Chris Young: Better Than You Think
Chris Young is trash. He was a replacement level starter last year with a 5.02 FIP, and his FIP this year isn’t much better (4.52). It’s a miracle that the Royals are rolling him out there in game 4 today. The thunderous Blue Jays are probably salivating at the prospect of launching bombs off of his batting practice fastball. Except maybe he’s not trash. And maybe Toronto should be more thoughtful with their game...
Breaking Blue 2015 AL Rookie of the Year
Kris Bryant was our near unanimous choice for the NL Rookie of the Year and will win it when the awards are announced by MLB, but the American League Rookie awards didn’t really have see 1 single dominant rookie performance, but rather several really good ones. John Havok – Francisco Lindor I really wish Devon Travis didn’t get hurt or his name would very likely be in the conversation given the tremendous start to...
Some ALCS Thoughts and Links Entering Game Three
(Title photo courtesy of Arturo Pardavila, https://www.flickr.com/photos/apardavila/) The Blue Jays are in a familiar position in the American League Championship Series, having dropped the first two games. Luckily for them, this series is a best-of-seven, so they have more breathing room at this point than they did in the ALDS against Texas. Still, they’re in a hole and Fangraphs gives them only a 20% of advancing to the World...
Breaking Blue 2015 NL Rookie of the Year
We’ve made our picks for the each league’s best pitcher and today we pick the National League Rookie of the Year. John Havok – Kris Bryant I’d love to try and make an argument for Matt Duffy or Noah Syndergaard, but as decent as those arguments might be, they just aren’t better than the argument for Kris Bryant. He led all NL rookies in pretty much every offensive stat that matters, was good defensively...
Breaking Blue 2015 AL Cy Young Award Ballots
(Featured image from Arturo Pardavila, https://www.flickr.com/photos/apardavila/) Sunday, we gave our hypothetical ballots for the NL Cy Young award. Today we shift to the American League. John Havok – Chris Sale. I can hear your heads exploding. Dallas Keuchel will get a lot of support from the camp that values 20 wins, a very low ERA and being on a team going to the playoffs. His ground ball numbers and weak contact rate are...
Breaking Blue 2015 NL Cy Young Award Ballots
No, none of us have award ballots and never will, but we all have an opinion and that’s what the internet is for! Over the next week we’ll deliver each of our writers’ picks for the top MLB awards; MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year for both the American League and National League. First, the NL Cy Young. John Havok – Clayton Kershaw Max Scherzer undoubtedly gained a few votes with his second no hitter of the...
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