All week I’ve been making predictions for each award for the 2007 baseball season. Most of the awards I’ve done so far are the minor awards like the Comeback Player of the Year or the Silver Slugger Awards. Now it’s time to start handing out the big awards like the Rookie of the Year, the ...
Lefty Jon Lester emerged as an ace-quality starter in his first full MLB season, sitting among the league leaders in ERA (3.21), innings (210.1), home runs allowed (14), and complete game shutouts (2). He struck out well over two batters per walk for the first time in his Major League career and established himself as ...
John Smoltz is one of only two major league baseball players ever to have a season with 20 wins and a season with 50 saves (The other was Hall of Fame player Dennis Eckersley.) He is also only won of two players ever to have 150 wins for a career and 150 saves (The other ...
Quick! Name that pitcher for the Atlanta Braves that won all those games in the 90’s. No, I’m not talking about Greg Maddux, the other Braves pitcher. No, not Tom Glavine either, I’m talking about the OTHER one. Yes, that’s right; I’m talking about John Smoltz. When it comes to the great Atlanta Braves trio ...
