#Dante Bichette

Charlie Blackmon, with his gnarly mountain-man beard, sing-along walk-up song, and Chuck Nazty hustle, has become a Rockies icon. He's had a remarkable career since making his debut on June 7, 2011, just shy of his 25th birthday. But he's only been to the playoffs twice, in 2017 and'18, and another trip to the postseason seems light years away. The…

A postseason berth in the shortened pandemic campaign of 2020 helped advance the Toronto Blue Jays' timeline, and now they enter the new season as a team to watch in the American League. While it's fair to wonder whether they would have made the playoffs under normal circumstances, and if the stat lines of certain players would have leveled off…

This is a blog series I put together on the 8 MLB Wild Card playoff teams. You can click these links for the other previews already published: Hopefully it helps improve your MLB playoff experience whether you're a diehard like me or just getting into the season and don't know where to start. And of course - follow Starting 9 for world class MLB…

If Joey Meneses were a flower, he'd blossom on Christmas. In baseball, it's one thing to be a late bloomer. It's another to reach age 30 with zero MLB home runs, as Meneses did, then try to create a meaningful career. Since 1900, only one player has reached age 30 without a big league homer, then ended his career with at least 100: the great Lefty…