Tuesday, June 11, 2013

A Quick Hitter

Just a brief post today given the fact there’s already some good stuff up and I’m on a little bit of a crunch. I couldn’t help but put myself in the shoes of Reds fans on Sunday night and wonder what in the world Dusty Baker was thinking throughout that game. I’m talking about his [...]

Catching, specifically pitch framing, has been a hot topic as of late. Baseball Prospectus is leading the charge, with Ben Lindbergh and Max Marchi dishing out study after study, backed with graphs, charts and industry testimonial, all heralding the importance of pitch receiving skill for catchers. Before them, Mike Fast laid the groundwork at BP [...]

1. Oscar Taveras (1) – .311, 4 HR, 20 RBI, 5 SB Even thought Taveras was out a significant amount of time, there is no need to drop him. He is still, by far, the best Cardinals prospect. For me, there is some injury concern. I don’t think it was ineptitude that cause the Cards [...]

The Baby Birds officially went 2-3 on Monday. Memphis resumed a suspended game from April 10th which resulted in a very unusual scenario. Nick Greenwood was the pitcher of record in the suspended game and took the loss. Since that game, Greenwood has been transferred to Double-A Springfield and was also the pitcher of record [...]

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