Four years ago, Will Middlebrooks was setting the world on fire for the Boston Red Sox. From the time he came up to the big leagues in May until a hit-by-pitch broke his wrist in August, Middlebrooks hit .288/.325/.509 and mashed 15 home runs in just 75 games. People were already plenty excited about Middlebrooks’s […]
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Credit the Process, Not the Result
Junior Guerra currently holds a 3.13 DRA. Among starting pitchers with at least 50 innings pitched, that ranks 19th in all of baseball. If we consider the idea that since there are 30 teams there are 30 “Aces” (Yes, some of you will disagree with this classification), Junior Guerra is performing like an “Ace”. This […]
I Don’t Know Who’s on Third For the Brewers
Last month, I broke down the first significant playing-time battle for the Brewers coming into Spring Training: center field. Today, we’re going to look at third base, a position the team threw to the wolves last year with the late-July trade of Aramis Ramirez. Down the stretch, playing time at the hot corner went to Hernan Perez and […]