If I had to pick three words to describe Goldschmidt they would be these: he is fantastic. He is easily the best first baseman in baseball right now, and on his current pace will finish his career with well over 50 WAR. Not bad for an 8th round pick.
Read more "The Next Paul Goldschmidt"Charlie Morton, Brandon Finnegan, and Kendall Graveman are all on the verge of a true breakout.
Read more "Three Hot Start Pitchers that’ll Stay Hot"Clayton Kershaw could be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018 and I doubt there would be much contention. He won’t be, because he’s only 28 years old (turns 29 in March 2017), and is still pitching in the majors at an extraordinarily high level, so he won’t be eligible for induction. But if Kershaw decides tomorrow to retire and devote the rest of his life to working with his charity, he would still probably make it into the Hall of Fame. For Kershaw, though, the Hall of Fame is just a starting point. I think Kershaw can retire as the greatest (live-ball) pitcher of all-time.
Read more "Clayton Kershaw: The Greatest* Pitcher of All-Time"It’s safe to say that a lot of people don’t like Curt Schilling. And that might be an understatement.
Whether it be his hatred for and frequent run-ins with the media post-career, repeated sharing of offensive material on Twitter, or his seemingly arrogant attitude in general, Schilling does not have as many fans as he did when he was a player. But I’m firmly of the belief that if it happened once his career ended, he should not be penalized for it in the Hall of Fame race.
Read more "Curt Schilling should be in the Hall of Fame"The top 10 under-covered stories in 2016, now all in one place!
Read more "The Top 10 Under-Covered Stories of 2016 (10-1)"Will Johan make it back to the majors in 2017?
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