h2h Corner ~ Keep, Trade or Drop: Mike Napoli, Miguel Montero, Geo Soto?

Entering 2009, lots of folks projected a break-out year for Mike Napoli for one simple reason: he only received 227 ABs in 2008, yet blasted 20 HRs. The logic went that if he could get some more ABs, he’d hit more HRs. Well, he got more ABs 9382), yet hit exactly 20 HRs. Still, unlike [...]

February 8, 2010 | Read the story » | No Comments »
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h2h Corner ~ Keep, Trade or Drop: Elvis Andrus, Gordon Beckham, Alexei Ramirez?

I didn’t love Alexei Ramirez going into last year. Still, he wasn’t really that bad, or at least not as bad you would think. Ramirez had a highly touted 136-game campaign in 2008 (21 HRs, 13 SBs and a .290 AVE). However, he was caught stealing nine times in 2008, which would give any team [...]

February 7, 2010 | Read the story » | No Comments »
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h2h Corner ~ Keep, Trade or Drop: Gio Gonzalez, Bud Norris, Luke Hochevar?

By most accounts, Gio Gonzalez didn’t have a great 98 IPs last year (5.75 ERA and a 1.71 WHIP). Still he did rack up 109 Ks (9.9 K/9). So there was value there. He was, probably, the best source of strike-outs on every league’s waiver wire. It’s hard to fathom how someone who strikes out [...]

February 6, 2010 | Read the story » | No Comments »
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h2h Corner ~ Keep, Trade or Drop: Denard Span, Nelson Cruz, Nyjer Morgan?

Much like Adam Lind, Nelson Cruz destroyed his AAAA label in 2009 (33 HRs and 20 SBs). Sure he smokes the ball, everyone knows that. What has held him back (and in the minors) until his age 28 season was his inability to make contact. He has 265 Ks in 1,019 major league at bats, [...]

February 5, 2010 | Read the story » | No Comments »
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h2h Corner ~ Keep, Trade or Drop: James Shields, Matt Cain, Matt Garza?

On paper, this appears to be a tight one. I feel if you surveyed 100 Americans, they’d be split evenly. Cain gets to pitch in a pitcher friendly park, division and league. Garza and “big game” James are better known, given the Rays’ success of late. However, they do have to face the Yankees and [...]

February 4, 2010 | Read the story » | No Comments »
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h2h Corner ~ Keep, Trade or Drop: Travis Snider, Elijah Dukes, Garrett Jones?

It’s become scary how many baseball players are now younger than me. That’s no different for Travis Snider, who just turned 22. Snider has only had 101 major league games and 356 plate appearances, so it is a bit hard to judge what kind of pro he will be. Still, if we project out his [...]

February 3, 2010 | Read the story » | No Comments »
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