Chase Utley

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Thursday Links – Lunch Time Edition

You’ll forgive me that the Thursday Links were not out at the crack of dawn when you learn what I was doing instead of blogging the links.  Late last night I was browsing ebay and I found a pair…Read More

38-29: Helpless

(I get this stuff from Fangraphs so you don’t have to) I would like to blame Michael Cuddyer playing third base for Nick Blackburn’s awfulness, but I don’t think anything was even hit…Read More

Minnesota Twins Draft History: The First-Rounders

With the amateur draft now over, I thought it might be fun to dig into the team’s draft history and find out how many of its most useful players came from the draft. After all, the Twins are famous…Read More

My NL MVP Ballot

Yesterday I outlined my AL MVP ballot, and today it is time for the NL. Yesterday Albert Pujols won the NL MVP in unanimous fashion, followed by Hanley Ramirez, Prince Fielder, Ryan Howard and Troy Tulowitzki.…Read More

The Most Underrated Player In Baseball

Ryan Howard has an NL MVP. Jimmy Rollins has an NL MVP. Neither player is as good as Chase Utley is. Utley has a 1.035 OPS in this year’s World Series, and has taken CC Sabathia deep three times.…Read More