The first thing you would have noticed looking at the lineup from tonight’s critical game against the Yankees was the clean-up hitter. For the first time this season, Jose Bautista hit as low as fourth in the order. If you decide that you want Travis leading off, that’s really not the worst idea. Donaldson and […]
Day: September 7, 2016
Catcher Framing and Dioner Navarro
This post is going to be about how Dioner Navarro is a bad pitch framer. However, before we get into it, lets get one thing out of the way: one of the best things about baseball is that a player’s value is segmented into tools. Billy Hamilton is a bad hitter, but his defence and speed […]
Checking in on the First Shapiro/Atkins Draft
There was a time, in the not too distant past, when minor league player development happened outside the intense scrutiny of all but the most obsessive fans. Most paid little attention to the farm teams unless they happened to live in a city that hosted one, and only the most well established prospects were on […]