Let’s round out the NL before jumping into the postseason.
Los Angeles Dodgers – The return of Manny Ramirez pretty much sealed up this division for the Dodgers. Clayton Kershaw has big-league experience on his resume now, and will confound NL West hitters with his nasty stuff. Joe Torre must be cautious to keep his clubhouse [...]
First, thanks as always to Daniel over at C70 for setting this up, be sure to check in with his Awards post for links to the other tallies.
Without further ado, my ballot for this year’s Cardinals Blogger Awards:
1) Player of the Year
Ryan Ludwick
Yadier Molina
Albert Pujols
Sure, I could make arguments for Ryan Ludwick’s breakout season being [...]
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Remember the fear most Cardinal fans had (at least I did) when we shipped off an underperforming “once-prospect” for a live bullpen arm at the deadline?
Don’t look now, but Anthony Reyes has posted a 2.01 ERA in five starts for the Cleveland Indians.
From Jayson Stark at ESPN.com:
Ask for a Reyes: Speaking of Reyes, we’re not [...]
*Sigh* Another rain delay. Bad for baseball, good for writing.
As I reflected further last night and today on the big trades that took place in the NL Central earlier in the week – for those not paying attention, the Brewers got CC Sabathia and the Cubs got Rich Harden – the more I’m convinced that [...]