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Before he was an all-time Rockie, Charlie Blackmon was an unheralded southpaw prospect at Atlanta’s North Gwinnett High School.

Two of my favourites have birthdays today. Dustin McGowan turns 41 today. Dustin was a first-round pick back in 2000, 33rd overall. Although not the Blue Jays' first first-round pick, we had the...

Walter Johnson started 666 games during his 21-season career. He completed shutouts in nearly 1 of every 6, not allowing a run 110 times. 19 other pitchers recorded at least 50 shutouts, from...

Shannon Stewart turns 49 today. The Blue Jays drafted Shannon in the first round of the 1992 amateur draft, the 19th pick, out of Miami Southridge High School. He was a compensation pick for the...

Fifth in a series of posts .......... In the Modern Era, 302 different pitchers have made at least 100 consecutive starts without throwing a shutout. They have had 365 total triple-digit starts. ...

After researching and writing about the all-time and Cubs records for most consecutive complete games by a pitcher, I was curious about other streaks by starters, good and bad. .......... ALL...

The Horse" played a major role in the Giants' championship run and in advancing our understanding of pitching statistics.

The winter meetings are back in person this year for the first time since 2019. They begin Monday.

Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t. In 1990, the "4 Aces" were foreshadowed in the same way your lottery ticket foreshadowed you being a millionaire. Few A’s fans could even name the 4...

Edwin Jackson, who debuted with the Dodgers in 2003 and pitched for a record 14 teams in his 17-year career, announced his retirement on Friday, on his 39th birthday and the 19th anniversary of his major league debut.