As we continue our MLB preview at TSHQ, we find ourselves in the AL East at Camden Yards to preview the Baltimore Orioles. One of the most difficult divisions to grow in, the Orioles played spoiler to the Boston Red Sox to culminate the 2011 season. That was the highlight of Baltimore’s long tumultuous season. This offseason, [...]
The Seattle Mariners
As TSHQ continues our MLB preview, we stay in the American League and look to a team that has been on the down since they rid themselves of Alex Rodriguez: The Seattle Mariners. From the days of the early 2000s, the Mariners looked like the cream of the AL West crop. Since their last playoff [...]
The Minnesota Twins
As TSHQ’s MLB Preview continues, we turn our attention to a team which was marred by injuries and disappointment last season: the Minnesota Twins. A team which in the early 2000s had a strangle hold on the American League Central has fallen to the bottom of the barrel. A lack of consistent pitching and an [...]
The Houston Astros
The worst team in the MLB last season is the first to be previewed for TSHQ. Over the next two months I will cover every team’s strengths and weaknesses, look at some potential impact prospects, and project how each team should fare during the 2012 season. For the Houston Astros, they can only go up. [...]
The Prince of Detroit
Tim Brown, of Yahoo! Sports, is reporting that Prince Fielder is set to sign a nine year deal with the Detroit Tigers. Fielder will receive $214 million to be the highest paid designated hitter in the league. That, or Miguel Cabrera will be the highest paid DH in the league. Either way, the Tigers now [...]
Yu Will Find Out, Everything is Bigger In Texas
The Texas Rangers took Yu Darvish to the deadline, which is apparently the protocol, and inked him to a six year deal worth $60 million. The Japanese phenom (stop me if you’ve heard that before) has been dominant overseas and Nolan Ryan believes the 26 year old can be a potential ace of his staff. [...]
Congratulations Barry Larkin! Sort of…
According to those who vote on whether or not players are deserving of forever being enshrined in Cooperstown, Barry Larkin stands alone eight years removed from his prolific 18-year career. Deserving? Yes, Larkin was an above average fielder with a career .295 batting average. A rare lifer who played for one team (Cincinnati) over the [...]
The Prince is The Popper… So Where Will Prince Fielder Land?
This has been a different type of offseason. There was no big week jam packed with a ton of big moves. It has seemed like each free agent signing or prospect-laden trade happened in its own isolated moment. The Angels made their moves in bulk. The Marlins made their moves seemingly in one day. But [...]
Los Angeles More Appealing Than Miami? Pujols and Wilson Think So
Last night I brazenly tweeted, “Albert Pujols going to the Angels is about as likely as Mo Vaughn going to play 1st for the Angels #powderblues.” …Yeah, I’ll have my crow with a side of ketchup please. Bone-in if at all possible. Thanks. $260 million for perhaps the greatest first baseman of all time. 10-year contract for [...]
Heating Up The Stove
Typical MLB winter meetings. Big market teams spending hundreds of millions of dollars. Stealing superstar players from the small market teams who developed them but can no longer pay. The Yankees and the Red Sox really need to be asha- What? Who’s Miami? Yes, the Miami Marlins. The new bully on the block. The Heath [...]
