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Following a disappointing 2009 at the plate, From Flushing breaks down how David Wright's swing has changed through recent years. David hasn't been getting many hits early on in the season batting a weak .222, but he is tied with Jeff Francoeur for the team lead in RBI with 10 and is also the team leader with a .405 OBP. His 19 walks lead the team, so as long ...

Running your mouth, egging on the competition, or just being a flat out jerk are just some of the aspects of baseball we tend to forget. And while being the casual knucklehead trash talker is to be expected, some players are known for taking things too far. I tried to gather 10 of the biggest trash talkers and/or agitators currently in the game. Some of these players are worse than ...

Josh Beckett’s woes continue.  Roy Halladay proved that he’s not a machine.  Colby Rasmus & Marlon Byrd are on absolute tears.  Let’s look at these stories and all the rest from yesterday’s games:   Pitchers   Josh Beckett (3.0 IP, 8 ER, 9 H, 3 BB, 3 K) - Seriously, what is going on here?  He’s now given up 15 ER over his last two starts and has allowed less than 5 ER in ...

The Oakland Athletics were gracious enough to hook Bleacher Report up with a press pass and a closer look at their collection of young talent. In a stroke of surreal good fortune, I found myself on assignment and standing amidst the bright green grass of the Oakland Coliseum for a second time in my life. Whereas before I wore my high school baseball uniform and played in what would be my ...

After a weekend break, Fantasy Baseball Insiders Tonight  is back with everything you need to know from Monday night’s action. Game No. 18 of 162 featured two of the hardest throwing young arms in the game: Mat Latos  and Josh Johnson .   Game No. 18 – San Diego Padres vs. Florida Marlins   Josh Johnson  threw a complete game three-hitter against the Padres Monday night, allowing just one run (a sac fly in the eighth) on ...

In no uncertain terms, the Red Sox significantly stepped up the pressure on catcher Victor Martinez Monday when they signed Cuban Adalberto Ibarra to a Major League contract worth anywhere between $3 and $4.3 million over five years.   The versatile Ibarra has seen action all around the diamond, but the 22-year-old has focused progressively more and more on catching during only the past few years, and therefore brings with him to ...

Like Carlos Zambrano, big-time pitchers Justin Verlander, Jake Peavy, and Josh Beckett are off to awful starts. They are not alone. Names like Jon Lester, Aaron Harang, Javier Vazquez, Chad Billingsley, and Jeremy Bonderman join them on this list of the top ten worst pitchers in 2010. Virtually all of these pitchers have two things in common. They were expected to be aces, stoppers, shutdown grinders, strike-one dealers. They are all ...

Josh Beckett continued to live up to the four-year, $68 million deal given to him by the Boston Red Sox prior to the season. Heaping sarcasm consumes that statement, as after his offense scored four runs in the third inning to take a 5-0 lead, the Red Sox's so-called ace promptly gave up six runs in the bottom of the inning to the Toronto Blue Jays. In the fourth inning, it was ...

There has been a great debate going on in Rockies Nation for almost a year. Check out the Rockies blogs out there and it will be easy to find. Many passionate Rockies fans believe that Chris Iannetta needs to be the everyday starting catcher for the Rockies. These fans have done their research—they have the numbers to back up why Iannetta is the right man for the job. Even when ...

            “That won’t continue.” A new motto for Pittburgh Pirates fans to live by.             During last night’s game, FSN Pittsburgh commentators Tim Neverett and Greg Brown stressed this point over and over again.             The problem for the Pirates is the numbers don’t lie. The Pirates have now lost their seventh straight game, an embarrassing 17-3 defeat against the Milwaukee Brewers. A streak in which the Pirates have been outscored 72-12, ...