The Advanced Scout – Atlanta Braves

The Advanced Scout puts his broom back in the closet and analyzes the Atlanta Braves.

The Advanced Scout – Miami Marlins

The Advanced Scout finishes his delicious Cuban sandwich and analyzes the Miami Marlins.

The Advanced Scout – Washington Nationals

The Advanced Scout recovers from his Del's Lemonade headache and analyzes the Washington Nationals

The Advanced Scout – Oakland Athletics

The Advanced Scout grabs a steaming cup o' chowdah and analyzes the Oakland Athletics.

A Fix for Interleague Play

We are in the middle of inter-league play. Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers are coming to Boston. It is going to be an exciting weekend, but the last series with the Diamondbacks does not get circled on any fan's schedule in January nor does the All-Star Game unless it is in your home city. A few slight schedule changes could assist in making inter-league play tolerable for even the purists. As my colleague mentioned a few days ago, inter-league play generates too much revenue to be eliminated in the near future. But below is a plan to alleviate the two major negatives to those contests: too many games and the unbalanced schedule.

Is it Time to Get Rid of Interleague Play?

This will be the fourteenth season of interleague play in the Major Leagues. Perhaps the most controversial of Bud Selig's innovations, interleague has had a good run with some wonderful moments, but it has also produced some head-scratching matchups, highlighted the gap in talent between the American and National Leagues, and introduced a level of imbalance that is, at least in my view, antithetical to the spirit of baseball. Despite the revenue boost it has given some clubs, it may be time to end - or at least reduce - the interleague experiment.

2009 NL East Preview

Now, I could talk myself into a few of Washington's pitchers doing better than we'd expect; Cabrera, Zimmerman, Olson. But Cabrera has always had trouble with his control, so expecting him to "get it together" isn't logical. And Scotty Olsen has some makeup issues as well. Zimmerman is very young, and young pitchers are, well, see: Clay Buccholz, Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy, Homer Bailey, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc...etc.

MLB Offseason Evaluations

I hate being mean….. LaTroy Hawkins signs with Yankees for 1 year, $4 million Hawkins is the first of a…

The Wily Mo Dilemma

Last week, I profiled the bench that the Red Sox had and concluded that the Red Sox have the best…

The Real Closer

Brendan Donnelly is signed. J.C. Romero is signed. Along with Timlin, Okajima, Delcarmen, Tavarez, Snyder, Corey and Hansen, the bullpen…