Tampa Bay Rays Case Study

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 major league World Series has come. The games that KC Royals, Lopez’s team, have won are 3 games. The opponent team, San Francisco, have won one. One more win and the Royals are the champs… again.

The series of Colorado and LA Dodgers are tied up at a game a piece heading into the final game of this series tonight at Dodger Stadium. Pucking Hockey has a free MLB pick in this match-up and possibly a baseball prediction.

So Dombrowski went out to find someone he thought could deliver that, and here we are, with current Houston bench coach, Alex Cora. Before I get into Cora and his background, I just want it known that I LOVE this hire. He fills all the holes that Farrell was viewed as having, and I’m already for spring training 2018 to get here. So back to Cora. His playing career started in 1993 when he was drafted by the Twins, but decided instead to attend the University of Miami. He entered the draft again in 1996 where he was selected in the second round by the Los Angeles Dodgers. He spent the next nine years with the Dodgers before signing with the Indians. Halfway through that 2005 season, he was traded to the Boston Red Sox. He spent four seasons in Boston, and was apart of the 2007 World Series team, before entering free agency prior to the 2009 season, for which he signed a one year deal with the New York Mets. After his year with the Mets he spent two seasons on minor league deals with the Rangers and the Nationals, respectively. Now onto Alex Cora the manager. Cora is still with the Astros as their bench coach through the end of the 2017 season, hopefully ending with a World Series title for the ‘Stros. Cora offers so much in terms of a manager that I’m extremely excited about. For starters, he’s young. Young enough to be the third youngest manager in Major League Baseball as of right now. And that means that it will be

For the first time in almost two years, the streaking Braves are even in the win-loss columns. Their four game sweep of the Padres means that Atlanta is undefeated in SunTrust Stadium. Incidentally, the team opened Turner Field at 5-0 in 1997.

The biggest winner of this year's baseball season might be Houston and Los Angeles. Pulling the series out to seven games has really impacted the economy of both towns. Plus the excitement of the competition has people humming as many are in a good mood. The games have brought people closer together and created a bond in communities where life seems to be less than predictable. Who knew Dodger fever could be a good thing to be infected with? Now we only need to see who wins this crazy

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.

As of this writing, the Orioles find themselves 6.5 games out of first place in the AL East and 2.5 games out of the second wild card spot, with no other team currently in front of them. However, nearly the rest of the American League is in a similar situation, with only a total of four teams being more than 5 games behind the Twins. Even though the standings could look very different by the time the trade deadline arrives, the Orioles have recently stated (again) that they will be buying at the deadline.

The Rangers enter tonight's second game of four in Detroit in great need of a win. Though technically still in the picture, you need a big frame to fit the Tigers into the playoff hunt. After this series the Rangers will face Toronto and Baltimore, who you can see clearly from any angle as seven teams (Texas, Minnesota, one of Toronto or New York, Baltimore, Detroit, L.A. Angels and Tampa Bay) fight for the two Wild Card spots and a chance to go all the way in October.

Searching for a path to regain stability, the Pirates headed to Mazama on Tuesday April 26th for a single game. On paper, it seemed the Pirates had the advantage in nearly every facet of the game, but baseball is a fickle matter. Though the Vikings had played a double header just the day before, their offense came swinging early and often amidst the swirling winds of Mazama. The Pirates initially managed to strike quick in the

The Texas Rangers (53-53) will go for the sweep this afternoon against the AL West leading Houston Astros (60-48) at Globe Life Park in Arlington. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 pm from Arlington, Texas. The Rangers will hand the ball to Nick Martinez (6-6, 4.01 ERA) as he will look to put together another nice performance after his last time out against the Giants. The Rangers will need a strong performance from Martinez, because the Houston Astros will turn to staff ace Scott Kazmier (6-5, 2.10 ERA) hoping to salvage a game of the three game series. Fox Sports Southwest will carry the game live locally, and MLB.tv subscribers can watch worldwide on connected devices.

They are scoring runs, bashing it out of the ballpark and their back end of the Bullpen resembles something they had for those runs in late 90s to early 2000s, they have been outstanding. Dellin Betances who made the All-Star team for his second straight year has been lights out as the set-up man and even when Andrew Miller went down with a forearm strain it seems the team didn't miss a beat with Betances Closing.

The Texas Rangers (54-53) beat the AL West leading Houston Astros (60-49) 4-3 tonight in Arlington, Texas. Nick Martinez (7-6 3.91 ERA) got the win for the Rangers and Houston ace Scott Kazmir (6-6 2.08 ERA) took the loss for the Astros. Sam Dyson came in and made things interesting, but ultimately got the saved and preserved a huge series sweep for the Texas Rangers.

I have done some research over the years and I’ve come to a conclusion that the Houston Texans are without a doubt the most compassionate and caring team of players that are out there. They have dedicated their time and money to the fans and the state they live in, also they have participated in many charitable causes with cancer, war veterans, handicap, and orphans. They are also held to a strict code of conduct by the teams own and staff in dealing with drug and alcohol abuse, as well as their health and fitness. After all my research has come to the point of comparing all the teams that are out there, they will always rise above to be the best, even though they may lose games here and there, they become the professional we all know