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From the Windup: And the 'Winner' Is ...

From the Windup is Matt Snyder's weekly look at some aspect of America's pastime.Instead of handing our hardware to Joe Girardi, Joe Torre, Albert Pujols, Joe Mauer, Zack Greinke and Chris Carpenter (yes, those would be my votes), I thought we'd mix it up a bit. Plus, being a Cubs fan, I'm plenty filled with negativity at...

MLB Power Rankings: Week 14

MLB Power Rankings: Where MLB FanHouse's editors, writers and bloggers team up to break down the who's who and the what's what in the baseball world.Well, I'll tell you one thing: baseball ain't boring, folks. At least if you're in the middle class anyway; the upper crust is (somewhat) starting to establish itself across...

Baseball Brunch: (St)Ranger Than Fiction, Texas Pitching Is Pretty Good

NEW YORK – Thanks in part to the influence of a 300-game winner, and the brother of a 300-game winner, the Rangers no longer have to try to out-slug people.In the most remarkable turnaround of the season, Texas' pitching staff is actually pretty good, with a 4.46 ERA after shutouts Thursday and Friday and allowing...

Baseball Brunch: It's Strasburg, Then Anyone's Guess in Draft

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.Everyone knows the No. 1 prospect in Tuesday's draft (and if you don't, read this). But after Washington selects Stephen Strasburg, things get less precise."Anybody from [No.] 2 to 15 could be just as good as the other guy," an executive from an NL team...

Fausto Carmona Demoted to the Desert to Straighten Himself Out

For some reason, I had it in my mind that Fausto Carmona was due for a big bounceback year. After a shaky 2008, I figured he would shake off the heavy workload that the Indians' run to the ALCS in 2007 created and use his power sinker to help take the Indians back to the top of the AL Central. Boy, was I wrong. With 12...