Monday, March 20, 2023

Newsletter Excerpt, March 20, 2023 -- "Mariners, and the Brewers"

 

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"The Mariners didn’t always do it right, but they always tried to do it right. Their process paid off last year in a trip to the Division Series, and it could well pay off again with an even deeper run in 2023."

Friday, March 17, 2023

Newsletter Excerpt, March 17, 2023 -- "Mailbag"

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"The player who will fare the best in MVP/Cy Young voting and did not get a single vote in 2022 is....

(I would take Wander Franco or Bobby Witt Jr.)

-- Angelo G.


Great question. Juan Soto is the obvious answer, but Witt and Franco are in the mix. Gerrit Cole. Jacob deGrom. Corey Seager. Luis Robert. Corbin Carroll, to be really spicy.

--J."

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Newsletter Excerpt, March 15, 2023 -- "The Coming War"

 

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"There are a few ways this could go. It could be 1994, where teams agree on a deal in which large-revenue teams will rescue small-revenue ones, so long as they can all get the players to pay for it through restrictions on the market. I am not sure how that would end up, but I am certain we’d lose a season finding out."

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Newsletter Excerpt, March 14, 2023 -- "Jim Crane and the Astros"

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"The task of succeeding Click, and before him Jeff Luhnow, now falls to a different sort of executive. Dana Brown, 57, has had a 30-year career in baseball taking him from the playing field to coaching and scouting, then on up through a variety of executive roles with the Nationals, Blue Jays, and Braves."

Monday, March 13, 2023

Newsletter Excerpt, March 13, 2023 -- "Liberty Media and the Braves"

 

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"I may be the low man on the Sean Murphy trade, mostly because I think William Contreras will be a star, maybe better than Murphy over the next few years. At least for 2023, Murphy’s defensive skills, including framing, should make him an upgrade on the younger of the Contrerii."

Saturday, March 11, 2023

Newsletter Excerpt, March 11, 2023 -- "Carlos Rodon and the Yankees"

 

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"Bad luck? Bad process? Bad, for sure. The Yankees have made the playoffs the last few years by being a run-prevention team, and they’re down four run preventers with less than three weeks to Opening Day"