TOP TEN TEAMS Yankees Astros Braves Padres Red Sox Mets Indians Cubs Angels Rangers Its probably just me, but I’ll take the Astros’ combination of power, patience, pitching, defense, managing, you name it, over the tried-and-true Braves. Since I’m expecting the Mets to stay in front of the Cubs for a wildcard, I don’t expect…
TOP TEN TEAMS New York Yankees – what can I say, these guys are awesome. The team is full of solid performers having good offensive seasons, and the pitching staff has been incredible. Bernie Williams is an injury away from being a no-brainer MVP. Atlanta Braves – those Rockie imports are still playing well. Very…
Basically for little more than grins, we polled ourselves to see who we thought ranked where in various categories: the top ten teams in MLB, the three most disappointing teams, MVPs, Cy Young Awards, Rookies of the Year, Managers of the Year, and the paramount Least Valuable Player of the Year. You’ll find links to…
TOP TEN TEAMS Yankees Braves Astros Red Sox Padres Indians Mets Giants Orioles Angels A handful of great teams and lot of not-so-hot teams. The wild- card "pennant races" really are a sham. The Braves and the Giants going down to the last day with 100+ wins, that’s a pennant race. One which wouldn’t have…
TOP TEN TEAMS Yankees Braves Astros Padres Red Sox Mets Indians Cubs Rangers Angels No real surprises. Cleveland is where you’d expect them, but that’s by default. They haven’t played good baseball since May. The Oriole run is a nice story, but it’s over. I still think Seattle’s got one big push left in them,…
TOP TEN TEAMS Yankees – Amazing depth, they can lose anyone and keep right on rolling. But new playoff system will make it much less likely that the Yanks will be champs. Braves – Same old story, plus the emergence of Chipper Jones as a superstar and Andres Gallaraga’s career year. Padres – This almost…
TOP TEN TEAMS Yankees — It’s surprising that the team threatening the record for most wins has so few players that belong on the MVP ballot. Williams is the only Yankee who’s unquestionably among the AL’s 10 best players this year. (Admittedly, there’s a case to be made for Jeter in the top 10.) The…