadlines. For convenience, clip and save on your refrigerator. Nov. 3: As of 9 a.m. ET on Wednesday, all eligible players with six-plus years of service time, are free agents. Free […]
Jorge Soler was named the World Series MVP. He hit three home runs, including the back breaker in the clinching Game 6, drove in six, and had an OPS of 1.191. But there was another Brave who deserved MVP honors more than Soler. It’s Braves GM Alex Anthopolis. With his […]
Game 6. For Houston it’s do or die. For Atlanta, it’s a free game, playing with house money. After coming back from 4-0 in Game 5, Houston has to be on full-swagger mode. After being up three games to one in the Championship Series in 2020, only to lose it, […]
Down three games to one, down 4-0 after the first inning, it wasn’t looking good for the Houston Astros. But they had three things going for them. One, their lineup is potent. Two, it was only the first inning. Three, Braves pitching is operating on fumes. Atlanta started the game […]
Dylan Lee had two innings of major league experience. In that extensive big-league career, he had given up three hits and two runs. His ERA was 9.00. For some odd reason, that pedigree earned him the start in Game 4 of the World Series. Atlanta’s manager Brian Snitker played with […]
Well, that was fun. While Games 1 and 2 had a lot of offense, it was all one-sided. Atlanta had Game 1 won by the third, Houston had Game 2 won by the third. All that was left in the final six innings of both those games was the paperwork. […]
Nothing kills the momentum of the World Series like off days. They should play the first two games in one city, travel to the next city, and play the next three, consecutively, with no off days. They do that during the season. Then, have an off day before Games 6 […]
