The Importance Of Acquiring Ben Revere From The Phillies Would Help The Orioles

Bryce Harper is the player that you love to have on your own team, but opponents can't stand him! He might have a swagger that annoys opponents, but he is one heck of a baseball player and this year he is breaking out to the superstar everyone expected! He is just 22 years of age and he is one of the most feared hitters in baseball. He has battled injuries to start his career because of what some have termed too much hustle, but this year he has put all together. He is hitting .331 27 home runs and 64 runs batted in the no question NL MVP at this point in the season. He might rub fans and opponents the wrong way but he is fun to watch play baseball I just wish as a Braves fan he was in a different division.

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.

Yadier Molina is and always will be one of the greatest catcher to ever play the game of baseball. With Yadi coming into the league at such a young age, he has had more of an opportunity to prove himself and the stats and awards he has won can really back it up. Not just is he one of the greatest to play the game at that position, he is one of the best “on the field managers” as they say as far as controlling the tempo of the game and how it is played. With all of the accomplishments Molina has had in his career, it proves why he is one of the best to ever play the game at the catching position.

The Orioles crush the ball when they make contact. Through 76 games, according to data via ESPN Stats and Information, they average a .361/.358/.628 line and a .427 wOBA when they put the ball into play, easily the best in the majors. Out of 169 qualified batters, while the Rockies have the top two players on the list (Story and CarGo), Chris Davis ranks third, Mark Trumbo ranks seventh and Manny ranks eighth. It’s fair to say that these three hitters are the heart of the Orioles’ offense. Then, while Wieters, Jones and Alvarez are all having strong years, it is arguable that Schoop has been the fourth best offensive piece.

Jackie Robinson, Derek Jeter, Ken Griffey Jr, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, if you’re a baseball fan, you know these names, but if Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson didn’t break the color barrier you most likely wouldn’t. All those baseball players are good and they’re all African American, thanks to Branch Rickey they could all play and have successful careers in the MLB, Branch Rickey helped end segregation. Branch Rickey had a heavy impact on the game of baseball Branch Rickey was an important piece of current baseball because of the contributions. Branch Rickey created a farm system that allowed access to younger players and when those players had enough experience, managers called them to bring them up to the big leagues. “Rickey created the farm system because the Cardinals had very little money.

Boston has one of the best farm systems in baseball. The scouts for the Red Sox are doing God’s work for Major League Baseball, but not the hometown team. A team grows their farm system with the intention to build the Major League roster for the future or use these prospects to attract strong, veteran trade candidates. Instead, the Sox give up guys only to watch them flourish for other ballclubs. Every other team benefits thanks to Boston and we get nothing remarkable in return.

If the Dodgers want to make a run in the postseason, their relief pitching needs to be playing at the level that they are playing right now. As of today, the Dodgers relief pitching is tied for second in ERA with a 3.41 in the National League. The more incredible thing about this statistic is that the Dodgers’ relief pitchers have played the most innings in the NL with 482.1, that’s almost 100 more innings than the Washington Nationals, who lead the NL with the lowest ERA. So, even though the Dodgers are tied in second for lowest ERA among relief pitchers, they have played a lot more innings than any other

Jorge Posada has seen and been through it all, he has seen the best and worst of the team and as well put a career that might not pop out to your face as maybe the others of the Core Four. But if you look deeper, you would realize that Jorge Posada is more than ready to become the first of the Core Four and as well the 18th catcher to be enshrined in Cooperstown, New

Aaron Altherr: The 26-year-old outfielder for the Phillies is fantasy gold. An injury to Kendrick

The St. Louis Cardinals is a baseball team that is well-known around the world. They are also widely known to be spectacular in their leadoff batting in recent years. For every team, the top of the lineup is where the best all-around hitter is placed, and every year there is a battle for that spot. To be the best all-around hitter, a player has to have an outstanding On Base Percentage (OBP), Batting Average (BA), and On Base Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS). Two players that the Cardinals typically choose to bat leadoff are Matt Carpenter and Kolten Wong. Kolten Wong can hold his own in the Major Leagues, however, Matt Carpenter is the definite choice when it comes to leadoff batting.

Mike Trout, Mike Trout is the best current player in the MLB right now. He is a dominate hitter, fielder and a great teammate. Mike Trout is a 6’2, 235lb player from Vineland New Jersey. He is in the top five in the league for all statistics except for strikeouts, not including the players that had one ten at bats because then they can have crazy stats. Some categories he is number 1 is he scored the most runs and walks. Mike Trout is the best player in the MLB.

The other day, I got into an argument about Rick Porcello. One person made that argument that if you believe in fWAR, Porcello has been good. He’s been worth 8.4 fWAR over the past 3.5 years or about roughly 2.4 fWAR per year primarily due to a strong FIP and the ability to pitch a lot of innings. If one win costs $7.5 million then paying $20 million per year is a slight but not huge overpay. Writers at Fangraphs have also argued that Porcello is underrated (http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-underappreciated-and-evolving-rick-porcello/), that he’s developed nicely into a 3 win player (http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/tigers-and-red-sox-swap-cespedes-and-porcello/) that moving to Boston will make him better (http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/three-things-the-red-sox-will-do-for-rick-porcello/) and that he is worth ((http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/rick-porcellos-upcoming-enormous-payday/) roughly $20 million per year (http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/red-sox-lock-up-rick-porcello/). Paul Swydan, an author for Fangraphs, wrote an article in the Boston Globe suggesting that Porcello is the thirteenth best pitcher in baseball (https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/12/19/red-sox-really-need-get-ace-pitcher/mSX30HHA8zMnh1jVd0XGmO/story.html). On the other hand, I made the argument that Porcello is a slightly better version of Bud Norris. Let me explain why I made that argument and why just using one number to decide a pitcher is worth $100 million isn’t always the best

In addition, Castillo has shown improvement at framing pitches low in the zone each year. He ranked 12th out of 76 in 2016 (+9 runs), 29th out of 67 in 2015 (+2.1 runs) and

The trade deadline is fast approaching. The New York Yankees, amongst a few other teams in the league, are rumored to be looking to make a major splash at the trade deadline.

They'll head into 2016 as the World Series favorite -- no matter what happens the rest of the offseason.