General Baseball Writing
I’ve had the pleasure of writing nearly 2,000 articles over the last six years, and not all of them were rankings, mock drafts, or scouting reports. Heck, some of them weren’t even about prospects at all. You’ll find a host of articles here from the past and continued going forward on the game I love!
I do have a separate page altogether for my writing on my favorite team, the Atlanta Braves.
We’re going to attempt to sort this page into general subject areas that I tend to cover most often, but note that in all categories, the most recent article will be at the top:
Fantasy Baseball
2018 second half trends to watch for 2019, what’s truth, what’s not
Hall of Fame
Jim Thome crushes his Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame can’t “get dirty”…it already is dirty! (1/11/16)
The Hall of Fame’s voting system is truly broken (written 1/7/14)
Minor Leagues
Goodbye 2022 minor leagues…hello AFL!
Every prospect traded at the 2022 deadline
Prospects trending in the wrong direction early in 2022
Minor leaguers making a good impression in 2022
The return of minor league playoffs
New rules for the 2021 minor league season
2019 Minor League statistical leaders – overall, by level, by league
Minor League top performers, April 2019
Where top 100 prospects started 2019
Minor league pay a major
2018’s Minor League All-Star team
The Orioles are not developing pitchers the same way anymore
How money in
Get to know Minnesota Twins prospect Wander
Minnesota Twins sign Kai-Wai Teng
The Milwaukee Brewers purchasing the Carolina Mudcats a new trend in minor league baseball
Statistical Oddities/Review
The change in stolen bases in the game
Max Scherzer is a no-hitter machine
Defining baseball statistics
Baseball history/all-time posts
The 62-homer season was no surprise
Joe Mauer likely not the only player to call 2018 his last
The St. Louis Cardinals were nearly in Houston or Milwaukee
Best right fielders in history
Best relief pitchers in history
Best left-handed starters in history
Best right-handed starters in history
Top 10 Opening Day moments in MLB history
Most-used Opening Day lineup for each MLB team
Top 2017 moments for the Minnesota Twins: Big Sexy’s goodbye
The best Minnesota Twins starting pitching staff of all-time
Best rotation trios in MLB history
Scariest fan moment: raining hot dogs!
The Minnesota Twins history of July 31st trades
Baltimore Orioles tie on July 4, 1964
The legacy of MLB and who will carry it on
What happened to
All-time Olympic baseball roster
Could anyone break Joe DiMaggio’s record?
Draft
The problems with the MLB draft
2019 Draft Wrapup for every team
2019 Draft Strategy: NL West (5/14/19), NL Central (5/16/19), NL East (5/18/19), AL West (5/21/19), AL Central, AL East
Competitive balance picks have had a mixed history in their short time
2018 MLB draft wrap-up: every team, every pick
2017 MLB draft wrap-up
2000s #1 overall picks
Best team to ever pick #1 in the draft
2016 MLB draft review
High school players will have a choice in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement
Best and worst picks of the 2000s
Ben’s opinion pieces
Baseball prospect writing’s self-hate
MLB’s bangs, buzzes, and bunnies
Minnesota Twins could start a new pitching trend in 2019
Luke Heimlich’s college career ends fittingly
Robinson Cano’s PED suspension should open eyes in baseball on supplement issues
Chris Archer overvalued on the trade market
Minnesota Twins carrying scouting dichotomy on their 2017 roster
The first ballgame for 3 kids becomes a historic game
Appreciating the visual beauty of the game of baseball
Is thoracic outlet syndrome a bigger worry than Tommy John?
Has baseball patriotism gone too far?
Passing on baseball’s legacy/remembering my grandfather (6/15/15)
Interviews
John C. Gant
Corbin Clouse
Driveline (5-part)
John Sickels
Bill Smith
Davonte Ross, participant in MLB’s Native American showcase
Baseball remembrances
2018 MLB deaths
Remembering Curt Flood
2017 MLB deaths
Minnesota Twins say goodbye to “Stelly”
The loss of young players reiterates that players are not simply replaceable pawns
Player/coach/fan profiles
Manny Machado needs Buck in his life
Reynaldo Lopez emerges as White Sox ace
Angels help Hailey Dawson complete her “Journey to 30”
Billy McKinney has an amazing journey back to bigs
The evolution of Odubel Herrera
Angels have become
Miguel Sano part of
Who could be the next Andrew Miller?
Seth Maness is making history with his elbow
The path of David Ortiz to a superstar
Starting 9
4/28/19 – Extensions
5/6/19 – MLB Debuts
5/13/19 – Sinclair Broadcast Group
5/20/19 – Draft Compensation and Draft Pools
6/24/19 – Fixing the MLB Draft
7/2/19 – Trade Deadline Primer
7/11/19 – Fixing the All-Star Game
7/29/19 – Underrated Deadline Targets
8/15/19 – Minor League Playoff Potentials
10/28/19 – MLB Prospect Team of 2010s
Benjamin Chase
After 6 years of writing for FanSided on various sites and offering contributions to various other websites, family changes have encouraged me to start this site. I spend a ton of time watching baseball at all levels, but I love watching minor league baseball on milb.tv as I'm hours away from the closest minor league team. This is an effort of all those games I enjoy on a daily basis!
