Duane Ward was a RHP reliever for the Toronto Blue Jays from 1986-1995.  Primarily used as a set up man to “The Terminator” Tom Henke, Ward came into his own as closer for the World Series winning 1993 club.  His statistics are quite remarkable: He had two 200+ ERA seasons and pitched 5 years in a row of 100+IP in …

Travis Snider Splits

Back in August of 2006 we wrote the following in a Travis Snider prospect bio:

if we had to pick on one thing it would be his walk to strikeout ratio against lhp, at a rate of 20:4… this is a small sample and quite a small sticking point for a player that slugged .609 against left handed pitching… …

All-Time Strikeout Race Results

This is an update to an earlier article: The Record No One Wants

Since we last checked in Mark Reynolds was on the cusp (not Cust…) of breaking the all-time single season strikeout record. Trailing closely behind were Ryan Howard and the bad pun, Jack Cust. Well, the results are in and the winner, and NEW all-time strikeout …

The Record No One Wants

With just a handful of games left in the 2008 season we have a race for an all-time record. Ok, it’s not a record anyone wants to hold but Mark Reynolds, Ryan Howard and Jack Cust are fighting it out to see who can hold the all-time single season strikeout record.

Groundball + K Pitching Leaders