Nl World Division Case Study

Zack Greinke, a pitcher on the Los Angeles Dodgers, is considered by many analysts as the most dominating pitcher in baseball.

The Cubs have just that, with the help of their elite starting pitching rotation that makes up of Jake “The Snake” Arietta, Kyle Hendrix, John Lackey, and Jon Lester they seem like a force to be reckon with. Three out of the five starting pitchers for the cubs were nominated to win the C.Y young award last year for best pitcher of the year. Only five starting pitchers out of the whole league get selected and three of them came from the Cubs. Even with this compelling arsenal of weapons on their team there is always room for one more gun, and that gun is no one other than the “Cuban Missile” Aroldis Chapman. Chapman good be called “the greatest relief pitcher” too ever play and he has the resume too prove it. He holds the record for the fastest thrown fastball ever in the MLB clocking in at 105.1 mph. To have a pitcher come in for you during the bottom of the 8th or 9th inning a very crucial point in the game of baseball, and for him too throw that fast and hard is incredible. Not only can he pack a punch with his throw but he also throws lefty. Having a closing pitcher too be lefty and throw the fastest fastball in the MLB is ultimately unheard

    The Dodgers share a strong rivelry with the San Francisco Giants, the oldest rivelry in baseball, going all the way back to when both teams were in new york. Both teams moved west for the 1958 season. the Brooklyn and Los Angeles dodgers have appeared in the world series 18 times. while the new york and san Francisco giants have appeared in 20. the dodgers have won 21 national leauge titles; while the Giants hold the record with

Dodgers stadium has become a historical landmark in Southern California for its rich history. The stadium has hosted 147 million baseball fans since its doors opened in 1962. Many baseball historical moments have occurred here including 8 world series, 4 world champion. Records

The Houston Astros have been making deals to improve their team, and avoid another collapse like the one they had last season. Their bullpen could not finish the year strong after being one of the best in baseball throughout the season. The bullpen, also, collapsed in game four of the ALCS against the eventual champions. The Royals could not hit Lance McCullers, but once he was removed with one out in the seventh inning, Kansas City 's offense got it going.

So the stage is set, we have the best team n baseball, the tightest owner

The Chicago Cubs (Arrieta’s team) record is 26-8. Arrieta has pitched in at least 10 of those games, and in each game he’s pitched in, they have won. He pitches more than an average pitcher, and can pitch more innings that an average pitcher. The Los Angeles Dodgers (Kershaw’s team) record is 18-17. Kershaw has pitched in at least 10 of those games, but has not won each game he’s pitched in. This shows that Jake Arrieta holds his opponents to not score, and gives his offense a chance to gain momentum and score and win. “Arrieta didn't say outright that he was worth more than the seven-year, $175 million contract that the Nationals awarded to Stephen Strasburg earlier this week, but he came close. "I'll let you judge that. Just look at the numbers," he said. When asked if he would be giving the Cubs a hometown discount, he said, "No" while shaking his head. This season, the reigning NL Cy Young winner holds a minuscule 0.84 ERA, 0.74 WHIP, and 37/12 K/BB ratio over 43 innings. As is befitting of those fine numbers, the ace right-hander has jumped out to a 6-0 record. May 11 - 11:53 PM” (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/5017/jake-arrieta). This quote shows that Arrieta has not only the confidence and mental state to be the best pitcher in the league, but that he also has the performance to back it up.

In the early 20th century, the team, then known as the Robins, won league pennants in 1916 and 1920, losing the World Series both times, first to Boston and then Cleveland. In the 1930s, the team changed its name to the Dodgers, named after the Brooklyn pedestrians who dodged the streetcars in the city.[4] In 1941, the Dodgers captured their third National League pennant, only to lose to the New York Yankees. This marked the onset of the Dodgers–Yankees rivalry, as the Dodgers would face them in their next six World Series appearances. Led by Jackie Robinson, the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era; and three-time National League Most Valuable Player Roy Campanella, also signed out of the Negro Leagues, the Dodgers captured

The Giants had many seasons and players to help them be successful. Some of the players included Y.A. Tittle

The American League East has been a very competitive division for decades mostly because of the heated rivalry between the Red Sox and Yankees. That is still the case in 2016 except the other teams like the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays have this division even more entertaining in recent years. This season I think the Red Sox are the best team not only in the division, but also in the American League.

They are alike and not alike in many ways but we will talk about the main reasons. They are alike because as you may know they are located in the same city! They are not alike Because they were established in different cities.The Dodgers were established in Brooklyn and the Angels were in Los angeles.I hope after reading this you can compare and contrast more about these 2 similar teams.

One reason the Chicago Cubs will win the World Series is because of their pitching. They had strong starting pitching all year. All of their starters had an ERA under 4.00. This shows they won’t give up many runs by the time they give the game to the bullpen. They also throw a lot of strikeouts, with Jon Lester leading the staff with 197 strikeouts. If the other team can’t get on base, they will have a hard time

The A's recent success is attributed to the innovative approach taken by Billy Beane in assembling a baseball team with a very limited amount of financial resources. Billy Beane has built a successful ball club because he has found an efficient and cost effective way of measuring baseball talent thus essentially creating a loophole in this unfair game because winning percentage is a result of talent not

If the Giants can win most of their series, they will still be able to come out of their hiccup they are in right now and get back on top. The biggest problem facing the Giants are the two series against the Dodgers; one in LA and the other in San Francisco. One thing that might help the Giants come out of there is the trade acquisitions they got at the trade deadline. So far, the trades have been somewhat of a bust and somewhat of a victory. The Giants traded INF Matt Duffy, RHP Michael Santos, and INF Lucius Fox for LHP Matt Moore. Matt Moore is 1 – 3 for the Giants in 5 starts with a 3.41 ERA. The Giants expected to get someone that could go at least over .500, but the Giants still seem to believe in Moore because he might be a great asset going into the postseason. If Matt Moore and Jeff Samardzija can improve towards the end of the season, the Giants can really turn into that team that they were in the first half of the season. The other trade that happened was the acquisition of Eduardo Nunez for LHP prospect Adalberto Mejia. Nunez has been extremely good in San Francisco in his short time there and was a great acquisition for the Giants. The two trades seem to have had good intentions and somewhat worked and will probably become very beneficial, but as of right now, the two trades have been

their team to teams with deeper pockets. The A’s have the least money of any major league team. The cards are stacked against them with no star players, no money, and no edge in scouting new players. About six months later, the team had won more than 100 games including a twenty-game winning streak in August. (2002 Oakland Athletics Season, 2017) How did they do it? By all measures used at that time, the A’s should’ve had a down year. They should have been one of the weakest teams in baseball. Despite this, they finished first in their division and tied for the most wins in the league. (2002 Oakland Athletics Season, 2017) The secret to their success was data driven analysis of player performance, which they used to find