Al Yellon

Bill Petti of Beyond the Boxscore has a graphic look at the top hitter from each team in this year’s World Series.

John Lackey was, by almost every measure, the worst starting pitcher in the AL in 2011. Matthew Kory of Over the Monster makes the case for the Red Sox to keep him.

Jim Caple posits an alternate timeline that might have happened if the Red Sox had won that last game in Baltimore and the Rays had lost to the Yankees.

The Cardinals are, somewhat unexpectedly, in the World Series. What’s their future? John Sickels has a list of some of their better prospects.