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Is 2015 The Year Baseball’s Projections Failed?

It took a couple of bold pickups the week of the trade deadline, but the Kansas City Royals had finally done it. Solidified themselves as clear front-runners for the American League pennant? Emerged as outright World Series favorites? Not quite. Kansas City’s big accomplishment was simply amassing enough talent to break .500 down the season’s […]

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Is 2015 The Year Baseball’s Projections Failed?

It took a couple of bold pickups the week of the trade deadline, but the Kansas City Royals had finally done it. Solidified themselves as clear front-runners for the American League pennant? Emerged as outright World Series favorites? Not quite. Kansas City’s big accomplishment was simply amassing enough talent to break .500 down the season’s […]

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Red Sox GM Ben Cherington Isn’t Completely Delusional

A season after the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, there’s no getting around how lousy the team has been. With a record of 43 wins and 52 losses, the Red Sox entered the All-Star break in last place in the American League East — nine-and-a-half games behind the division-leading Baltimore Orioles and eight […]

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Red Sox GM Ben Cherington Isn’t Completely Delusional

A season after the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, there’s no getting around how lousy the team has been. With a record of 43 wins and 52 losses, the Red Sox entered the All-Star break in last place in the American League East — nine-and-a-half games behind the division-leading Baltimore Orioles and eight […]

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