in just three days, nine players have had two-homer games. There’s no one completely ridiculous performance on the list, and I’d like to think the big days by Tony Batista and Shannon Stewart herald the arrival of the Blue Jays as a force in the AL East. the Martinez brothers are struggling, combining to allow…
Late in 1999, we asked our readers to give us their picks for baseball’s Team of the 1990s. More than 1,000 people voted in the poll, held over three months, and the results have been tabulated. The outfielders and designated hitter for the Team of the 1990s are: Left Field Very little surprise here, as…
Last Friday, the Red Sox announced that right-hander Juan Pena would miss the 2000 season with a torn medial collateral ligament in his right elbow. Pena will undergo Tommy John surgery and attempt to resume his career in 2001. According to the team, the tear was caused when Pena took a line drive off his…
The Best Young Offense Ever? Despite their 64-97 record last season, the Kansas City Royals set a franchise record with 856 runs, and did so almost entirely with youngsters. Mike Sweeney, who turned 26 last July, was the senior member of a group that included Jermaine Dye, Johnny Damon, Rookie of the Year Carlos Beltran,…
There was a time when conservatism produced solid results in fantasy auctions. Hang back, let people spend themselves silly on the stars, then scoop up the middle guys at reasonable or even bargain prices. Judging by the LABR and ToutWars auctions last month, those days are gone. I went into the American League ToutWars auction…
The season so nice, they opened it twice…. The biggest and best news of the day came out of Atlanta, where Andres Galarraga completed his comeback from cancer by popping a tie-breaking home run to help the Braves beat the Rockies, 2-0. The Big Cat is rapidly becoming one of my favorite players, in part…
We do a lot of analysis here, most of it from a more-or-less detached viewpoint. However, we are talking about people, people with lives and families and concerns and all the things you and I have. And sometimes, events conspire to make you really feel for some of these guys. Too mushy? Well, think about…
(Ed. note: Chris is on vacation this week. TA will resume, with a twice-a-week schedule, on April 11.) ANAHEIM ANGELS Acquired RHP Kent Bottenfield and 2B Adam Kennedy from the Cardinals in exchange for CF Jim Edmonds. [3/23] Assigned RHPs Brett Hinchliffe, Greg Keagle, Steve Mintz and 2B Keith Luuloa to their minor-league camp; optioned…
OPENING AT THE BIG EGG “A loss is always disappointing, however they come. I wish I could’ve performed a little better.” — Mike Hampton, Mets pitcher, on walking 9 in game 1 “I’m glad he was here today, that’s for sure. Benny’s a big boy, and baseball’s a game that’s not always fair.” — Bobby…
American League East JeffBower ClayDavenport JeffHildebrand RanyJazayerli ChrisKahrl KeithLaw DavePease StevenRubio JoeSheehan MichaelWolverton DerekZumsteg TotalPoints New YorkYankees 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 53 BostonRed Sox 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 43 TorontoBlue Jays 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 3…
National League East JeffBower ClayDavenport JeffHildebrand RanyJazayerli ChrisKahrl KeithLaw DavePease StevenRubio JoeSheehan MichaelWolverton DerekZumsteg TotalPoints AtlantaBraves 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 55 New YorkMets 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 40 PhiladelphiaPhillies 4 3 2 4 4 3 2 2 4 3 3 32…
Over the past couple of weeks–the long and storied life of the daily column–I’ve made a couple of references to baseball games of long, and not-so-long, ago. I’ve been lucky to get additional information on both the games mentioned here, and luckier still to not have to look it up myself. First, there was the…
Last Friday, The Daily Prospectus contained a short sermon on the Hall of Fame worthiness of just-retired Tim Raines. Judging by the results of an ESPN.com poll that same day, not everybody was paying attention. It’s not worth our time to explain in exhaustive detail why more than 4% of 75,000 voters should have cast…
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…
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…