The American League Division Series featured two sweeps, with the favorite in each series being dispatched rather quickly. Now we get to see the two best teams in terms of run prevention in the AL face off against each other (the Toronto Blue Jays at 4.11 runs per game and Cleveland Indians at 4.20) in […]
Division Series Previews: For a regular season that featured relatively few surprises, the postseason has started off with a bang. Closers have gone unused and used in the Wild Card games, setting up four highly anticipated match-ups. Blue Jays/Rangers: Round 3 figures to be a slugfest, after round 2 was literally a slugfest. Put the […]
Ten Baseball Factory alumni were announced last week as players in the MLB All-Star Game. Four alumni are starting for the National League compared to one for the American League. After the final vote by the fans, six Factory alumni will play for the NL and five will play for the AL. National League Starters […]
2008 Under Armour Baseball Factory Pre-Season All American, Kris Bryant won the National League Rookie of the Year award on Monday night, becoming just the 11th player to receive all 30 first place votes. The Chicago Cubs 3B/OF mashed 26 home runs while hitting .275 with 31 doubles, 99 RBI and 13 stolen bases. The […]
Five Baseball Factory alumni have been recognized as the best hitters in the game this year, awarded Silver Sluggers for their offensive performance. The Silver Slugger is given yearly to the best hitter at each respective position in both leagues. Brian McCann, who attended a Baseball Factory Team One event in 2001, won his sixth […]
The unofficial start to the 2015 baseball season started this past week with the Winter Meetings in sunny San Diego, California and the hot stove is roaring with many teams making moves to better their rosters in 2015 and beyond.
The Chicago Cubs landed perhaps the biggest starting pitching free agent this off-season, signing former Boston Red Sox star Jon Lester to a six-year, $155 million dollar contract – the largest in franchise history – to become the ace of the Cubs staff for new manager, Joe Maddon.
The #1 starters set the tone for the series and often are instrumental in the overall outcome. In this matchup of Adam Wainwright vs. Madison Bumgarner, we may be seeing a changing of the guard.
Which team will score first in each game? In the seven head-to-head match-ups between the Royals and Orioles this season, the team that scored first won all seven games. Similarly, in the ALDS the team to score first won five of the six contests.
See a complete list of Baseball Factory alumni in the MLB Postseason.
The 2014 MLB Playoffs opened with a bang last night when the Kansas City Royals, in their first playoff berth in 28 years, rallied from a 7-3 deficit to defeat the Oakland Athletics 9-8 and advance to the American League Division Series.
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“One of the things we were impressed with was the (College PREP) video.Division I Head Coach on player Chris Givin
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