The Advanced Scout – Philadelphia Phillies

After enjoying a lot, a lot of culcha dere, The Advanced Scout analyzes the Philadelphia Phillies

What Are We Going to Do With Kevin Youkilis?

What are we going to do about Kevin Youkilis next year? I say ‘we’ as though that pronoun is appropriate,…

Wagner to Atlanta, Pedroia to Short, Tito Really to the Tea Cabinet?

Pedroia to Short? Sometimes, the answer is so obvious that it was staring you in the face the entire time. Well, maybe Pedroia to short isn’t that obvious, but I’m surprised that it took this long for anyone to suggest the move at all, myself included. There are risks here, though. Pedroia was moved off short for a reason. Even during the minor leagues, many scouts liked him at the keystone long term. Now, three seasons into his major league career at second base, there is no saying what his arm or his range will look like across the diamond. Though he’s got great fielding skills for a second baseman, there are differences in reading grounders, going to the left up the middle, throwing distances, positional defensive standards, and a litany of other concerns when changing positions...

Spoiled rally

Mike Lowell tied the game with a three run homerun in top of the seventh to make it 8-8.

Who’s On Deck? – with The Bottom Line

On Sundays, while most of us sleep off Saturday

2007 American League Ballot

The MLB All-Star game is sooner than you might imagine, and while most of you just sighed at the thought…