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18 Amazing MLB Stats for the Week of May 13-19

San Francisco Giants Matt Cain is giving up bombs, Ryan Howard is wilting in the clutch, James Shields has little to show for his efforts and the consistent Joey Votto just keeps hitting. Here’s this week’s Amazing...

2013 MLB Power Rankings: May 20

San Francisco Giants Each week during the baseball season Athlon Sports looks at the best (Texas Rangers) and worst (Houston Astros) baseball teams and players in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings and Players o...

4 days ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, News, Homer Bailey, Joey Votto, Justin Masterson, Miguel Cabrera, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers

Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: May 20

San Francisco Giants Stay tuned each week to Athlon Sports for a 2013 Fantasy Baseball Weekend Waiver Wire report every Monday. Our fantasy junkies cover the hottest hitters, best waiver wire pick ups, top starting pit...

4 days ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Roto

12 Amazing MLB Stats for the Week of May 6-12

San Francisco Giants Cincinnati can win only against bad teams, Dee Gordon is fast, the Texas bullpen is good and the Astros may have trouble when they play at Texas. Here are these and other amazing stats from the wee...

Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: May 13

1 week ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Roto

16 Amazing MLB Stats of the Week: April 29-May 5

San Francisco Giants There's never a shortage for cool numbers in baseball. Cleanup hitters struggle, a former utilityman goes off and some dude who's never closed games before is perfect. Go figure (which is what we'v...

2013 MLB Power Rankings: May 7

San Francisco Giants Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best (Texas Rangers) and worst (Houston Astros) baseball teams and players in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings and Players of the Wee...

2 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Carlos Gomez, Justin Verlander, Ryan Raburn, Sergio Romo, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers

Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: May 6

2 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Roto

15 Most Indispensable Players in Baseball

San Francisco Giants At the end of the season, the major awards voters will evaluate players in their own way, with a variety of definitions applied to the word “Valuable” in Most Valuable Player. There are the Sab...

3 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, News, Bryce Harper, Buster Posey, Clayton Kershaw, Joey Votto, Justin Upton, Yadier Molina, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals

15 Amazing MLB Stats of the Week: April 22-28

San Francisco Giants Each week during the 2013 MLB season, we highlight the most important, intriguing and bizarre stats in baseball. .516 David Ortiz’s Batting Averag...

2013 MLB Power Rankings: April 30

San Francisco Giants Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams and players in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings and Players of the Week. 1. Red Sox—Big ...

3 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, News, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers

Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: April 29

3 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers

Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: April 22

4 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers

Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: April 15

5 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers

10 Young MLB Players Who Will Be Hall of Famers

San Francisco Giants To suggest that any player in any sport after just a few seasons is a lock to make the Hall of Fame is ridiculous. But it is always fun to look at athletes who have had instant success and try to e...

6 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, News, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals

2013 MLB Predictions: National League

San Francisco Giants The 2013 MLB season kicks off with Houston hosting Texas on Sunday night. It's an appropriate season opener considering the Astros are now members of the American League. Another change this season...

2013 Baseball Preview: San Francisco Giants

San Francisco Giants A band of misfits won the World Series in 2010. Two years later, the Giants simply banded together. Their second title in three seasons felt more scripted than ad-libbed, as a fantastic defense mad...

8 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, NL West, National League, Buster Posey, Hunter Pence, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Cain, Pablo Sandoval, Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants

2013 MLB Spring Training Battles: National League

San Francisco Giants 2013 Spring Training camps are open and many players will compete against teammates for jobs before taking on other baseball teams in April. Here are some position battles to keep an eye on this sp...

Very Early Baseball Predictions for 2013

San Francisco Giants Just as I did a few weeks ago, I once again examine the pennant races as they’re shaping up for 2013. Sure, it’s early, but what else are you going to read about? Bowl games between a bunch of ...

Top 10 Individual Performances in Baseball for 2012

San Francisco Giants In a season that will be remembered for perfect games, no-hitters and near misses, there were lots of options for this list. Here goes my top 10. Send me yours. More Year in Review for 20...

20 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Overtime, Josh Hamilton, Justin Verlander, Pablo Sandoval, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers

MLB: Very Early Baseball Predictions for 2013

San Francisco Giants It’s never too early to start thinking about 2013. At least now that the World Series is over. I mean, what else is there to think about? Pitchers and catchers report in a little more than 100 da...

2012 World Series Preview and Prediction: San Francisco Giants vs. Detroit Tigers

San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers—both of these franchises have been in business for more than 100 years, but the two tradition-laden clubs have never met in the World Series. Detroit h...

St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Francisco Giants NLCS Preview

San Francisco Giants Neither the Giants nor the Cardinals made anything look easy in the NLDS. After losing the first two games at home, the Giants handed the Reds three losses in a row in Cincinnati, the only time the...

31 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, News, Adam Wainwright, Allen Craig, Buster Posey, Carlos Beltran, Daniel Descalso, David Freese, Hunter Pence, Madison Bumgarner, Marco Scutaro, Matt Cain, Matt Holliday, Pablo Sandoval, Pete Kozma, Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals

2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings: Sept. 17

35 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals

2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings: Sept. 10

36 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals

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