MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Cleveland Indians
Our next subject in the continuing 2016 MLB Comeback Candidates series is the team that Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci picked — and therefore jinxed — to win the World Series in 2015. That would be…
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MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: San Francisco Giants
We continue with our 2016 MLB Comeback Candidates with perhaps the most obvious of all obvious choices, the San Francisco Giants. Sure, we could have started with the Giants, but that seemed too easy. After…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Seattle Mariners
We will begin a new segment leading up to the 2016 MLB season, the Comeback Candidate series, taking a look at non-playoff teams from the previous season who could make some noise this year. Because…
The DraftAmerica MVP Ballot: Rounding Out MLB Awards Week
What a week for the Chicago Cubs. They can’t sweep Awards Week the way some classic films sweep the Oscars, but three out of four ain’t bad. At 6 p.m. tonight, MLB Network will unveil…
New York Yankees one of the most fascinating teams heading into offseason
Can you feel the heat? No, it’s not coming from under manager Joe Girardi’s seat, or even the insatiable Big Apple media junket. Instead, it’s the Hot Stove warming up in the Bronx. What are…
World Series Recap: Mets Choke from Royal Pains
What came first, the choking or the egg? The New York Mets fell apart against a Kansas City Royals team that evolved from a complete rebirth, and hats off for overcoming the pain of losing…
2015 World Series Preview: Royals Out to Right Last Year’s Wrongs
I’m honestly not sure what is more surprising: that the New York Mets are in the World Series, or that the Kansas City Royals are back in the World Series? The Mets hadn’t been to the dance…
A look back at the Division Series, ahead at the LCS
On this one-year anniversary of “The Giants Win the Pennant!” 2.0 — okay, not really, but it was a day that neither Michael Morse nor Travis Ishikawa will ever forget — it’s time to reflect…
Our 2015 MLB playoff predictions and analysis
Now that the matchups for the MLB postseason are set, it’s time to dive into things a little bit further. Before we make our official picks, it’s worth noting that in the last three years,…
Revisiting the 2013 NLDS – What, If Anything, Has Changed Since?
If the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals do in fact meet in this year’s postseason, it will be in the National League Division Series, just as they did two years ago when Pittsburgh finally…