To be honest, Rosiak, Haudricourt, and McCalvy all do pretty darn well in their own rights, so I can't nominate any of them for worst. So, I would like to nominate someone who doesn't write for the Brewers anymore, Anthony Witrado. Brewers fans know him as an arrogant, condescending prick who we called for to be fired… Read more

I'll back up everyone else here who says Fay sucks. Absolute jerk on Twitter and doesn't provide much insight. Rosecrans is the best of the current list, but McCoy is still the man for Reds coverage - and he's legally blind and covers road games from his garage. Read more

Kovacevic is such a disappointment. He was the best Pirates beat man by far, maybe one of the best in the biz. But the moment he became a columnist he became just as insufferable as every other Pittsburgh columnist and more combative and thin-skinned than any of them. Read more

Dave Manel from bucsdugout is like the only guy who gives you some original stuff. Most of the other guys just pass around the same content like the easy chick during freshman year. Started following Santelli and he tweets more to his girl crush (not gonna happen bro ) than anything Pirates. Had to unfollow. Also, has… Read more

+100. Deadspin, this all you need. Rogers really does suck. He used to do the Hawks, and I would assume wasn't great at that either. Bleacher Nation is probably the best overall Cubs source. Read more

Also: how sad is it that this team has only TWO outlets covering them on a daily basis? They suck this year, but this was a playoff club in 08 and 11. Read more

McCalvy has the best Twitter of the three, and is among the better MLB.com beat guys I've read. The JS guys are both excellent. Rosiak is about a 1,000x upgrade over Anthony Witrado, the former No. 2 guy at the JS who got hired, inexplicably, by Sporting News. Read more

I haven't really followed Bowman or McAlpin in the past because I started with DOB and haven't felt the need to change. I understand the MLB.com beat writers are allowed freedom to say what they want, but I still prefer hearing from a source that isn't paid by the people he reports on. Read more

Dave Manel from bucsdugout is like the only guy who gives you some original stuff. Most of the other guys just pass around the same content like the easy chick during freshman year. Started following Santelli and he tweets more to his girl crush (not gonna happen bro ) than anything Pirates. Had to unfollow. Also, has… Read more

While writers for The Trib and Post-Gazette are frequently recognized, two guys that are consistently overlooked for the work they do are Michael Waterloo (Pittsburgh Sporting News) and James Santelli (Pirates Prospects). Waterloo is tremendous with his feature writing and Santelli always gets it done with his… Read more

I guess there's no point ragging on Sullivan since he's leaving the beat. But he was on the radio the other night talking about the Cubs' international free agent signings, and he said, "well, I don't really know anything about those guys, so who knows?" And I thought, "That's your fucking job, man! YOU'RE supposed to… Read more

Personally, I love Fay because of his Twitter presence, and Sheldon isn't bad either, but I'm not a huge C. Trent fan. My favorite is McCoy. One of the best and for being legally blind he's amazing. Read more

Totally agree with you. Read more

I loathe Tom H's reporting. He was little more than a stenographer for Braun's people when the 2011-12 PED appeal was going on. He won Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year because of reporting that has now turned out to be bogus. As far as his in-game tweets- when the team is doing poorly, Tom takes on the persona of a… Read more

I can't stand Sullivan. All he seems to do is complain and whine. He's snarky, his articles are dull and he seems to enjoy whipping up the pro-Goat, pro-Bartman crowd. I'm glad he got taken off the beat. Good riddance.

Bruce Miles has been friendly and accessible, will answer a question without snark, even chime in on… Read more

It is worse than that; Paul Sullivan is simply not that bright. Also, he clearly thinks it is part of his job to let you know who he "likes" and does not like. Read more

I have no idea how anyone can say any of these guys ask Baker or the front office tough questions. They don't. At all. Read more

Bruce Miles of the Daily Herald is the best for sure although he doesn't really travel with the team since the Daily Herald is broke. Patrick Mooney is pretty good as well, he seems to have the most inside information of the beat writers. Read more

Rosecrans is a good writer and busts his ass. His problem is that he's second fiddle to Fay at the Enquirer. I get the feeling that he doesn't want to show up the #1 guy. When the Post still existed, Rosecrans was beating the hell out of the other guys. Read more

Someone mentioned on a Pirates blog yesterday that the biggest shame of this season is that the guy with the best sources in the Pirates (Dejan Kovacevic) is a columnist now and doesn't really do that anymore. I agree wholeheartedly. Read more