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The Real Justin Upton Trade
On Thursday, the Atlanta Braves traded for Chris Johnson and Justin Upton from the Arizona Diamondbacks, who received Martin Prado, Zeke Spruill, Randall Delgado, Nick Ahmed, and Brandon Drury. It seemed like the mass
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Stephen Pryor or Carter Capps?
My reasoning for ranking Pryor over Capps has been as follows: 1. While Capps does have a harder fastball than Pryor, and there is a correlation between fastball velocity and success, they are both
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Reflections on the Hard Throwing 2012 (and 2013) Bullpen
Carter Capps turned 22 today. He has just one (bad) appearance in the big leagues so far after being brought up last week. However, as advertised (and as we saw in Jackson and one appearance in
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Stephen Pryor moves up the ladder yet again
After Wednesday’s beat down of the Rangers, the Mariners made a roster move, sending Steve Delabar to AAA and bringing up Stephen Pryor. Delabar had a -.3 WAR according to Fangraphs, with a 5.45
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Tacoma loses, Gutierrez update, and other Minor League notes
The Seattle Mariners’ AAA affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers, lost to the Reno Aces (of the Arizona Diamondback’s organization) 7-5. I know it’s not surprising, but Luis Jimenez just looks bad at first. He then
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