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Also check out Alan Hull’s AL Playoff Preview As the season wraps up and the National League contenders begin to separate themselves from one another, here is a look at some key players to watch down the stretch and through October. ATLANTA …
AMERICAN LEAGUE WINNER C.C. Sabathia, New York Yankees (20-6, 3.05) Sabathia will win the American League Cy Young at the end of the season. With a 21-6 record, he’s certainly a worthy candidate. The fact that he plays for the New York …
With baseball at the All-Star break, we assembled the staff here at LBS to select our mid-season baseball awards. Yesterday, we posted the AL awards. Today, it’s the NL awards. NL MVP Steve DelVecchio says Joey Votto, 1B, Reds: The Reds, yes …
It’s been an unbelievable year for pitching accomplishments in MLB this season. Things got started with Ubaldo Jimenez’s no-hitter for the Rockies against the Braves. That was only the start of things to come as A’s pitcher Dallas …
Major League Baseball hasn’t seen a 25-game winner in 20 years. The last time the feat was accomplished, in 1990, Bob Welch went on to win 27 games for the Oakland Athletics. The game of baseball has changed. Pitchers no longer go deep into …
When it comes to evaluating mid-season trades, I like to examine things on a case-by-case basis. For instance, you won’t hear me give a blanket policy saying “always trade prospects for established players” or “you must win …