Last Word On Baseball

This season, Spencer Strider is breaking records for strikeouts. He has an incredible arm with a great slider and a changeup that improves each start. How impressive is it? And will this win him the National League Cy Young Award? The sure thing is that the fans of the Atlanta Braves are watching history in the making. He’s already found himself in an elite club within a … [Read more...] about Spencer Strider: The Strikeout Artist to Rule Them All

The Atlanta Braves, and specifically first baseman Matt Olson, are making noise at the plate. Olson is generating reverberations louder than the customary crack of well-timed contact at the plate all season long. His home run frequency is assaulting the record book as well. His numbers are mounting to the point where he is: Compiling a home run pace comparable to the … [Read more...] about Matt Olson Streaks to NL Home Run Lead and Much More

In yesterday’s installment of the Best Bets series, we learned a few things. First, do not underestimate the ability of the Cleveland Guardians to disappoint you. Second, Masataka Yoshida is allergic to hitting baseballs when we have money on him. In the three games we have had action on him, he has gone 1/13, with 0 RBI, and two strikeouts. Mind you, the rookie phenom is … [Read more...] about Spencer’s Best Bets for Baseball: August 1st

The 40/40 Club is an exclusive group of ball players as it only contains four members. Can Ronald Acuna Jr. become the fifth? Jose Canseco became the first member in 1988, then Barry Bonds in 1996, followed by Alex Rodriguez in 1998. Alfonso Soriano was the last to join the club in 2006. It is obvious how hard of a task a 40/40 season is to accomplish given its rarity. The … [Read more...] about Ronald Acuna Jr.’s Quest for the 40/40 Club

Nobody ever said being a professional baseball player was an easy job. It gets even tougher when one arrives at the highest level of the game, the major leagues. Then all of that pressure gets taken, stirred in a cauldron with young age, and produces something of a logistical nightmare. This is true in almost all of those situations…unless the one under pressure happens to be … [Read more...] about The Resurgence of Michael Harris II