Athletics

This week’s Phillies mailbag looks at the draft selection of Mickey Moniak, whether Alec Bohm can make the club, and whether or not Nick Pivetta will break out in 2020.

Wow, what a finish in the American League.  The Texas Rangers, widely favored in the American League prior to the season, must settle for the Wild Card after getting swept by the Oakland Athletics in the season-end series in Oakland.  The Oakland Athletics, not picked for the playoffs by any of ESPN's 50 analyists prior […]

Photo: Philliedelphia/Frank Klose In a very under-the-radar move just over two weeks ago, the Phillies signed outfielder Jason Pridie to a minor-league contract.  Like many of you, I only vaguely knew of Pridie due to his time spent with the New York Mets last year.  The next we heard of Pridie (if we were even […]

Here's a really interesting read by Benjamin Goldman, who is one of the authors of an MLBlog called "Team of Rivals" that follows the National League East.   He wrote his most recent piece about the occasional push for the Athletics baseball franchise to return to Philadephia. Goldman, a transportation planner with a graduate degree […]

2012 MLB Season Predictions   American League   AL East winner – NY Yankees AL Central winner – Detroit Tigers AL West winner – Los Angeles Angels AL Wild Card Teams (2) – Texas Rangers, Tampa Rays   AL MVP – Albert Pujols AL Cy Young – Jered Weaver AL Rookie of the Year – […]