Month: February 2009

  • The Scoop

    By Dalton Del Don Is the economy really this bad, or are baseball GMs finally valuing defense properly? Either way, it’s dumbfounding Adam Dunn and Bobby Abreu can’t find work. It’s not like either is asking for some exorbitant contract like Manny Ramirez (who should still be targeted more heavily than he has been). Dunn…

  • Second Base Rankings

    1. Ian Kinsler 2. Chase Utley 3. Dustin Pedroia 4. Brian Roberts 5. Brandon Phillips 6. Alexei Ramirez 7. Robinson Cano 8. Dan Uggla 9. Howie Kendrick 10. Rickie Weeks 11. Kelly Johnson 12. Felipe Lopez 13. Mark Ellis 14. Jose Lopez 15. Aaron Hill 16. Ian Stewart 17. Placido Polanco 18. Mark DeRosa 19.…

  • Catcher Rankings

    1. Brian McCann 2. Joe Mauer 3. Victor Martinez 4. Russell Martin 5. Geovany Soto 6. Chris Iannetta 7. Matt Wieters 8. Ryan Doumit 9. Mike Napoli 10. Pablo Sandoval 11. Jorge Posada 12. Bengie Molina 13. Ramon Hernandez 14. Jarrod Saltalamacchia 15. A.J. Pierzynski 16. Kelly Shoppach 17. Jeff Clement 18. Chris Snyder 19.…

  • Shortstop Rankings

    1. Hanley Ramirez 2. Jose Reyes 3. Jimmy Rollins 4. Rafael Furcal 5. Stephen Drew 6. Troy Tulowitzki 7. Jhonny Peralta 8. Derek Jeter 9. J.J. Hardy 10. Michael Young 11. Yunel Escobar 12. Jed Lowrie 13. Edgar Renteria 14. Khalil Greene 15. Mike Aviles 16. Miguel Tejada 17. Orlando Cabrera 18. Ryan Theriot 19.…

  • Third Base Rankings

    1. Alex Rodriguez 2. David Wright 3. Evan Longoria 4. Aramis Ramirez 5. Kevin Youkilis 6. Chipper Jones 7. Chris Davis 8. Garrett Atkins 9. Edwin Encarnacion 10. Alex Gordon 11. Ryan Zimmerman 12. Adrian Beltre 13. Chone Figgins 14. Hank Blalock 15. Mike Lowell 16. Carlos Guillen 17. Aubrey Huff 18. Jorge Cantu 19.…

  • First Base Rankings

    1. Albert Pujols 2. Miguel Cabrera 3. Ryan Howard 4. Mark Teixeira 5. Prince Fielder 6. Adrian Gonzalez 7. Lance Berkman 8. Justin Morneau 9. Joey Votto 10. Kevin Youkilis 11. Chris Davis 12. Carlos Pena 13. James Loney 14. Conor Jackson 15. Carlos Delgado 16. Derrek Lee 17. Paul Konerko 18. Billy Butler 19.…

  • The Scoop – Super Bowl Edition

    By Dalton Del Don A good game made great by a terrific fourth quarter, Super Bowl 43 (enough already with the Roman numerals) was definitely one to remember. I’m hardly the first to say it, but what was Mike Tomlin thinking not going for the touchdown on fourth and goal from six inches away? He…