1. MLB Draft 2011: Will Gerrit Cole or Anthony Rendon Be the No. 1 Pick?

    Any team with the No. 1 overall draft pick in any sport holds the key to the entire draft. More so this year in baseball because there is no clear-cut first pick. What the Pittsburgh Pirates —the holders of the No...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 1,237 reads 5 comments

  2. Andre Ethier Hitting Streak: The Los Angeles Dodgers OF Is Up to 30 Games

    Los Angeles Dodgers OF Andre Ethier extended his hitting streak to 30 games last night with a 3-for-5 performance against the New York Mets ...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 157 reads 2 comments

  3. Mark Melancon To Close for Houston Astros, Brandon Lyon to 15-Day DL

    After Wednesday afternoon's debacle against the Cincinnati Reds, I was all prepared to write a “When do the Houston Astros replace Brandon Lyon ?” post...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 337 reads 0 comments

  4. Eric Hosmer Called Up by Kansas City Royals

    The second wave of top Kansas City Royal prospects is starting to make its way to the major leagues. In the first wave, we saw Aaron Crow and Jeremy Jeffress start the ...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 193 reads 1 comments

  5. Chicago Cubs' Alfonso Soriano Hitting Home Runs, But Not Much Else

    San Fransisco Giants RHP Tim Lincecum has been known as “The Freak.” We have been calling him that now for so long that the moniker belongs to him...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 413 reads 1 comments

  6. Kansas City Royals Could Take Bubba Starling At No. 5

    With the Major League Baseball June draft about a month away, one guy you will be hearing about as the draft approaches is Gardner Edgerton High School OF Bubba Starling...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 7,395 reads 4 comments

  7. Los Angeles Dodgers: Will They Be Broke By July?

    The Los Angeles Dodgers might not be able to make payroll at the end of the month and will be completely broke come July according to the Wall Street Journa l...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 122 reads 0 comments

  8. Minnesota Twins Francisco Liriano Throws No-Hitter

    From the “I would have never seen this coming in a 100 years” category, Minnesota Twins LHP Francisco Liriano threw a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 15 reads 0 comments

  9. Atlanta Braves News And Notes

    With the Atlanta Braves - Milwaukee Brewers game rained out on Tuesday (double header scheduled for Wednesday), I thought it would be a good time to take a look at what is going ...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 213 reads 2 comments

  10. Cleveland Indians' Shin-Soo Choo Arrested for DUI

    Another day, another Major League Baseball player arrested for DUI. As first reported by Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer , Cleveland Indians’ OF Shin-Soo Choo was arrested for DUI on Monday morning...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 43 reads 0 comments

  11. Minnesota Twins: Ron Gardenhire's Strategy On Friday Night

    Nothing confuses me more than when managers have this belief that they can’t use their closer other than the ninth inning of a game...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 16 reads 0 comments

  12. Texas Longhorns Baseball: A Clip From The Augie Garrido Documentary

    I was roaming around the internet this morning and came across a clip on Sports by Brooks of Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach. Inning by Inning is a documentary on University of Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 506 reads 0 comments

  13. New York Mets' Prospect Jenrry Mejia Tears Elbow

    Even on a day when the New York Mets don’t play they get bad news. Mejia will require surgery on his elbow It was announced on Monday that top pitching prospect Jenrry ...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 41 reads 0 comments

  14. San Francisco Giants' Pablo Sandoval Fractures Wrist

    I am not even a San Francisco Giants fan, but this news really stinks. The Kung Fu Pando has a fractured wrist The Giants placed 3B Pablo Sandoval on the 15-day DL with a fractured hamate bone in his right wrist...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 134 reads 0 comments

  15. Atlanta Braves' Pitching Coach Roger McDowell Suspended For Two Weeks

    It was a rough week last week for the Atlanta Braves off the field. First RHP Derek Lowe was arrested for driving under the influence and now pitching coach Roger McDowell has been suspended for two weeks...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 448 reads 2 comments

  16. 10 Things We Learned About Baseball In March/April

    The first month of the baseball season is over and it’s official—baseball is back baby! What a first month it was. We had a little bit of everything...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 83 reads 0 comments

  17. Pittsburgh Pirates Call Up Danny Moskos

    There are a lot of players around Major League Baseball you may recognize from the 2007 June draft. Players such as LHP David Price , C Matt Wieters , OF Jason Heyward ...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 4 reads 0 comments

  18. Derek Lowe Arrested For DUI

    Update, 5/1/2011: Lowe will make his regular scheduled start today against the St. Louis Cardinals ...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 4 reads 0 comments

  19. Toronto Blue Jays Demote Travis Snider To Triple-A

    So much for Travis Snider having a breakout season. I, like many others, thought this was the year that Toronto Blue Jays ’ OF Travis Snider was going to have his breakout season...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 159 reads 1 comments

  20. Derek Lowe Arrested For DUI

    Update: Derek Lowe must have allegedly been motivated by the Fast & The Furious series when he was racing another driver down Peachtree Road in Atlanta. Cops pulled him over and ultimately arrested and charged him with DUI...

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  21. MLB: Where Has Their Power Gone?

    I was playing around on Fangraphs yesterday and came across the ISO leaders for 2011. ISO, for those of you not familiar, is slugging percentage minus batting average...

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  22. Los Angeles Dodgers News And Notes

    On Wednesday afternoon, I found out that in two weeks I will be making my first trip to southern California. I have been to Pebble Beach before (2001 US Open), but that’s it for my California experience...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 1 reads 0 comments

  23. MLB 2011: Texas Rangers' Bullpen in Shambles

    They say things happen in threes, right? Well, unfortunately for the Texas Rangers’ bullpen, they have fallen victim to the theory of three. First they lost Mason Tobin with a right ulnar collateral ligament inflammation...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 3 reads 0 comments

  24. New York Mets Still Paying Bret Saberhagen

    It’s absolutely crazy the information that sometimes is passed on Twitter. If you use Twitter correctly, and not just to find out that Ashton Kutcher took at heater at 1:00, then it’s a valuable source of quality information...

    Adam Bernacchio Written by Adam Bernacchio about 2 years ago 30 reads 0 comments

  25. Ryan Roberts Tearing It Up In Arizona

    Who knew that Melvin Mora was going to be the next Wally Pipp? Roberts is off to a career start in Arizona Mora went into the 2011 season as the Arizona Diamondbacks’ ...

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