For Modern Pitchers, 3,000 Is The New 300
As MLB teams trade quantity for quality in their rotations, the calculus for all-time starting pitcher greatness also changes.
Zack Greinke (b. 1983)
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Rays Choose Numbers Over Their Ace, Fall In Game 6 Of ALCS
Rather than trust his ace to get out of a jam, Kevin Cash took the ball from his No. 1 starter after four-plus innings and turned the game over to his bullpen.
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Active Players On Pace To Set Career Milestones
By comparing each player’s pace to historical precedent, we get an idea how lost games this season affect their chances.
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D-Backs Land Big Prospect Haul, But Astros Get Greinke
The Astros traded away four prospects, but in return they acquired one of the best starting pitchers on the market.
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Hunter Pence Finds The Fountain Of Youth (Three Up, Three Down)
Some elder players, like Hunter Pence and Zack Greinke, enjoy resurgent years, while others (Robinson Cano) scuffle.
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Reader’s Choice: The MLB Team Of The 2010s
Mookie Betts or Bryce Harper? Manny Machado or Nolan Arenado? Baseball America readers voted on their Team of the 2010s.
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New York Yankees 2019 Top 10 Prospects Podcast
The Yankees system is short on immediate impact and long on future potential.
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Numbers Game: 15 Prospects Who Were Born To Be Stars
It was obvious even when these players were teenagers that they were bound for major league stardom.
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Sharpest Tools In The Shed
We asked major league managers, scouts and executives to identify the best players in a variety of categories.
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Three Up, Three Down: Jedd Gyorko Carries Cardinals
Jedd Gyorko has stabilized the Cardinals, who have won eight of 10.
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Diamondbacks Hire Mike Hazen As General Manager
The Diamondbacks on Sunday announced the hiring of Mike Hazen as their general manager and executive vice president. He fills the role vacated by Dave…
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Teams Rarely Receive Equal Value When Trading An Ace
Every year, rumors of an ace pitcher being moved at the trade deadline gain steam. This year it happens to be White Sox lefthander Chris…
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Diamondbacks Like Wagner’s Focus
PHOENIX—It was not hard for Double-A Mobile manager Robby Hammock to sense righthander Tyler Wagner’s competitive bent. He could hear it. “A couple of times…
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What’s The Ideal Body Type For A High School Righthander Anyway?
Six-foot-5, 250-pound Tyler Kolek will be the heaviest high school righthander ever selected in the first round. What kind of track record do pitchers with his body type have in pro ball?
