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Talk about a great debut by Zoilo Almonte.

The New York Yankees rookie has now started two games in his major league career and has made pitchers pay by hitting, well, everything.

The switch-hitting outfielder is now 5-for-8 in his career with a home run, three RBI, two walks, two runs scored and a strikeout. He's currently hitting .625.

After helping the San Francisco Giants win the 2010 World Series, Juan Uribe signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for three years and $21 million.  The deal was panned from the outset, with critics complaining that it was too long and for too much money.  There’s even an article from December 2010 in

With the Cincinnati Reds being one of the hottest teams in Major League Baseball in the month of May, Joey Votto is one of many players on the team who received excellent grades for the month.

The Reds went 19-8 in the month of May and actually lost a game in the standings to the St. Louis Cardinals. 

Despite the constant criticism from fans, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mike Leake has started the 2013 Major League Baseball season on fire.

Fans were disappointed with his 8-9 record and 4.58 ERA in 2012, but he has put last year behind him. 

It’s eight weeks into the minor league season and we‘re already starting to see some of Major League Baseball’s top prospects working their way to the show.

Ah, to be lucky.

They say it's preferable to being good.

When it comes to Major League Baseball pitchers, it's best to be both.

So let's take a statistical stroll through the land of the lucky—a happy place filled with the starting pitchers who have been fortunate in one way or another so far this season.

FIP

Fact: Major League Baseball teams use about 850,000 balls per season.

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This is going to sound awfully familiar, but New York Mets first baseman Ike Davis is marred in an awful slump to start the season. He might be testing the organization's patience too far this time around.

Who needs peace when we've got WAR?

Wins Above Replacement, that is.

With sites like Baseball Reference, FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus making all sorts of statistics easily accessible and readily available, there's no shortage of interesting, intriguing, intelligent—even fun—metrics to consider.

But in the battle to be baseball's best stat, WAR wins.

The San Francisco Giants have a reputation for winning with pitching and defense.