Profile The Cleveland Indians drafted outfielder Clint Frazier fifth overall in 2013 as the very first high school position player selected that year. Coming out of the same hometown as Pirate prospect Austin Meadows – another young outfielder I had written about recently – Frazier received a franchise-record $3.5MM signing

Profile The Colorado Rockies are forced to evaluate pitching in a different way than every other team in baseball because of their home park, Coors Field. Perched just over a mile above sea level, the stadium’s effect on the ball drastically changes the way pitches move and takes a great

Profile Bradley Zimmer was originally drafted by the Chicago Cubs right out of high school in the 23rd round of the 2011 MLB draft, but he turned down their offer. Instead, Zimmer decided to hone his skills by following in his older brother Kyle’s footsteps and going to play college

Team Overview I feel bad for the Rockies sometimes. In all sincerity, I recognize the constant struggle that persists with playing baseball in Colorado, and the “Coors Effect” has begun to stretch well beyond just the group of guys that take the field everyday. The front office hasn’t had the

Profile A lot of losing appears to be in the forecast for the 2016 Philadelphia Phillies, but with long periods of losing comes the infusion of youth. Both Maikel Franco and Odubel Herrera made their Major League debuts for the club in 2015 at the ages of 23 and 24 respectively,

2015 Season in Review The Boston Red Sox have finished in last place in the American League East three times since the year 2012; however, the one time in the last four years that they managed to climb out of the cellar of their division, they made it all the

Profile The Pittsburgh Pirates talented homegrown outfield may have another potential star buried in the weeds. 20 year old Austin Meadows was the Pirates’ ninth overall pick in the 2013 MLB ametur draft out of Grayson High School, and was the second player taken in the top-10 from Loganville, Georgia.

2015 Year in Review Let’s not sugarcoat it, the fightin’ Phils are in for a rough season in 2016. After finally unloading a majority of the core that helped bring a World Series title to Philadelphia back in 2008, the Phillies went on to finish in last place in the

2015 Season in Review No one picked the New York Mets to be the National League representatives in the 2015 World Series when the season began. But after sweeping a pair of series against the division-favorite Nationals in early August and September and then clinching the NL East about two

Profile Steven Matz has already played baseball at the highest level there is. The 24 year-old left handed starting pitcher was given the ball for game four of the 2015 World Series and took the mound for the team he grew up rooting for, the New York Mets. It’s hard