Justin Verlander

The next financial efficiency report will feature the AL Central Champions, Detroit Tigers. A team that quickly forgot about their losing ways in the beginning of the 21st century. They have an outstanding offense, now even more improved with the addition of Prince Fielder, and the most dominant starting pitcher in the Majors in 2011, Justin [...]

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America unanimously selected Justin Verlander as the winner of the 2011 American League Cy Young Award.  The 28-year-old pitcher was named first on all 28 ballots for a score of 196 points.  Jared Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels finished second with 17 second place votes and a total of [...]

I know that trash-talking is part of baseball, and I’m sure that’s why Jose Valverde said after yesterday’s game that “it’s over for the Yankees,” (via Buster Olney of ESPN) but I think that it’s far from over. The Yankees lost yesterday with the tying run on first and Cano (the guy who batted in [...]

In an article by Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports, he reports that the Detroit Tigers are looking for starting pitching rather than going after New York Mets’ shortstop Jose Reyes. The team’s pitching staff has a 5.19 ERA in June (not including the efforts of Justin Verlander). The team has decided to have rookie left-handed [...]

This week has been the week of pitchers, as we saw Francisco Liriano throw a no-hitter against the White Sox. It was a unique no-no as his final line included six-walks. Never the less, it still goes down as a no-hitter. On Saturday, most people turned their attention to Yovani Gallardo as he had a no-hitter [...]

Here’s the latest from ESPN’s Buster Olney: – The Tampa Bay Rays will have ten of the first 60 picks in the upcoming MLB draft. According to a rival executive “If they hit it right on just half of those picks, then this draft will set them up for years to come. This draft is loaded [...]

I hope you all enjoyed your first day of the baseball season.  Here’s a quick story of how mine went. Today, I got to the office earlier than usual (only 2 hours late actually), with a big smile on my face and ready for baseball. As soon as I got there, I found myself swamped with [...]

Jeff Fletcher of MLB Fanhouse makes a good point about Nationals phenom Stephen Strasburg and his service time.  It’s widely believed that the Nationals are holding back Strasburg in the Minor Leagues so that he does not become arbitration eligible one year too early. Fletcher reminds us that Strasburg is already signed for $3 million [...]

ESPN The Magazine asked 100 players 20 odd questions ranging from where the best groupies are to PEDs, to owning a gun. Here are the results: Who is MLB’s best player: 1. Albert Pujols, Cardinals: 58% 2. Joe Mauer, Twins: 21% T3. Chase Utley, Phillies; Derek Jeter, Yankees; Alex Rodriguez, Yankees: 4% each T6. Hanley Ramirez, Marlins; Roy Halladay, Phillies: [...]

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