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Playoff Pre(Inter?)View 2014
Some might argue that the playoffs start tonight, as the previous two nights’ contests are more akin to qualifier games than playoff series. Major League Baseball disagrees, and there was certainly a...
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2014 Walter Johnson Awards
The awards for best pitcher, at least in the American League, are worth far more ink than I’m about to spill on them. Alas… NL Walter Johnson Award 1. Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers You were expecting Dan...
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2015 Top 100 Players
It’s that time of year. All the big-name free agents have signed somewhere. Pitchers are pitching. Catchers are catching. It’s time to write about baseball in 2015. As a prelude to my 2015 season...
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2015 Baseball Preview
Opening Day is less than two weeks away, which means we shouldn’t expect more than two or three pitchers to tear elbow ligaments before the season starts. That kind of confidence makes a season preview...
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Two Groups of Aces
Here are two ranked groups of pitchers: Group A 1. Max Scherzer 2. Chris Sale 3. Corey Kluber 4. Clayton Kershaw 5. Sonny Gray 6. Jake Arrieta 7. Dallas Keuchel 8. David Price 9. Zack Greinke 10. Chris...
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Top 100 MLB Players – 2016
In less than two weeks, Bryce Harper will take meaningful swings and Chris Sale will throw meaningful pitches and Andrelton Simmons will make meaningful dives to his right and throw out determined,...
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Wait ‘Til Next Year – 2016 Baseball Preview
I’ve been writing season previews for a long time. Everyone writes season previews. There’s not much I can say that others haven’t said. The Braves are really bad. The Cubs are really good. The...
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Awards Preview
So, August is almost over, and unless you’re a loyal reader of The Forecaster or USA Today Sports Weekly, you haven’t read anything I’ve written about baseball in most of a baseball season. Rather...
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Forecasting October with Playoff Runs
If you’ve paid any attention to baseball over the past decade or so, you know that playoff results are governed by something other than logic. There is no formula that can identify a great playoff...
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2016 MVP Ballots
Unless your team wins the World Series, there are few days on the calendar sadder than the day the last out settles into a player’s glove and baseball slips into hibernation. Among the few reprieves...
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