Marcos Mendoza | October 14th, 2019
The 2019 Regular Season is over and the Arizona Diamondbacks have missed the playoffs for the second year in a row. They have not clinched a National League West title since 2013, an NLCS since 2007, or a World Series title since 2001. We will recap the 2019 season and what to look forward to for the 2020 season.
Marcos Mendoza | July 26th, 2019
As we approach the trade deadline Mike Hazen and the Arizona Diamondbacks are in a bit of a bind. The Diamondbacks find themselves at 52-51 3.5 games back of the 2nd place in the National League Wild Card race. Continue reading
Marcos Mendoza | July 12th, 2019
As we hit to the end of the first half we take a look at some of the best offseason signings. Continue reading
Marcos Mendoza | July 10th, 2019
The pure dominance of their Starting Rotation. Here are the Dodgers starting staff rankings in MLB, ERA (3.19 ) 2nd, FIP (3.42) 2nd, xFIP (3.36) 1st, AVG (.227) 4th, WHIP (1.11) 1st, and K-BB% (19.5%) 3rd. The Dodgers may very well have the best starting staff in all of MLB in 2019. Along with the Elite starting staff, the offense is near the top of MLB as well. The offense has a line of .263/.342/.466, .808 OPS, .203 ISO, 146 HRs, and 466 RBIs. They have true front runners in the NL MVP race with Cody Bellinger and in the NL CY Young race with Hyun-Jin Ryu. Continue reading
Marcos Mendoza | June 13, 2019
We’re just under a month away from the 2019 MLB All-Star game in Cleveland, so here are my starting nine for the National League squad:
Yasmani Grandal, Brewers
2019 stats: .282/.381/.544 .925 OPS .385 wOBA 138 wRC+ .262 ISO 14 HR and 2.6 WAR.
Grandal ranks 1st among NL catchers in every statistic listed above and he’s been just what the Brewers expected as they signed him in free agency.
Runner Up: Willson Contreras, Cubs Continue reading
Marcos Mendoza | June 6th, 2019
Bryce Harper is one of the most over-scrutinized players in baseball. Let’s stop the outrageous notion that Harper “sucks. Harper has not been off to a great start in 2019 but he’s been quite unlucky this season too. Continue reading
Marcos Mendoza | June 2nd, 2019
A Red Sox’s beat reporter has announced that the 35-year-old 2B has officially left the Red Sox’s to be with his family. This likely means that his career will come to an end and what a career it was for Pedroia. Continue reading
