It’s that time of year again where we’re weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting, spring games, and excitement for new beginnings in the baseball season. With that excitement comes my annual Top 100 Prospects list, where we focus on young talent in the Minors. To be clear, my list is about potential and not…
So far, we’ve examined Lou Whitaker’s resume in part one and how it stacks up against other Hall of Fame second basemen in part 2. For the third part I’ll take a closer look at Hall of Fame second basemen during including slight before and after) Sweet Lou’s era. The list includes Joe Morgan who…
As in any rebuild, we see players go that are fan favorites and can just be upsetting. Ian Kinsler is one of those guys with his gritty play, Gold Glove defense, and strong bat. The move itself is understandable as Al Avila continues to look to cut salary and build up what was once one…
As did with building the case for Alan Trammell, next I’ll compare the best, worst, and average for key stat categories and where Lou Whitaker fits in amongst second basemen in the Hall (20 currently). Additionally, I’ll add in Ryne Sandberg based on Baseball-Reference.com and the three most similar batters to Lou in his career,…
Now that Tram is headed to the Hall of Fame, let’s start to take a look and see if a case can’t be made for Trams double play partner, Lou Whitaker. Lets start off with how we started for Tram with an article written by Yahoo Sports in 2011 about the 10 greatest home grown…
I’m sure most, if not all Detroit Tigers fans know by now, but what couldn’t be agreed on by the Baseball Writers America Association (BBWAA), was easily agreed on by the “Modern Era” cimmmittee, and that is Alan Trammell and Jack Morris are Hall of Fame worthy. The Modern Era committee works as a second…
My vote goes to Chipper and Thome, but see who else I’d vote for if I had a BBWAA voting card
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