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Tyler Colvin: The Best Avaliable Option in Center Field for the Cubs?

Posted: 23rd December 2009 by Joel Reuter in MLB
After letting their top target, Mike Cameron, slip away to the Red Sox while they tried desperately to unload Milton Bradley, the Cubs are now left holding six million dollars, and wondering who will be manning center field next season. Looking at the list of available free agents, I'm not convinced that anyone out there can provide any more bang for the buck than former first round pick Tyler Colvin. Let's ...

Tyler Colvin: The Best Avaliable Option in Center Field For the Cubs?

Posted: 23rd December 2009 by Joel Reuter in MLB
After letting their top target, Mike Cameron, slip away to the Red Sox while they tried desperately to unload Milton Bradley, the Cubs are now left holding six million dollars, and wondering who will be manning center field next season. Looking at the list of available free agents, I'm not convinced that anyone out there can provide any more bang for the buck than former first round pick Tyler Colvin. ...

Joel’s MLB Franchise Top 10: Colorado Rockies

Posted: 18th December 2009 by Joel Reuter in MLB
This marks the third edition in my new series in which I am attempting to name the top ten players in the history of each MLB franchise. This one will take a look at some of the Rockies greats. With as prolific an offense as the Rockies have had through the years, it only makes sense that the top seven guys on this list would be hitters. After all, in 1996, ...

Joel’s MLB Franchise Top 10: Arizona Diamondbacks

Posted: 14th December 2009 by Joel Reuter in MLB
This will be the first in my new series running down what I feel are the top ten players to play for each MLB franchise. I've decided to start with the shortest tenured team and work my way up, so the Rays will be next, then the Marlins and Rockies, and so on. For what a brief history they have had, the Diamondbacks have managed to win a World Series, five ...

The All-2000s Chicago Cubs Team

Posted: 8th December 2009 by Joel Reuter in MLB
The first article I ever wrote for Bleacher Report was my 1990s All-Decade Cubs team, to which the link is below: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/164257-all-1990s-chicago-cubs-team So here it is, the sequel, my All-2000s Cubs Team. This one was a lot less painful to compile as I did not have to include such past studs as Steve Buechele and Brian McRae like I did for my 1990s team. However, as awful of a decade for Cubs baseball ...

MLB’s Top 15 Catchers of the 2000s

Posted: 10th November 2009 by Joel Reuter in MLB
With the World Series over, so is this decade of baseball, so what better time to look back at the top players of the great decade that was the 2000s. This will be the first in a series running down the top 15 players at each position in the last decade. The only stipulation is that players must have played in at least five seasons during the decade, so sorry Dodgers fans ...