Baseball Talk

David Price has had a 12 year career so far, playing for the Rays, Tigers, Blue Jays, Red Sox and now the Dodgers though he did opt out of the 2020 season due to coronavirus concerns. His rookie season the Rays had a deep post season run before losing to the Phillies in the World ….  Read More

Jacob DeGrom is one of the best pitchers in the MLB, there is no question about that. But could he be underrated? Well, yes in fact he is underrated. DeGrom has won back to back Cy Young Awards but his record in those seasons was just 21-17 with 2.05 ERA. Having that kind of record ….  Read More

Cesar Cedeno is top ten in value in the first five seasons of his career. He was an everyday player by the time he was 20. He was a star before his 22 birthday, but then he fell off a bit and had a pretty solid career. In 17 seasons with the Astros, Reds, Dodgers, ….  Read More

Josh Donaldson, and instantly recognizable face as one of the best players of the 2010s. He hit bombs and played third the A’s, Blue Jays, Braves, and now in 2020 for the Twins, after he signed a huge contract. In 2012 in his first season of legitimate playing time, he hit .241/.289/.398 with 9 homers ….  Read More

In the 1980s the Yankees weren’t always good. But they did always have Don Mattingly, a power hitting, high average, great glove first basemen. For his career he hit .307/.358/.471 with 222 homers and 1099 RBIs, 2153 hits and 1007 runs scored. But in the early 80s he was a superstar hitting .327/.372/.530 averaging 46 ….  Read More

Jimmy Rollins was a shortstop for the Phillies from 2000-2014. He primarily hit leadoff and was solid enough for two pennant winning teams and one World Champion. He hit .264/.324/.418 with 231 homers and 936 RBI’s, also scoring 1421 runs and stealing 470 bases in 2275 games. He was a 3 time all star 4 ….  Read More

Deion Sanders is one of the best NFL cornerbacks of all time, many people overrated Bo Jackson and forgot about Deion as a baseball player. His unbelievable speed from the NFL carried over as he 47 stolen bases per full season. But when he first broke into the MLB he could hit a little as ….  Read More

During this quarantine I have been watching a lot of old baseball highlights from the 2013 and 2007 World Series’. One main thing stood out to me about comparing those series’ to the 2018 or 2019 series, the bullpen. In the regular season starting pitchers are usually expected to pitch 6 or more innings at ….  Read More

Bo Jackson may well be the greatest athlete of all time. He played both baseball and football at a good level in small sample sizes. If he never got hurt we can only dream of what his statistics might have been. He was an awesome power hitter in the MLB, averaging over 30 homers a ….  Read More

David Wright, the longtime third baseman for the New York Mets may have had a Hall of Fame career had it not been for the back injuries that cost him a couple hundred games and ultimately ended his career. He hit .296/.376/.491 for his career with 242 homers and 970 RBI’s. He scored 949 runs ….  Read More