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April 3, 2015

Every Team's Moneyball: St. Louis Cardinals: The Player Development Appliance

by Ken Funck

How the Cardinals churn prospect after prospect into pro.

March 27, 2015

Every Team's Moneyball: Minnesota Twins: Rebuilding in Plain View

by Ken Funck

How the Twins stick to the fundamentals of drafting and player development.

March 25, 2014

Prospectus Preview: NL Central 2014 Preseason Preview

by Ken Funck and Harry Pavlidis

Part three in a division-by-division dialogue leading up to Opening Day.

March 6, 2014

Changing Speeds: The Optimist's Guide to the 2016 Cubs

by Ken Funck

Wishcasting the Cubs' future.

February 2, 2014

BP Unfiltered: Hall of Famously Weak Arguments Voting Results

by Ken Funck

Which weak baseball arguments were bad enough to earn induction?

January 28, 2014

Changing Speeds: The 2014 Hall of Famously Weak Arguments, Part Two

by Ken Funck

Immortalizing more of the arguments that you'd most like to see die.

January 21, 2014

Changing Speeds: The 2014 Hall of Famously Weak Arguments, Part One

by Ken Funck

Immortalizing the arguments that you'd most like to see die.

January 12, 2014

BP Unfiltered: Nominations Needed For The Hall Of Famously Weak Arguments

by Ken Funck

Your opportunity to identify and enshrine the ridiculous baseball arguments that vex you the most.

July 18, 2013

Changing Speeds: The All-Vindication Team

by Ken Funck

The recent times that teams were right and we were wrong.

April 30, 2012

Changing Speeds: Pelotero, or, There's Sano Business Like Show Business

by Ken Funck

Reviewing a new documentary about the often agonizing July 2nd signing process for international amateur prospects.

February 6, 2012

BP Unfiltered: The Weakest Of The Weak

by Ken Funck

Voting results for The Hall Of Famously Weak Arguments are in.

January 25, 2012

Changing Speeds: The Hall of Famously Weak Arguments, Part 2

by Ken Funck

Following up with eight more baseball arguments that often don't make sense.

January 18, 2012

Changing Speeds: The Hall of Famously Weak Arguments, Part I

by Ken Funck

Deconstructing seven baseball arguments that usually don't make sense.

November 17, 2011

Changing Speeds: Setting the Line: Final Results

by Ken Funck

Ken checks to see how many of his pre-season Over/Unders the readers called correctly and picks the most prescient BP reader.

August 22, 2011

Changing Speeds: Ethical Bandwagon Jumping

by Ken Funck

How to start rooting for a contender in mid-season without compromising your principles.

July 5, 2011

Changing Speeds: Setting the Line--Mid-season Update

by Ken Funck

Checking in on the pre-season over/unders to see who's exceeding or underperforming expectations halfway through the season.

June 21, 2011

Changing Speeds: The Found Poetry of Player Comments

by Ken Funck

A trip through the annual unlocks Ken's inner muse.

May 19, 2011

Changing Speeds: Bounceback, Breakthrough, or Balderdash?

by Ken Funck

A lot of younger veterans are having huge starts to their years, but are the stat lines legit, or will they be turning back into pumpkins soon?

April 5, 2011

Changing Speeds: The More Things Change...

by Ken Funck

Cranking up SportsFeed, we preview the 2031 season and the major issues in baseball.

March 22, 2011

Changing Speeds: Baseball on the Ones

by Ken Funck

Does anything beat lucky number slevin when it comes to quality campaigns on the diamond?