You will recall that Edwin Encarnacion, after signing his new contract, told everyone who would listen that he wanted to try to pull the ball less. Slyde has a very interesting post here on Edwin’s approach at the plate, and whether the young guy should really be trying to change that approach...

"I want to try to stay more to the middle. Last year, I tried to pull too many balls and hit more homers," Encarnacion said Wednesday after reporting to camp. "That's why my average went down. I will be more consistent as a hitter. I know I can do it. I've done it before. I know I can hit better tha...

Now that it’s round thirteen, you’re going to start seeing owners fill out teams needs and start really jumping on positional runs. Position scarcity may also start driving the decisions some of these guys make. Take a look back and read the write-ups for round 1, round 2,  round 3, round 4...

For the most part, MLB teams are entering Spring Training with their third base position set. There are a few battles going on; Buscher versus Harris in Minnesota, Blum vesus Boone in Houston (yuck) and McPherson versus Helms in Florida. When those teams make decisions regarding the hot corner, I...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 1 9 14 2 CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 5 11 0 W: Bronson Arroyo (5-7), L: Aaron Laffey (4-5) HR: CIN–Edwin Encarnacion (13), Adam Dunn (20); CLE–Grady Sizemore (19), Ben Francisco (6) Aren’t the Indians supposed to be better than the...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CLEVELAND 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 2 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 6 0 W: Bill Bray (1-0), L: Masa Kobayashi (2-1) HR: Cin: Adam Dunn (9), CLE: Ben Francisco (1) Masa Kobayashi entered tonight’s game with two-outs in the eighth inning looking to put a stranglehold on the...

Welcome back to The Opposing Viewpoint, the place to learn more about the Mets’ opponents from the bloggers who write about them. The Mets return home after going 3-3 out west, with three games against the Reds scheduled at Shea this weekend (emphasis on “scheduled” - as of this af...

On every team there seems to be that one guy who gets batted around by the team, who falls out of favor with management for seemingly nothing. I watched Ryan Church get screwed by the Washington Nationals time and time again. He was one of my favorite players right from the start – you know, one o...

You may have seen this already but it's just too fucking good not to share. This video is porn. You've got Jeff Brantley, saying that now-batting Edwin Encarnacion should be taken out of the game. Why? Because he's not a clutch hitter. I won't tell you what happens next, but it's pretty awesome. Oka...