Mike Moustakas: Started to Hit at the Right Time
Mike Moustakas was a prized prospect of the long and painful Royals tanking campaign. He along with Alex Gordon, Billy Butler, and Eric Hosmer were all high ranked prospects at the turn of the decade. Hosmer has been a reliable first basemen for the Royals and recently the Padres. Gordon was great for a period …. Read More
Aaron Judge: He needs to stay healthy
Since he came up in 2016 Aaron Judge has been a phenom, from a homer in his first at bat to 52 in his full rookie year. Since his full rookie season where he hit .284/.422/.627 with the aforementioned 52 homers and 114 RBI’s, played great defense in right field and nearly took the Yankees …. Read More
Adrian Beltre: A great career
Adrian Beltre played for the Dodgers, Mariners, Red Sox, and Rangers over a 21 year career. He hit .286/.339/.480 with 477 homers, 1707 RBI’s, 1524 runs scored, and 121 stolen bases. When he was called up with the Dodgers in 1998 he was a very promising prospect. But for the first 5 seasons of his …. Read More
Fernando Tatis Jr: The face of baseball
Earlier this week Fernando Tatis Jr. was playing in a game for the San Diego Padres and his team was winning by 7 runs. The pitcher for the Texas Rangers had ran the count up 3-0 and then threw a decent pitch in the strike zone. Tatis tattooed it to deep right field. The bases …. Read More
Pedro Martinez, One of the greats Pt. 2
If you are talking about the best pitchers of all time, Pedro has to be in the conversation. He pitched in the era known for hitters and homers and he still put up all time numbers. For his career he was 219-100 with a 2.93 ERA pitching 476 games starting 409. He struck out 3154 …. Read More
Adam Dunn: Consistent Dingers
Adam Dunn played 14 seasons in the MLB with the Reds, D’backs, Nationals, White Sox, and Athletics. He hit .237/.364/.490 with 462 homers and 1168 RBI’s. He also had 1631 hits and 1097 runs scored in his career. From 2001-2010 Dunn was a consistent homerun hitter. He hit .250/.381/.521 averaging 40 homers and 99 RBI’s …. Read More
Albert Pujols: Machine to Old Slow Machine
Albert Pujols was arguably the best player of the 2010s. He was the first basemen on a team where for the first half of the decade he was joined by other stars such as Larry Walker, Jim Edmonds, and Scott Rolen and for the second half he was joined by solid players such as Chris …. Read More
Todd Helton: HOF or a Coors afterthought
Like yesterdays post we are again going to talk about a player who has been in Hall of Fame debates for years. His name is Todd Helton he was a career Colorado Rockie and was primarily a first basemen. He hit .316/.414/.539 for his career with 369 homers, 1406 RBI’s, 2519 hits, and 1401 runs …. Read More
Baez or Story: Best Shortstops in the NL
Trevor Story and Javier Baez are the consensus 1 and 2 ranked shortstops in the Major Leagues. They have both had 4 seasons as a regular, Baez had two short terms before that while Story was immediately a regular with the Rockies. They are both excellent defensively and are legitimate power-speed threats. In my opinion …. Read More
Felix Hernandez: The Fall of the King
Felix Hernandez has played for 15 seasons to this point with the Seattle Mariners and now the Atlanta Braves although he did opt out of the 2020 season due to coronavirus concerns. He was one of the most hyped up prospects of the 2010s and rightly so. He had an excellent 8 year peak from …. Read More