Author: Cody Swartz

10 Free Agents the Philadelphia Phillies Should Pursue This Offseason

July 25, 2019
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If last offseason proved anything, it’s that money isn’t an issue for Philadelphia Phillies owner John Middleton. Last offseason, the team paid $330 million for Bryce Harper and spent nearly half a billion dollars in all on Harper, Jean Segura, Andrew McCutchen, and David Robertson. Despite the hefty spending, the Phillies find themselves in third place in the NL East, one game behind the Washington Nationals and a full 5.5…

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An 18-Game NFL Season: Breaking Down the Potential What-ifs

July 23, 2019
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The National Football League has had a 16-game schedule since 1978, but reportedly, the team owners are pushing for an 18-game schedule as part of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that will start in 2021. Most remarkably, players would only be able to suit up for 16 of their team’s 18 games. If this isn’t the worst idea I’ve ever heard, it’s right up there. The potential issues arising…

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100 Greatest Players in Philadelphia Eagles History

July 5, 2019
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It’s the 100-year anniversary of the National Football League this coming September, and what better way to celebrate that than to rank the 100 greatest players in the history of the Philadelphia Eagles? It’s not necessarily a list of the most popular players in Eagles history. Having a great nickname helps. And scoring a touchdown in a memorable game helps. But I also weighed heavily the time the player spent…

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A Realistic Contract Projection for Carson Wentz

May 31, 2019
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  It’s no secret the Philadelphia Eagles want to extend Carson Wentz this offseason. Howie Roseman made almost no effort to retain Nick Foles, despite the quarterback having won playoff games in consecutive years and the franchise’s only Lombardi trophy to date. Last year’s third-stringer Nate Sudfeld was brought back at a second-round tender, one that will pay him a shade over $3 million in 2019. And career journeyman Cody…

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Ranking Each League’s 5 Most Likely MVP Candidates

Embed from Getty Images As we grow close to one-third of the way through the 2019 MLB season, we can know some things for certain. Cody Bellinger won’t possibly end the year over a .400 batting average. Mitch Garver won’t finish with a Ruthian-like slugging percentage. And Joey Gallo can’t conceivably keep up this strikeout pace… can he? But we can say with fairly high certainty which two players will…

May 22, 2019
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Grading the First Month of Bryce Harper’s 13-Year Contract

May 1, 2019
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Grading the first month of a 13-year mega-contract is essentially akin to evaluating a football team on their performance on the first three plays of the game. It’s such a small sample size of production, but it still counts, and who isn’t interested in breaking down the performance of the face of the sport after one month? A quick look at Bryce Harper’s year-to-date stats per Baseball Reference: Harper’s six…

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Reactions to the 2019 Philadelphia Eagles’ Schedule Release

April 17, 2019
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Only in the National Football League does the release of a team’s schedule send waves across the nation. The Philadelphia Eagles are now a full offseason removed from spending the summer as Super Bowl champions, but a quick look at the 16 games for 2019 shows you that the NFL expects the Eagles to remain amongst the top teams in the league. (Schedule below courtesy of Philadelphia Eagles’ website). There…

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Power Ranking all of Baseball’s $100 Million Contracts

April 14, 2019
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Twenty years ago, Kevin Brown made baseball history when he signed the sport’s first $100 million contract; technically, a seven-year, $105 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Now? There have been 85 such deals, the most recent being Ronald Acuna’s eight-year, $100 million extension. For a long time, Alex Rodriguez held the honor of baseball’s loftiest contract at $252 million, and then he one-upped himself with a $275 million…

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Can Mike Trout Become the Greatest Baseball Player Ever?

April 10, 2019
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For close to one hundred years, Babe Ruth has been the standard by which all baseball players are judged. His 714 home runs and .690 slugging percentage are the crowning achievement of his greatness, and he even had a stellar pitching career before transitioning to a full-time hitter. Since then, we’ve called Willie Mays the best all-around player, Ted Williams the best hitter, Barry Bonds the most dominant player over…

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What are Realistic Expectations for Bryce Harper in 2019?

March 22, 2019
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There aren’t your 2018 Philadelphia Phillies anymore. Or the 2017 club. Or the 2016 team. Gone are the days of Freddy Galvis posting a .275 on-base percentage over 650 plate appearances or Tommy Joseph as the team’s best cleanup hitter or an outfield rotation of Aaron Altherr and Nick Williams. Perhaps the most memorable offseason in franchise history saw owner John Middleton add a litany of All-Star talent – Andrew…

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