Yesterday was the deadline for the staff of Baseball Prospectus to submit their predicted standings for the 2000 season, an exercise that is usually met with equal parts seriousness and whimsy. You can see the results here this weekend, and about all I can say for sure is that everyone predicts all 30 teams to…
Ignore, for a moment, the question of how much Ken Griffey Jr. is going to add to the Reds’ lineup. Put aside the concerns of whether Pat Hentgen and Darryl Kile can regain their former glory. Cast away those doubts about whether Mitch Meluskey is healthy and ready to hit major-league pitching. All three contenders…
The Phillies face a series of choices at the bottom of their roster that, taken together, will determine whether they have the potential to outperform expectations or whether they definitely will underperform. The Phillies apparently believe they have to win, and win now, and we’re going to see this cost them games both this year…