We're now deep enough into the season to move beyond small sample size warnings. After nearly a month of play, the early-season trends are stabilizing—and they’re telling us a very clear story. So, let’s zoom in on the last 10 games for Derek Jeter and Carlos Delgado, followed by a look at their season totals through April 24. Spoiler: the gap remains real, even if it’s taking on a slightly different shape. 📅 Last 10 Games Derek...
The Washington Senators’ pitching staff, already in the bottom third of the United League by most metrics, just took another hit. On April 24, Carlos Pérez went down with a strained forearm that will sideline him for three months. For a rotation thin on reliability, the loss forces Washington to accelerate its timeline on one of its most prized prospects. The Loss of Pérez Pérez, 25, hasn’t yet lived up to expectations. In 1995, his...
For the Chicago White Sox, the phrase “when it rains, it pours” doesn’t quite capture it. On April 17th, Bruce Ruffin—their workhorse, their ace, their one stable piece in an already shaky rotation—left with back stiffness and was labeled day-to-day. Less than a week later, the news went from inconvenient to catastrophic: torn flexor tendon in his elbow, out 10 months. That means Ruffin, a 32-year-old with over 2,400 career innings...
On April 19, Montreal was riding the kind of high you bottle and save for October. Pedro Martínez threw a no-hitter, the Expos pounded Oakland 11–0, and the whole thing felt like a coronation for a 14–2 club that looked like it had finally found fifth gear. Pedro’s line is the sort of thing you frame: 9.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 17 K, 138 pitches (90 strikes) — ERA down to 0.28, record 3–0. The A’s never sniffed it. Seven...