Mitchell Plassmeyer's Baseball Blog

Spring training has fired up and we are all excited in the baseball community to see our teams and all teams as they have their players getting back underway.  Pitchers and catchers is nice and all but having live game action back once again always gets the blood pumping.  Its's a totally different type of preseason compared to nay other sport.  Obviously it has its similarities as in wins and losses doesn't matter much but its more about seeing the new young talent and how the off-season trades and work the players and teams have put in to try to earn a spot or be noticed.  This is my favorite time of year because baseball is back on TV and streaming all day long.  As a player its fun to see the young guys compete and how they carry themselves and show their love and passion for the game and give all their effort to earn spots or be noticed, but the most interesting thing is seeing the veterans and how they try to help the younger guys in their organizations le...

So he finally did it, Manny Machado signed with the Padres.  Not only did he sign the biggest deal in history for 300 million dollars, but he got the 10 year deal he was looking for.  Machado will be a Padre now for the next decade and for the prime of his career.  This will set the precedent for the other free agents who haven't signed to date.  It also will cause for debate on whether Harper should get more than him.  People will be discussing it for the remained of time until Bryce Harper finally signs, but i have a strong opinion on the matter. I think Harper should get less than Machado for a few reasons.  These reasons are the fact Harper is aright fielder or corner outfielder makes his defensive contributions less as a whole compared to Machado who is a left side of the infield guy.  He has a bigger and more impact defensive role than Harper.  On top of that Machado is a more pure hitter than Harper who is a more power and big impact in a m...

So as the baseball season comes at you fast here in the coming weeks, the St. Louis Cardinals are an interesting team to watch develop this spring training.  They made lofty additions in Paul Goldschmidt and Andrew Miller, which makes them a shoe in to put a division winner or playoff team once again, or so a biased fan in myself thinks.  Being from St. Louis, and the greatest baseball town in the world, we know that people here expect us to make the playoffs every year but that it hasn't been the case as of late.  We think these new additions will be what puts us over the edge once again to get back to the playoffs and world series where they belong once again.  Goldschmidt is a player we have desperately needed for some time now and we have finally procured that missing big bat in the lineup.  Over the time since Pujols left the Cardinals haven't had the same thundering offense of years past.  We've been able to scrape by on pitching and timely hitting....

As we roll into another week where free agents remain unsigned this off-season we see another of bad press for the MLB free agency market.  This is an issue for players, fans, and the league alike due to the negative connotations associated with this lack of excitement and player movement.  It also really puts a smudge on the mirror for prospective big name free agents next year knowing that teams are having a hard time pulling the trigger money and length wise on some of the top names in the game.  Baseball has become such a money hungry and star driven league that is mainly drive by young stars and middle aged veterans who also ruled the game a few years prior to the rise of young stardom and its trend going forward.  When you sit back and look at the lack of action now it drives the point home that there really may be a trend of not wanting to fork out the big bucks for big name stars and waiting it out for a new 20 year old prospect who may do the same things as ...