American League
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3.9KFrom Walk-On to AA: Astros Outfielder Drew Ferguson Still Working
In my senior year of high school, my baseball team went on an extraordinary run to finish as the runner-up in the state. We set...
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3.2KHow Good Are The Texas Rangers, Really?
Friday night, the Rangers weathered a perfect game into the 7th inning from Kendall Graveman to beat the Oakland A’s 3-0 and...
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2.9K2People – Albert Pujols Is Still Really Good
Last week, we published a piece that looked back on our 2016 Lynchpin players and how their performance has impacted their respective...
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4.0KMike Trout, Albert Pujols, Mike Scioscia, Rest Days, And The Future Of Baseball
The Angels and their manager Mike Scioscia have rested Mike Trout and Albert Pujols on the same day in back-to-back weeks, yesterday...
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4.1KRevisiting Pre-Season Predictions: 2016’s Lynchpin Players
Prior to the season, we embarked on an ambitious ‘Off the Rankings’ series at Off the Bench, creating hierarchies for all sorts...
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3.2K1The OTBB September Power Rankings
As sad as it is to consider, this is it. The final month of Regular Season Baseball. For most teams, the final...
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4.1KThe Red Sox and Drew Pomeranz: 8 starts Later
Following his highly anticipated trade from the San Diego Padres that kicked off the major dealing at this year’s deadline, Drew Pomeranz...
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2.9KManny Banuelos A Great Signing for the Angels (Maybe)
Manny Banuelos has thrown 26.1 major league innings, all coming with the Atlanta Braves in 2015. He has a 5.81 ERA to...
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4.9K1If the MLB Playoffs Started Today…
With the trade deadline in the rear-view mirror, rather than a typical team/player/trade analysis, let’s get theoretical: What would the playoffs look...
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2.1KA-Rod Should Be Pissed!
Alex Rodriguez has just 4 games remaining in one of the most impressive, controversial, hall of fame worthy, somehow also back page...
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2.4KThe Astros Still Contenders Built for the Long Haul
At last week’s Trade Deadline, the Astros remained very quiet, the large acquisition that would push them over the edge never really came....
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3.9K4Breaking Down the 3-Team AL East Race Post-Deadline
The dust has just about settled on this year’s trade deadline; now attention firmly switches to the race for the postseason and...