Summer baseball is in full swing and as it gets closer and closer to the halfway mark, some things are becoming obvious. All the money that the Toronto Blue Jays spent this offseason does not seem to be working for them, the Miami Marlins should start giving away tickets in happy meals, and the National League central division might be playing the best baseball so far. The St. Louis Cardinals, the Cincinnat ...

[caption id="attachment_14028" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo Credit: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times[/caption] Matt Kemp's power outage is very real. His batted ball distance on homers and fly balls this year averages 269.79 feet, last year he lead the league with a 313 foot average distance. MLB average is 275-280 feet. The offseason shoulder surgery is the obvious culprit. The Dodgers likely would ...

[caption id="attachment_13986" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo Credit: Lance Iversen, The Chronicle[/caption] Donaldson has always flashed good plate discipline in the minors, but never really made great contact. As seen here, Donaldson has made the mechanical adjustments necessary to generate more power. He posted a .1000 OPS in AAA last year, .844 OPS in the bigs after the ASB, and currently has a ...

Recently I was watching Baseball Tonight, and the host tasked the analysts with listing the top five starters in the National League.  First up was Doug Glanville, whose list included Patrick Corbin, Shelby Miller, and Matt Harvey, the most tenured of which (Corbin) has thrown only 160.1 innings in the majors.  Miller hasn’t even made ten career starts.  None of these guys have thrown enough big league inni ...

[caption id="attachment_13966" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo Credit: David Banks-USA TODAY SPORTS[/caption] Lance Lynn is off to another hot start this season, but just like last year it wasn't meant to last. Another correction is coming soon. He just can’t sustain success throwing the fastball 70% of the time. Gio Gonzalez, Clayton Kershaw, and David Price are the only 3 pitchers from 2010-2012 to ...

Justin Upton is good, but not great. Over his career, Upton has been in the top ten of MVP voting once, named to two all-star teams, and won one silver slugger. But for some reason, people talk about him like he’s won five MVPs, has been named an all-star every year, and has won multiple silver slugger and gold glove awards. The Diamondbacks drafted Upton with the first overall pick in the 2005 draft. This ...

It's not everyday a baseball fan gets to play catch with a professional baseball player. Well, one lucky Dodger fan nicknamed "Deuce" who often appears on the Dodgers' vision boards during games got the chance to play catch with Dodgers' pitcher Ryu Hyun-Jin. Ryu stood on the field and threw the ball into the left field bleachers where Deuce would catch it and fire it back. With Matt Kemp and Ryu Hyun-Jin t ...