A little over a month ago, we looked at the good start of Alexei Ramirez, and tried our best to divine how he might perform going forward. The task was complicated by the dearth of available stats for the Cuban emigre, and so I wanted to check again on his progress to see if he […]

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Just in time for free week over at Baseball Prospectus, Clay Davenport’s Postseason Odds report has been updated, based on each MLB team’s expected win percentage for the remainder of the year. How do the divisional odds pan out, and how good or bad do they make the Generals’ preseason predictions look?
(at left–Cubs at Tropicana […]

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As promised yesterday, we’re going to take a look at how this year’s most promising rookie pitchers have fared so far, updating our two previous lists with all of last month’s appearances. Are all of these guys even still in the majors?

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Once a month we have been taking a look at this year’s most promising rookies. Now that the month of June is past, it’s time to update our previous two lists to see who leads the pack.

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With three Rays on my fantasy team, I was the happy recipient of a healthy portion of the many runs, home runs, and RBI in their 15-3 win over the Marlins yesterday. I got a similar boost from their 13-4 win over the Angels on June 9th. The two recent examples have me thinking: is […]

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As part of the White Sox’s 16-3 blowout of the Pirates yesterday, Alexei Ramirez went two-for-five with two RBI, continuing a great season performance that currently has him batting .297/.327/.761, with a line of .412/.455/1.043 so far in June, capped by three home runs in the last three weeks.
Thanks partly a confluence of injuries to […]

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Willy Taveras stole five bases in Colorado’s 2-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday, and has stolen ten in the past ten games. With his thirty total bags already matching his season records from the past three years, I thought Swift Willy might give us a good chance to check in on the […]

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Evan Longoria homered twice, Dioner Navarro homered once, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat up on Angels pitcher Joe Saunders to win 13-4 yesterday.

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I recently completed a trade in my twelve-team mixed league that I thought might provide a good basis for discussion of what kind of thinking we all put into trades. With that in mind, let me try to answer your “What were you thinking?!” questions when I explain why I just traded away Jim Thome […]

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Mark Ellis emphatically finished an extra-innings game yesterday with a walk-off grand slam that lifted Oakland to a 7-3 win over the Angels. How powerful is he this year?

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Hanley Ramirez hit his third home run in two days yesterday in Florida’s 5-7 loss to Atlanta, but it was overshadowed by Chipper Jones’ four hundredth career homer.

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On Monday we revisited this year’s promising rookie batters to see how they rate against each other. Today we’re going to look at the pitchers, updating our previous examination, once again keeping in mind the Generals’ preseason picks for ROY.

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Starter Joba Chamberlain was taken out of the Yankees-Blue Jays game yesterday when he reached his pitch limit after 2.1 innings. He gave up four walks in that span, continuing the control issues he’s had all year. What can we expect from him as a starter?

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Alexei Ramirez went three-for-four yesterday (and three-for-four the day before) and hit a home run in a win for the White Sox over the Royals.

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Now that another month has passed, it’s time to review the performances of this year’s most promising rookies, updating our list from last time with the players who have been called up since May 1st. Once again, we’ll be making sure to examine the Generals’ preseason favorites (found here and here) to aid any bragging […]

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Jay Bruce has acquitted himself well so far in his first week in the majors, hitting his second home run already yesterday in Cincinnati’s 6-2 win over Atlanta.

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Alfonso Soriano capped a powerful May this weekend, hitting a solo home run yesterday in Chicago’s 5-3 win over Colorado to bring his season HR total to 13.

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Carlos Beltran has now reached base in 32 consecutive games after going two-for-four with a run and a walk yesterday in an 8-4 victory for the Mets over the Dodgers. How well is he hitting overall?

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The San Francisco Giants roughed up Doug Davis’ second start since returning from surgery, pegging him for nine hits and six runs over five innings in San Francisco’s 11-3 win over Arizona.

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Luis Castillo hit a two-run home run in the first inning of a twelve-inning 7-6 win for the Mets yesterday.

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Craig Monroe capped a ninth-inning rally with a game-tying three-run home run, and Justin Morneau hit a solo shot in the tenth to carry the Twins to a 9-8 victory over the Royals yesterday.

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The Orioles and Yankees hit a combined nine home runs yesterday in a game that took an hour rain delay in the middle of the ninth inning, and eventually ended in the eleventh inning when Alex Cintron hit a fly ball single to score Baltimore’s winning run.

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Ervin Santana pitched a three-hit complete game yesterday to carry the Angels over the Tigers, 3-2.

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Josh Hamilton hit a grand slam yesterday to help the Rangers overpower the Rays, 12-6.

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Garrett Olson earned the win in Baltimore’s 6-1 victory over New York, improving to 4-1 with a 4.09 ERA, and continuing a curious start to the year…

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Mark Teixeira, whose numbers were recently analyzed by Brandon in his TACOM series, went two-for-four with four RBI yesterday in Atlanta’s 7-3 win over Arizona.

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Eric Hinske hit a three-run home run to help keep Tampa Bay on top in a 7-3 win over Texas yesterday. Hinske has hit a great pace to start the season, but can he keep it up?

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An RBI double by Jose Molina was the final piece of a four-run, eighth inning rally that helped the Yankees win 6-5 over the Mariners yesterday.

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Oakland’s relievers held Boston scoreless in the final three innings of yesterday’s game to help the A’s to a 6-3 win and a three-game sweep of the Red Sox.

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In the bottom of the eighteenth inning of a nearly six-hour game yesterday, San Diego’s Adrien Gonzalez hit a three-run walk-off homer to give the Padres a 12-9 win over the Reds.

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