Scherzer’s quietly been one of the American League’s best pitchers since his arrival in Detroit, but he’s hidden behind even greater things like Miguel Cabrera’s bid for a second Triple Crown, Justin Verlander’s mediocrity, and Jose Valverde’s uncertainty.

This year, Valverde has pitched 17.1 innings over 18 games, earning nine saves and blowing three with a 4/15 ERA. Here’s the catch, and hopefully the straw that breaks the camel’s back: Valverde has given up five home runs and seven runs in his last 5.1 innings.

Fog delays, 19 inning games, Tebowmania. Oh, sorry. You get the point — it’s been an interesting week in baseball, and as always, we’ve got some one-sided power rankings to prove it. The Cardinals continue their strong play and top the MLB Power Rankings for the second straight week. Meanwhile, the [...]

As you’ve undoubtedly already heard, MLB announced yesterday that it will take steps to try and suspend a long list of players who they believe are guilty of using performance-enhancing drugs. Most notably on that list are: Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun, Melky Cabrera, Nelson Cruz, Bartolo Colon, Yasmani Grandal, Francisco Cervelli, Jesus [...]

2013 MLB Power Rankings for week 9 are ready for your eyes. It’s an exciting week in interleague play, except, as SJN’s Tom McFeeley pointed out, the problem remains that all the intriguing matchups are happening at the same time, so if you’re a fan of baseball, hopefully you have [...]

Week 8 in the MLB Power Rankings features the Texas Rangers fixed in the no. 1 spot for the second week in a row. We’re also seeing a surprising burst in production from the Yankees, Cardinals and Diamondbacks, all teams that weren’t expected to get off to such great starts, let alone [...]

Not much is changing in the middle of the pack for week 7 of the 2013 MLB Power Rankings, the same can’t be said for the top positions. If it’s even worth mentioning, the Astros continue to hold the bottom position, as they will, likely, for the rest of the [...]

I mentioned last week in an article titled MLB: Ringing in the Strikeout Era, that strikeouts are on the rise, to put it lightly. It wasn’t my intention to create alarm or hyperbole surrounding this dramatic increase in Ks over the last few decades, or maybe it was. Let’s assume, [...]