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Was Arizona’s ace worth more than Joe Saunders, Tyler Skaggs and company?

What does the new Angel throw?

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The journeyman infielder has been unfairly consigned to a career in the minors. Someone needs to let him contribute … if it’s not already too late.

This past week, both Mariano Rivera and Jonathan Papelbon suffered blown saves. This got Richard to think about some of the playoff blown save superlatives in baseball history.

On April 27, 1983, Nolan Ryan broke the all-time strikeout record previously held by Walter Johnson. Richard looks back on the Ryan Express and his career.

Using one of the tools from his book, Evaluating Baseball’s Managers, Chris looks at a pair of mid-career gamers, and compares them against history.

Having a written the book Evaluating Baseball’s Managers, 1876-2008, Chris looks at what his Tendencies Database says about these two through 2009.

Figgins is gone, but pitching is key.