2013 MLB All-Value MVPs: 23 Players, $12M Payroll

The Braves place 3 pitchers on our 2013 MLB All-Value team.

23 Best Value Players in MLB, 2013 Season Much was made of the fact that the payroll of the entire Houston Astros squad in 2013 was less than the 2013 salary of Alex Rodriguez – $29 million to around $25 million. And much was made of the Astros’ lack of spending making the franchise both […]

NLDS Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals

The Pirates won the NL wild card playoff and now meet St. Louis in the NLDS.

Pirates Face Cardinals in NLDS Series The St. Louis Cardinals, NL Central Champions, will face a familiar (and difficult) foe in the NLDS: the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates come into this NLDS matchup hot, winning their last 11 games – including a decisive victory in their NL wild card playoff game against the Cincinnati Reds. […]

2013 MLB Awards Picks: MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year

The Dodgers and Braves meet in the 2013 NLDS.

AL and NL MVP, Cy Young and ROY Picks Let’s all take a deep breath and await the hate mail: we’re not voting for Miguel Cabrera for AL MVP, and we’re not voting for a Cardinal, Pirate, Dodger, Brave or Red for NL MVP. (Read on: we have our reasons, and we think they’re pretty […]

2013 MLB Wild Card Playoff Games: Who Will Win?

The Indians finished strong and will host the AL wild card game.

Indians vs. Rays, Pirates vs. Reds: Who Wins? After 162 games (or if you’re the Tampa Bay Rays, 163 of them), the 2013 MLB season is complete – let the postseason begin! For the first time in MLB history, two wild card teams in each league will compete in a one game playoff to determine […]

Revisiting Our 2013 MLB Preseason Predictions

Which 2013 MLB predictions did we nail, and which did we miss?

Our 2013 MLB Picks: What Was Right, Wrong A lot of Major League Baseball sites have no problem posting their preseason sports prognostications for the world to see, touting their top-notch panels of experts and analysts with their years of knowledge, insider information and overall better-than-you-ness. They trump up their picks with all the swag […]

2013 MLB Team Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pirates won the NL wild card playoff and now meet St. Louis in the NLDS.

2013 MLB Team Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates The Pirates started out the 2012 season on fire, going 63-47. Unfortunately they went 16-36 the rest of the way to complete a devastating collapse for Pittsburgh fans. The Pirates feel they have fixed the problems that plagued this team late in 2012 with a successful offseason. The signing […]