Remember Brad Thomas? Once a shining star in the Twins’ organization, he headed over to Japan two years ago, and his performance this season may earn him a trip back to the bigs. In this week’s Spikes Up, we examine Thomas’ story.

We also look at how Michael Cuddyer, finally given an everyday fielding job, rewarded Minnesota with an offensive breakthrough.

Read all of this and plenty more in this week’s Spikes Up.

Well, it appears Spikes Up’s tenure at Creativesports will come to a close at the end of this month after a run of over two and a half years. But that doesn’t mean we won’t go out in a blaze of glory. This week, for instance, we pissed the RotoWidow off by spending all weekend […] more

Dennis Tankersley had the world at his feet in 2001 as one of the top pitching prospects in the game. Six years later, he’s two years removed from his last major league action, yet he’s only 27. What happened? Find out in this week’s Spikes Up. We also explore the demise of Frank Robinson and […] more

In this week’s Spikes Up, we take a look at Beltran Perez, the latest in a series of pitchers to come out of nowhere this season. With his first start, he made a strong claim for a starting gig with the Nats in 2007. We then check out how Marcus Giles, unlike most Braves this […] more

Apologies for our absence yesterday as we worked away on deadlines and tried to catch up on our sleep. Thanks to the lovely RotoWidow for filling in with her always-wonderful missives. In this week’s Spikes Up, I looked at the remarkable turnaround (notwithstanding his last start) of Esteban Loaiza’s 2006 season. Also, I talked about […] more