Michael Nelson Trout (Millville Meteor) (twitter: @Trouty20)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: August 7, 1991 in Vineland, NJ
High School: Millville Senior HS (Millville, NJ)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2009 amateur draft.
Signed July 2, 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 2011 (Age 19)   vs. SEA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Angels 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$510k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.070, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: LSW Baseball [*]
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• 4/23 Radical Baseball: Melky and Buster, an odd couple. And is that TV money guaranteed?: Rk Player BA PA Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB ...
• 4/23 Call to the Pen: MLB’s Real Image Problem: Editor’s Note: Alex Pugliese is an unapologetic New Yorker and obsessed Yankee fan who has been a part of our team at Yanks...
• 4/22 TheLeadoffWalk: Matt Moore Versus CC Sabathia: Advantage Matt Moore: On a nationally-televised stage, Matt Moore was monstrous as he out-dueled CC Sabathia. Boosted by some early run support,...
• 4/22 SOX & Dawgs: Andrew Bailey and Mike Napoli of the Boston Red Sox named the American League Co-Players of the Week: Right-handed pitcher Andrew Bailey and first baseman Mike Napoli of the Boston Red Sox have been named the American League...
• 4/22 Monkey with a Halo: Angels Player Power Rankings - Week 4: Hey look! The Angels are good again. YAAAAY! Now our rankings can be fun again... at least until we start talking about the...
• 4/22 Vigilante Baseball : Called Shots: Week 4: The biggest stories of the season so far have been the power outbursts by players who always had the potential, but had not displayed...
• 4/22 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Los Angeles Angels Tame Detroit Tigers: The Los Angeles Angels scored just as many runs in each game, as the Detroit Tigers did in the entire series.  After outscoring...
• 4/22 Baseball Ruminations: Single Tool Players: Introduction/Primer: If you like baseball, which I hope that you do, you have likely heard of the descriptive scouting term “five-tool player”....
• 4/22 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for April 22: Bare with me. Today’s daily fantasy baseball picks are experimental. Blame me when you lose money, praise me when you win...
• 4/21 Baseball Jerks: Sophomore Slumps? Bryce Harper and Mike Trout Don’t Think So: Saturday was a big day for the 2012 Major League Baseball Rookies of the Year. National League ROY Bryce Harper went 3-for-3 with...
• 4/21 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (4-20-2013): Bryce Harper… again.: 3-for-3. Two homers. 3 RBIs. A walk. All in a close 7-6 Nationals win. Bryce Harper is pulling ahead in the MVP standings (which...
• 4/21 The Flagrant Fan: Anatomy of two really bad starts: Rick Porcello of the Tigers and Philip Humber of the Houston Astros both made starts yesterday for their respective teams. To...
• 4/20 TheLeadoffWalk: Dodgers vs. Orioles: Day 20 Observations: Orioles 7, Dodgers 5 Orioles 6, Dodgers 1 Chris Davis: Just when it seemed safe to say Davis was slumping, Baltimore...
• 4/20 Baseball News Source: AL Scores: Red Sox Rally For Win, Angels Pound Tigers, Rays Blank A’s: Daniel Nava  in a three run homer  in the eighth inning and the Boston Red Sox rallied for their seventh win in a row over the...
• 4/20 TheLeadoffWalk: Tigers vs. Angels: Day 20 Observations: Angels 10, Tigers 0 Mike Trout: It didn’t take long for Mike Trout to ruin the Saturday of the Detroit Tigers....
• 4/20 Baseball Musings: Number Nine: The Angels scored nine runs in the bottom of the first inning to take a huge lead over Detroit. Peter Bourjos, Mike Trout, and...
• 4/20 TheLeadoffWalk: Tigers vs. Angels: Day 19 Observations: Angels 8, Tigers 1 Albert Pujols: Acting as the Angels’ designated hitter, Pujols had three hits in five at-bats and...
• 4/19 mlbreports.com : Maybe A Managerial Trade Between The Angels And Dodgers Would Shake Things Up!: Like us on Facebook here Friday Apr.19/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): It is no secret to anyone out...
• 4/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Scooping the Texas Rangers: Holland, Ogando trading places?: Derek Holland has apparently found something Alexi Ogando misplaced. On a cold, wet and windy day at Wrigley Field, Ogando apparently...
• 4/19 fantasyteamadvice.com: MLB Power Rankings for April 2013: As a guest writer for Fantasy Team Advice I am allowed to write about whatever I please so I have put together my first power...
• 4/18 Monkey with a Halo: The pressure of expectations: April.  What is it with April?  Is spring training not long enough?  Is it the cold weather away from home? ...
• 4/18 mlbreports.com : Rays Need To Call Up Will Myers Pronto!: Like us on Facebook here Thursday Apr.18/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): First off, I wanted to say...
• 4/17 El Maquino: CARDS’ DEFENSE FALLS APART AS BURNETT DOMINATES: > Ty Wigginton swings and misses three straight times, and the game ends in a 5-0 Cardinal loss. This was a pinch-hit appearance,...
• 4/17 Monkey with a Halo: 5 out of left field ideas for Mike Scioscia: Although we have been seeing some signs of life, the pulse still isn’t strong in the Angels. OK, the injuries haven’t...
• 4/17 Monkey with a Halo: GOOD NEWS! Albert Pujols has rediscovered his plate discipline: The Angel lineup has hardly been the unstoppable juggernaut that many projected it would be coming into the 2013 season....
• 4/17 Baseball Musings: Mauer and Power: Joe Mauer collected four hits Tuesday night and is now batting .386. His batting average on balls in play stands at a high .455....
• 4/17 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals – Game 14, Version 2: We are going to lose a Jonathan Sanchez start?  Nooooooooo! Wow. There isn’t much in the world that sums up the 1980s quite...
• 4/17 Baseball News Source: AL Scores: Mauer Leads Twins, Red Sox Pound Indians, Cano Backs Yankees: Joe Mauer had four hits and three RBI in the Minnesota Twins beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-6 at Target Field in Minneapolis.  Angel...
• 4/17 TheFantasyFix.com: Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: April 17, 2013: Welcome to another stirring rendition of the daily fix. Today, I will be playing the MLB $1K Moon Shot ($1000 Guaranteed). I hope...
• 4/16 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated In Season Rankings – Outfielders (OF) – Fantasy baseball 2013: With 2 full weeks in the books, it is time to start updating the in season rankings for all positions in fantasy baseball 2013,...
• 4/16 Jays Journal: Brett Lawrie’s Back!: The Toronto Blue Jays are a game below 500, scoring most of their runs through homers, while the fan base has been patiently waiting...
• 4/16 Monkey with a Halo: The Los Angeles Angels of TOOTBLANaheim: TOOTBLAN [tt'bln] - (noun or verb) The act of an MLB baserunner committing a mental error that results in him being Thrown...
• 4/16 Nolan Writin': Regular Season Musings: So, I was notified via email this morning that my Boston Marathon article has been taken down. So that’s good. Either way,...
• 4/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Strategy: Dealing With Elite Players: Writer’s Note: Monday was obviously a really strange and sad day for everyone. What happened in Boston was an absolute...
• 4/16 Puckett's Pond: Twins Get Off the Schneid Against Anaheim: On a tough night to focus on baseball, the Minnesota Twins snapped a five-game losing streak that spanned eight days, defeating...
• 4/15 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Should Look To Extend Austin Jackson: With the recent extension of Justin Verlander, it has been the assumption of many that the Tigers are now going to turn their...
• 4/15 Vigilante Baseball : Called Shots: Week Three: While the fantasy world continues to wait on Mike Trout to show us what he has in store for an encore, Justin Upton continues...
• 4/15 Monkey with a Halo: Angels Player Power Rankings - Week 3: The Angels just finished another crazy and frustrating week, so to no one's surprise, the rankings have seen arguably the...
• 4/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Early Season Fantasy Baseball Sleepers: A.J. Griffin: If your understanding of the A’s organization under Billy Beane goes beyond the movie Moneyball, you know that they consistently...
• 4/14 TheLeadoffWalk: Astros vs. Angels: Day 14 Observations: Angels 4, Astros 1 Mike Trout: While speed itself never slumps, one of baseball’s fastest players certainly has...
• 4/14 Baseball News Source: AL Scores: Buchholz Dominates Rays, Trout, Hamilton Lead Angels: Clay Buchholz took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and Kelly Johnson‘s broken bat base hit to right field prevented the...
• 4/14 Baseball Musings: Low Run West: The western teams are having problems scoring runs Sunday afternoon. Jorge De La Rosa and Clayton Richard matched six inning shutouts,...
• 4/14 TheLeadoffWalk: Astros vs. Angels: Day 13 Observations: Angels 5, Astros 4 Josh Hamilton: It took longer than the Angels would have liked, but Josh Hamilton finally hit...
• 4/14 Climbing Tal's Hill: Astros can’t hold lead, fall to Angels 5-4: It looked like the Astros were on their way to a fourth straight win Saturday night but they couldn’t quite shut the door...
• 4/13 Baseball Musings: The Best Laid Plans: That blockbuster trade that brought Marlins stars to the Blue Jays doesn’t seem to be working out all that well: The Blue...
• 4/13 BoSox Injection: What’s Up With Jackie Bradley Junior?: Jackie Bradley Junior went out this spring and won himself a spot in Boston’s starting lineup. Baseball traditionalists...
• 4/13 Baseballhotcorner.com: Ten Funny Statistics From This MLB Season: Ten surprising statistics to start the 2013 MLB Season: 1. If on March 30th I took Gio Gonzalez and Clayton Kershaw in HR derby...
• 4/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Angels Game 10: Wrap: Oakland 11, Los Angeles 5. A’s 8-2 (1st Place, 1 game ahead) If baseball had a football schedule one can say that the...
• 4/12 TheLeadoffWalk: Athletics vs. Angels: Day 11 Observations: Athletics 8, Angels 1 Jed Lowrie: Lowrie’s hot-hitting ways continued when he jumped on a first-pitch fastball...
• 4/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Los Angeles Angels rough start feels all too familiar: With another year comes another horrid start for the Los Angeles Angels. After eight games, the Angels are 2-6, the worst record...
• 4/11 Baseballhotcorner.com: 10 Surprising Statistics To Start The 2013 MLB Season: We are now approximately nine games into the young MLB season and there are some interesting statistics developing around the...
• 4/11 WasWatching: Baseball’s Baby Batters: Rk Player WAR/pos Year Age Tm G PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG 1 Bryce Harper 0.4 2013 20 WSN 8 33 6 1 0 4 6 0 6 0 .394...
• 4/11 Baseball Reality Tour: 2013 Leadoff Hitter Power Rankings: The importance of batting order construction is a polarizing debate. I tend to lean towards evidence that batting order construction...
• 4/10 StoopSports.com: With Great Expectations: Jake Chernok- For the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, this season began with anti**** and massive championship aspirations. But...
• 4/10 The Writer's Journey: Fun Cards: 2013 Topps “Dangerous”: Imagine yourself as a pitcher in 1975 and 1976. Now imagine yourself visiting Riverfront Stadium to play against the Cincinnati...
• 4/10 Swingin' A's: A’s Overcome Jarrod Parker, Themselves in Hard Fought Victory Over Angels: As I said last night, this series would be the first true test for the Athletics in 2013, and it did not disappoint.  As the...
• 4/9 MLBTradeRumors: How Many Good Players Are Going Year-To-Year?: More than ever, baseball's best players are choosing the security of a multiyear deal as opposed to the higher risk and reward...
• 4/9 Swingin' A's: The First True Test For the 2013 Oakland Athletics: What started as a 6 month long offseason discussion about how the Athletics could possibly defend their AL West title against...
• 4/8 Tyler's Think Tank: 9 Lessons From Baseball's First Week: Baseball has been back for little more than a week, so what have we learned so far? It's still early, so not much, but here are...
• 4/8 Monkey with a Halo: Angels Player Power Rankings - Week 2: With the first week of the season in the books, the power rankings have already seen a big shake up, mostly because a certain...
• 4/8 Monkey with a Halo: Why do Angel catchers always hit 8th?: During Mike Scioscia's tenure, catchers have always been held to a different standard. His motto has always been that the...
• 4/8 Vigilante Baseball : Called Shots: Week One: It’s strange how one week of meaningful baseball games can change perceptions that were built up over months of preparing for...
• 4/8 Mets Merized: 2013 MLB Draft: High School Outfielders Edition: June is approaching mighty fast, and with it is the wonder, buzz, and speculation of players that could be selected in the first...
• 4/7 Tomahawk Take: Freddie Freeman To DL–Simmons to Wear Sliding Brace: The Braves put RBI machine and first base stretch expert Freddie Freeman on the 15 day DL this morning with an oblique strain. ...
• 4/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Video game review — MLB 2K13 vs. MLB 13 The Show: Opening day has come and gone, yet many debates still linger: Who is the best pitcher? Who will have an MVP-type of season? What...
• 4/6 Baseball Jerks: Have Some Respect For Yourself – Gerardo Parra Edition: Happy fantasy baseball season, folks! It’s been a few weeks since I’ve been able to post here on Sports Jerks but I’m finally...
• 4/6 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Bait And Switch Can Kill A Fantasy Season: The first few days of the baseball season can be an extremely funny time. Some guys struggle initially and we sort of shrug...
• 4/5 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: The Value of Jose Fernandez: The value of interacting with readers is that even if they don’t ask for anything terribly in depth, your answers More......
• 4/5 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Spring Training Stats Mean SomethingSpring training is coming to a close, which means we have 50-80 at bats to consider. I know what you’re More......
• 4/5 TheLeadoffWalk: Angels vs. Rangers: Day Five Observations: Rangers 3, Angels 2 Ian Kinsler: With Craig Gentry on second base following a single and a steal, Kinsler stepped...
• 4/5 Monkey with a Halo: **** after the Angels first series: There's been quite a bit of hype, a lot of expectations that have followed the Angels into the season. The first week of...
• 4/4 TheLeadoffWalk: Angels vs. Reds: Day Four Recap and Observations: Reds 5, Angels 4 Shin-Soo Choo:  Choo led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run. He later added...
• 4/4 Blog Red Machine: Reds Reprise: Lumber Awakes From Slumber?: The winner of today’s tilt would start their season with a series win and a 2-1 record. We know Dusty’s mantra: win...
• 4/4 Seedlings to Stars: Los Angeles Angels Hitting Prospects: More Cowart in Anaheim?: The S2S scanner is aimed at Orange County and future Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.   Did it turn up another Mike Trout?  Doubtful.  ...
• 4/4 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Miami Marlins Still Fishing for that Elusive First Run: The Miami Marlins have yet to score a run this season but to their defense they had to face Stephen Strasburg and Gio Gonzalez...
• 4/4 TheLeadoffWalk: Day Three Quick Hits: Nationals 3, Marlins 0 Gio Gonzalez: Much to the envy of teammate Stephen Strasburg, Gonzalez was allowed...
• 4/3 Blog Red Machine: Reds Win 5-4 as Angels Pitch to Votto: The bats got going tonight. Well, for one inning anyway. Aside from that one inning…crickets. The Reds didn’t even...
• 4/3 Call to the Pen: Things Change Fast For Cincinnati Reds: CINCINNATI–A couple of hours before the Cincinnati Reds took the field at Great American Ball Park for their season opener...
• 4/3 StoopSports.com: No Doubt, Mike Trout: Jake Reiser- The reigning AL Rookie of the Year Mike Trout has a whole career ahead of him, but this season proves the most pivotal...
• 4/3 Monkey with a Halo: The Angels could be looking at another rough April: An 8-15 month of April to start the sunk the 2012 Angels, or at least that is how the narrative goes. It was a month where...
• 4/3 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 MLB Staff Predictions: Nationals Favorite at the Fix: So it took a little longer than expected, but here are the staff predictions for the 2013 MLB season. The Fix staff favors the...
• 4/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: The Value of Jose Fernandez: The value of interacting with readers is that even if they don’t ask for anything terribly in depth, your answers More......
• 4/2 Monkey with a Halo: What might an extension look like for Mike Trout?: If there's one thing we learned from this weekend's extension bonanza, it's that we are not going to see too...
• 4/2 Angelswin.com: Mike Trout Player Profile & Projections: By Robert Cunningham, AngelsWin.com Staff Writer --  2013 Outlook: Although he didn't win AL MVP in 2012,...
• 4/2 Monkey with a Halo: The Monkey predicts the 2013 Angels season: One of my favorite posts to write each year is my official predictions for the season (as opposed to my unofficial predictions,...
• 4/2 Motor City Bengals: Tigers’ Jhonny Peralta On Pace For Best Season Ever: Sample sizes might be considered to be questionable at this point in the season by some, but I really don’t see a problem with...
• 4/2 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball: Week 1 Tools of the Trade: TheFantasyFix.com’s “Tools of the Trade” is a unique guide for owners to use while attempting to make an even trade...
• 4/2 Red Sox Maineiacs: Cousin Jason's 2013 Predictions: With opening day here and an outstanding Sox victory in the books, here are my predictions. American League East Toronto-...
• 4/2 fantasyteamadvice.com: Fantasy baseball news and notes – Opening Day 2013 fantasy waiver wire sleepers and busts – Page 2: This is page 2 of my opening day 2013 article, for page 1 please click here Royals vs White Sox This was the pitcher’s duel...
• 4/2 Puckett's Pond: Big Statisticles: Special Opening Day Edition: Welcome to Big Statisticles, where mild inappropriateness and fantasy baseball reign supreme. Each week this will be your home...
• 4/2 Fire Brand of the American League: Being Nice to Cafardo…As Much As Possible: Nick Cafardo filed a more traditional column this week, and his opinions are kept to a minimum. Of course, when we discover his...
• 4/1 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: Angels vs. Reds April 1st Game Recap: Chris Iannetta's Day in the Sun: How often does the first game of the season feel like a playoff game? MLB billed the game as a potential World Series match-up...
• 4/1 Blog Red Machine: FREE BASEBALL! Oh, Crap. Reds Lose 3-1 in Extras: For the largest regular season crowd in Great American Ball Park history, it was the pitcher’s duel that all the baseball...
• 4/1 Monkey with a Halo: 5 Opening Day Questions for the Angels: With dawn about to break on a new Angels season, there is a ton of anti**** tempered with a few nagging questions. Time will...
• 4/1 StanGraphs: Baseball Is About Tradition and Not Math, Nerds: I’m so sick of all this talk about how we should be reading and studying and understanding why baseball players... Continue...
• 4/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Los Angeles Angels will face tough start to 2013 season: This afternoon, the Los Angeles Angels will finally put all the speculation behind them and begin their 2013 campaign. The Halos...
• 4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Season is Near: Two Dodger Games in California Tonight: That’s a hell of a lineup the Dodgers have for the exhibition in Rancho Cucamonga, isn’t it? Quakes fans get to see...
• 4/1 Monkey with a Halo: Angels Player Power Rankings - 2013 Opening Day Edition: Opening Day is here and with them comes the much anti**** return of our weekly Angels Player Power Rankings. Future rankings...
• 4/1 TheFantasyFix.com: Fantasy Baseball Week 1 Waiver Wire: 3 to Cut, 3 to Catch, 3 to Keep: Welcome to fantasy baseball’s answer to “Marry, Bop, Kill” – “3 to Cut, 3 to Catch, 3 to Keep”. Each week, I’ll...
• 4/1 baseballintheblood.com : The BitB 2013 Awards Forecast: Hello Everyone- Here are my picks for this year’s big winners… AL MVP – Mike Trout Trout may have just had the...
• 4/1 The Cardboard Examiner: SLURPEE STARS: CESAR CEDENO: COKE-FLAVORED SLURPEES: YUMI'M WIRED FOR THE START OF THE SEASON.The 7-Eleven Slurpee cups are the only collectibles I saved from...
• 4/1 Billy-Ball.com: Bryce Harper “I Play” (video): MLB has launched a new marketing campaign created by Hill Holliday, titled “I Play” which showcases the intensity...
• 4/1 We Talk Fantasy Sports: 2013 MLB Award Predictions : AL MVP - Albert PujolsIt was only a few years ago that this guy was the most feared hitter in the MLB and I think he'll bounce...
• 4/1 The Baseball Continuum: The 2013 Season Prediction Spectacular: Okay, so maybe it’s not so spectacular. But here’s my predictions for division winners, awards, etc.: American League:...
• 4/1 Splash Hit Blog: Postseason and Award Predictions: Don’t Worry, They’ll Be Wrong: The regular season begins this Sunday tomorrow at 5:05PM PST when the Texas Rangers play the Houston Astros in that famous AL...
• 4/1 The Flagrant Fan: The Crystal Ball tells all for 2013: The computers have all had their time in the sun over the past few weeks cranking out their projections. And while, the data...
• 4/1 StlSportsMinute.com: Fantasy baseball: 4 players poised to have breakout years: As the baseball season gets set to officially start on Easter Sunday, that only means one thing. Fantasy baseball is set to...
• 4/1 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Spring Training Stats Mean SomethingSpring training is coming to a close, which means we have 50-80 at bats to consider. I know what you’re More......
• 4/1 BoSox Injection: TWiR 2013 American League Preview: If it’s the eve of baseball’s opening day, it must be time for predictions.  Here’s my two cents with some...
• 4/1 BoSox Injection: 2013 Season Preview: Prediction season is once again upon us. Here at BSI, we will be partaking in the festivities as well, with each writer posting...
• 4/1 District On Deck: Ten Bold Predictions For The 2013 Nationals: Recently, notable blog You Can’t Predict Baseball made their bold predictions, one for each team, for the 2013 season. They...
• 4/1 Fire Brand of the American League: Ten Red Sox Predictions For 2013Ten last-minute predictions about the Red Sox major and minor league players and their 2013 seasons. ...
• 4/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Miami Marlins shakeup: Prospect Jose Fernandez promoted: If you’re a Miami Marlins fan – all three of you – then you better sit down, because Sunday’s roster moves are sure to...
• 4/1 Baseball Musings: Happy Opening Day!: It’s the real opening day as baseball fans celebrate the real start of spring. Twelve more pairs of teams kick off 2013...
• 4/1 Baseball Musings: 2013 AL West Preview: The division preview series starts with the AL West. The starting point for my analysis is the 2012 WAR of the position players,...

• 3/30 Sports Out West: MLB Preview: Los Angeles Angels look to re-take the AL West: The Los Angeles Angels front office has done everything possible to win the World Series in the past few years. The team has signed...
• 3/30 Tomahawk Take: Power Rankings And Prognostications: Everybody’s putting out their power ranking and projections for the year so I thought I’d join in. I do it just a bit differently...
• 3/30 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Survive Late Scare To Beat The NOT Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim Of OC Of Disneyland: Angels    8 12 1 Dodgers 9 10 0 WP-Beckett LP-Vargas SV-League HR-A.J. Ellis-1 (GS)-Callaspo-2-Trout-2 The Angels strategy...
• 3/30 Indians Baseball Insider: Who are the Most Intriguing Prospects in 2013?: Today concludes my so-called "adjective" series in which I have looked at various levels of Cleveland's minor league system with...
• 3/29 StanGraphs: 2013 AL Awards Preview: Most Valuable Player Award: Yoenis Cespedes, OF, Oakland Athletics Yoenis the Menace! We’re wasting no time jumping on the...
• 3/29 fantasyteamadvice.com: Final mock draft of 2013 – 8 team H2H points league – Yahoo fantasy baseball: For my final mock draft of the season, I went ahead and parti**** in an 8 team, H2H points based mock over at Yahoo.  I had the...
• 3/29 KC Kingdom: American League Predictions: Detroit Tigers The Team To Beat?: This time of year predictions are always a fun part of sports. Everyone has their opinions on what will happen throughout of the...
• 3/29 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Pre-Season Predictions: 2013 Edition: Jon Paul Morosi of FoxSports claims to be able to call everything basically. I do not. Last year of AL playoff teams I called...
• 3/29 WahoosOnFirst: In Search of Another Joey Votto: The Cleveland Indians showed last year they just don’t have that offensive anchor that any great team needs at its core. Whether...
• 3/29 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Beat The NOT Los Angeles Angels Of Orange County Of Anaheim In First Game Of Freeway Series: Dodgers 3 9 0 Angels    0 2 0 WP-Belisario-1-0 LP-Lowe-0-1 SV-League-1 The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the NOT Los Angeles Angels...
• 3/29 Lasorda's Lair: Spring Training Spotlight: Hyun-jin Ryu: Hyun-jin Ryu got his first taste of Southern California Major League Baseball in his start versus the Angels at Anaheim Stadium...
• 3/28 TheLeadoffWalk: Spring Spotlight: Albert Pujols: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim first baseman Albert Pujols recently made his return to the infield after being limited to...
• 3/28 TheLeadoffWalk: James Shields and Life Outside the Trop: Late on December 10, the Kansas City Royals agreed to a trade that, in principle, sent highly-touted outfield prospect Wil...
• 3/28 TheLeadoffWalk: Finding Playing Time For Jurickson Profar: Rangers shortstop Jurickson Profar deserves to have a starting job on opening day. As his .276/.367/.450 career line exhibits,...
• 3/28 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Season is Near: Two Dodger Games in California Tonight: That’s a hell of a lineup the Dodgers have for the exhibition in Rancho Cucamonga, isn’t it? Quakes fans get to see...
• 3/28 Call to the Pen: Has Window Closed On Texas?: We’re going to see the Texas Rangers first this season since they open on March 31 against that new American League acquisition...
• 3/28 Through The Fence Baseball: ¿Estoy loco? Three bold predictions for the upcoming MLB season: Blues guitarist Leo Kottke once said, “I will literally open my mouth not knowing what is coming out.” In the next several...
• 3/28 MetsToday.com: Mets Trade Elvin Ramirez: Elvin has left the (re)building … Relief pitcher Elvin Ramirez has been traded by the Mets to the California / Los Angeles...
• 3/28 Angelswin.com: GQ Profiles Mike Trout in April Issue: On newsstands now!  In the April issue, GQ caught up with MLB phenom Mike Trout at his winter home, his...
• 3/27 Monkey with a Halo: 2013 Player Projection: Mike Trout: And now we finally get to the projection you have all been waiting for. And now a player that needs no introduction... 2012...
• 3/27 The Baseball Continuum: 2013 MLB Preview part 2: 162 Things Guaranteed to Happen in the 2013 MLB Season (Part 1): What’s going to happen in this, the 2013 Major League Baseball Season? Well, I have 162 ideas- ranging from the serious...
• 3/27 Monkey with a Halo: Five bold predictions for the Angels in 2013: Preseason is a time for bold predictions. Before opening day, every team is tied for first place, thus springing forth eternal...
• 3/27 The Baseball Haven: 2013 Predictions and Useless Guesses: I did this last year and it was interesting, as they were mostly useless guesses as opposed to valuable predictions. However,...
• 3/27 Billy-Ball.com: Should teams add their best prospects to their rosters?: The LA Dodgers optioned Yasiel Puig, who was only hitting .526 this spring to Double-A Chattanooga. The 22-year old Cuban defector...
• 3/27 KC Kingdom: AL West Predictions: Every spring, it is always fun to make pointless and meaningless predictions on the outcome of the upcoming baseball season. Regardless...
• 3/27 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Wells, Angels, Bourjos, Astros: The Angels surprised many on Sunday when they shipped Vernon Wells to the Yankees and received a significant amount of salary...
• 3/27 Fire Brand of the American League: Bradley’s Not Included: Why the Red Sox Should Wait On Jackie Bradley for 11 days.Hunter Golden talks about the most obvious decision that seemingly not so obvious to some. ...
• 3/27 Tyler's Think Tank: AL West Preview: 1st Place--Los Angeles Angels 2012 Record: 89-73 2012 Pythagorean: 88-74 2013 Projected: 92-70 After starting last year 7-15...
• 3/26 Baseball Musings: All Wells that End Wells: The Yankees traded for Vernon Wells, agreeing to take on $14 million of Vernon’s remaining salary. Maybe the Angels can...
• 3/26 StoopSports.com: AL Impact Prospects: Jeff Israel Every year teams search their farm systems for that one young player that will come up and make an instant impact...
• 3/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Yankees Get Vernon Wells…For A.J. Burnett: After all the ridicule the Yankees are receiving for trading for Vernon Wells and agreeing to even pay $13.9 million of the $42...
• 3/26 StanGraphs: 2013 AL Central Preview: 1. Detroit Tigers We correctly predicted the utter slam dunk that was the Tigers wrapping up the AL Central a year ago, and we’re...
• 3/26 Red Sox Maineiacs: Deacon Art's 2013 Baseball Predictions: For a few years now I have made annual predictions for the upcoming baseball season.  These were shared with mostly family...
• 3/25 StlSportsMinute.com: MLB 2013 Preview: Breaking down the American League West Division: Last year, the Oakland Athletics shocked the entire universe by sweeping the Texas Rangers to end the season and lay claim...
• 3/25 Monkey with a Halo: Should Peter Bourjos really play center field over Mike Trout?: Since this is my first post ever, I feel obligated to admit two things up front. First, I am obsessed with baseball statistics;...
• 3/25 Full Spectrum Baseball: Tis The Time For Bold PredictionsIn the last week, the sports world has seen its fair share of bracket fever and the only cure is more predictions! ...
• 3/25 Mastersball.com: Shadow-Drafting Tout Wars Mixed Auction: This Saturday, I was privileged to be invited by Peter Kreutzer to run the online spreadsheet for this year’s Mixed Tout Auction....
• 3/25 Blog Red Machine: 2013 Cincinnati Reds Preview: The Infield: Well, ladies and gentlemen, we are officially inside the one week mark. In 7 long, drawn out days, our Cincinnati Reds will be...
• 3/25 Sports Out West: Vernon Wells trade rumors: Angels will reportedly send veteran to Yankees: Los Angeles Angels veteran outfielder Vernon Wells may be on his way out of Southern California, as multiple sources have told...
• 3/24 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: National League Award Predictions: Predictions are fun.  In March and April, anyone worth their weight in stubby pencils and blog ink will make preseason...
• 3/24 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: American League Award Predictions: Predictions are fun.  In March and April, anyone worth their weight in stubby pencils and blog ink will make preseason predictions. ...
• 3/24 Baseball News Source: New York Yankees Nearing Deal to Acquire Vernon Wells from LA Angels: The Yankees added another player to the revolving door of outfield options on Sunday when they agreed to acquire Vernon Wells...
• 3/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Starting Pitching Key: Tommy Hanson Hanson was once a top Braves’ pitching prospect, all but untouchable in trades…then they...
• 3/24 Call to the Pen: Vernon Wells on Verge of Trade to New York: Yahoo! Sports’ Jeff Passan has reported that the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels are discussing a deal that will send...
• 3/24 Motor City Bengals: 2013 Prediction Time: A.L. West: The West has all of a sudden become very wild. Texas is still a quality club and made the playoffs in 2012. Oakland came out of...
• 3/24 Baseballhotcorner.com: Beware Of Hot Hitters In Spring Training: This should will be an annual article to remind fantasy owners that success in Spring Training doesn’t always carry over...
• 3/24 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels added the top position player available and rounded out their rotation after narrowly missing the 2012 playoffs. Major...
• 3/24 Mets Merized: Baseball’s Paradox: The Road To The Show: You’ve heard it before—ninety percent of the players who sign professional baseball contracts will never play an inning in...
• 3/22 fantasyteamadvice.com: Top 100 fantasy baseball Outfielder Rankings and Projections – Free MLB Draft Kit 2013 (OF): These rankings were updated March 22nd, 2013   Rank Name POS Team R HR RBI SB AVG 1 Mike Trout OF LAA 142 33 85 58 0.306 2 Ryan...
• 3/22 fantasyteamadvice.com: Who to draft with the second overall pick in 2013 fantasy baseball? Roster expectations from the second slot in the draft: Have the second overall pick in your 10 team fantasy baseball draft?  This is an ideal position to be drafting from, obviously,...
• 3/22 EDSBaseball: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Top 50 Outfielders: In the vast majority of fantasy baseball drafts this season, the first player selected is going to be an outfielder.  While...
• 3/21 Monkey with a Halo: The Angels 2013 payroll according to WAR: Last year I did this little exercise to demonstrate how much bang the Angels got for their buck payroll-wise. It was a look...
• 3/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Chasing RibbiesI want to share three thoughts and one piece of trivia on the subject of runs batted in. Being one More......
• 3/21 We Talk Fantasy Sports: First Ever Auction Draft: Yesterday afternoon, I registered for an Auction League Mock Draft on ESPN.  This was my first experience with this style...
• 3/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 10 Fantasy Baseball Auction Draft Tips: Auction drafts aren’t for children. They take drafting to a higher level with their seriously slippery strategy. In auction...
• 3/20 Monkey with a Halo: The forgotten Angels: Chris Iannetta: The Angels preseason press is unequivocal. Mike Trout is the new Mickey Mantle. Pujols, Hamilton and Trumbo are the new...
• 3/20 Monkey with a Halo: A second look at the Angels spring training stats: With spring training baseball up to full speed and headed for the regular season, the news is coming fast and furious. Each...
• 3/20 Monkey with a Halo: 2013 Angels Prospects Countdown #1: Kaleb Cowart: The MWAH prospect countdown finally crosses the finish line with the top prospect in the entire system and only Angel prospect...
• 3/20 Monkey with a Halo: The forgotten Angels: Vernon Wells.: Hi. I’m Jeremy Elwood. Let me introduce myself; I’m a new writer to this site, I’m a huge Angels Fan,...
• 3/20 Angelswin.com: Tim Salmon at the 2013 AngelsWin.com Spring Training Fanfest: (Photo By Jeremy Long - jlongphoto.com) How do you sum up an evening with Mr. Angel? As the first of our guest speakers,...
• 3/20 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Who’d you Rather: Josh Willingham or Mark Trumbo?At a glance, Josh Willingham and Mark Trumbo would appear to be similar players. If they come up with men More......
• 3/19 Baseball Jerks: Eddie Waitkus Was No Roy Hobbs, Just a Good First Baseman: Ruth Ann Steinhagen, the Cubs fanatic who shot Eddie Waitkus in 1949, died late last year. While that’s not much of a story...
• 3/19 mlbreports.com : What Will It Take For Bryce Harper To Be An NL MVP This Year?: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, Mar. 19/2013 By David Huzzard (Nationals Correspondent via Citizens of Natstown.com –...
• 3/19 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting with the first (1st) overall pick in 2013 fantasy baseball – ESPN – 10 team – H2H – each category: Almost everyone dreams of getting the first pick in their fantasy drafts, and hopefully if you find yourself reading this article...
• 3/19 fantasyteamadvice.com: 3rd overall pick in fantasy baseball 2013? Here is an idea of who to take and which players may be available: So you drew the third spot in your fantasy baseball draft and want to know who is likely to fall to you on draft day?  Here are...
• 3/18 BoSox Injection: The Red Sox Bold Move Is To Play Jackie Bradley Now: I’m tired of the intellectual and business discussions regarding Jackie Bradley, Jr. I get that by putting him in the starting...
• 3/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: Are Mike Trout and Wade Miley’s Contracts Fair?: If you followed either of these two stars at all last year, you know they accomplished great things for their teams as rookies....
• 3/18 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Stressed over your First Round pick? You can relax.: My grammie would always say, “If I’ve heard that once, I’ve heard that a 100 times.” And you’re...
• 3/17 Motor City Bengals: What Will Torii Hunter Bring to the Tigers?: As Spring Training enters into it’s “dog days”, the story lines have crystallized – fifth starter competition,...
• 3/17 Baseball Musings: Team Offense, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: The series on team offense continues with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (LAnaheim Angels). The Angels finished fourth in the...
• 3/17 BoSox Injection: Spring Training Statistics Mean Nothing: Spring is a season full of optimism. The greening of the grass, the warm rays of sunshine against your face, and the sound of...
• 3/16 The Captain's Blog: Changes Needed After USA Loss, but Baseball Is the Big Winner in WBC: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) The World Baseball Classic is moving on to San Francisco,...
• 3/16 fantasyteamadvice.com: How much to spend per player in an 8 team auction league draft over at Yahoo for 2013 fantasy baseball: It is always tough to gauge how much is too much per player, and many times it will depend on a multitude of factors including...
• 3/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Los Angeles Angels preview: Bats will guide Halos to playoffs: There was no team more disappointing last season than the Los Angeles Angels. After acquiring a perennial MVP candidate in Albert...
• 3/16 Mets360.com: The wild world of papal elections: It’s official.  The new Pope will be Francis.  He will certainly have his hands full as he tries lead the Catholic world while...
• 3/16 mlbreports.com : Giancarlo Stanton: Stuck In Miami: Like us on Facebook here Satuday, March 16.2013 By Ryan Dana (MLB Reports Writer):  Normally Miami is a desirable destination,...
• 3/15 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Same Face, New Place - Outfield: So many valuable fantasy outfielders have traded in the old cap for a new one.  Some guys will have to live up to the pressure...
• 3/15 mlbreports.com : Baltimore Orioles Payroll In 2013 And Contracts Going Forward Mar.15/2013: Like us on Facebook here Friday, March.15/2013 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): I believe that 2013 will be a regressive season...
• 3/15 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting for a shallow head to head 8 man fantasy baseball league – Yahoo draft results: Let’s face it, some people enjoy drafting in shallow formats because everyone ends up with a stacked lineup.  There is...
• 3/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Forecasting your Top-10We have had a pretty solid debate going via our Facebook page about who should go after the first 4 More......
• 3/15 District On Deck: Previewing the Washington Nationals With Baseball Prospectus Editor-in-Chief Ben Lindbergh: I have already talked briefly about what Baseball Prospectus 2013 and PECOTA have to say about the Washington Nationals, but since...
• 3/14 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Player Profiles: Carlos GonzalezLet me start this one on a bit of a personal note. My cousin is becoming a baseball fan, which More......
• 3/14 numberFire: MLB Fantasy Preview 2013: Top Outfielders Overvalued This Year: Thinking about taking McCutchen or Bautista in the first round? Might want to think again.See More Ryan Braun Mike Trout Matt...
• 3/14 Billy-Ball.com: Why it’s okay to root against the US in the WBC: Let me start by saying that rooting against the US in the World Baseball Classic should not be considered a non-patriotic act....
• 3/14 District On Deck: Fantasy Preview: Bryce Harper: After being touted as one of the best outfield prospects in a long time, Bryce Harper made his debut last season to much fanfare....
• 3/14 Fire Brand of the American League: Know Thy Enemy 2013: New York YankeesJack Keller brings you the 2013 New York Yankees season preview. ...
• 3/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Who’s the number one pick in fantasy baseball this season?: Mike Trout, Ryan Braun, and Miguel Cabrera (in that order) were the top three fantasy baseball players in 2012 according to...
• 3/14 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated current auction values prices and results from 10 team ESPN H2H points draft on March 14th, 2013: Ever parti**** in an auction draft?  If you have, you know the value of having current auction values at your fingertips, and...
• 3/14 fantasyteamadvice.com: Live fantasy baseball snake draft results from ESPN – H2H Points based league: In my continuing quest for fantasy baseball draft perfection I bring you yet another installment of live fantasy baseball snake...
• 3/13 Redlegs Review: A midweek roundup of Reds news and notes: It was all smiles for these guys Tuesday night Don't look now, but after beginning the spring 2-11, the Reds have now...
• 3/13 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Same Face, New Place - Starting Pitching: Last season, A.J. Burnett was the beneficiary of a trade to the Pittsburgh Pirates.  Sounds weird, especially coming from...
• 3/13 Baseball Analytics: Leading off for Cincy, Shin-Soo Choo: Last season, National League leadoff batters hit .257, led by the Colorado Rockies at .279 Last season, National League leadoff...
• 3/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Finding Trading Partners10 months ago Clave wrote an interesting article about seeking fantasy trading partners, and even used a pun in the More......
• 3/12 Redlegs Review: An update on how 20 former Reds are doing this spring: Jared Burton has resurrected his career with MIN Once a Red, always a Red. Isn't that how the saying goes? Although...
• 3/12 Mets Merized: Who’s Down For Matt den Dekker Making The Team?: Do you remember when Citi Field opened the Mets vowed they they were going to build around pitching and defense? Then, they immediately...
• 3/12 mlbreports.com : Burnett’s Career Comes Full Circle With 1st Opening Day Start: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, March.12, 2013 By Brad Cuprik (Pirates Correspondent) It’s hard to believe that in just...
• 3/12 Mets Merized: There’s A Case For Matt den Dekker To Make Team: Do you remember when Citi Field opened the Mets vowed they they were going to build around pitching and defense? Then, they immediately...
• 3/12 New York Mets Report: Making A Case For Matt Den Dekker To Make Team: Do you remember when Citi Field opened the Mets vowed they they were going to build around pitching and defense? Then, they immediately...
• 3/12 The DoubleDay: Drenonomics | The Longoria Window | AL West: Tyler DrenonThe Astros have come a long way from their days as a boarding school for replacement players. Their grassroots renaissance...
• 3/11 Chicken Friars: Poll: Who’s The Bigger Draft Bust, Matt Bush or Donavan Tate?: There is no question that Matt Bush is a total draft bust for the San Diego Padres. The first overall draft pick in the 2004 Major...
• 3/11 Full Spectrum Baseball: Playing The Name Game: Spring Training Edition: This is the first of a two-part spring training edition of Playing the Name Game. This article is targeted at those owners whose...
• 3/11 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Overrated Players, Underrated Value: Like every other fantasy baseball player in the weeks before the draft(s), I often find myself trying to figure something More......
• 3/11 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Finding Outfield ValueAt the tail end of last week I recorded a fantasy baseball podcast segment for The Phil Naessens Show.  We More......
• 3/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball: Boston Red Sox position player projections: If you drafted a player from the Boston Red Sox for your fantasy team last year, he probably underperformed. Nevertheless, I’m...
• 3/10 Mets360.com: Mets need to develop young talent and keep them happy, too: This past week, Mike Trout’s agent, Craig Landis, struck controversy when he stated that his client, an L.A. Angels outfielder,...
• 3/10 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: A look back at the original reporting and analysis found on MLBTR this past week: Steve Adams presented another Transaction...
• 3/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays’ Wil Myers Really Deliver a Mike Trout or Bryce Harper-Esque Rookie Year?: Before the 2012 MLB Season, if you asked someone about the top two outfield prospects in baseball, everyone would name the exact...
• 3/10 The Baseball Haven: Is WAR Useful for Fantasy Leagues?: Wins Above Replacement, better known as WAR, came to the forefront of MVP balloting last season for many voters. Mike Trout, who,...
• 3/10 Baseball Musings: Trout Money: Mike Trout should make more money outside baseball this year than in the game: BodyArmor, Nike, Subway restaurants, J&J Snack...
• 3/9 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Stewart, Young, Bray, Athletics: About 40% of MLBTR readers that parti**** in tonight's poll believe that the Angels should have paid Mike Trout $1MM or more...
• 3/8 MLBTradeRumors: How Much Should The Angels Have Paid Mike Trout?: Earlier this month, the Angels renewed the contract of outfield sensation Mike Trout for $510K, $20K over the league minimum....
• 3/8 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Further Investigation into the Lack of Quality Middle Infielders: Last weekend, I introduced the Gagne Threshold.  I used a variety of criteria to find good middle infielders over the past...
• 3/8 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Sale, Detwiler, Rondon, A's: On this date in 1930, Babe Ruth inked a two-year deal with the Yankees worth $160K which renewed his status as the highest paid...
• 3/8 EDSBaseball: Andrew McCutchen, Pirates to steal more bases in 2013?: Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen is one of baseball's elite players and sure to be an early first-round pick in fantasy...
• 3/8 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Yahoo Fantasy Baseball ADP Mock Draft: Understanding Average Draft Position is a key element to a great draft.  You may feel that other people have players ranked...
• 3/8 KC Kingdom: Royal Rivals: Detroit Tigers: Even though Major League Baseball has tried to increase the excitement and hope of franchises by adding another playoff team to...
• 3/8 District On Deck: Book Review: Baseball Prospectus 2013: If you have any interest in advanced baseball statistics, you’ve probably already heard of the group at Baseball Prospectus....
• 3/8 StoopSports.com: Sophomore Series: Mike Trout: Ricky Guerra- Last season featured star rookie outfielder Mike Trout join the league’s elite with his explosive impact and...
• 3/8 mlbreports.com : Yoenis Cespedes: While Cuba Misses Their Star in the 2013 WBC- the A’s Slugger Looks to be an A.L. MVP Candidate: Like us on Facebook here Friday March 8th, 2013 Jonathan Hacohen  (Lead Baseball Columnist, Oakland A’s Correspondent...
• 3/7 Swingin' A's: The A’s Are A Young Spirit: The A’s are a young, exciting, and rather lively team. Their inexperience does not faze them, but rather motivates them...
• 3/7 Mets Merized: MMO Fantasy Rankings: Outfielders: I heard through the grapevine that the lot of you are looking to Xtreem and I for fantasy advice. Yes, like thirsty wanderers...
• 3/7 Sports are a Game: Being a "Homer": Do you ever not draft a player because he is on your home team? I'm from Chicago so I have two teams. I root for the Cubs, but...
• 3/7 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: Can Bryce Harper Have A Better Age-20 Season Than Mike Trout? : Two things we know: 1. Mike Trout had arguably one of the best age-20 seasons ever. Maybe the best. 2. Bryce Harper had one...
• 3/7 Fire Brand of the American League: Save the DateGet out your calendars Red Sox Nation, it's time to set aside some can't miss days for the upcoming season! ...
• 3/6 Science Witness: Mariners fans still waiting for a hero: In 2008, a group led by Clay Bennett ripped the Supersonics from Seattle to search for browner pastures in Oklahoma City. It is...
• 3/6 Sultan of Squat: 2013 AL West Preview:   My fellow baseball fans. We are almost halfway through the 2013 MLB preview/predictions. If you missed the first two installments,...
• 3/6 AroundTheFoghorn: Spring Training with Stuart: Tempe Diablo Stadium: Ever since 2011, my former girlfriend and now current wife have made it our tradition to make an annual trip out to Arizona for...
• 3/6 The Sports Critic: Major League Baseball: Ranking the 2013 Division Races: The 2013 Major League Baseball season begins on March 31 with most teams playing their first games on April 1. Most teams made...
• 3/6 The Baseball Haven: 2013 Nerdy Baseball Stat Projections: Pitchers: Baseball nerds are looking at all kinds of statistics that weren’t listed on the back of a baseball card when we were growing...
• 3/6 Seedlings to Stars: Los Angeles Angels Hitting Prospects: More Cowart in Anahiem?: The S2S scanner is aimed at Orange County and future Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.   Did it turn up another Mike Trout?  Doubtful.  ...
• 3/6 The High Phive: Jimmy Rollins Leads List of 12 Phillies in WBC: The Philadelphia Phillies season opener is less than a month away. That means roughly 27 days left to work out all the kinks and...
• 3/6 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Upset about Trout’s salary? Then change the CBA: Major League Baseball’ labor agreement defines what pre-arbitration players can be paid – even for a player who may be the...
• 3/6 Science Witness: Mariners fans still waiting for a hero: In 2008, a group led by Clay Bennett ripped the Supersonics from Seattle to search for browner pastures in Oklahoma City. It is...
• 3/6 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Trout, Happ, Chavez: The Angels' $510K renewal of Mike Trout's contract for 2013 has made minor news this week. Now FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports...
• 3/5 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Brian Cashman, Mike Trout, Justin Bieber: Contributors: Jon Sender, Stephen Arenholtz, Zach Pennington, Atman Thakrar The hottest topics for the week of March 3, 2013 …...
• 3/5 Red Sox Life: Better base runner, David Ortiz or Mike Trout?: Maybe the title is a stretch, but David Ortiz did make progress in getting back into game shape today. Ortiz ran the bases...
• 3/5 Tyler's Think Tank: The Plight of Mike Trout: Mike Trout's salary for the 2013 season is $510,000. That's 20 grand above the league minimum, considerably less than what Alex...
• 3/5 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Don’t forget to thank Pujols for WachaSpring pitching phenom Michael Wacha would likely not be a St. Louis Cardinal had Albert Pujols remained....
• 3/5 PhoulBallz.com: The Cody Chronicles, Vol. 3: Asche Focused Strictly on Playing Ball: Fans, Phillies third base prospect Cody Asche is back once again to share his thoughts directly from inside big league spring...
• 3/5 Phillies Nation: The Cody Chronicles, Vol. 3: Asche Focused Strictly on Playing Ball: Fans, Phillies third base prospect Cody Asche is back once again to share his thoughts directly from inside big league spring...
• 3/4 Pinstripe Pundits: Mike Trout, Mickey Mantle, and the Reserve System: The Angels didn’t show Mike Trout and his agent Craig Landis the money. Not yet, at least. They won’t have to for...
• 3/4 Baseballhotcorner.com: Are Mike Trout and Wade Miley’s Contracts Fair?: If you followed either of these two stars at all last year, you know they accomplished great things for their teams as rookies....
• 3/4 Baseball Press: Spring Training Stats Can Mean Something: Did Chris Young miss his breakout season due to injury? (US Presswire)Spring training is in full swing, and fantasy owners everywhere...
• 3/4 Baseball Musings: Viewing Trout and Cabrera: Joe Posnanski talked to someone in the Oakland Athletics front office about the Miguel Cabrera/Mike Trout MVP debate: Zaidi and...
• 3/4 Jays Journal: Good Start Crucial: One of the reasons to doubt the 2013 Toronto Blue Jays according to a lot of people is that recent team spending sprees have not...
• 3/4 That Ball's Outta Here: Angels Doing Everything They Can Make Mike Trout A Phillie In 2018: Every Phillies fan should, right now, at this very moment, stop whatever they’re doing, go to FTD.com, and buy a nice arrangement...
• 3/4 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: Mike Trout's Renewed Contract: Keeping Things Cheap While The Angels Can: The baseball world blew up this weekend when it was announced that the Los Angeles Angels decided to give Mike Trout a small...
• 3/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Mike Trout’s Contract and the Needless Uproar: There’s been an absurd uproar and reaction of shock that the Angels chose to renew Mike Trout‘s contract for $510,000....
• 3/4 Sports Out West: Angels news: Mike Trout understands economics of low salary: The Los Angeles Angels made headlines when they renewed Mike Trout‘s contract for $510,000 after a historic season, and...
• 3/3 El Maquino: FURCAL FALLOUT: TEAM WILL PAY THE PRICE FOR UNPREPAREDNESS: > It just wouldn’t be Cardinal baseball without a major injury in Spring Training. Today it was announced that starting...
• 3/3 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Trout, D'backs, Wilson, Crawford, Rockies: In an ESPN Insider piece (subscription required), Buster Olney lists the Angels renewing Mike Trout's contract for $510K as one...
• 3/3 Baseball News Source: Angels’ Mike Trout: “My Time Will Come”: When the Los Angeles Angels  renewed  American League Rookie of the Year Mike Trout‘s contract on Saturday for $510,000,...
• 3/3 Baseball Musings: Trout Trouble: Jeff Miller thinks the Angels treated Mike Trout poorly: Mike Trout spent the summer of 2012 looking like the next Mickey Mantle....
• 3/3 Sports Out West: Angels renew Mike Trout’s contract for $20K above MLB minimum: Mike Trout will make just $20,000 above the Major League Baseball minimum salary next season as the Los Angeles Angels renewed...
• 3/2 Redlegs Review: Reds place 12 players on Sports Illustrated's top 300 list: The new fantasy baseball season is quickly approaching as team owners continue to do their research before partaking in...
• 3/2 MLBTradeRumors: Los Angeles Notes: Angels, Dodgers, Trout, Wilson: Here's a look at the latest from the two L.A. teams.. The Angels gave star outfielder Mike Trout a $510K contract for next...
• 3/2 Roto Think Tank: CBS AL-Only Analyst Auction: And, in case you missed it, here is the American League link for the CBS auction (held Thursday). My write-up is over at Baseball...
• 3/2 SocraticGadfly: #Pujols bashing alive and well with #stlcards fans: The latest St. Louis Cardinals "homer," writing via Yahoo, to bash former Cardinals and current Angels slugger Albert Pujols,...
• 3/2 New York Mets Report: Trying To Understand The World Baseball Classic; David Wright Departs: David Cone once told me there could never be a true World Series after the real one because there are only so many pitches in...
• 3/2 Mets Merized: MMO Fan Shot: The World Baseball Classic Is Not A Nuisance: In the wee hours of Saturday morning, righthander Chien-Ming Wang tossed six shutout innings to lead Chinese Taipei to a 4-1...
• 3/2 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 7 – Winners/Awards: I hope you enjoyed the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the last week we gave you a team by team look at...
• 3/1 Redlegs Review: Mat Latos, Joey Votto projected to be top 30 players in 2018:   If you are a fan of trying to predict the future five years down the road, this post is for you. Dan Szymborski...
• 3/1 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Trout, Rangers, Felix: One American League executive told Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com that he'd be talking to Mike Trout about a "crazy-long deal"...
• 3/1 Tyler's Think Tank: Red Sox Lineup Projections: C Jarrod Saltalamacchia Salty emerged into one of best power-hitting backstops in baseball by slugging 25 home runs last year...
• 3/1 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey On Cover Of Men’s Health Magazine: Life is pretty good for Buster Posey. When he’s not winning MVP awards, swinging for the fences in his own video game, making...
• 3/1 The Baseball Haven: Top 250: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings:         While I’ve already posted a top 10 fantasy baseball player at each position piece, I figured...

• 2/28 Baseball Musings: Why is This a Headline?: MLB.com has the following headline about the Mets: Mets value OBP above SBs in search for leadoff man Shouldn’t everyone?...
• 2/28 El Maquino: OSCAR TAVERAS IS WORTH WAITING FOR: THE BIG PIECE > Sorry that I have to be the buzzkill two days in a row, but nobody else is writing these columns. By now I...
• 2/28 BoSox Injection: Not So Fast My Friends: Yes, I know The Phenom was 3 for 5 with a stolen base and three runs scored today in an otherwise uneventful Red Sox Grapefruit...
• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Braves, Red Sox, Barton: We can expect Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and Clayton Kershaw to be among the game's best players in 2018, Dan Szymborski of ESPN...
• 2/28 Swingin' A's: Ranking The AL West Outfields: The AL West figures to be a three team race between the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels, and Oakland A’s in 2013. The...
• 2/28 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Angels @ Dodgers Feb 28, 2013: The Joy of Vin Scully in February: Rejoice, for there is televised Dodger baseball. Sure, there’s no Matt Kemp or Carl Crawford — dealing with stiffness...
• 2/28 KC Kingdom: The Royals Love Affair With Luke Hochevar: The continual crush the Kansas City Royals have for starting pitcher Luke Hochevar rolls on.  At some point, the Royals and Manager...
• 2/28 Eye On the Tigers: 2013 Preseason Prediction #1 - Miguel Cabrera: What do you predict for someone who just won the Triple Crown?  Another one?  While Miguel Cabrera has been one of...
• 2/28 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 2 – AL West: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Los Angeles Notes: Dodgers, Harang, Angels: Mike Hampton, a left-handed starter who accumulated 148 wins over 16 big league seasons, is returning to baseball as a pitching...
• 2/27 Call to the Pen: The Milwaukee Brewers: Brew Crew Lite Minus Ryan Braun’s Beer Muscles?: For the second consecutive offseason the biggest news about the Milwaukee Brewers centered around Ryan Braunand his connection...
• 2/27 Through The Fence Baseball: 2013 top 50 MLB prospects countdown: 20-11: Among last year’s top prospects, several failed to emerge as adequate big-league players when their numbers were called. While...
• 2/27 El Maquino: IT’S TIME TO STOP BEING DELUSIONAL ABOUT THE WAINWRIGHT SITUATION: THE BIG PIECE > Been seeing a lot of campaigning by Cards fans for the team to re-sign Adam Wainwright.  Urgent campaigning....
• 2/27 Baseballhotcorner.com: Who Will Bat 2nd For The Los Angeles Angels in 2013?: Fans of the Los Angeles Angels have to be pinching themselves as the 2013 season quickly approaches. Not only did their ball-club make...
• 2/27 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Are Projections Underestimating Bryce Harper?: It goes without saying that I have spent a considerable amount of time angling against Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce...
• 2/27 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: What to do with #1 (or even #2)?: The 2013 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit is finally here, which means that your fantasy draft day is quickly approaching.  The More......
• 2/27 BoSox Injection: Are We Witnessing An Early Ellsbury Exit?: Conventional wisdom would dictate one of two things will happen with Jacoby Ellsbury this year. He’ll either have a monster...
• 2/27 Baseball News Source: Angels News: Josh Hamilton Goes Hitless in Spring Debut:   Josh Hamilton will have to wait another day to find his first hit of the spring with his new Los Angeles Angels team. The...
• 2/26 Blog Red Machine: Ranking the NLC Center Fielders: Andrew McCutchen Ranks Above the Rest: The National League Central’s pool of center fielders is fairly impressive. While hosting an NL MVP candidate last year...
• 2/26 Through The Fence Baseball: 2013 MLB draft: Top 50 high school prospects: The 2013 MLB draft is less than four months away. The high school season is just underway, and while this list will surely change...
• 2/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Trout’s WAR Now Stands For “Weight After Rookie”: Mike Trout has gained between 10 and 15 pounds over the winter and is now said to be 241 pounds. According to Trout and the Angels,...
• 2/26 MLB Injury News: Yankees rumors: Trade for Vernon Wells, Alfonso Soriano not expected: The New York Yankees are currently seeking a fill in for injured outfielder Curtis Granderson, and two names that have come up...
• 2/25 Baseballhotcorner.com: 5 Prospects To Get Excited About: Top 5 prospects I am excited to see…….. Last year was truly a special year for baseball in terms of fans getting to...
• 2/25 Reviewing the Brew: Sabermetrics: Corey Hart And The ‘Clutch’ Factor: If you don’t know what sabermetrics is, read “Moneyball”, a fantastic book by Michael Lewis about the renowned...
• 2/25 Tyler's Think Tank: Who's Number One?: Mike Trout, Ryan Braun, and Miguel Cabrera (in that order) were the top three fantasy baseball players in 2012 according...
• 2/25 MLBTradeRumors: Greinke Gave Rangers Chance To Beat Dodgers' Offer: Zack Greinke signed a contract that made him -- at the time -- the highest-paid right-handed pitcher ever this offseason (Felix...
• 2/25 Sports are a Game: Baseball Draft Strategy: hot and cold players: 2012 was a crazy year for baseball. Miguel Cabrera got the triple crown and yet he had to fight for the MVP award against rookie...
• 2/25 Halo Hangout: Los Angeles Angels News & Notes: Wells, Cordero, Hall, Injuries: As Mike Trout gets set to make his Cactus League Debut today, let’s a look at some news and notes from around Angels camp....
• 2/25 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 2 – AL West: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
• 2/24 Red Sox Maineiacs: What Position Should Xander Bogaerts Play? : When the Nationals drafted Bryce Harper first overall in 2010, he was a power-hitting catcher.  The Nationals decided to...
• 2/23 The Baseball Haven: 2013 Breakout Candidates: If you had written last offseason that Mike Trout was going to score 129 runs, hit 30 home runs, and steal 49 bases in 139 games,...
• 2/23 Tyler's Think Tank: Players Entering Age 27 Seasons: The general consensus among baseball pundits is that a player's prime covers his age 25-29 seasons, even if the steroid era has...
• 2/23 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball: Who to Draft in Round One if You Don’t Have a Top Three Pick: By Jeff Boggis “The Sultan of Stats” of Fantasy Sports Empires Most fantasy baseball league experts have either Mike Trout,...
• 2/23 mlbreports.com : Bryce Harper – The Nats LF: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, February. 23/2013 By David Huzzard (Nationals Correspondent via Citizens of Natstown.com –...
• 2/22 BoSox Injection: It’s World Baseball Classic Time! Are You Not Stoked? Yeah, Neither Am I.: I’ve covered this ground before but I feel I wouldn’t be true to my values if I didn’t give the World Baseball...
• 2/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Who will win the great L.A. debate: Dodgers or Angels?: With the year the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angels had last season, and the moves each has made in the offseason, one has to think:...
• 2/22 Bronx Baseball Daily: 2013 Trenton Thunder Preview: Four stars and seven more with hope: Yes, the title of this article references US history, but watching the Thunder play this year will be nothing like reading a boring...
• 2/22 Tyler's Think Tank: Baseball Over-Unders: Here are the lines released by Atlantis Casino sports book director Steve Mikkelson as well as my personal take on each team....
• 2/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Making fantasy baseball even more fantastic: In this modern world with all of the advances we have made as a society, one area that continues to fall quite short of civility...
• 2/22 Full Spectrum Baseball: Fantasy Forecast: In Florida and Arizona all spring training camps are now kicked into gear. Along with that, Fantasy Baseball leagues are forming...
• 2/22 Full Spectrum Baseball: Trout and Trumbo’s Bag Of TricksCareful. Do not look directly in Mike Trout’s eyes for too long or risk being sucked into his vortex....
• 2/22 Baseballhotcorner.com: Baseball’s War Craft: How Much Stock Do You Put In WAR?:    A sabermetric statistic which measures each player’s win value is still quite subjected in baseball circles due to...
• 2/22 Fire Brand of the American League: The Cold WARAn attempt to re-visit the true meaning of "wins above replacement."...
• 2/22 WasWatching: Mike Trout = Big Angelfish?: Via the L.A. Times - Fear not, Angels fans. Mike Trout assures you he is not fat. Yes, the 21-year-old outfielder reported to...
• 2/22 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: What I like About Fantasy Baseball: Okay, I admit it, fantasy baseball has me completely hooked. That’s probably not much of an admission, since you’re...
• 2/21 Billy-Ball.com: Gone Fishing: Inspired by the Red Sox acquisition of Mike Carp, here is a Nine to Know baseball aquacade Mike Trout Catfish Hunter Tim Salmon...
• 2/21 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Vision: Target & Avoid - AL West Edition: Our good friend Brett Barton (@BrettBarton_FBV) at Fantasy Baseball Vision will help you prep for your upcoming drafts. Last...
• 2/20 Red Sox Life: Sox Trade for Mike Carp in Hopes of Strengthening Bench: The Red Sox have reached a trade agreement with the Seattle Mariners that will send 1B/OF Mike Carp to Boston in exchange...
• 2/20 mlbreports.com : Top Base Stealers Projected For The 2013 MLB Baseball Season: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday February.20/2013 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): Workouts for all teams are in full swing...
• 2/20 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Personalized Pre-Draft Fantasy Rankings: A quick Google search for Fantasy Baseball Rankings returns 21 million results.  There is one from Yahoo! and FantasyPros, ESPN,...
• 2/20 Lasorda's Lair: Matt Kemp and Mike Trout in Tie for Face of MLB Contest: The MLB Network is conducting a fan powered vote to see who will become the “Face of the MLB.” There is a bracket,...
• 2/19 RoxPile: WAR Path: A great article came out this morning on EPSN.com about WAR — Wins Above Replacement. Everyone should definitely go read...
• 2/19 Red Sox Maineiacs: Dempster-Yes, Hamilton-No, Napoli...Maybe?: ...Sandy Rosario-Just wait a couple of days The Red Sox continue to add pieces to the team through free agency after agreeing...
• 2/19 mlbreports.com : Ranking the Top 10 Hitters In The MLB Right Now: Part 1 (1-5): Like us on Facebook here Tuesday February 19th, 2013 By Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Writer) The best hitters in baseball aren’t...
• 2/19 Call to the Pen: The Detroit Tigers Offseason: Top Cats in the AL Central: After being swept in the 2012 World Series by the San Francisco Giants, the Detroit Tigers have a 1-8 record in the Fall Classic...
• 2/19 Fire Brand of the American League: Jonny Gomes a Go Go?: Hunter Golden swoops in on a Tuesday and does the unthinkable. He fondles Jonny Gomes' plate approach and finds new, innovative...
• 2/18 Redlegs Review: Ranking the top 10 left fielders in baseball: Hate him or love him, Braun is one of the best outfielders in the game by: Chase Fitzgerald Staff Writer 1. Ryan...
• 2/18 Baseball Jerks: Five Players To Watch: 2013 Tampa Bay Rays: There are two things that we know about the Tampa Bay Rays. One: Joe Maddon must hate fantasy baseball. How else can you explain...
• 2/18 MLB Dirt: 2013 MLBDirt Mock Draft Results: On January 27, 2013, I had the pleasure of hosting and taking part in the first annual MLBDirt.com Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft....
• 2/17 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 1 Fantasy Baseball MVP for 2013First off, it may seem like a cop-out, but the top of this year’s fantasy baseball class is completely loaded. More......
• 2/16 District On Deck: Bryce Harper: How Good Can He Be In 2013?: I subscribe to Joe Sheehan’s awesome newsletter (and now he is introducing trial memberships if you are interested) and...
• 2/16 MLB Injury News: Angels’ Albert Pujols Will Play Spring Games in March: Los Angeles Angels’ superstar first baseman Albert Pujols will begin testing his surgically repaired right knee within...
• 2/16 Nolan Writin': Preseason Musings: – Richard Durrett joined Galloway & Co. and, you know, discussed the usual. Most of the time was spent on the Nelson...
• 2/16 i70baseball.com: The Royals And Latin America: As we all know, Kansas City has carried a dismal baseball franchise since 1985. But as spring training rolls around, we have to...
• 2/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Grading on the Curve: I’m a fan of the Bell Curve because it can be used to measure almost anything. If you aren’t familiar, it’s...
• 2/15 For Baseball Junkies: Angels All-Time Team v.2012: Today, we're looking at the Angels All-Time team, version 2012 (last year's team can be seen here).In addition to our normal review,...
• 2/15 mlbreports.com : Eight Things To Watch For At Red Sox Spring Training: Like us on Facebook here Friday, February.15, 2013 By Saul Wisnia,  Red Sox Correspondent (Read his blog ‘Fenway Reflections’...
• 2/15 60ft6in.com: OPS+ The number one stat to measure hitters: Recently I was informed by a very wise Sabermetrics professor, if there was one stat to quantify hitting the statistic  to use...
• 2/15 Halo Hangout: Player Weight Is A Big Topic At Los Angeles Angels Camp: A hot topic about the Los Angeles Angels yesterday, after the big three’s press conference, was that of player weight, specifically,...
• 2/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 3. The AL and NL triple crown category winners: We learned something in 2012. Despite many sabermatricians not being terribly impressed by the Triple Crown stats, they still...
• 2/14 Motor City Bengals: The Mike Trout Effect: Guys that can do what Mike Trout did last year are a rarity at any position. Trout played in 139 games, but he ran the bases,...
• 2/14 Full Spectrum Baseball: Joshin’ Around: Pitchers and catchers have reported which means it is time to delve into all, yes all, sorts of fantasy baseball argle bargle!...
• 2/14 Full Spectrum Baseball: A New Kind Of California Gold RushOne of the big off-season topics as always is the Free Agent class choosing their fate....
• 2/14 MLBTradeRumors: L.A. Notes: Greinke, Mattingly, Hamilton, Pujols: Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke is a "baseball junkie," writes FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal, who notes that Greinke parti****...
• 2/13 Full Spectrum Baseball: Joshin’ Around: Pitchers and catchers have reported which means it is time to delve into all, yes all, sorts of fantasy baseball argle bargle!...
• 2/13 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 5 Prospects that will have fantasy value as early as 2013Every fantasy baseball player is itching for the next Mike Trout or Bryce Harper ever since Trout had a season More......
• 2/13 MLB Dirt: 2013 Detroit Tigers Top 16 Prospects: The Detroit Tigers have been drafting and signing high upside talent recently and their system is very heavy with prospects in...
• 2/12 YankeeAnalysts.com: Regression In 2013: Robinson Cano: At the age of 29, Robinson Cano had the best season of his career. The left handed hitter batted .313/.379/.550 with 33 home runs...
• 2/12 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Outfielders Rankings: The Outfield is where you are going to find the most value.  Last season 10 of the top 25, 19 of the top 50 and 36 of the...
• 2/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball: Could 2013 be the year of Manny Machado?: Last season, we all got to see something magical happen; something that defied the logic of baseball itself. Mike Trout, at the...
• 2/11 Baseball Jerks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings – Outfielders: When it comes to ranking fantasy outfielders, the biggest difficulty comes from the sheer volume of choices.  There are simply...
• 2/10 Jays Journal: Team Friendly Contracts Very Friendly: Back in the day on November 12, 2012 the Toronto Blue Jays were still considered a mediocre medium market team. For many years...
• 2/9 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball: Whitewater Drafting: The goal for every draft is to be as prepared as possible. For some, it’s memorizing the magazine when we’re in the bathroom....
• 2/9 Redlegs Review: Ranking the top 10 center fielders in big league baseball: by: Chase Fitzgerald Staff Writer 1. Mike Trout Last season’s stats: HR: 30 RBI: 83 AVG: .326 OPS: .963 OBP:...
• 2/9 mlbreports.com : Mike Trout Had A Wicked 2012 Season: What Does He Do For An Encore In 2013?: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, February.09,  2013 Josh Jones (Angels Correspondent): At Twenty-One Years of Age, Angels phenom...
• 2/8 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: A Championship the Minnesota Twins can win.: The title is deliberately misleading, and I do apologize for that.  I'm not going to talk about how Joe Mauer and Josh ...
• 2/8 Baseball Press: Three Up, Three Down - 2013 Outfielders: Adam Eaton figures to see plenty of at-bats for Arizona in 2013. (US Presswire)Baseball Press presents a returning miniseries...
• 2/8 Redlegs Review: What kind of season can we expect out of Joey Votto?: The 2012 season didn't go quite as planned for Joey Votto. The Canadian slugger missed a significant portion of the season...
• 2/8 PaulLebowitz.com: 2013 Astros Will Be A Pennant Race Factor: The aftermath of the Astros gutting and pending 2013 disaster won’t simply affect their organization. In a positive sense, they’re...
• 2/8 Full Spectrum Baseball: A New Kind Of California Gold RushOne of the big off-season topics as always is the Free Agent class choosing their fate....
• 2/8 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: Los Angeles Angels Starting Lineup Locked Up Through 2014: Jerry Dipoto must like what he has in the 2013 Los Angeles Angels. With the official signing of Alberto Callaspo to a two-year...
• 2/8 mlbreports.com : Will Jose Bautista Get Back To His Hank Aaron Award Winning Ways in 2013?: Like us on Facebook here Friday, February. 08/2013 By Ryan Dana (MLB Reports Intern): Who is Jose Bautista? He is a 32-Year Old,...
• 2/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Buster Posey Fantasy Baseball: How Good is the Giants’ Backstop?After a gruesome injury ended his 2011 season a little less than two months in, Buster Posey showed what an More......
• 2/7 mlbreports.com : Top HR Hitters Projected For The 2013 MLB Baseball Season: Like us on Facebook here Thursday February 7th, 2013 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): 2012 was an exciting year for the long...
• 2/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 9 Guys That Will Give you a Complete LineupAs we continue our countdown to our 2013 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit, I researched 9 guys who will provide you More......
• 2/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball: Eight sleepers well worth waiting for in your draft: Everybody and their brother compiles a fantasy baseball sleeper list this time of the year. In year’s past, we have been...
• 2/6 BoSox Injection: Red Sox, Yankees Position By Position Breakdown: When the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees meet for game one of 162 in the Bronx on April 1, both teams will have a lot...
• 2/5 Bronx Baseball Daily: Just how overpaid is Mark Teixeira?: It’s no secret that Mark Teixeira‘s contract is getting more A-Rod-like every day. The slugger posted a 152 OPS+...
• 2/5 Halo Hangout: Josh Hamilton In The Two Spot For The Los Angeles Angels?: The big question in the Los Angeles Angels’ lineup is who is going to hit two in the order. Who is going to be that bridge...
• 2/5 PaulLebowitz.com: The Astros Strip The Spaceship For Parts: Stat-centric people are looking at the Astros and nodding their heads approvingly at the series of maneuvers that may have improved...
• 2/4 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Third Basemen Rankings: The hot corner is one loaded with young, risky, talent.  Guys like Manny Machado, Brett Lawrie and Mike Moustakas...
• 2/3 Yankees Fans Unite: Mark Teixeira admits he’s overpaid: Mark Teixeira is a key piece to the Yankees organization. He’s one of the best first baseman defensively and he’s...
• 2/3 Blog Red Machine: How Will Shin-Soo Choo’s Defense Affect The Reds In 2013?: The Reds made an important offensive upgrade this winter when they shipped Drew Stubbs out of town, along with shorstop prospect...
• 2/2 Bleeding Yankee Blue: MARK TEIXEIRA'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: I like honesty when it comes to these Big league baseball players.  That's why this quote from Mark Teixeira is so great. ...
• 2/1 District On Deck: Predicting The Nationals, Part Three: The Outfielders: The Washington Nationals outfield has seen a makeover of sorts this off-season with the addition of Denard Span and departure...
• 2/1 Through The Fence Baseball: 2013 MLB mock draft 6.0: First two rounds, including lottery: In my latest 2013 MLB mock draft, I’ve decided to be ambitious and include the second round, as well as the compensation...
• 2/1 Rays Colored Glasses: A Few Brief Thoughts on Baseball’s Season Size and Playoff System Vs. The Other Major Sports: 162 games. Is it too much? It seems crazy, with the season, counting the postseason, stretching basically half the year and games...

• 1/31 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Kobayashi, Rangers, Trout, Wells: The Rangers and Nationals are waiting to hear if Nelson Cruz or Gio Gonzalez could face disciplinary action from Major League...
• 1/31 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Rangers, Mike Trout, Casper Wells: The Rangers and Nationals are waiting to hear if Nelson Cruz or Gio Gonzalez could face disciplinary action from Major League...
• 1/31 BoSox Banter: Five Red Sox prospects who need a favorable 2013: By Jeff Louderback The life of a top prospect is sometimes defined by the peaks and valleys of a stomach-churning rollercoaster....
• 1/30 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: Los Angeles Angels 2013 Depth Chart: Outfield: Over the next week I'll be assessing the Angels depth at various positions. Today, I start with the outfield. It is reasonably...
• 1/30 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: Alberto Callaspo Deserves Your Love: Last week it was reported that the Angels were close to signing Alberto Callaspo to a 2-year deal worth $8.975 million. The narrative...
• 1/30 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: How Likely Are You To See An Angels Home Run?: If you have ever done considerable walking in Brooklyn neighborhoods like Prospect Heights or Park Slope you will notice the tendency...
• 1/30 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: Los Angeles Angels Spring Training Non-Roster Invitees: Who To Watch: Can Grichuk stay healthy in 2012?The Angels released their non-roster spring training invitees yesterday. Amongst the list included...
• 1/30 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: Los Angeles Angels Winter League Performances: One of these days I am going to make it down to Mexico or the Dominican Republic to catch some winter ball. On that note, why...
• 1/30 Halo Hangout: Getting To Know Los Angeles Angels Pitcher Jerome Williams: Jerome Williams, to say the least, has a very colorful background. Williams, now 31 years old, was acquired by the Halos in 2011...
• 1/30 Kings of Kauffman: More Prospect Recognition As Royals Trio Makes MLB.com’s Top 100: Spring training can’t get here quickly enough, but in the meantime, there’s a flurry of prospect information and rankings...
• 1/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball: The big three draft picks in 2013: With January nearly over, we’re almost two months away from opening day and a new season of fantasy baseball. Spring training...
• 1/29 Baseball Jerks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings – Third Basemen: The third base position is as deep, from a fantasy standpoint, as it has been in years. It’s deep enough that if your league...
• 1/28 WasWatching: Top 40 All-Time WAR Rookie Seasons For Position Players: Here is the list - Rk Player WAR/pos Year Age Tm Lg G PA R H HR RBI BB SB BA OBP SLG 1 Mike Trout (RoY-1st) 10.7 2012 20 LAA AL...
• 1/27 Baseball Jerks: Who to Draft First Overall in 2013 Fantasy Baseball and Players to Target in Your Draft: By: Jeff Boggis, “The Sultan of Stats” of Fantasy Sports Empires On my first fantasy baseball podcast this season, I opened...
• 1/25 Baseball Analytics: The Fantasy Baseball Diary: Ryan Braun: "Who should be the first pick in fantasy baseball drafts?" There are three primary candidates for you to consider: Mike Trout,...
• 1/25 Rum Bunter: MLB: The Five Best Position Players 23 And Under: Major League Baseball is always looking for the next superstar, and all 30 clubs have numerous websites dedicated to covering...
• 1/25 Through The Fence Baseball: Jimmy Rollins to represent Team USA in World Baseball Classic:   Jimmy Rollins has been named to the roster for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic. This is the second time Rollins...
• 1/24 Baseball Analytics: The Fantasy Baseball Diary: Mike Trout: Fantasy owners drafting first overall in 2013 are going to be tasked with answering a very important question, who to take with...
• 1/23 Roto Think Tank: Roto Versus Head-to-Head: James from the Carolinas wants to know about the difference between Rotisserie and Head-to-Head formats:Have played Roto for many...
• 1/23 The Sports Provocateur: A.L. West Dream Lineup Powered by Angels and Rangers: The American League West Dream Lineup for 2013, not surprisingly, consists primarily of Texas Rangers and California. Angels....
• 1/23 MLB Injury News: Angels Rumors: Vernon Wells Likely to Remain in LA: While Los Angeles Angels outfielder Vernon Wells has been involved in several trade rumors this offseason, it is “very”...
• 1/22 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Awardin'!: End of year awards are fun.  That is really all they are, but they are fun.  Fun is fun, and everyone knows that. ...
• 1/22 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Heyward, Rolen, Logan, Porcello: It's time for players such as Buster Posey, Mike Trout and Jason Heyward to get long-term contract extensions, Jim Bowden writes...
• 1/22 MLBRandomFandom: The Emergence of Mike Trout: By Nicholas Bell Mike Trout is my favourite baseball player, period. He is the type of player that comes around once in a generation,...
• 1/21 The Sports Provocateur: A.L. Central Dream Lineup: Motown's Monsters Drive the Lineup: The American League Central Dream Lineup is led by the Detroit Tigers dynamic duo in the Three and four holes.  Each of the...
• 1/21 Blog Red Machine: Cincinnati Reds: A Franchise of Firsts:   The Cincinnati Reds franchise is special. It is the oldest  franchise in professional baseball history. In 1869 they began...
• 1/20 The Baseball Haven: Stan Was The Man: When Stan Musial passed away on January 19th, the baseball world lost a special talent and person. Commishioner Bud Selig stated:...
• 1/20 Blog Red Machine: Reds in 2013: Aroldis Chapman: And what do we have here? The Cuban Missile making a leap to the Reds starting rotation. Still creates a bit of a divide among...
• 1/20 Through The Fence Baseball: 2013 MLB draft: Chicago Cubs targets after the first round: With the second-overall selection in the 2013 MLB draft, it has become fairly obvious to most that only a handful of players will...
• 1/19 mlbreports.com : The Angels May Take The Torch As The Best All Around 1-4 Lineup In The MLB: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, January.19,  2013 Josh Jones (Angels Correspondent): The 2013 Los Angeles of Anaheim have...
• 1/18 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: LA Angels Hitting and Pitching Projections: Los Angeles Angels – Predicted Finish: First Place, AL West One thing is clear about the Angels. With their talent, whether...
• 1/18 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 37: Imaginary Road Beef: Let’s just start with the one thin everyone’s been talking about all week. I don’t even feel like doing an intro....
• 1/18 MLB Injury News: Roster for the USA in World Baseball Classic: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 1/18 Halo Hangout: How Erick Aybar Playing In The WBC Can Help The Los Angeles Angels: I said last week not to expect many Los Angeles Angels to be on the rosters of countries in the World Baseball Classic. Well,...
• 1/17 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Morse, Kubel, M's, Angels, Young: Yesterday, Mariners General Manager Jack Zduriencik told reporters, including MLBTR's Mark Polishuk, that while he liked what...
• 1/17 Pinstripe Pundits: Setting Expectations for Three First Round Picks in 2013: With Nick Swisher and Rafael Soriano joining Cleveland and Washington respectively, the Yankees have tacked on two extra draft...
• 1/17 Rays Colored Glasses: A Mike Morse Trade Never Made Sense for the Rays: With the data for pitchers and catchers to report a little under a month away, baseball fans are anxious for some things to happen....
• 1/17 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Hot prospect Oscar Taveras named Dominican Winter League Rookie of the Year: Just days after Baseball America rated him the top prospect in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, Oscar Taveras took home...
• 1/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Happy Birthday Mark Trumbo:   I was wishing Mark Trumbo a happy birthday on this day last year. You’d think he and I were More...The post Happy...
• 1/16 Fire Brand of the American League: Wednesday’s Links – Dust and EchoesThat's all we've heard & seen from the Red Sox lately....
• 1/16 Puckett's Pond: Bright Futures: # 5 – Oswaldo Arcia: Interested to see who could be patrolling your favorite team’s field in the next few years? You can read up on “Bright...
• 1/15 MLBRandomFandom: Why the World Baseball Classic Matters: By Nicholas Bell It goes without saying that the World Baseball Classic is by far the games best and most intriguing way...
• 1/15 MLB Injury News: Rays OF Wil Myers to Start Season in Minors: The Tampa Bay Rays acquired Wil Myers from the Royals this winter in the trade that sent James Shields and Wade Davis to Kansas...
• 1/14 Halo Hangout: Los Angeles Angels Winter Ball Performances: First question: why doesn’t the MLB hook up with the winter ball leagues for broadcasting TV rights? How awesome would it...
• 1/14 MLB Injury News: Angels' Albert Pujols Likely to Play in WBC: Players and teams have a difficult choice when the World Baseball Classic rolls around.  Should superstars play in the tournament...
• 1/13 The Baseball Haven: What If Mike Trout Stumbles?: Mike Trout had, possibly, the greatest season that any rookie could have ever had in 2012. Taking into consideration that Trout...
• 1/13 Behind the Plate: 2013 Left Field RankingsAnother accolade for Mike T [...] ...
• 1/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout not taking part in WBC Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout will not play for the United States in the 2013 World Baseball Classic....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout will not play for the United States in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
• 1/12 Baseball News Source: Giancarlo Stanton in World Baseball Classic, Mike Trout Opts Out: Team USA added another potent bat to the lineup for this year’s World Baseball Classic when it was reported  by CBSSports.com’s...
• 1/12 The Baseball Continuum: Late World Baseball Classic news for January 12 (Part 1 of who-knows-how-many, 6:00 PM): World Baseball Classic news that I didn’t have during my “Who’s In/Out/In-Between” and my other posts...
• 1/12 El Maquino: EM TAKES THE ‘USA TODAY’ ROSTER CHALLENGE: USA Today has this cool thing where they use the median team salary in the Major Leagues to construct the best 25-man roster they...
• 1/11 Roto Think Tank: Bargains and Busts: 2012 A.L. Hitters: 0 0 1 803 4580 Roto Think Tank 38 10 5373 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...
• 1/11 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Is A Top Five Centerfielder According to MLB Network: Gearing up for the season, MLB Network will do a top 10 list for each position and then the top 100 players overall. The lists...
• 1/11 The Baseball Continuum: Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 2:30 PM of Jan. 11, 2013: Today’s World Baseball Classic news as of about 2:30 PM and a reminder that, as more WBC news continues to trickle in, keep...
• 1/11 Fire Brand of the American League: Boston’s Platoon AdvantageThe Sox might have one of the most productive left fielders in the AL, but it comes in the form of two players....
• 1/11 Motor City Bengals: MLB’s Farm System Rankings: #29 Los Angeles Angels: It’s that time of year again. Time to give this prospect junkie his fix. Last year, I did farm system rankings for all of baseball,...
• 1/11 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Wells, Kinsler, Phillies, Robertson: MLBTR’s Ben Nicholson-Smith and Jason Martinez of MLB Depth Charts discussed the Rangers, the Indians and offseason qualifying...
• 1/10 Jays Journal: What If?: Yu Darvish. Prince Fielder. Gio Gonzalez. If those names sound familiar to you it’s because last offseason those were the players...
• 1/10 MLBRandomFandom: LA Angels: Going in the Right Direction: by Kyle RotondoThe Los Angeles Angels have a lot of pieces for the future. We’ve seen Mike Trout debut and win the Rookie of...
• 1/10 El Maquino: UNION MAKES ADMIRABLE MOVE TO CORRECT GAME’S BIGGEST PROBLEM: The biggest Baseball story in 2012 was not the debut of either Bryce Harper or Mike Trout.  It wasn’t Miguel Cabrera‘s...
• 1/9 Halo Hangout: Getting To Know Los Angeles Angels Broadcaster Jose Mota: In 2002, the — then Anaheim Angels — were lucky enough to add Dominican-born Jose Mota to their team of broadcasters....
• 1/9 Halo Hangout: Is Mike Trout The Face Of The Los Angeles Angels?: When you think of the Los Angeles Angels, what is the player that comes to mind the fastest? Is it future Hall of Famer Albert...
• 1/9 Motor City Bengals: Neither Jack Morris Nor Alan Trammell (Nor Anyone Else) Voted Into Hall of Fame: Two longtime Detroit Tigers were on this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame ballot – as they have been for over 10 years each –...
• 1/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Is draft-pick compensation limiting Michael Bourn market?: No player has been more enigmatic this offseason than free-agent outfielder Michael Bourn. Making the National League All-Star...
• 1/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: My New Year’s Resolutions for 2013:   Happy New Year to all of you who read my column – the casual readers, those lured here by Google searches and even the...
• 1/8 STLCardinalBaseball: Do The Cardinals Owe David Freese An Extension?: Professional instigator/occasional columnist Joe Strauss uncorked another craftily-designed tweet guaranteed to agitate his Cardinal-loving...
• 1/8 Through The Fence Baseball: No excuses for Mike Scioscia, Los Angeles Angels in 2013: In much the same fashion as 2012, the Los Angeles Angels will enter their 2013 campaign with plenty of lofty expectations. GM...
• 1/7 SoDo Mojo: Stanton, Upton, and Ethier Trade Rumors: The Mariners are desperate for bats according to several baseball reporters, and they are already in pursuit of three power hitting...
• 1/7 Halo Hangout: ZiPS Projections And The 2013 Angels: Projection season is upon us. While Fangraphs already has the BABIP inflated Bill James projections along with those done by Fans...
• 1/7 District On Deck: What Denard Span Brings To The Nationals: A little over a month has passed since the Washington Nationals acquired their biggest prize of the offseason, centerfielder Denard...
• 1/7 Baseball News Source: 2013 Top 10 Major League Prospects – Baseball News Source: Jurickson Profar heads the list of Top 10 Prospects for 2013 In 2012, Major League Baseball experienced a memorable year for young...
• 1/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013 Draft Strategy: The Debate for No. 1: Barring some unforeseen circumstances, the top three players drafted in the overwhelming amount of fantasy drafts this season...
• 1/6 Nolan Writin': Rangers Sign Berkman For One Year, $11M: Whether due to the silent calm of inactivity, or the potential that he is indeed a difference maker, this morning’s signing...
• 1/6 MLB Injury News: Angels' Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton Worth the Contract?: Jerome Manson is a sports enthusiast who enjoys both watching games and studying various teams’ successes and failures. When...
• 1/5 mlbreports.com : The Los Angeles Angels Roster in 2013: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, January.05,  2013 Josh Jones (Angels Correspondent): Look-back at last year: 2012 was a year,...
• 1/4 mlbreports.com : Vargas/Morales Trade Fills Needs For Both Teams: Like us on Facebook here Friday, January.04,  2012 Nicholas Rossoletti (MLB Trade Correspondent): It is rare in baseball that...
• 1/4 Halo Hangout: My Hall of Fame Ballot: Happy Hall of Fame induction season everyone. I’m sure you’ve already been bludgeoned over the head repeatedly with...
• 1/3 El Maquino: EM’S INADVISABLE AND WAY TOO EARLY 2013 POWER RANKINGS: Major qualified free agents Kyle Lohse and Michael Bourn remain unsigned due to the first round draft pick that has been assigned...

• 12/31 Nolan Writin': Profiling The Top-20 Position Prospects: Since it’s the time of year where these lists start again to mean something, I figure to delve out my top-20 list of Rangers’...
• 12/31 Halo Hangout: The Los Angeles Angels Infield Defense Is Going To Be Important Too: Much has been made about the Angels outfield defense for 2013. In all honesty, with Mike Trout, Peter Bourjos and Josh Hamilton...
• 12/30 Jays Journal: Blue Jays Top 5 of 2012 – #2 The Encarnacion Emergence: With the new year nearly upon us and fans clambering for the beginning of the 2013 season, it is only appropriate to look back...
• 12/30 Tyler's Think Tank: Round Numbers: We love round numbers in baseball. Psychologically, there's a big difference between a .300 hitter and a .296 hitter, a 20 game...
• 12/29 The Baseball Continuum: Images of 2012: Year of the TroutWithout further comment: Mike Trout. Photo by Keith Allison. Used under a Creative Commons license....
• 12/29 Through The Fence Baseball: 2013 MLB mock draft 5.0: Including supplemental and lottery picks:   The first round of the 2013 MLB draft is shrinking. When the Los Angeles Angels signed free agent Josh Hamilton a couple...
• 12/29 Halo Hangout: The Two Most Important Los Angeles Angels For 2013: If the Angels are going to get back into the playoffs, everyone is going to have to contribute. Mike Trout is going to have to...
• 12/28 Jays Journal: Blue Jays Top 5 of 2012 – #4 The Shut-Out Experience: With the new year nearly upon us and fans clamboring for the beginning of the 2013 season, it is only appropriate to look back...
• 12/28 Halo Hangout: How The Los Angeles Angels’ Bench May Be Built From Within In 2013: One of the possible strengths on the Angels for next season may be the bench. The Angels will probably have a very deep bench...
• 12/28 Jays Journal: Former All Stars All Around Diamond: When baseball commentators and analyst talk about great contending teams they tend to mention how many former all-stars are on...
• 12/27 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Predicting the Future of Fantasy Baseball: Playing fantasy baseball means that you’re attempting to predict the future. We’re trying to predict a player’s...
• 12/26 Tyler's Think Tank: 12 Best Baseball Players of 2012: Trout was baseball's bast player in 2012 (ESPN) 1. Mike Trout Unquestionably the most valuable player in baseball this...
• 12/26 Through The Fence Baseball: End of year countdown: Mike Trout atop best-player list in 2012: As the year winds down to its official close next Monday, we shift from season’s greetings to best-of list countdowns. Here’s...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition #6 – Hamilton, Sanchez, Myers: The signing of Josh Hamilton was big news this week Editor’s Note: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition is a new weekly...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Josh Hamilton and Angels Reach Agreement: Five-years $125 million: The Angels acted swiftly and decisively to sign Hamilton Josh Hamilton has agreed to a five-year contract with the Los Angeles...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Angels, Mariners Trade: Kendrys Morales for Jason Vargas: Morales and Vargas are set to hit free agency after the 2013 season That was fast. Earlier today it was reported through various...
• 12/22 Halo Hangout: Angels Inching Closer to an All Time .500 Record: Baseball, has quite a long history. Baseball-Reference puts it as far back as 1861. Hundreds of teams have existed during that...
• 12/21 West Coast Reds: Cueto Finishes Fourth in NL Cy Young Voting: Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey won the National League Cy Young Award Wednesday, beating out Dodger star Clayton Kershaw, Nationals...
• 12/21 KC Kingdom: More Trade Fallout: Stop Bashing Wil Myers: Blockbuster or blockheaded? Whether you are for or against Dayton Moore’s mega trade with the Rays, hopefully we’ve...
• 12/19 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Trout, Rockies, Hanrahan: What would a contract extension for Mike Trout look like? Though the Angels aren’t currently discussing a long-term deal with...
• 12/19 Baseball Jerks: Kendrys Morales Trade Deprives us of the Full Mike Trout Experience: The Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Angels paired up on a trade on Wednesday, with the Anels sending first baseman/designated...
• 12/19 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Breaking Down Kendrys Morales-Jason Vargas Trade: An interesting trade occurred today between division rivals when the Angels traded first baseman Kendrys Morales to the Mariners...
• 12/19 North and South of Royal Brougham: Kendrys Morales for Jason Vargas a Significant Net Gain for the Mariners: The Mariners made a trade this afternoon that is quite frankly phenomenal. There’s not sense being poetic or cryptic over the...
• 12/19 Baseball News Source: Angels, Mariners Trade: Kendrys Morales for Jason Vargas: Morales and Vargas are set to hit free agency after the 2013 season That was fast. Earlier today it was reported through various...
• 12/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Would Kendrys Morales Be A Worthwhile Acquisition for the Rays?: Sometimes a sequence of events seems to fall perfectly into place. After the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Josh Hamilton,...
• 12/18 Baseball Musings: Bayes, Batting Average, and Mike Trout: Can Mike Trout hit .400? Photo: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Bayes Rule allows the calculation of a difficult to measure...
• 12/18 mlbreports.com : The Battle Of Los Angeles: Dodgers or Angels?: Tuesday December 18, 2012 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Intern):  . 2012 was a year to remember for Los Angeles fans. Even though...
• 12/18 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Drew Stubbs: What Move to Cleveland will do: As Drew Stubbs sped through the minor leagues averaging nearly 30 stolen bases per year while increasing his steals each More......
• 12/18 Phillies Nation: PN Mailbag #5: Mega Powers Explode: Lot of questions this week to check out, not a lot of time – let’s get to it! From willcorr91 via Twitter: Now that...
• 12/17 STLCardinalBaseball: Why Are The Cardinals Interested In Bud Norris?: “Baseball Insider” Jon Heyman of CBS Sports released a Twitter fart earlier this afternoon involving the Cardinals...
• 12/17 Halo Hangout: Angels Won’t Trade Mark Trumbo: With the Angels mystery-teaming MLB again by coming from nowhere to sign Josh Hamilton, the Anaheim based team enters 2013 in...
• 12/17 Full Spectrum Baseball: Josh Hamilton and The Changing Face of the American LeagueUntil recently, the Angels were planning on sporting no more than a $145 million payroll in 2013. Enter Josh Hamilton....
• 12/17 MLB Dirt: Baseball Notes for December 17, 2012: The baseball offseason is a busy time. Really, no further introduction is needed for the notes from this past week. ***The hyperbole...
• 12/15 My Pinstripes: Hamilton Official to Halos: Go west not so young man; perhaps that was the calling Josh Hamilton heard when he decided to sign with the Los Angeles...
• 12/15 The Daily Fungo: Tigers and Angels Talking Porcello?: It’s clear the Tigers are shopping Brennan Boesch and, with the return of Anibal Sanchez to the rotation, Rick Porcello’s...
• 12/15 Call to the Pen: Reasons to Worry About Josh Hamilton in Los Angeles: Josh Hamiltonis one of the best players in baseball, and the Los Angeles Angels have him on board for the next five seasons. His...
• 12/15 Fire Brand of the American League: An Ode to Kevin YoukilisWe will miss you, number 20...
• 12/15 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Tigers, Padres, Walker, Webb: The Tigers' re-signing of Anibal Sanchez puts them right there with the Angels as favorites to win the American League in 2013,...
• 12/14 Red Sox Maineiacs: Dempster-Yes, Hamilton-No, Napoli...Maybe?: ...Sandy Rosario-Just wait a couple of days The Red Sox continue to add pieces to the team through free agency after agreeing...
• 12/14 Baseball News Source: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition #6 – Hamilton, Sanchez, Myers: The signing of Josh Hamilton was big news this week Editor’s Note: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition is a new weekly...
• 12/14 Rays Colored Glasses: The Angels Signing Josh Hamilton Is The Antithesis of Everything the Rays Believe In: As a Rays fan, it frustrating knowing that so many of the Rays’ best young players are bound to become free agents and sign...
• 12/14 Lasorda's Lair: Are The Angels Trying To One-Up The Dodgers? Nope They Want To Win: Over the last year and a half, the balance of power in Major league Baseball has shifted. For years, the east coast teams dominated...
• 12/14 Blog Red Machine: The Search for “It” Day Five // What Choo Lookin’ At?: This is part five of my attempt to find a true “It” factor on the Cincinnati Reds 40 man roster. Each article in the series...
• 12/14 Baseballhotcorner.com: Fan Fuel: What’s Next After Rangers Lose Hamilton To Angels?: BY CLAYTON RICHER – FAN FUEL BLOGGER In less than a week the two biggest most tantalizing free agents have fallen to the...
• 12/14 Full Spectrum Baseball: Hamilton Did Not Owe The Rangers Anything: The Rangers should realize that they simply got outbid and caught trying to low-ball one of today's bright stars. If you could...
• 12/14 YankeeAnalysts.com: Trade Musing: Peter Bourjos, Mark Trumbo, And Hank Conger: I used to think the Angels had too many outfielders on their team, then they went ahead and gave Josh Hamilton a five-year $125...
• 12/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Why the Chicago Cubs should trade for Peter Bourjos: Call it wish-full thinking, but, in my opinion, the Cubs should trade for Los Angeles Angels back-up center fielder Peter Bourjos. Bourjos...
• 12/14 Mets360.com: Analyzing a new potential trading partner for the Mets: Los Angeles Angels: Surely all of you have heard the news of Josh Hamilton signing a lucrative five-year deal (worth approximately $125 million) with...
• 12/14 Swingin' A's: I Don’t Care About Josh Hamilton, And Neither Should You: The mystery team has struck again, seemingly out of nowhere the Los Angeles Angels skipped all the courting and schmoozing and...
• 12/14 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Competition Exists Outside A.L. Central: With the Tigers clearly looking like the best team in the A.L. Central, the competition to get back to the World Series just got...
• 12/13 Behind the Plate: Halos Not Joshin' Around with Hamilton [...] ...
• 12/13 Baseball Jerks: Angels Sign Josh Hamilton, Now the Lineup Question: Just when we thought Major League Baseball’s Hot Stove season couldn’t get any more unpredictable, the Los Angeles...
• 12/13 SoDo Mojo: What Hamilton to the Angels means for the Ms: I am sure all of you heard the news about Josh Hamilton agreeing to a 5 year, $125 million contract with the AL West rival Angels....
• 12/13 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Josh Hamilton Signs With the Halos: The Angels hope Josh Hamilton can help them reach the playoffs. (US Presswire)The Josh Hamilton sweepstakes are finally over,...
• 12/13 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Once Again: Josh Hamilton Or Matt Kemp?: Hey, I’m happy the Angels signed Josh Hamilton today. Unlike many Dodger fans, I bear little ill will towards the Angels,...
• 12/13 Baseball Jerks: Angels In the Outfield: Josh Hamilton Signs with Anaheim: ESPN Los Angeles is reporting that the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have agreed to terms with the offseason’s biggest free...
• 12/13 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Hamilton Joining Pujols in Los Angeles: Leave it to Arte Moreno and Jerry DiPoto to come out of the blue and strike for the big position playing fish on the market....
• 12/13 SocraticGadfly: Hamilton to Angels - time for that all-LA Freeway Series: Josh Hamilton/ESPN photo Well, it didn't take the Los Angeles Angels very long to get over losing Zack Greinke. They just...
• 12/13 Baseball Musings: Hamilton Joins the Angels: Josh Hamilton signs a five-year, $125 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: As AL Rookie of the Year Mike Trout...
• 12/13 The Baseball Continuum: The West Is (Number) One: Josh Hamilton, the prize hitter on the free agent market, is a Los Angeles Angel of Anaheim. And so continues the movement of...
• 12/13 The Baseball Haven: Angel in the Outfield: Hamilton Signs for $125 Million: According to ESPN Dallas, free agent outfielder Josh Hamilton signed a five-year, $125 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels...
• 12/13 Baseball News Source: Josh Hamilton and Angels Reach Agreement: Five-years $125 million: The Angels acted swiftly and decisively to sign Hamilton Josh Hamilton has agreed to a five-year contract with the Los Angeles...
• 12/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): Hamilton signs with Angels: See, I told you so. Though truth be told, I didn't really expect that Josh Hamilton would be signing with the Orange County Angels...
• 12/13 Call to the Pen: Josh Hamilton Lands with Angels: The Los Angeles Angels didn’t manage to sign the best pitcher on the market, but it appears that they did get their hands...
• 12/13 Halo Hangout: Angels Sign Josh Hamilton To Five Year-$125 Million Contract: Maybe Jerry Dipoto is a big fan of my work. Earlier in the off-season, I talked about how the Angels should target Josh Hamilton...
• 12/13 MLBTradeRumors: Angels To Sign Josh Hamilton: 1:39pm: It's a five-year, $125MM contract, ESPNDallas.com reports. 1:22pm: For the second time in as many offseasons, the Angels...
• 12/13 MLBTradeRumors: Angels, Josh Hamilton Nearing Deal: The Angels are getting close to a deal with Josh Hamilton, Yahoo's Tim Brown reports (on Twitter). The deal with the Moye Sports...
• 12/13 Through The Fence Baseball: 2013 MLB draft: Interview with projected top pick Clint Frazier: Clint Frazier is a 6’-1 200 pound center fielder from Loganville HS in Georgia. He is widely regarded as one of the top two...
• 12/12 MLBRandomFandom: Los Angeles Angels Team Page: LOS ANGELES ANGELSMLBDepthCharts Team PagePlayers 1-25 by Number Score1. Mike Trout (9.25)2. Jered Weaver (9)3. Albert Pujols...
• 12/11 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Rockies, Fowler, Greinke, Dodgers: The Diamondbacks could be on the verge of completing a three-team deal with the Indians and Reds, but that's not all that's happening...
• 12/10 MLBRandomFandom: Top 10 Impact Prospects for 2013: By Brian CarrOne of my mottos is that it is never too soon to start thinking about the upcoming baseball season. In fact, there...
• 12/10 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Royals Pull Trigger for Shields: Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /*...
• 12/10 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Trade Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi, Mike Montgomery to Tampa for James Shields, Wade Davis: A tweet by Ken Rosenthal confirming a previous report by Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times indicates that the Royals and Rays...
• 12/9 Tyler's Think Tank: Dodgers Get Greinke: Four months ago the Los Angeles Angels won the Zack Greinke sweepstakes. This time around, the other baseball team in Hollywood...
• 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Cabrera Won; Deal with It: by Mike Kravik Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
• 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Up-And-Comers: Outfielders: This is the final article of MLBRandomFandom's Up-And-Comers series. Today: Outfieldersby Jon BeckerIn the 2012 season, many good...
• 12/9 Kings of Kauffman: Luke Hochevar Returns: It’s been slightly over a week now since the Royals decided to keep Luke Hochevar around and I am still coming to grips...
• 12/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Zack Greinke: Dodgers New Ace Will Stay Strong with LA’s NL TeamThe biggest pitching name of this year’s class is off of the market as per John Heyman of CBS Sports, More......
• 12/8 Bronx Baseball Daily: BBDP: Yankees Top 10 Outfield Prospects: Outfield prospects have not been a strong suit for the Yankees organization since Brett Gardner and Melky Cabrera were coming...
• 12/7 MLB Dirt: 2013 Los Angeles Angels Top 16 Prospects: The Los Angeles Angels system has become depleted largely due to promotions of some guy named Mike Trout and Garrett Richards,...
• 12/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Shane Victorino Red Sox: Fantasy Baseball Value of The Flyin’ HawaiianA day after landing Mike Napoli, the Red Sox are at it again. Today, Boston signed Shane Victorino to a three-year More......
• 12/5 MLB Dirt: 2012 All-Fantasy Team: This is part one of three in a 2012 season’s end report on fantasy baseball. The first installment will be the top overall...
• 12/4 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Shane Victorino Red Sox: Fantasy Baseball Value of The Flyin’ Hawaiian: A day after landing Mike Napoli, the Red Sox are at it again. Today, Boston signed Shane Victorino to a three-year More...The...

• 11/30 Blog Red Machine: Manager of the Year? Still Dusty Baker to Me: I avoided writing about Johnny B. “Dusty” Baker after Davey Johnson was awarded the manager of the year award.  But...
• 11/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Will your team’s free-agent Match bring eHarmony?:   I know haven’t been around much recently, and I sure hope that you haven’t started thinking that it’s something you...
• 11/30 Through The Fence Baseball: 2013 MLB Mock Draft 4.0: New draft rules already taking effect: There are quite a few changes to the MLB amateur draft this year. Aside from the lottery selections at the end of the first round,...
• 11/30 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 30: Getting Dinged for Pills: Earlier this week, I posted a column on this site about how we deal with mental illness in sports and society. The reception was...
• 11/30 mlbreports.com : MLB Should Distribute More Games Against All Teams For Every Club: Thursday, Nov.29/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer/Website Owner): I wrote an article about 6 months ago that investigated...
• 11/29 Diamond Ring: Mighty Mike Trout: There's a fun little "club" in baseball called the 30-30 club. The players in this club are speed/power guys. They have hit 30...
• 11/29 Yanks Go Yard: Grading the Yankees: Robinson Cano: Robinson Cano is by far the best player on the New York Yankees. In my opinion, this is seen with the eyes and on the stat sheet....
• 11/28 BoSox Injection: Runs, Hits and Errors: Baseball, Music, The Making of Stars and a Culture of Shared Experience: With less than a week to go before the winter meetings begin fever pitch media coverage is reaching a crescendo, well at least...
• 11/28 Radical Baseball: Back to the Future: one year contracts?: Some of the comments about the death of the original pioneer baseball union leader Marvin Miller dealt with his having negotiated...
• 11/28 Halo Hangout: Should The Angels Go After R.A. Dickey?: Usually in New York, The Yankees are the ones making the big headlines, however, the Mets are in the limelight right now due to...
• 11/28 MetsToday.com: The Contract Offer: Wright or Wrong?: I’ve been avoiding the subject of contract extensions for David Wright and R.A. Dickey because A) I don’t feel like...
• 11/28 Swingin' A's: A’s Find Themselves All Over the Gibby Awards: Just when you thought all the postseason awards had been handed out, the nominations for the 2012 Gibby Awards (Greatness in Baseball...
• 11/27 Blog Red Machine: Is It Time to Make “The Move”?: The 2013 season beckons and and I have fought tirelessly to avoid a certain truth that Walt Jocketty must face.  You may be surprised to...
• 11/27 Talkin Sox with Dan: Catching up with the Red Sox: I remember watching the television and reading the articles that came after the Red Sox traded for Adrian Gonzalez and signed...
• 11/27 Halo Hangout: Happy Birthday Mike Scioscia: Angels skipper and Howard’s Appliance & Big Screen Superstore front man Mike Scioscia turns 54 on Tuesday. Scioscia...
• 11/27 Splash Hit Blog: A Bu$ter Po$ey Po$t: So often it is that when one person begins to discuss something, others follow. Chris Quick of Bay City Ball wrote up a piece...
• 11/27 Splash Hit Blog: The MVPs: And We Can Finally Move On: The National League was up first discussing guys like Ryan Braun, Buster Posey, and Yadier Molina were discussed by MLB Network,...
• 11/27 Radical Baseball: Cabrera, Granderson, Hamilton, Trout home/road Home Run rates.: (What if) Curtis Granderson and/or Josh Hamilton hit two homers in the final game to pass Cabrera? That's...
• 11/27 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: How to Choose the Right Fantasy Baseball Projections: Did you know that Andrew McCutchen will hit 27 HRs, steal 24 bases, and hit at a .298 average for More...The post How to Choose...
• 11/27 Call to the Pen: Trading Wil Myers Something Royals Shouldn’t Even Consider: Desperation is a dangerous thing and can lead to poor decisions. When you can feel that your dream job is in jeopardy, it can...
• 11/26 Crashburn Alley: Greinke, Hamilton, Mental Health, Masculinity and Dignity: I know it’s been literally months since I’ve written anything even remotely serious here, but I just want to warn...
• 11/26 Venom Strikes: Waning Patience for Upton’s Potential Fueled by Trout and Harper: The topic of Justin Upton and his prospects as a franchise cornerstone for a major league team, to this point in his career, have...
• 11/26 Crashburn Alley: Greinke, Hamilton, Mental Health, Masculinity and Dignity: I know it’s been literally months since I’ve written anything even remotely serious here, but I just want to warn...
• 11/26 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Carlos Gonzalez Fantasy: OF Must Stay in Colorado to Remain Elite: I drafted Carlos Gonzalez in 2010 in an auction draft for $22. People scoffed at what I paid. This was More...The post Carlos...
• 11/24 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Looking Deep into the Minor Leagues: This is a Guest Post by Andy Young. Check out his blog at outliarbaseball.com or follow him on Twitter @outliarbaseball. Outliar...
• 11/23 Radical Baseball: Miguel Cabrera MVP supporters: what if ...: 1. Curtis Granderson and/or Josh Hamilton hit two homers in the final game to pass Cabrera? 2. Chicago White Sox sucked just...
• 11/23 Bleeding Yankee Blue: ANALYZING THE TROUT VS. CABRERA MVP VOTE: I want to preface this with saying that even though I am a Yankees fan, I am a baseball fan first and can recognize and...
• 11/21 MLBRandomFandom: Cabrera Won; Deal with It: by Mike Kravik Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
• 11/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: The Crazy Man Value of Billy Hamilton!: Billy Hamilton won’t see much major league time in 2013, if any. Zack Cozart plays a solid shortstop and Dusty More...The...
• 11/20 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Miguel Cabrera, Twinkies, Jessica Simpson:   Contributors: Eliza Bayne, Zach Pennington, Stephen Arenholtz, Atman Thakrar The hottest topics for the week of November...
• 11/20 Tomahawk Take: Your Most Valuable Player Choice Depends How You Define It: What Does Most Valuable Mean? Value is a relative term but it essentially is a measure of worth. That can be monetary worth or ...
• 11/20 Baseball Jerks: Bidding War Expected to Drive Up Greinke’s Pay Day: Zack Greinke, the top starter available on the free agent market this winter, will command a big pay day, for sure. Though just...
• 11/20 WahoosOnFirst: Indians are Smart to Consider Trading Asdrubal Cabrera, Shin-Soo Choo: On Monday, CBS Sports’ Danny Knobler reported that the Cleveland Indians “have let teams know they’re willing...
• 11/19 Tyler's Think Tank: MVP Reaction: The debate between Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera has been raging for months, and by this point it's been analyzed to death....
• 11/19 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Baseball Vault: Trades and Tirades: In the wake of the Miguel Cabrera vs. Mike Trout debate, Jeff and Mike responded to the apparent eyes vs. numbers argument put...
• 11/19 Halo Hangout: Kaleb Cowart: A Top Prospect On The Field And In The Woods: The Angels are hoping that prospect Kaleb Cowart will provide the fire power the Halos have been in need of since the days of...
• 11/19 MLB Dirt: Baseball Notes For November 19, 2012: It’s unclear why the baseball offseason is referred to in such a way. It seems that just as much goes on when games aren’t...
• 11/19 Tyler's Think Tank: Tricky Dickey, Price is Right: Justin Verlander and Clayton Kershaw replicated their numbers from 2011, when both won their league's pitching triple crowns...
• 11/18 Baseball Musings: Trout’s Career: Does a Hall of Fame career lie ahead for Mike Trout? Photo: Tim Heitman-US PRESSWIRE I thought it might be interesting to take...
• 11/18 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo's Latest: Blockbuster, Cabrera, Pavano, Grilli: In his Sunday Notes column, Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe says Miguel Cabrera was a worthy MVP winner even if the data supported...
• 11/17 Radical Baseball: Cabrera v. Trout on the road against the other teams.: Sunday, May 22, 2011 Williams v. DiMaggio on the road against the six other teams. I just started comparing Ted Williams and...
• 11/17 MLBRandomFandom: Up-And-Comers: Outfielders: This is the final article of MLBRandomFandom's Up-And-Comers series. Today: Outfieldersby Jon BeckerIn the 2012 season, many good...
• 11/17 Halo Hangout: Seriously? I Mean, Really?: Surprisingly, it didn’t take long to get over Mike Trout losing the MVP race to Miguel Cabrera. I had been prepared for...
• 11/17 The Captain's Blog: Mike Trout Wins Negro Leagues Museum MVP, Joins a Legacy: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) Mike Trout was named MVP after all. Granted, he didn’t...
• 11/17 WahoosOnFirst: Recapping the 2012 FanSided MLB Awards: Well, baseball awards season is now behind us, and two great electorates have spoken—the BBWAA and the FanSided MLB network....
• 11/17 MLB Injury News: Fun With Numbers: Calculating the MVP: The MVP debate is similar to debates in politics.  At least it seems that way this year.  There are clearly two sides...
• 11/16 Behind the Plate: MVP Vote: An Excuse for Hypocrisy [...] ...
• 11/16 Radical Baseball: Miguel Cabrera: how good was his triple crown?: BA: .330    Mike Trout .326 1.2% HR: 44    Josh Hamilton 43 2.3% RBI: 139    Josh Hamilton...
• 11/16 The Pesky Pole: Cabrera vs Trout: I weighed in on my vote for MVP a few weeks ago with my ballot. I chose Mike Trout. My father said Miguel Cabrera deserves...
• 11/16 Quantrill's Quandaries: Report: Jays to sign Melky Cabrera at a PED-influenced discount: There have been many persistent areas of need for the Blue Jays under the direction of Alex Anthopoulos which the young GM has...
• 11/16 Call to the Pen: 2012 MLB Awards Voting Shows Lack of Progress: Over the last few years, it really felt like we were beginning to see a progression in how awards voters picked their winners...
• 11/16 Tomahawk Take: Trout vs. Cabrera, Or How To Evaluate Players: I realize there have been a seemingly infinite amount of posts around the internet comparing Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera during...
• 11/16 PaulLebowitz.com: The Trout vs Cabrera MVP Battle Is Over, But The Argument Rages On: Remember a player named Mike Blowers? He’s a broadcaster now for the Mariners and had a few relatively productive seasons for...
• 11/16 The Captain's Blog: Is 2012 MVP a Lost Battle in Two-Front WAR?: Has sabermetrics lost the WAR? Or, is resistance to the movement’s flagship statistic a two-front battle that is no longer worth...
• 11/16 For Baseball Junkies: Posey and Cabrera Win MVP Awards: Buster Posey and Miguel Cabrera earned MVP honors last night, officially wrapping up the MLB awards season. Here are some notes...
• 11/16 Halo Hangout: Settling For Second: An Unfortunate Mike Trout Story: It was inevitable, really. Progress is being made. Sabermetrics, for the most part, is not quickly and immediately being dismissed...
• 11/16 Radical Baseball: Triple Crown but not MVP: Klein, Gehrig, Williams, Williams.: The gibberish continues this morning about how the batting triple crown (leading the league/conference in home runs (HR), runs...
• 11/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays in MVP Vote, How Marlins Affect Rays Stadium Talks, Rays Covet Wil Myers?: The 2012 Most Valuable Players awards and the NL award passed without much controversy as Buster Posey rolled to the MVP. In the...
• 11/16 Motor City Bengals: Miguel Cabrera Gets Undeserved MVP Award: I know, the headline. Just skip to the comment section and rage against me, and nerds, and WAR, and my mother’s basement, and...
• 11/16 Baseball Musings: Fish Story: Two thoughts to wrap up the Miguel Cabrera versus Mike Trout MVP race. I heard Bob Costas suggest that voters may have thought...
• 11/16 mlbreports.com : 2012 American and National League MVP Awards Announced: Friday November 16th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  The final awards have been announced. Both races could have gone either way,...
• 11/16 Call to the Pen: Miguel Cabrera AL Most Valuable Player: If you become baseball’s first triple crown winner in 45 years and your team makes it to the World Series, to me it would...
• 11/16 Call to the Pen: Buster Posey NL Most Valuable Player: By the time he retires, Buster Posey is going to need a 5,000-square-foot trophy room at the rate he is going. Add the National...
• 11/16 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees News: Cano fourth, Jeter seventh in AL MVP voting: The New York Yankees, winners of 95 regular season games, had four players receive votes in the 2012 American League Most Valuable...
• 11/16 MLB Injury News: Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey Named MVP in Respective Leagues: The raging debate about whether Miguel Cabrera was the right pick for the American League MVP or not will live on throughout...
• 11/16 Swingin' A's: Cespedes and Reddick Catch a Whiff of the MVP Award: Throughout much of the season it was pretty clear that one of two players in the American League had a realistic shot at winning...
• 11/16 Bronx Baseball Daily: Cabrera beats Trout for AL MVP, Posey wins in the NL: It was a hotly contested debate, but Miguel Cabrera beat out Mike Trout for the American League MVP award. Buster Posey became...
• 11/16 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My 2012 IBWAA awards ballot: Trout, Braun, Hernandez, Kershaw and more: Now that award season is officially over, it's time to reveal my ballots for the Internet Baseball Writers Association of...
• 11/15 StanGraphs: Voters Whiff in Choosing Cabrera for MVP: Just when you start to think there’s some hope for baseball when it comes to voting for the end of season award winners,...
• 11/15 Bleeding Yankee Blue: POSEY & MIGGY WIN THE MVP: The Announcement came down today and Buster Posey won the MVP for the National League and Miguel Cabrera won for the American...
• 11/15 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL MVP Awards: It's now time to put the finishing touches on the 2012 MLB season as Baseball Writers' Association of America...
• 11/15 Baseball Jerks: Cabrera, Posey Claim MVPs; We Debate “Value”: American League Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera and San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey claimed their leagues’ Most...
• 11/15 Radical Baseball: Top season by 20 year old batter.: MikeTrout? Player ages are computed as their age on June 30th. For single seasons, From 1903 to 2012, For age 20, (requiring...
• 11/15 Radical Baseball: No school vanquishes new school.: See previous post. Miguel Cabrera was voted American Conference MVP over rookie Mike Trout.  The depressing thing...
• 11/15 El Maquino: HERE ARE THE NAMES OF THE VOTERS WHO THOUGHT CABRERA WAS BETTER THAN TROUT THIS YEAR: > I’m not going to rant.  I’ve made my case for Mike Trout, and I believe it is way stronger than any that can...
• 11/15 Baseball News Source: Tigers Miguel Cabrera adds MVP Award to Triple Crown: Cabrera – first Triple Crown winner since 1967 added an  AL MVP award The Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera added the 2012...
• 11/15 Baseball Musings: AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera gets a first place voted on 22 of 28 ballots and wins the 2012 AL MVP. He’s the first person from Venezuela...
• 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey Win League MVP Awards: Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera and Giants catcher Buster Posey were announced as the winners of the Most Valuable Player...
• 11/15 Baseball Ruminations: Five Totally Sane Reasons Why Mike Trout Should Be AL MVP: If you read my previous piece, Why Mike Trout Is the MVP and If You Believe Otherwise You’re Probably Old, you probably...
• 11/15 Baseball Musings: MVP Time: The MVP Award show comes on MLB Network at 6 PM EST. I’ve been enjoying the shows, especially Brian Kenny’s lead-in,...
• 11/15 Baseball Analytics: Trout, Cabrera Dangerous To All Fields: When it comes to fielding, base running and positional value, Mike Trout easily trumps fellow AL MVP contender Miguel...
• 11/15 B-R Blog: Compare Two Players’ Stats Side-by-Side: Here's a neat Baseball-Reference trick... To compare any two players, just enter a URL in the following form: http://www.baseball-reference.com/compare.cgi?top=/players/t/troutmi01.shtml&bottom=/players/c/cabremi01.shtml...
• 11/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Debating the American League MVP:   The best part of baseball’s award season is arguing about who should have won because once the arguments settle down,...
• 11/15 Baseball Analytics: Why I would vote for Miguel Cabrera for MVP: In today’s New York Times, Nate Silver makes a persuasive statistical analysis as to why Mike Trout is...
• 11/15 Baseball News Source: Yankees and MLB Fire Sales – Failed Spending Sprees: MLB proves again how spending money does not equal winning It’s not always easy being a Yankees’ fan. Whether you...
• 11/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees Interested In Ricky Nolasco, How About Logan Morrison?: Let’s be realistic, the Yankees aren’t trading for Giancarlo Stanton, who’s probably the best young hitter in...
• 11/15 Climbing Tal's Hill: Baseball’s MVPs announced today: The final and most prestigious of baseball’s offseason awards will be handed out today. Both the A.L. and N.L. are set to...
• 11/15 Halo Hangout: Why Breaking Up With Torii Hunter Will Be Okay: It was a good relationship. Sure, it wasn’t the cleanest split and we might have left some of our CD’s at his place...
• 11/15 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Finishes Second Behind R.A. Dickey for the NL Cy Young Award: Earlier this afternoon the results of the Cy Young Award voting was announced. Disappointingly for Dodgers fans, the BBWAA ranked...
• 11/14 El Maquino: THE AWARDS VOTING IS ESPECIALLY BAFFLING THIS YEAR: > I think they’re messing with me. I’ve been doing these awards analyses the days before the awards themselves...
• 11/14 Call to the Pen: Torii Hunter Gets Two-Year Contract with Tigers: One day after free agent outfielder Torii Hunter flew to Detroit to meet with the Tigers, he agreed to a two-year contract worth...
• 11/14 Halo Hangout: Did The Angels Mishandle Torii Hunter?: Torii Hunter is officially no longer an Angel. The outfielder signed a two year $26 million contract with the Detroit Tigers....
• 11/14 Halo Hangout: Fans Reactions to Torii Signing with Detroit: Everybody turn ur TV to MLB network right now — Torii Hunter (@toriihunter48) November 14, 2012 That was all the warning...
• 11/14 YankeeAnalysts.com: Reviewing Last Year’s Two Biggest Free Agent Passes: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) Interestingly enough, or frustratingly enough depending on how against...
• 11/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Isn’t Going To Win the Cy Young, and That’s Okay: If you know me, you know that I don’t put a ton of stock into postseason awards, simply because I know how flawed the process...
• 11/14 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: How Much Better will Trout and Harper Get?: April 28, 2012 will go down in history. Bryce Harper and Mike Trout made their 2012 debuts on that day. More...The post Fantasy...
• 11/14 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: How Much Better will Trout and Harper Get?: April 28, 2012 will go down in history. Bryce Harper and Mike Trout made their 2012 debuts on that day. More...The post Fantasy...
• 11/14 MLB Dirt: Mike Trout Is The 2012 AL MVP Any Way You Look At It: WAR, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing; at least within the confines of this article. While they aren’t the end-all,...
• 11/14 Climbing Tal's Hill: Cy Young Award winners announced today: Although I’m not a big fan of the BBWAA and their voting habits, (especially when it comes to the Hall of Fame) awards week...
• 11/14 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: AL MVP: Mike Trout: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/14 Tyler's Think Tank: Harper, Trout Top Rookies: The Rookie of the Year results were announced on Monday, and there weren't too many surprises. Bryce Harper and Mike Trout,...
• 11/13 Puckett's Pond: Bright Futures: #10 – Nate Roberts: My “Bright Futures” article will be part of a ten part series which chronologically ranks the top 10 prospects in...
• 11/13 Baseball Analytics: Harper, Trout Polar Opposites on the First Pitch: Bryce Harper and Mike Trout turned in epic seasons while taking home Rookie of the Year Honors. In addition to their swift defense...
• 11/13 Chicken Friars: Yonder Alonso Loses Out On NL Rookie Of The Year Award: Screw you Baseball Writers’ Association of America for not picking Padres first baseman Yonder Alonso for National League Rookie...
• 11/13 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Is Rookie of the Year/All-Time: The BBWAA made it official on Monday evening when it announced Mike Trout was the unanimous selection for American League Rookie...
• 11/13 Call to the Pen: Bryce Harper NL Rookie Of Year: Life is pretty much going the way Bryce Harper planned it. So confident of his baseball ability that he left high school early,...
• 11/13 MLBTradeRumors: Torii Hunter Rumors: Tuesday: Torii Hunter has been one of this offseason's most po**** players so far, and yesterday we learned that as many as 13-14 teams...
• 11/13 The Baseball Haven: Matt Moore – Remember Him?: How quickly you can be forgotten. With the Rookie of the Year announcements on November 12, the world was, once again, focused...
• 11/13 Call to the Pen: Mike Trout AL Rookie Of Year: Mike Trout had a fabulous debut season for the Los Angeles Angels and everyone knew his selection as the American League rookie...
• 11/13 Rays Colored Glasses: No Rookie of the Year Votes, No Problem for Matt Moore: Entering 2012, Matt Moore was the runaway favorite for American League Rookie of the Year. Instead, his season began as a struggle....
• 11/13 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Selena Gomez:   Contributors: Eliza Bayne, Zach Pennington, Stephen Arenholtz, Atman Thakrar The hottest topics for the week of November...
• 11/13 Radical Baseball: Mays over Aaron.: OPS+ is On Base Plus Slugging adjusted for the batter's home park. seasons OPS+ >= 140 and led league and high and career: Aaron:...
• 11/13 Seedlings to Stars: Trout, Harper Named Rookies of the Year: Two of the biggest prospects to take the field in the past few seasons can now call themselves Rookie of the Year Award winners,...
• 11/13 Kings of Kauffman: Rookie of the Year Winners Announced and Past Royals Winners: The rookie of the year winners were announced today.  It’s a no brainer in the American League as Mike Trout took home...
• 11/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Connections to Rookie of the Year, Richie Shaffer, Offseason Plan, Stadium: The Baseball Writers Association of America named the recipients of the 2012 American League and National League Rookie of the...
• 11/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Postseason player awards for fantasy leaguers: With many of the awards coming out for baseball 15 months after the season is over, it got me in the reflective mood. I thought...
• 11/13 MLB Injury News: Mike Trout, Bryce Harper Win Rookie of the Year: The announcement was not surprising.  After the seasons Mike Trout and Bryce Harper had this year, there was little drama...
• 11/13 Swingin' A's: Runner Up to ROY Goes to Yoenis Cespedes: I don’t think I can ever recall a time when I was even remotely excited that an Athletics player finished 2nd in the Rookie...
• 11/13 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Wins AL Rookie Of The Year: As if there were any doubts it became official last night. Mike Trout is your 2012 American League Rookie Of The Year. Trout was...
• 11/12 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL Rookie of the Year Awards: It's now time to put the finishing touches on the 2012 MLB season as Baseball Writers' Association of America...
• 11/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: BRYCE HARPER WINS NL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: WHY BRYCE HARPER COULD BE A YANKEE.  Yeah, we wrote that here at BYB in March of 2011.  Check it out.  Now...
• 11/12 Baseball News Source: Angels Mike Trout Unanimous Choice for AL Rookie of the Year: Trout was the eighth unanimous pick for AL Rookie of the Year Mike Trout was selected as a unanimous choice for the 2012 American...
• 11/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: GUESS WHO WON THE AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD?: I think everyone knew the Angels Mike Trout was going to win the American League Rookie of the Year, right? Well, he did it...
• 11/12 Baseball Musings: Amazing Class: With Mike Trout and Bryce Harper winning the Jackie Robinson Awards, I’m really looking forward to the next decade. Both...
• 11/12 Baseball Musings: AL Rookie Announcement: The BBWAA is about to announce the AL Jackie Robinson Award live, when they come back from commercial. They are doing this one...
• 11/12 MLBTradeRumors: Trout, Harper Win Rookie Of The Year Awards: Angels center fielder Mike Trout and Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper have been named AL and NL Rookies of the Year, respectively,...
• 11/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout named AL Rookie of the Year Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout has been named the 2012 American League Rookie of the Year....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout has been named the 2012 American League Rookie of the Year.
• 11/12 Through The Fence Baseball: TTFB staff selects Mike Trout and Bryce Harper for ROY: Here’s a shocker (not): The TTFB staff unanimously selected Angels outfielder Mike Trout as the American League Rookie of...
• 11/12 Rally Caps: Rookie of the Year Predictions: This season we saw a handful of stand-out candidates for the annual Rookie of the Year award, but more importantly for MLB teams...
• 11/12 Rally Caps: World Series Preview: So the 2012 World Series has started and the Giants and Tigers emerged as the best teams in their respective leagues. The Tigers...
• 11/12 Halo Hangout: Should The Angels Give Marco Scutaro A Look?: Free agency is quiet right now. Things will heat up once we go past the Thanksgiving holiday and yes you will see players sign...
• 11/12 PaulLebowitz.com: The Big One: Trout vs Cabrera for AL MVP: Exemplifying the polarization of old schoolers vs stat guys, Mike Trout vs Miguel Cabrera for the Most Valuable Player has become...
• 11/12 Baseball Musings: Rookies: The Jackie Robinson Awards for rookie of the year will be announced on MLB Network at 6 PM EST. There’s little double Mike...
• 11/12 Climbing Tal's Hill: Mark your calendar: Today marks the beginning of the MLB awards season as the Rookie of the Year winners for both the American and National Leagues...
• 11/12 Swingin' A's: Yoenis Cespedes and Yu Darvish Battle For 2nd Place in ROY Voting: There is minimal suspense leading up to tomorrow’s announcement of the Rookie of the Year Awards.  Mike Trout of the Los...
• 11/11 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: AL Rookies, Nationals, Indians, Valentine: On this day in baseball history in 1941, Joe DiMaggio won his second American League MVP award. The runner-up was Ted Williams,...
• 11/11 Tyler's Think Tank: Posey for MVP: MLB award season is in full swing, and starting tomorrow the Baseball Writers Association of America will announce their...
• 11/11 mlbreports.com : 2012 AL and NL Rookie of the Year Predictions: Sunday November 11th, 2012 Sam Evans: Even though it may seem as if all of baseball is already focused on 2013, some of the major...
• 11/10 Yanks Go Yard: ‘Scrap Heap Players’ can be Valuable Assets: Let’s face it, folks: as Yankees fans, we are unbelievably and ridiculously spoiled. No other baseball team, let alone sports...
• 11/10 Tyler's Think Tank: Silver Sluggers Review: The winners of MLB's Silver Slugger awards were announced on Thursday to honor the best hitters at each position. Like Gold...
• 11/10 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 MLB Rookie of the Year Award Winners: Here are my picks for the Rookie of the Year in each league along with who I picked in the preseason. — American League...
• 11/10 Radical Baseball: Cabrera v. Trout, home/road.: I was re-reading my previous post and wondered about a disparity in the batting numbers of Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout....
• 11/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: A Slow Mock Fantasy Baseball Draft: Believe it or not, it’s already fantasy baseball mock draft season!  An early mock draft can help to determine draft More...The...
• 11/9 Baseball Jerks: Future Jerk – Jose Iglesias: The Boston Globe is reporting that the Boston Red Sox are leaning towards using Jose Iglesias as their starting shortstop in the...
• 11/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Playoff success aside, Buster Posey is not 2012′s NL MVP: “Soon to be National League MVP.” That was the phrase I heard throughout the postseason as the San Francisco Giants...
• 11/9 Baseball Ruminations: Why Mike Trout Is the MVP and If You Believe Otherwise You’re Probably Old: I debated between a few titles for this article. Before we really get into the guts of this debate I’d like to list a few of...
• 11/8 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL Silver Slugger Awards: For the first time in a long while, no members of the Boston Red Sox were honored as a winner of the Silver Slugger Awards...
• 11/8 Halo Hangout: Evaluating Mike Trout’s and Jered Weaver’s Award Chances: In case you missed it, yesterday the finalists for all of the Major League Baseball Awards were announced and the Angels were...
• 11/8 For Baseball Junkies: BBA Announces 2012 Stan Musial Award Winners: The Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) announced the recipients of this year's Stan Musial Award earlier this week.  The official...
• 11/8 Baseball News Source: MLB Awards 2012 : List of Finalists from BBWAA and Our Picks: Posey and Braun are favorites for National League MVP Next week is awards week for Major League Baseball. Baseball’s annual...
• 11/8 Radical Baseball: MVP: should money be considered?: MLB Network program Clubhouse Confidential is back.  Host Brian Kenny does a great job.  Suggestion: drop Harold Reynolds....
• 11/8 Mastersball.com: Once in a Lifetime Season?: As you might expect, Mike Trout was a hot-button topic at the recent First Pitch Arizona Fantasy Baseball Symposium. Let’s...
• 11/8 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw is a Finalist for the National League Cy Young Award: Award season is upon us. The GM winter meetings are under way, players with qualifying offers are mulling over whether they will...
• 11/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout in mix for MVP honors: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout is one of five American League Most Valuable Player Award finalists named Wednesday,...[+] Nov. 7. The winner will be announced Nov. 15.
• 11/7 SOX & Dawgs: BBWAA Announces 2012 MLB Award Finalists: For the first time ever, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) has decided to release the finalists for the 2012...
• 11/7 mlbreports.com : Baltimore Orioles Payroll 2013 And Contracts Going Forward: Wednesday, Nov.07/2012 Note from Chuck Booth:  I am attempting to bring the history for each of the 30 MLB Franchises into a...
• 11/7 Tomahawk Take: For Braves Fans Hot Stove Season Begins Justin Upton to Atlanta?: We had a cold snap here last weekend, there was frost at least one night and the next day I saw someone – a lady – in a winter...
• 11/7 StanGraphs: 2012 AL Awards Review: Most Valuable Player Before the season, we decided to nominate Jose Bautista for this award. This was a safe bet, not a gut feeling...
• 11/7 PaulLebowitz.com: The Astros Experiment In Baseball Engineering: When the Astros offered Tim Bogar a job to be their new bench coach, Bogar turned it down because the deal included a clause that...
• 11/7 Halo Hangout: Five Longest Angels Homeruns of 2012: 2012 wasn’t exactly the year of the home run for the Angels (they finished seventh in the American League in home runs),...
• 11/7 Mastersball.com: Draft&Hold League at Arizona First Pitch: Thanks to the articles posted on the main page by now you know that several of us from Mastersball attended BaseballHQ’s Arizona...
• 11/7 North and South of Royal Brougham: An Alternative Mariners 2013 Offseason Plan: At some point somebody conducted a study in which they asked people what forms of flattery they were aware of, and of those, which...
• 11/6 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Yu Says No To World Baseball Classic: In 2012, Yu Darvish showed that he was one of the best starters in the American League. In his rookie season, one which...
• 11/6 Halo Hangout: Hiding Vernon Wells: There were a lot of Angels in the outfield in 2012. Even Ryan Langerhans managed to log 1.1 innings in left field. Despite having...
• 11/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #19: LF Bobby Abreu: .246/.361/.344 230pa 3hr 0.4 fWAR B+ 2012 in brief: DFA’d by the Angels in April, the 38-year-old veteran provided a nice...
• 11/6 Halo Hangout: Where we Stand: So, last week was fun, wasn’t it? Jerry Dipoto has been quite busy so far this winter with the Chris Iannetta extension,...
• 11/6 mlbreports.com : 2013 MLB Fantasy Keeper Rankings: Outfield: Tuesday November 6th, 2012 Peter Stein:  Now that the 2012 season is over, it is time to start thinking about the 2013. For many...
• 11/6 Baseball Musings: Cabrera Beats Trout Again: The Players Choice Award for top player goes to Miguel Cabrera over Mike Trout. I wonder if people are thinking that Trout is...
• 11/5 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Andrew McCutchen Named NL Outstanding Player By MLBPA: The Major League Baseball players voted in September for the best of the best.  Andrew McCutchen was named National League...
• 11/5 Halo Hangout: Is 2013 The Year Of The Bourjos?: If you read the reports over the last few days, you’ll see that it appears that the Angels will be going with an outfield...
• 11/5 Baseball Musings: IBWAA MVPs: The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America announced the vote for MVP. Miguel Cabrera and Buster Posey won the titles:...
• 11/5 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Trout: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just...
• 11/4 Call to the Pen: MLB Awards You’re Not Familiar With (Yet?): With the World Series in our collective rear view mirror and the hot stove heating up to the point where it’s difficult...
• 11/4 Halo Hangout: Angels Roundtable: Sam Miller: I don’t know how much fun you guys have had reading these things, but this has been an absolute treat for me. All of the...
• 11/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: A Slow Mock Fantasy Baseball Draft: Believe it or not, it’s already fantasy baseball mock draft season!  An early mock draft can help to determine draft surprises,...
• 11/3 Blog Red Machine: Billy Hamilton Headlines AFL Rising Stars Game: Top-rated Reds prospect Billy Hamilton will star in the Arizona Fall League’s Rising Stars Game alongside longtime teammate...
• 11/3 Mets Merized: Some Surprises As Far As Players Who Did Or Didn’t Get Qualifying Offers Last Night: As you may have already heard, the Angels have opted against giving outfielder Torii Hunter a $13.3 million qualifying offer....
• 11/2 Seedlings to Stars: AFL Rising Stars Game Showcases Baseball’s Top Youngsters: The annual Arizona Fall League Rising stars all-star game, also known as the AFL Futures game will feature some of the game’s...
• 11/2 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 26: Ain’t Nobody Got a Bigger Booty: Happy November, Crashburn Alley readers. If you’ve been displaced or been otherwise relieved of your access to power and/or...
• 11/2 WahoosOnFirst: Did Shin-Soo Choo Deserve a Gold Glove?: On Monday, Rawlings announced that Shin-Soo Choo was one of three players named as a finalist for the American League Gold Glove...
• 11/2 For Baseball Junkies: BBA Announces Willie Mays Award Winners For Top Rookies: Yesterday, the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) announced the recipients of the 2012 Willie Mays Award which honors the best...
• 11/2 Up Along First: The Gold Glove: The Worst Award In Sports?: Mets fans were outraged after Tuesday night, when Major League Baseball announced the winners of the Gold Glove Award. The list...
• 11/2 Birds Watcher: Should the Orioles have brought up Dylan Bundy?: Dylan Bundy‘s major league debut in September ended up being a minor footnote in the 2012 season. In any of the last 15...
• 11/2 Crashburn Alley: Crashburn Alley 2012 MLB Awards: At long last, we here at Crashburn Alley will hand out our end-of-season awards for the 2012 season. It was a surprisingly entertaining...
• 11/2 WahoosOnFirst: Why All the Fuss About Francisco Lindor?: The next big thing. How many times have Clevelanders focused their fandom on their future? Think back to the CC Sabathia trade...
• 11/1 Nolan Writin': Why Mike Trout Deserves To Be MVP: Amidst one of the more talked about MVP races of the last decade, I decided to pose a poll to the other three members of the NW...
• 11/1 Call to the Pen: MLB Rumors: Angels Looking to Deal Dan Haren and Vernon Wells: It’s no secret that the Los Angeles Angels have been actively working the phones to make some trades. On Wednesday, GM Jerry...
• 11/1 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Is A Good Fielder: It’s been a couple of days since Adam Jones upset Mike Trout for the AL center field Gold Glove but I’m still a little...
• 11/1 Jays Journal: Rajai Davis Returning to Blue Jays in 2013: The Toronto Blue Jays thought long and hard about whether or not to exercise the 2013 club option on outfielder Rajai Davis. In...

• 10/31 El Maquino: GOLD GLOVES PROVE WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO CRITICIZE ‘THE INSIDERS’: > Anyone with half a brain could tell last night that the Gold Glove award is now, to any fan with minimal understanding of...
• 10/31 Tyler's Think Tank: Gold Glove Review: I don't put much stock in Gold Glove awards (Fielding Bible Awards are where it's at). Too often they seem to go to flashy players...
• 10/31 Birds Watcher: The Defense that Turned To Gold: It was great to see the Orioles trio of Matt Wieters, J.J. Hardy, and Adam Jones collect Gold Glove awards. These honors cap off...
• 10/31 Climbing Tal's Hill: Gold Glove Winners Announced: The Gold Glove winners have been announced. Baseball awards have begun to mean less and less to me over the years. From all-star...
• 10/31 Redbird Rants: Gold Gloves and Other Odds and Ends: The 2012 Gold Glove awards were given out last night, and as expected, our very own Yadier Molina won his fifth consecutive one....
• 10/31 Halo Hangout: Angels Roundtable: Chuck Richter: We kicked this whole thing off with a Matt Welch interview here, soldiered on through Hurricane Sandy with Garrett Wilson being...
• 10/31 Mariners Latest: And So It Begins: Now that the World Series has ended with the Giants beating the Tigers in four games, the offseason can officially begin. ...
• 10/31 RoxPile: Carlos Gonzalez Wins Gold Glove: I have two theories on how Carlos Gonzalez won the National League Gold Glove for left fielders for the 2012 season. The first,...
• 10/31 Bronx Baseball Daily: Cano and Teixeira win Gold Glove Awards: The Gold Glove winners were announced tonight and two Yankees, Robinson Cano and Mark Teixeira, took home some hardware. It...
• 10/30 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 Gold Glove Winners: ALC - Matt Wieters (2nd award)1B - Mark Teixeira (5)2B - Robinson Cano (2)3B - Adrian Beltre (4)SS - J.J. Hardy (1)LF...
• 10/30 Halo Hangout: Angels Are 12/1 For 2013 World Series: It’s been a grueling *looks at watch* three days since the Giants won the World Series to end the actual playing of baseball...
• 10/30 Baseball Musings: IBWAA Rookies: The IBWAA (of which I am a member) announced the results of rookie of the year balloting: Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball...
• 10/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: The worst World Series ever:   I think most sports fan like to think of the championship series (or game) of any sport as a matchup of the two best teams...
• 10/29 Call to the Pen: Angels GM DiPoto Ready to Play Waiting Game with Zack Greinke: The Los Angeles Angels have one major priority heading into the Hot Stove season, and that’s to re-sign right hander Zack...
• 10/29 Halo Hangout: Angels Roundtable: Garrett Wilson: I kicked off this Angels Roundtable with a Matt Welch interview last week. Today we soldier on (hurricane or not) with the Monkey...
• 10/29 Climbing Tal's Hill: Predictions for AL/NL Rookie of the Year Awards: Awaking to a world without baseball was difficult to cope with this morning. The San Francisco Giants finished off the Detroit...
• 10/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: Thoughts on the AL MVP race: In a little more than two weeks the Baseball Writers’ Association of America will choose the American League MVP race....
• 10/27 Tomahawk Take: Potential CF Targets: Coming into this season, the Braves knew that the CF situation could be in flux for 2013.  With Michael Bourn‘s strong...
• 10/26 Halo Hangout: Angels Roundtable: Matt Welch: What’s the best part about the internet? Well, besides getting information at ridiculous speeds and adult entertainment...
• 10/25 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Unlikely To Re-Sign Torii Hunter: The Angels are highly unlikely to re-sign right fielder Torii Hunter, MLBTR has learned from a source close to the situation....
• 10/25 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels will pursue starting pitchers and relievers in the offseason ahead. Guaranteed Contracts Albert Pujols,...
• 10/23 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, Taylor Swift:   Contributors: Eliza Bayne, Stephen Arenholtz, Atman Thakrar The hottest topics for the week of October 21, 2012 …...
• 10/23 Jays Journal: Prospect Positional Primer: Centerfield: Late last fall, with inspiration from Jason Parks of Baseball Prospectus, I began writing a series of articles which I titled...
• 10/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Managers Traded For Players: To the best of my research, managers have been traded six times in baseball history. It wasn’t always player for manager and...
• 10/22 YankeeAnalysts.com: Does trading Curtis Granderson make sense?: I’m fond of writing “what a difference a year makes” on this site, but in the case of Curtis Granderson you...
• 10/22 Kings of Kauffman: Reviewing WARs of the Past: Hitter’s Edition: Wins above replacement (WAR) has been a hot topic as of late.  A lot, or all of it, deals with the American League MVP award...
• 10/22 Baseball Musings: Rookie Awards: The Sporting News named Mike Trout and Wade Miley the top rookies of 2012. Trout is an obvious choice, but I prefer Bryce Harper...
• 10/21 60ft6in.com: The Irony of the Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout MVP Debate: I can’t help but laugh at the AL MVP debate. The irony of it all is just too much. Mike Trout, and his major league leading...
• 10/19 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: Oakland Athletics: Raise your hand if you predicted that the Oakland Athletics would win the AL West before the season began? Look around the room....
• 10/19 Blog Red Machine: Frazier, Cozart Named to BA’s All-Rookie Team: A few days ago, Matt Eddy of Baseball America unveiled BA’s All-Rookie Team. Todd Frazier and Zack Cozart were named to...
• 10/18 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 BBA Awards: Stan Musial (MVP): Today, we present to you our 2012 Stan Musial Ballots.The Stan Musial Award is the BBA equivalent of the  MLB MVP Award....
• 10/18 mlbreports.com : Cincinnati’s Favorite Son (Pete Rose) Still Awaits Baseball Re-Instatement And A Spot In Cooperstown: Thursday, October.18/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): I started watching baseball when I was really young.  Back in the...
• 10/18 mlbreports.com : Cincinnati’s Favorite Son (Pete Rose) Still Awaits Baseball Re-Instatement And A Spot In Cooperstown: Thursday, October.18/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): I started watching baseball when I was really young.  Back in the...
• 10/18 Lasorda's Lair: An Introduction to Advanced Stats: In my opinion, baseball statistics are the greatest collection of data known to man. For the purpose of understanding and discussing...
• 10/17 Halo Hangout: A Look Back At 2012: Albert Pujols: Up next in a look back at 2012 is the prized free agent acquisition from last off-season in Albert Pujols. Pujols was the big...
• 10/17 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: Los Angeles Angels: The 2012 season was one that brought great expectations to the city of Anaheim, but despite the presence of many high-priced veterans...
• 10/17 Yanks Go Yard: The Lessons of Alex Rodriguez: Re-thinking a Big Payday for Robinson Cano: Watching the Yankees the last few weeks, it feels like the primary topic of conversation has been Alex Rodriguez, and how dreadful...
• 10/17 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 7 Position Players to Keep an Eye on Late in the Season Revisited: In February we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come...
• 10/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout wins multiple awards: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout was named the Rookie of the Year and Major League Player of the Year by Baseball America...[+] Tuesday, Oct. 16, becoming the first ever player to win both awards.
• 10/16 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Trout, Indians, Giambi, Mets: Mike Trout's outstanding rookie season earned him Baseball America's Rookie of the Year award, but that's not all he won. The...
• 10/16 mlbreports.com : 2013 MLB Fantasy Keeper Rankings: Third Base: Tuesday October 16th, 2012 Peter Stein:  Now that the 2012 season is over, it is time to start thinking about the 2013. For many...
• 10/16 Halo Hangout: My 2012 BBA Award Ballot: It’s almost that time of year again. The time of year when baseball writers from the days of yore rave about archaic stats...
• 10/15 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Bold(ish) Predictions Review: A review of some bold(ish) predictions I made at the end of August. 1. Mike Trout will not win the AL MVP award: CORRECT (probably) Trout...
• 10/15 Halo Hangout: A Look Back At 2012: Mike Trout: This is going to be the first in the A Look Back at 2012 Series that we are going to put together over the next couple of weeks. ...
• 10/15 Halo Hangout: A Look At The Angels Hitters in Arizona Fall League: The Arizona Fall League is underway. If you don’t know what it is, it’s basically an all-star league for prospects....
• 10/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 5 Farm Fresh Left Side Players Revisited: In February we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come...
• 10/15 Tyler's Think Tank: 12 Predictions for 2012; Review: A review of the dozen bold predictions I made at the end of March for the 2012 baseball season. 1. Prince Fielder will hit...
• 10/14 MLB Dirt: My Rookie of the Year Award Ballot: The Rookie of the Year Award, also referred to as the Jackie Robinson Award by the BBWAA and the Willie Mays Award by the BBA,...
• 10/13 Halo Hangout: How Can Mike Trout Possibly get Better?: How can Mike Trout get better after the season he just had? Go ahead, answer that question. This wasn’t just a “really...
• 10/12 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 BBA Awards: Goose Gossage (Rolaids) and Walter Johnson (Cy): Yesterday, we looked at the manager of the year and rookie of the year awards.  Our selections as winners for those awards...
• 10/12 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 MLB Award Picks—Cy Young Award: Let’s look at the award winners for 2012 starting with the Cy Young Award with my 2012 picks, who I picked in the preseason,...
• 10/12 mlbreports.com : 2013 MLB Fantasy Keeper Rankings: Installment #1: Friday October 12th, 2012 Peter Stein:  Now that the 2012 season is over, it is time to start thinking about the 2013. For many...
• 10/12 Yanks Go Yard: Baseball Bloggers Alliance Regular Season Awards – American League Edition: I’m fortunate to maintain membership with the Baseball Bloggers Alliance through my role as senior editor for Yanks Go Yard....
• 10/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 4 Fantasy Baseball Players Out of a Job by Season’s End Revisited: In February we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come...
• 10/12 MLB Dirt: Picking the 2012 MLB Award Winners: With the focus in baseball being on the fantastic matchups being waged in the playoffs, the intense debate about the end-of-season...
• 10/11 mlbreports.com : 2012 MLB End of the Year Awards: Predictions: Thursday October 11th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:What a year it has been. With the extra Wild Card and a Triple Crown winner, there...
• 10/11 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 BBA Awards: Connie Mack (MOY) and Willie Mays (ROY): As card carrying members of the Baseball Blogger's Alliance, we are honored to be able to parti**** in their year-end awards voting....
• 10/11 Halo Hangout: Should Torii Hunter Be Re-Signed?: There’s no question that Torii Hunter can still swing the bat. He had his best season in a while at age 36 putting up .313/16/92...
• 10/11 The Pesky Pole: BBA Awards Ballot: Every year members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance cast their votes for end of the season awards. Here is my American League...
• 10/11 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 3 Old Guys Revisited: In March we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come and...
• 10/11 mlbreports.com : The Angels and Dodgers Have Plenty to Look Forward to Next Year + LAA Payroll in ’13: Thursday, October.11/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): I know that the playoffs are going on right now and that everyone...
• 10/10 Talkin Sox with Dan: Handing Out Hardware: With the playoffs well underway, it is a good time to look back on the season that was and pick a few winners. I’m going...
• 10/10 Halo Hangout: The Angels Have Too Many First Baseman: The 2012 Angels had a log jam of sorts at first base with Albert Pujols, Mark Trumbo and Kendrys Morales. What evolved during...
• 10/10 Jays Journal: Edwin Encarnacion Nominated for Hank Aaron Award: The two-year reign for Jose Bautista as the American League winner for the annual Hank Aaron award is about the come to an end....
• 10/10 Seedlings to Stars: Reviewing Our 2012 Top-100: #1-10 (Trout-Rendon): Today we’re back with a look at the final group of ten from Nathaniel’s 2012 S2S Top-100 list. If you’d like to check out...
• 10/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Cubs top prospect Javier Baez opens Arizona Fall League with a bang: It was as if the major league season never happened on the north side of Chicago this year. A nightmare that we all knew was coming,...
• 10/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Time To Pay The Price?: Time To Pay The Price? Over the last few weeks from several different sources, most notably Buster Olney’s report, saying that...
• 10/9 Halo Hangout: Should The Angels Give Josh Hamilton A Look?: Josh Hamilton has loved him some Angels pitching throughout his career as a Texas Ranger. Hamilton has hit .303 with 14 home runs...
• 10/9 The Flagrant Fan: MLB 2012 Post season awards: As a card-carrying member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, one of my favorite duties is to vote in the alliance's post...
• 10/9 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout – Minor League Heavy Edition: Nick Maronde and Kaleb Cowart made top pitching and hitting prospect lists, Who were the top Minor League performers and, Mike...
• 10/9 PhoulBallz.com: New AFL Season Kicks Off: Tuesday marks the beginning of another baseball season...the Arizona Fall League season.  This year, as the league celebrates...
• 10/9 Dynasty League Baseball: 2012 The Year of the Rookie and the Triple Crown | Preview of the New 2012 Season Player Cards: Mike Trout had as great of a rookie season as we have seen since perhaps Fred Lynn’s MVP Rookie year in 1975. Trout did...
• 10/9 Phillies Nation: New AFL Season Kicks Off: Tuesday marks the beginning of another baseball season…the Arizona Fall League season.  This year, as the league celebrates...
• 10/8 Baseball Analytics: The rookie Septembers of Mays, Mantle, Harper, and Trout: This post, comparing the rookie Septembers of Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Bryce Harper, and Mike Trout  was...
• 10/7 Seedlings to Stars: MiLB/MLB Affiliation Changes For 2013: As the book has finally closed on the 2012 MiLB season, many Minor League teams end up switching which what Major League club...
• 10/7 Kings of Kauffman: Baseball Bloggers Alliance 2012 Awards Ballot: Kings of Kauffman is part of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, an organization set up to foster communication and collaboration...
• 10/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: American League Postseason Awards: By Bob Toth With the completion of the 2012 regular season, it is that time of year to reflect back on the highs and lows of...
• 10/7 Call to the Pen: Sunday’s Playoff Starting Pitchers: I was glancing through the scheduled starting pitchers for today’s four playoff games, two of which will be the first games...
• 10/7 Mets360.com: Should Mets revisit last year’s David Wright-Peter Bourjos rumor?: In November of last year there was a rumor of a Mets-Angels trade involving David Wright. As with most rumors, it’s hard to...
• 10/6 The Baseball Page: MLB 2012 Regular Season In Review: As hard as it is to believe, this week marks the conclusion of the 2012...
• 10/6 The Baseball Page: Paralysis By Analysis: A Look At Statistics In Modern Day Baseball: Mike Trout was the best player in baseball this season. You know, I...
• 10/6 The Baseball Haven: 2012 MLB Awards: The Second Annual Baseball Haven “I’m Always Right Before the Media Figures It Out” Awards are officially ready, just one...
• 10/6 El Maquino: OFFDAY: WHY YOU’RE WRONG AND TROUT’S THE MVP; CARDS NEGLIGENTLY DOWNGRADE PLAYOFF BULLPEN: THE BIG PIECE It’s the Triple Crown: for over a century the uncontested highest level of offensive achievement a player...
• 10/6 Yanks Go Yard: How do the Yankees match up against each remaining playoff team?: Congrats, Yankees fans! We have survived the dog-days of August and our favorite team has emerged from the grind of 162 games...
• 10/6 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Jacoby Ellsbury: Fantasy Baseball MVP for 2012 Revisited: In March we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come and...
• 10/6 mlbreports.com : Where Does Miguel Cabrera’s Season Rank All-Time?: Saturday October 6th, 2012 Dedrick Hendrix:  This season, Miguel Cabrera has accomplished what few hitters have ever done, the...
• 10/6 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout – Hello Offseason: Chris Iannetta gets an extension, Torii Hunter hopes for a decision soon and, Mike Trout is still at the center of baseball. What...
• 10/5 Yankees Fans Unite: Awards: MOY & AL MVP: Chicks dig the long ball Traditionalists love RBI’s and there are those that believe that Batting Average is king. These...
• 10/5 Tyler's Think Tank: My Award Ballot: AL MVP Mike Trout Miguel Cabrera Josh Hamilton Robinson Cano Justin Verlander Adrian Beltre Prince Fielder Albert...
• 10/5 SoDo Mojo: Why Smoak should get one more shot: I honestly cannot believe I am writing this. If you asked me as little as a month ago what I thought about Justin Smoak‘s...
• 10/5 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: The 2012 MLB Awards Voting - Per B3P: The 2012 Major League Baseball season was certainly an eventful year. From an improbable run by the...
• 10/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Heroes of Game 162: Here's a list of some players who were at the top of their game on the season's final day: Gavin Floyd blanked the Indians...
• 10/5 Jays Journal: Arrested Development:   I imagine that Alex Anthopoulos isn’t as amused as the rest of us with what has transpired recently, but with the latest...
• 10/5 It's About the Money (Stupid): The 2012 IIATMS MLB Awards: With the regular season in the rear view mirror and the postseason not quite upon us yet, it's time to hand out some regular...
• 10/5 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 22: Find a Happy Place: I’m going to start with some shameless self-promotion. Are you worried that the baseball season’s end will also deprive...
• 10/5 Baseball Musings: Award Voting: I voted for the IBWAA post-season awards. Since there is sometimes confusion about this, this is a group of internet writers,...
• 10/4 StanGraphs: 2012 MLB Playoff Preview: Once again, like a tender moment of bittersweet deja vu, the Major League Baseball playoffs are upon. The postseason seems to...
• 10/4 Kings of Kauffman: Who is most valuable?: Another season of Royals baseball has ended short of the playoffs. All the talk will now be about the postseason or arguing over...
• 10/4 El Maquino: THE MORNING AFTER: REGULAR SEASON ENDS WITH A WIN, BERKMAN SAYS GOODBYE, AND THE CASE OF THE DELETED STRAUSS TWEETS: THE BIG PIECE The Cardinals dealt a catastrophic blow to Post-Dispatch writer Joe Strauss‘ ego when they shut the media...
• 10/4 Eye On the Tigers: My Hypothetical AL MVP Vote : 1. Mike Trout - .326/.399/.564, 30 HR, 49 SB, .422 wOBA, 175 wRC+, 10.4 fWAR, 10.7 rWAR2. Miguel Cabrera - .330/.393/.606,...
• 10/4 Mariners Latest: Mariners Celebrate 2012 by Winning Final Game: And with that, the Seattle Mariners season comes to a close.  It was a great way to end the season, even if it...
• 10/4 The Baseball Haven: What Makes an MVP – The 2012 AL MVP: What is it that makes you the Most Valuable Player to your league? Is it where you help your team finish? Is it how much better...
• 10/4 For Baseball Junkies: Cabrera, Playoffs and What To Look Forward To: Last night, while the First Presidential Debate of this year's election was going on, baseball history was being made.  Miguel...
• 10/4 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout – Going Out With A Whimper Edition: LaTroy Hawkins talks about his career with Fangraphs, more Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout debate and, who’s to blame, well,...
• 10/4 Motor City Bengals: Austin Jackson Finishes 2012 with a .300 Batting Average: Perhaps lost in yesterday’s hubbub of Triple Crown awards and playoff opponent reveal parties was the fact that Austin Jackson’s...
• 10/4 It's About the Money (Stupid): On the A.L. MVP question: I feel like I'm obligated to say something about this, but keep putting it off because a) I don't have the energy or the interest...
• 10/4 WasWatching: 2012 A.L. MVP Debate: To be honest, I cannot decide on one between these two: Rk Player OPS+ Year G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB GDP SB BA OBP SLG 1 Mike...
• 10/4 B-R Blog: What if I Think Defensive Measures and Replacement Level Measures are Meaningless?: If you think all defensive measure are bunk and no better than random noise, use oWAR. It is every part of WAR, but assumes everyone...
• 10/3 Baseball News Source: Miguel Cabrera Wins Triple Crown – First Since 1967: Cabrera finished 2012 with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBI Miguel Cabrera became the first player to win a Triple...
• 10/3 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes (such sweet sorrow edition): @Athletics 12, Rangers 5: The turnabout’s complete. Call it comeback or collapse, the AL West is draped in gold and green....
• 10/3 Jays Journal: Encarnacion Caps Career Season With Injury: Whether it was the decimation of the pitching staff, the wrist issues for Jose Bautista, or just the general wear and tear experienced...
• 10/3 Motor City Bengals: Miguel Cabrera Wins Triple Crown: He didn’t sit the final game out, though you could have hardly blamed him if he did, and he didn’t add to his impressive resume,...
• 10/3 Baseball Musings: Season Over: The Tigers and Padres win within second of each other, and the 2012 regular season comes to an end. Miguel Cabrera goes 0 for...
• 10/3 Motor City Bengals: Miguel Cabrera Should Sit Tonight: As of now, when I started writing this, it still wasn’t decided whether or not Miguel Cabrera was going to play against...
• 10/3 Mariners Latest: Fences Moving In for 2013, Mariners Celebrate By Winning: In case you were out of town or living under a rock this afternoon, it was announced that the fences at Safeco Field will...
• 10/3 For Baseball Junkies: Final Day of the Regular Season - What to Watch: The 2012 MLB regular season is nearing its end.  Each team plays 162 games so the season is certainly a marathon of epic...
• 10/3 Call to the Pen: Yoenis Cespedes for American League Rookie of the Year: No one is talking about the American League Rookie of the Year race and this is a gross injustice that needs to be rectified....
• 10/3 Call to the Pen: Ben Zobrist Deserves Some MVP Consideration: Sensing the angry mob that is building after simply reading the title above, I think it is prudent to clarify a little bit before...
• 10/3 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Mike Trout went one for five Tuesday night, and Josh Hamilton did not hit a home run, making Miguel Cabrera‘s triple crown...
• 10/2 Baseball News Source: Cabrera Gets Two Hits, Two RBI Before Departing: First Triple Crown winner since Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 ? Nursing a sore ankle and playing in every game since...
• 10/2 Baseball Musings: Cabrera Out: Miguel Cabrera came out of the Tigers game after going 2 for 3. With Josh Hamilton and Mike Trout yet to play tonight, Cabrera’s...
• 10/2 Baseball Musings: Solidifying His Lead: Miguel Cabrera is two for two against the Royals tonight, his second single driving in two runs. He’s now hitting .331,...
• 10/2 Baseball Musings: Eckersley on Cabrera: Dennis Eckersley came down on the side of Miguel Cabrera for MVP on the Red Sox pre-game show on NESN. Amazingly, Dennis agrees...
• 10/2 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Notes: Santana, Wilson, Iannetta, Napoli: Despite adding Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson last winter and enjoying a legendary rookie season from Mike Trout, the Angels...
• 10/2 High Heat Stats: Monday game notes (expanded big gulp edition): Now with infinitely more Shanty Hogan mentions! Astros 3, @Cubs 0: Houston’s last back-to-back shutouts of 4 hits or less...
• 10/2 Mariners Latest: Mariners Lose, Eliminate Angels Anyway: Sigh I wasn't sure I'd write something about this game or not.  I'm to the point in the season where individual wins...
• 10/2 StanGraphs: Academy Award Favorites Hit Theaters Soon: With just two regular season games to go, we’re all left sitting uncomfortably (but excitably!) on pins and needles as we...
• 10/2 Call to the Pen: Miguel Cabrera Leads Tigers to Playoffs: The Detroit Tigers came into the night on Monday needing either a win over Kansas City or a White Sox loss to Cleveland. Chicago took...
• 10/2 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout – Taps edition: Mike Trout becomes youngest member of the 30-30 club, Torii Hunter is on his way to his first .300 season and, C.J. Wilson to...
• 10/2 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Win But Are Eliminated From Playoff Contention: Well, the Angels did what they could to stay in the race, however, with Oakland’s win, the Angels were officially eliminated...
• 10/2 Through The Fence Baseball: These top prospects could be grabbing headlines in 2013: Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Yu Darvish and Yoenis Cespedes sure gave us a serious look at the next generation of ballplayers this...
• 10/2 Motor City Bengals: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabrera Takes AL Home Run Lead: There are lots of reason to celebrate in Detroit right now when it comes to Tigers baseball. The club, of course, clinched their...
• 10/2 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Despite Mike Trout equaling Miguel Cabrera‘s four for five night, Miguel’s chance to winning the triple crown is sky...
• 10/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Two with four hitsLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout and 2B Howard Kendrick each had four hits Monday, Oct. 1....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout and 2B Howard Kendrick each had four hits Monday, Oct. 1.
• 10/1 Tomahawk Take: Series Preview: Braves @ Pirates: The Braves finish their regular season with a road trip to Pittsburgh, hoping to keep the momentum going into Friday’s wild...
• 10/1 Baseball Musings: Tentative Triple Crown Update: As things stand at 11:45 PM EDT, Miguel Cabrera‘s probability of winning the triple crown is up to .92, or 92%. That doesn’t...
• 10/1 Baseball Musings: Pressure on the Athletics: The Rays held on to beat the Orioles 5-3 behind fine pitching by Alex Cobb and two RBI by Chris Gimenez. The Rays have now won...
• 10/1 SoDo Mojo: Spectacular September Swoon: September was supposed to be a month in which we fans would see how much progress this latest rebuilding program was making under...
• 10/1 Kings of Kauffman: Tigers-Royals Series Preview Q&A with Motor City Bengals Matt Snyder: Tonight is the beginning of the end for the Kansas City Royals (71-88) who return to the K for their last series of the season....
• 10/1 The Biz of Baseball: Top 20 Top-Selling MLB Jerseys, Once Again, Sees Derek Jeter At #1: Derek Jeter (yet again) is MLB's top-selling baseball jersey Today, MLB and the MLBPA released information on...
• 10/1 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes (running-out-of-time edition): The Yanks and O’s both won and secured a playoff spot. The Rangers split with Anaheim; already in the tourney, they need...
• 10/1 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE CAPTAIN LEADS US: The Yankees have had one amazing season so far. They have been hit with injury after injury and it seems like they just...
• 10/1 Halo Hangout: Angels Are All But Eliminated: There was a sense of hope for the Angels and the postseason after Arte Moreno opened the checkbook to sign Albert Pujols and C.J....
• 10/1 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Split Of Doubleheader Puts Season On The Brink: A split of the doubleheader wasn’t going to be good enough, but unfortunately it’s all the Angels could muster. The...
• 10/1 BoSox Injection: Boston Adds Advisors, Completes Restructuring of Front Office: Once the season entered its final month it started to become increasingly more evident that the Boston Red Sox organization’s...
• 10/1 Nolan Writin': Game 158 & 159: Splits Aren’t Just For Dessert: After Mother Nature decided to intervene yesterday across the Metroplex, double header baseball got underway in Arlington on Sunday....
• 10/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout accomplishes first: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout became the first rookie to ever hit 30 homers and steal 40 bases Sunday, Sept. 30....[+]

• 9/30 Baseball News Source: Detroit’s Cabrera Still in Position for Triple Crown: Cabrera remains in contention for first Triple Crown since Yastrzemski in 1967 Miguel Cabrera was hitless in three at-bats in...
• 9/30 Baseball News Source: Mike Trout Sets Rookie Record With 30th Home Run: Mike Trout is the first rookie to combine 30 home runs and 40 stolen bases In the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday, Los...
• 9/30 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My IBWAA voting just about done, join now to have your vote count: I'm hoping to be a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America someday. But until that time, I'm a member of Internet...
• 9/30 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Trout, Ventura, Peavy, Twins, Playoffs: Rookie outfielder Mike Trout hit his 30th home run in the opener of the Angels-Rangers doubleheader this afternoon to become...
• 9/30 Baseball Musings: Tigers on the Edge: Prince Fielder hit a two-run homer in the top of the eighth inning, giving the Tigers a 2-1 comeback victory against the Twins....
• 9/30 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Trout, Ventura, Peavy, Twins: Rookie outfielder Mike Trout hit his 30th home run in the opener of the Angels-Rangers doubleheader this afternoon to become...
• 9/30 mlbreports.com : A.L Wild Cards: The Playoff Picture Update: Sunday September 30th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: The added wild card spot wasn’t a particularly po**** move when it was first announced....
• 9/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Bryce Harper primed for playoff spotlight: Mike Trout. You think Bryce Harper is a little tired of that name by now? By all accounts, the two are friendly and both seem...
• 9/30 Motor City Bengals: Equating Triple Crown With MVP Is Ridiculous:   Miguel Cabrera hit home run number 43 on the season in the eighth inning of Saturday’s win over the Minnesota Twins....
• 9/30 PaulLebowitz.com: Triple Crown Winners and the MVP: The reason the Triple Crown is getting such attention is that it’s so unknown to most everyone because it hasn’t happened...
• 9/29 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabrera solidified his RBI lead with a three run homer against the Twins as he went 1 for 4 in his quest to win the triple...
• 9/29 Baseball Musings: WAR For Trout: Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times uses WAR to make the MVP case for Mike Trout. I also heard Michael Kay and Al Leiter...
• 9/29 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Angels, Padres, Francona, Indians, Red Sox: Right-hander Chris Young made his final start of the season this evening, throwing six innings of two-run ball against the Braves....
• 9/29 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes (gratuitous no-hit edition): Reds 1, @Pirates no-no: Carl Hubbell (1929), Sam Jones (1955), Bob Gibson (1971): These were the only men to baffle the...
• 9/29 Halo Hangout: Bad Rotation Management: This has been one of those seasons so far that has left us all scratching our collective heads. Why did it take so long to bring...
• 9/29 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Has Come For Your Records: It’s getting hard to keep up with the assault Mike Trout has put on Major League Baseball. Despite my pleas and baskets...
• 9/29 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: How about we just call this version of Link Hangout as the “Jered Weaver gets to 20 wins with a little bit of Torii Hunter...
• 9/29 Rays Colored Glasses: AL Wild Card Roundup: Rays Slide Back As Orioles, A’s, Angels Win: The Rays 3-1 loss at the hands of the Chicago White Sox was difficult enough. Combined with the three teams they are chasing in...
• 9/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout sets franchise record: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout set the franchise record for runs scored in a season with a first inning home run....[+] Trout has 125 runs scored which is one more than OF Vladimir Guerrero had in 2004.
• 9/28 Mariners Latest: Mariners Lose to Angels, Wonder Where the Real Smoak Went: Who are you and what did you do with Justin Smoak? Tonight's Mariners game featured a team continuing to evaluate talent...
• 9/28 Diamond Ring: The Great Debate: The 2012 AL MVP: People are sick of this debate? This is what baseball is all about! Miguel Cabrera has a shot at winning the coveted Triple Crown....
• 9/28 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Edwin Encarnacion as a Keeper: Nash, I have Edwin Encarnacion on my team. I get three keepers. The only player on my team that I know for sure is a keeper is...
• 9/28 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes (getting down to cases edition): @Rangers 9, Athletics 7:  Oakland bashed 5 HRs, but Texas grabbed a 5-0 lead in the 1st and matched Oakland’s rallies in...
• 9/28 Baseball Analytics: The Triple Crown watch (overall and post-All Star break): AL Batting Average RkPlayerBA 1 Miguel Cabrera .326 2 Joe Mauer .323 3 Mike Trout .320 4 Derek Jeter .318 5 Adrian...
• 9/28 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Indians: So the Cleveland Indians fire their manager, and now they’re going to rip off a six-game win streak, and never have a losing...
• 9/28 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: The main players in Miguel Cabrera‘s quest for the triple crown did not have good days. Miguel went 1 for 4, but did not...
• 9/27 Baseball Analytics: The Triple Crown Watch: Today, we not only look at where Miguel Cabrera stands, but how each of Miggy’s competitors in each category...
• 9/27 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Hunter’s Walk-Off Hit Extends Win Streak To Five: The Angels just keep on fighting. Now the question is, will they fall short? The Angels fought back and came from behind to beat...
• 9/27 Halo Hangout: Fun With WAR: Mike Trout vs Miguel Cabrera: I realize WAR (wins above replacement) isn’t for everybody and is widely considered a nerdy, sabermetric crutch. While most...
• 9/27 Call to the Pen: The Return of Jason Heyward: When Jason Heyward‘s Major League career began — with a home run in his first at-bat, might I add — in 2010,...
• 9/27 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Mike Scioscia on Jered Weaver‘s Cy Young chances, Zack Greinke a top priority and, is Dan Haren on the outs? For the first...
• 9/27 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabrera and his competitors did nothing positive on Wednesday. Miguel, Mike Trout, and Joe Mauer all took oh fors, while...
• 9/27 Baseball Jerks: Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout Don’t Care About Your Opinions: I’m going to leave the stats out of this one, for the time being. Who is the American League’s most valuable player? Personally,...
• 9/26 High Heat Stats: Tuesday game notes (not-dead-yet edition): Indians 4, @White Sox 3 / @Tigers 2, Royals 0: All you zombies, show your faces! The race that will not die staggers hungrily...
• 9/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Your American League MVP Checklist: Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout are locked in a duel for the American League Most Valuable Player. In a way, it’s a factional...
• 9/26 Baseball Jerks: Triple Crown (Loser) Watch: Update: The coveted Triple Crown is being sought by Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera, and there is much debate about whether if he...
• 9/26 Baseball Analytics: The Miguel Cabrera Triple Crown Watch (and some MVP numbers too): AL 2012 Numbers Batting Average RkPlayerBA 1 Miguel Cabrera .329 2 Joe Mauer .326 3 Mike Trout .324 4 Derek Jeter .321 Provided...
• 9/26 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights – 20 Strikeouts, Say WHAT?: Well, that was fun. We’ll get to the bulk of the game in a minute, first let’s wrap our heads around this for a second....
• 9/26 Yanks Go Yard: Will The Real Robinson Cano Please Stand Up?: At long last, the Yankees are back to their winning ways. They have broken out of their dreadful funk of the last few months,...
• 9/26 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Joe Mauer is now giving Miguel Cabrera a run for his money in the batting title race. Mike Trout is still a threat as he went...
• 9/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout ties franchise record: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout scored two runs Tuesday, Sept. 25, to increase his major league leading run total...[+] to 124, which also tied him with former OF Vladimir Guerrero for the franchise record set in 2004.
• 9/25 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: The Dear Mr. Fantasy Baseball Podcast: September 23, 2012: This week’s fantasy baseball podcast features the return of The Fantasy Doctor. The show also welcomes Jonathan Mitchell...
• 9/25 mlbreports.com : Miguel Cabrera: Baseball Royalty is Ready to Take the AL Triple Crown and a Spot in Cooperstown: Tuesday September 25, 2012 Alex Mednick:  1967 was the year that boxer Muhammad Ali was stripped of his boxing world championship...
• 9/25 Kings of Kauffman: Fun with WAR (Wins Above Replacement): After reading Buster Olney’s latest blog post “Framing the American League MVP debate“, it had me thinking about...
• 9/25 Yankees Fans Unite: Which Teams Should the Yankees Be Rooting For?: It is obvious that the first goal for the Yankees is to lock up the AL East. The Yankees need to avoid that one game playoff at...
• 9/25 Through The Fence Baseball: NL MVP: the case for Ryan Braun: The best way to quiet your critics and prove your innocence in sports is to do it with your play. Amid allegations of PED use...
• 9/25 Baseball Analytics: The Miguel Cabrera Triple Crown Watch: Batting Average Miguel Cabrera's 2012 season RkPlayerBA 1 Miguel Cabrera .331 2 Mike Trout .323 3 Derek Jeter .322 4 Joe...
• 9/25 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Mike Trout versus Miguel Cabrera (again), even more Mike Trout and, Right now, it’s about trust. With the A’s losing...
• 9/25 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabera went 1 for 4 in the Tigers 6-2 win over Kansas City Monday night and now leads the batting race .331 to .323 over...
• 9/24 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tigers Monday Morning Manager: Last Week: 3-4 This Week: KC (9/24-27); at Min (9/28-30) So, What Happened? Just...
• 9/24 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout’s Pink Teddy Bear: If you see Mike Trout gallivanting around Orange County with a big, pink teddy bear, it’s not an homage to the pink bear...
• 9/24 Motor City Bengals: Awards Are Great But…: Come on Tigers fans. The Tigers are in the midst of a pennant race and I am beginning to wonder if anyone has noticed, or more...
• 9/24 Radical Baseball: I had not thought the Triple Crown possible with one week to go.: Miguel Cabrera is proving me wrong.  I had done extensive research and concluded that a batter leading his league/conference...
• 9/24 For Baseball Junkies: Could Another Triple Crown Winner Lose MVP?: Since 1901, the baseball hitting Triple Crown has only been accomplished 13 times by 11 different players.  The hitting Triple...
• 9/24 The Flagrant Fan: It's raining cats and dogmas: Or a dogma and pony show. Couldn't decide on which was the best pun... The American and National...
• 9/24 The Baseball Page: Sexiness of CF hurdle for Cabrera: It has been the location of baseball’s glamour profession, the real...
• 9/24 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Yankees-Twins (9/24-9/26): The New York Yankees ended their homestand on a wild note with this series against the Oakland Athletics. It felt like a playoff...
• 9/24 WSJ Daily Fix: The MVP Case for Mike Trout: The Count: Forget Miguel Cabrera's chase for the triple crown. More advanced stats show Trout to be having a demonstrably stronger...
• 9/24 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabera went 2 for 8 in the double header on Sunday, and now leads the batting race .331 to .323 over both Mike Trout and...
• 9/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout nearing franchise recordLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout leads the majors with 122 runs scored and is two shy of the franchise record....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout leads the majors with 122 runs scored and is two shy of the franchise record.
• 9/23 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Four Run Sixth Gives Angels Sweep of White Sox: Well, you have to say this about the Angels. They don’t give up. They may not make the playoffs, though they are giving...
• 9/23 Baseball Musings: Tigers Swept: The Twins win the night-cap of their double header with the Tigers as Denard Span leads off the tenth inning with a pinch-hit...
• 9/23 Southside Showdown: Offense Continues to Sleep as Angels Complete Sweep: Spirits were not high heading into a matchup featuring Angels’ Ace Jered Weaver and White Sox often time whipping boy Gavin...
• 9/23 Baseball Musings: A New Hope: Joe Mauer went 3 for 4 in game one of the Twins/Tigers double header, raising his batting average to .326, pushing him slightly...
• 9/23 Puckett's Pond: Twins Weekly Web Review: A weekly look at must-read articles on the Minnesota Twins and MLB. MINNESOTA TWINS NEWS AND NOTES Scott Diamond currently the...
• 9/23 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Haren Gets First Home Win In A Month As Angels Cut Lead to 2.5 Games: The Angels did what they had to do. Now the lead is 2.5. The Angels came in knowing the Athletics had lost in New York and took...
• 9/23 Halo Hangout: Mike Scioscia is Going Nowhere: According to Alden Gonzalez, The Angels MLB beat writer, Arte Moreno delivered a concise answer on the subject of skipper Mike...
• 9/23 Motor City Bengals: Random Thoughts: Miggy, Twins/Tigers: Yesterday’s thumping of the Minnesota Twins included taking advantage of the opposition’s lack of command, offense...
• 9/23 Motor City Bengals: If Not Jhonny Peralta In 2013, Then Who?: I wrote an article a couple weeks ago in the Free Press stating that I believed the Tigers should pick up Jhonny Peralta‘s...
• 9/23 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabrera went one for four with a home run and an RBI on Saturday. His competition for the batting title, Mike Trout, went...
• 9/22 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes, and a little catch-up: Too much going on for a full report, but I’ll just hang it up there and see how y’all whack it. @Angels 6, White Sox...
• 9/22 Tyler's Think Tank: Melky Cabrera Forfeits Batting Title: Thanks for giving up the batting title, Melky. How about that All-Star Game MVP? In an unprecedented but well-received...
• 9/22 Call to the Pen: Torii Hunter Looking to Return to Angels Next Season: Pending free agent Torii Hunter has expressed interest in staying with the Angels after this season according to a Los Angeles...
• 9/22 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Santana’s Strong Effort Leads Way To Win: If the Angels are going to get back in the race, they are going to have to lean on their starting pitching, which was supposed...
• 9/22 Puckett's Pond: WAR Games: Should they stay or should they go?: When most people think of the word “war”, they think of either of the World Wars, violence, disputes over land or...
• 9/22 Southside Showdown: Poor Peavy + Bad Bats = Loss in LA (of A): Ervin Santana is riding a nice little streak. He hasn’t allowed more than 5 hits in a game for a month. Tonight was not the...
• 9/22 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: The Angels are going with a closer by committee approach to close out the season, Torii Hunter wants to stay in Anaheim and a...
• 9/22 Motor City Bengals: Miguel Cabrera Nearing Triple Crown: Miguel Cabrera is approaching a historic feat that hasn’t been accomplished since 1967—finishing the season leading the league...
• 9/22 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabrera did not play Friday night as rain postponed the Tigers game. His competition for the batting title, Mike Trout,...
• 9/21 Tyler's Think Tank: McCutchen Mashing Way to MVP: For much of the summer, Andrew McCutchen seemed to have a stranglehold on the National League MVP race.  His Pirates were...
• 9/21 Halo Hangout: I Can Be Close Minded Too: Earlier this week, Jon Morosi posted this story at Fox Sports, and subsequently sent Angels fans on Twitter into a frenzy, as...
• 9/21 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Is This The Angels Last Stand?: In the penultimate home series of the season, the Chicago White Sox come to town to take on the Angels. Both teams are playing...
• 9/21 MLBTradeRumors: Mutual Interest For Angels, Torii Hunter: Mike Trout, Mark Trumbo, Peter Bourjos and Vernon Wells are all expected to remain with the Angels next year, so there’s...
• 9/21 The Flagrant Fan: BBA Linkfest - around the horn in general: Hey! Got a few minutes? Hope so because what follows is a group of links to some of the best baseball writing on the...
• 9/21 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Friday: September 21, 2012: September had been a tough month for picking baseball games until the last four days. The last two days have been particularly...
• 9/21 Eye On the Tigers: Win Probability Added: The Case for Trout as MVP : Who has put their team in a better situation to win, Miguel Cabrera or Mike Trout?  Well, one way to answer that question...
• 9/21 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Triple Crown Talk Needs To Start With Yaz: In a three-legged race, the secret to victory is unison. All three components must work simultaneously in order for victory...
• 9/21 Call to the Pen: Time Running Out for Angels to Salvage Post-Season Promise: For the Los Angeles Angels, with two weeks to go in the season, this wasn’t how they drew it up. The Angels welcome the...
• 9/21 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Frieri Melts Down Again; Angels Four Out Of Wild Card Spot: Forget the rally monkey, the Angels may need a rally gorilla if they are going to make the playoffs at this point. The Angels...
• 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Mike Trout is the AL MVP — and it’s only kinda close: First of all, let me be clear: I intend no disrespect to Miguel Cabrera, Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre or even Yoenis Cespedes...
• 9/21 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabrera went one for four with a walk Thursday afternoon. His competition for the batting title, Mike Trout, went 0 for...
• 9/20 High Heat Stats: Wednesday whatsits: Orioles 3, @Mariners 1 (11): Well, naturally. A noted philosopher‘s comment on Don Larsen‘s WS perfecto applies...
• 9/20 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Drinks SuperDrink: Wanna be like Mike? Too bad. He’s 21-years-old and the best player in Major League Baseball. Sure, maybe when you were 21,...
• 9/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Premature adulation – the MVP and Cy Young Awards go to …:   There are still a couple of weeks left to play in the season, and the wild card races are getting pretty intense as we...
• 9/20 StanGraphs: Placing Value on the Triple Crown: After an insane tear over the past couple of weeks, renowned baseball destroyer Miguel Cabrera has strengthened his case to the...
• 9/20 Call to the Pen: Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera Have Been Equal Offensive Forces: There is an American League MVP debate currently raging out there. And it’s exhausting. There are two major favorites for...
• 9/20 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: We got buckets full of Mike Trout and his MVP chase, Vernon Wells disappearing behind a wall and, Ozzie Guillen backing up Yunel...
• 9/20 Yanks Go Yard: Derek Jeter is mentioned in MVP race because he’s Derek Jeter: Plain and simple the reason New York Yankees captain is Derek Jeter is being mentioned and promoted (granted mostly by Yankees...
• 9/20 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Update: Miguel Cabrera went one for three with a home run and an RBI Wednesday night. His competition for the batting title, Mike Trout,...
• 9/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout sets another rookie record: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout set another rookie record with a single Wednesday, Sept. 19, to pass former OF Devon...[+] White in most total bases by a rookie with 284.
• 9/19 Baseball Analytics: Miguel Cabrera’s race for the Triple Crown: Prior to the start of the season, if you had to pick one player who had the best chance to win the Triple Crown, many pundits...
• 9/19 Call to the Pen: Miguel Cabrera Shouldn’t Need Triple Crown to be MVP: Midway through August in 2011, Miguel Cabrera and Detroit Tigers hitting coach Lloyd McClendon were standing around the batting...
• 9/19 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights: Weaver Gets 100th Career Win: Jered Weaver earned his 100th career win as the Angels used an eight run fourth to beat the Texas Rangers 11-3. The Angels are...
• 9/19 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Wins 100: After a zany eight run fourth inning in which Yakety Sax must have been playing in the background, Jered Weaver was able to cruise...
• 9/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Miggy or Trouty? The AL MVP race isn’t really that close: A month ago, the answer seemed pretty clear cut by most. Mike Trout was taking the baseball world by storm and seemed to be the...
• 9/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: Derek Jeter And The AL MVP: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) At this point it’s getting hard to find a positive adjective...
• 9/19 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Race: Miguel Cabrera, with two home runs Tuesday night, is now just two home runs behind Josh Hamilton for the AL home run lead. Cabrera...
• 9/19 MLB Dirt: MVP? Buster Posey May Not Even Be the Best Catcher in the NL This Season: Recently a groundswell of support has pushed Buster Posey to the forefront of the 2012 National League MVP race. After all, he...
• 9/19 Crashburn Alley: Mike Trout and False Equivalence: I love it when I wake up and The Internet, or at least that very small, strange, baseball-related corner of The Internet that...
• 9/18 Baseball News Source: Miguel Cabrera Muscles up Against Oakland – 2 HRs 6 RBI: American League MVP race – advantage Cabrera Miguel Cabrera slugged two home runs and knocked in six runs as the Detroit...
• 9/18 Roto Think Tank: Mike Trout 2013: 0 0 1 661 3771 Roto Think Tank 31 8 4424 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US ...
• 9/18 Nolan Writin': Series Preview: Texas Rangers (87-59) @ Los Angeles Angels (80-67): This is a big series for both teams but it is immensely important for the Angels. 7.5 games back of Texas and 3 back of the second...
• 9/18 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Dan Haren is slated to parti**** in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, American League West is once again the top division in baseball...
• 9/17 Yanks Go Yard: Who is the MVP of the Yankees? The Case for Cano: In recent weeks, the “Derek Jeter for MVP” movement has exploded. While Jeter is certainly having a spectacular season,...
• 9/17 Call to the Pen: Blown Save Robs Miguel Cabrera of Signature Moment: You hear it talked about every year, though usually a few months later than this: that signature moment. In college football,...
• 9/17 Puckett's Pond: This Week in Twins: September 17-23: Is the season over yet? The Twins sure played like it was last week. They won a game against the Indians to tie for fourth place,...
• 9/16 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Orioles @ A’s Game 145: All the A’s scoring in this one came in the third inning. All the Orioles scoring was split between the second and the third...
• 9/16 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Orioles @ A’s Game 145: All the A’s scoring in this one came in the third inning. All the Orioles scoring was split between the second and the third...
• 9/16 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Lose On Back to Back Home Runs: It took four pitches. It only took four pitches and the season almost went up in flames. Luckily for the Angels, the Orioles beat...
• 9/15 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Mike Trout is the MVP whether people like it or not, Alberto Callaspo gets some blog love and, Jerry Dipoto admires what is happening...
• 9/14 Baseball Analytics: Bill Chuck’s Friday Nine to Know:   From the day of Andy Pettitte’s first start May 13th (a loss) through his last game (a win) on June...
• 9/14 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights: Angels Use Six Run Inning To Avoid Sweep: It’s always nice to get your ace back. Jered Weaver was back and looked like his first half self. Weaver threw seven shut...
• 9/14 Crashburn Alley: The Guys Hardly Anyone Talks About: Hey, a non-Phillies column. Whaddaya know? I was perusing highlights on MLB.com and happened upon this home run hit by Josh Willingham...
• 9/14 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 19: How to Name Your Keg: It’s getting cold again, which excites me to no end. I love the change in weather, as would anyone who sweats as much as...
• 9/14 El Maquino: LYNN LEAVES NO ROOM FOR DOUBT, WINS PIVOTAL GAME ONE VS. DODGERS: THE BIG PIECE It just wasn’t the same. The Angels were getting besten up by the Oakland A’s, who are fending them...
• 9/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: DEREK JETER FOR MVP? CONSIDER IT: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 9/13 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Mike Trout‘s dream season could have a nightmare ending, Albert Pujols ties Stan Musial and an uncanny similarity between...
• 9/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): Robinson Cano’s 2012 season: Mike Trout is going to win the Most Valuable Player Award. He is a lock. And it is not even close. But what would have happened...
• 9/12 Tyler's Think Tank: Harper Heating Up Again: After a protracted midseason slump, Bryce Harper is swinging a hot bat (CNN) In the Washington Nationals' 5-3 win over the...
• 9/12 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Can The Mariners Reach .500 in 2012?: After tonight’s 3-2 win over the struggling Toronto Blue Jays with our Ace Felix Hernandez taking the ball tomorrow, the...
• 9/12 Nolan Writin': Catharsis, and Misery: In the passive-agressive bubble of cynicism I sometimes inflate when I’m consciously in the mood to write, I possess the...
• 9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Saturday: September 1, 2012: Friday started out 0-4 as the Giants, Yankees, White Sox and Cardinals all lost. And so it was fortunate for the picks to climb...
• 9/12 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Comeback Falls Just Short: Missed it by that much. The Angels comeback attempt fell just short as the Athletics beat the Angels 6-5.  These next two games...
• 9/12 Baseball Jerks: Dodgers, Tigers, Angels: Is the Joke Over Yet?: It’s been an interesting season to say the least: anomalies Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, exposed jerks like Melky Cabrera...
• 9/12 AroundTheFoghorn: Could Buster Posey be the NL MVP?: Over the past week, much has been written about Buster Posey‘s chances at being the National League MVP this year. It’s...
• 9/11 High Heat Stats: Monday game notes: Athletics 3, @Angels 1: The fourth time was the charm for Jarrod Parker. Given just 2 runs total in his 3 prior starts against...
• 9/11 mlbreports.com : Mike Trout Is Still The Favorite For The A.L. MVP and ROY Awards: Tuesday September 11th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: Mike Trout has arubably been the biggest difference maker in all of baseball. When...
• 9/11 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: How does Jered Weaver‘s injury impact the AL playoff picture, 2012 season award prediction and even more Mike Trout. The...
• 9/10 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Max Benefits Still Paying Off For Tigers in Granderson Trade: On December 8, 2009, Detroit Tigers fans were shocked to learn that the team's most likable player, Curtis Granderson,...
• 9/10 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes: Yankees 13, @Orioles 3: Fourteen hits, 7 with RISP, pulled the Bombers clear of their see-saw tie for 1st place. Curtis Granderson came...
• 9/10 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Angels Look To Keep Their Winning Ways Going Vs A’s: This is the time when baseball is really fun. When everything is on the line and every pitch and every call is important. This...
• 9/10 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights: Greinke Gets Fourth Win In A Row as Halos Sweep Tigers: The Zack Greinke trade looks better and better now huh? Greinke pitched a solid 7 innings of two run ball as he earned his fourth...
• 9/10 Baseball Reality Tour: Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances: Look in the mirror. You'll see a person who would click on an article titled: Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances.Anyone...
• 9/10 WasWatching: Steve Yerkes & Mike TroutYerkes and Trout have something in common.  Do you know what it is?...
• 9/10 Baseball Musings: What is Mike Trout’s Upside?: As Cy Morong pointed out yesterday, Mike Trout is having a career season not just for a 20-year-old, but for any age. This leaves...
• 9/9 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: What's Been The Most Unlikely Storyline In '12?: A quick look at the 2012 Major League Baseball season reveals a year full of compelling happenings and surprising events that...
• 9/9 Baseball Musings: Fish Versus Felines: Mike Trout leads off against the Tigers with a home run for the second game in a row. In ten games against Detroit he has a double,...
• 9/9 Baseball Musings: Trout Goes to WAR: Cy Morong notes that Mike Trout‘s season now ranks in the top 50 all time in terms of WAR. He is at 9.9, tying him for the...
• 9/9 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes: Yeah, I know. I wish I could have gotten this out sooner — say, before Saturday’s games. But as the saying goes, life...
• 9/9 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Get To Verlander Early for 10th Win in 11 Games: When you’re hot, you’re hot and right now the Angels are absolutely on fire.  The Angels earned their 10th win the...
• 9/9 Baseball Musings: Justin Who?: Mike Trout seemed intimidated by Justin Verlander Saturday night. He hit a home run in his first at bat against the Tiger great,...
• 9/8 Through The Fence Baseball: Boston Red Sox fans need to take a long, hard look in mirror: Throughout what even Boston Red Sox players, coaches and personnel have deemed a “miserable” season, one quote has epitomized...
• 9/8 Baseball Analytics: Derek Jeter has another three hit game: The Yankee captain's season On a recent radio appearance, I was asked if I was surprised at the season that Derek Jeter is...
• 9/8 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Callaspo Delivers Pinch Hit Game-Winning Hit: Anytime you can win on a walk-off it’s a good night. The Angels did just that as they earned their ninth win in their last...
• 9/8 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: It’s a big weekend for American League baseball, Chris Iannetta is not acting like your typical Angels catcher and, there...
• 9/7 Baseball News Source: Fred Lynn Understands What it’s Like to be Mike Trout: If there is anyone better equipped to understand the exhilarating highs and the dramatic challenges that Mike Trout is experiencing...
• 9/6 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: @Nationals 9, Cubs 1: Through Monday, 387 games had been played at Nationals Park, and only one team had ever hit 5 HRs there....
• 9/6 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: If you knew nothing about Nick Maronde before his last two appearances, you’re going to learn a bit about him today. Also,...
• 9/6 Kings of Kauffman: What Might Have Been: Wil Myers is everywhere these days. Minor League Player of the Year over at Baseball America. Nice interview at Fangraphs. He...
• 9/6 Roto Think Tank: September Call-Ups (and Call Backs): American League: 0 0 1 1700 9696 Roto Think Tank 80 22 11374 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US...
• 9/5 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Forget Football, There is Still Baseball to be Played: That's right all you blasphemers out there. You are all ready to walk away from our national past-time for the 18-week...
• 9/5 Call to the Pen: With Votto Back, Reds Must Find Room for Todd Frazier: The Cincinnati Reds welcomed former NL MVP Joey Votto back into their starting lineup on Wednesday after he missed nearly two...
• 9/5 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Greinke Outduels Parker as Angels Cut A’s Wild Card Lead: It’s great when pitchers’ duel come to fruition. That’s the way the game was last night. Zack Greinke and Jarrod...
• 9/5 Baseball Analytics: McCutchen four-hits his way into the batting lead:    For me the NL batting race isn't professional, it's personal. There have been 172 games this season in which a...
• 9/5 The Writer's Journey: TWJ 2012: Mike Trout: The second card in the 2012 TWJ set is rookie sensation Mike Trout, outfielder for the team with the longest name in all of professional...
• 9/4 Kings of Kauffman: Wil Myers Had a Good Day: It started this morning when Baseball America announced that Omaha Storm Chasers outfielder Wil Myers had been named their Minor...
• 9/4 The Baseball Haven: Statistical Oddities: Melky Cabrera was once a slap-hitting fatty for the New York Yankees. We all know now that he changed his body and skills with...
• 9/4 Halo Hangout: The Angels Cash Commitments: Big spenders during Hot Stove 2011, it’s no surprise that the Angels finished in the top five of payroll commitments for...
• 9/4 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Jered Weaver might miss his next start, Torii Hunter is getting back to his roots and Mark Trumbo‘s slump just will not...
• 9/4 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Wells and Iannetta Lead Way In Win: If the Angels are going to make the playoffs, guys like Chris Iannetta and Vernon Wells are going to have to contribute when their...
• 9/4 Nolan Writin': Game 134: Rangers Roll, Reach New High-Water Mark: Now that we’re in the final month of the season, it doesn’t take fantastic leaps of hyperbole to create storylines....
• 9/4 B-R Blog: Oracle of Baseball: Want to find a chain of teammates between any two players in MLB history, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon-style? Then check out our...
• 9/3 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: The Strasburg decision, individual honors races, and the playoff picture as MLB enters its last month. Strasburg Shutdown The...
• 9/3 Call to the Pen: Jurickson Profar Just the Latest in Line of Impressive MLB Teenagers: It’s always a hoot when a precocious teenager finds his way into the majors and does something neat. “Neat”...
• 9/3 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver and the Stretch Run: Jered Weaver is the unquestioned Ace of the Angels pitching staff. It really goes without saying. Yes, this staff does have five...
• 9/2 Baseball News Source: Rangers’ Profar Hits Home Run in First Career At-Bat: Profar  became the second youngest player to homer in his first career at-bat This is the season of the young phenom in Major...
• 9/2 Call to the Pen: 2012, A Banner Year For Rookies: When we all look back on the 2012 season a few years from now, one of the things that will stand out most is how many great careers...
• 9/2 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights – Four Run Eighth Sinks Mariners: Felix Hernandez has been an unstoppable and unbeatable force since June, and yesterday seemed like it was going to be one of those...
• 9/1 Nolan Writin': What To Expect From The September Callups: Frustration. No, seriously. Like I mentioned earlier, the news of the call ups was well covered by Eric and he mentioned that...
• 9/1 Halo Hangout: Now or Never: August MVP’s and LVP’s: With the conclusion of last night’s game against the Seattle Mariners, the Los Angeles Angels close the book on an August...
• 9/1 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Mike Scioscia is going to ride Jered Weaver like the Ace horse that he is, Mark Trumbo‘s terrible August and, Mike Trout...
• 9/1 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights-Haren & Hunter Lead the Way: For all the struggles that the Angels had last month, it looks like the ship has been righted a little bit. Of course it all starts...
• 9/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Astros, Putz, Soriano, Giants: A hearty congratulations goes out to Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus who bid farewell to the internet today as he will...

• 8/31 Nolan Writin': When is it Time to Start Worrying About the A’s?: When ESPN’s hype machine polled 49 of their most astute “baseball” people before the season began, a poll designed...
• 8/31 SOX & Dawgs: Thursday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/30: After getting blown out 10-3 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to salvage the finale of a three-game set tonight with the...
• 8/31 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/30: When the Boston Red Sox traded away Kevin Youkilis for Zach Stewart and Brent Lillibridge, it was obvious the key piece in...
• 8/31 mlbreports.com : What Happened to Bryce Harper?: Friday August 31st, 2012 Dedrick Hendrix:  Everyone talks about Angels rookie stud Mike Trout, but what about Bryce Harper? It...
• 8/30 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Bold(ish) Predictions for the Rest of the Season: I don't necessarily believe all of these will happen, but there exists the possibility that they could happen.  A...
• 8/30 SOX & Dawgs: Thursday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/30: After getting blown out 10-3 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to salvage the finale of a three-game set tonight with the...
• 8/30 Baseball Musings: Blast from the Past: I was just chatting with Rob Neyer, and it struck me that the Angels are turning into the Yankees of the 1980s. They have two...
• 8/30 Call to the Pen: MLB Uniform Power Rankings: Part 2: Time for part 2 of my MLB Jersey Power Rankings on CTTP. Part 1 can be found here. Part 3 will be posted on Monday. 20. Milwaukee...
• 8/30 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Bats Go Boom Early as Wilson Gets First Win Since June: This was probably not the debut that Zach Stewart had in mind. The Angels got to him early and often giving C.J. Wilson his first...
• 8/30 Cubbies Crib: Darwin Barney Sets Errorless Record: One of the most under-the-radar Cubs has set one of the most under-the-radar records. Darwin Barney has been quietly setting an...
• 8/30 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Mike Trout reaches a historic milestone, C.J. Cron has season ending surgery, a one on one with Randal Grichuk and, should the...
• 8/30 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/30: When the Boston Red Sox traded away Kevin Youkilis for Zach Stewart and Brent Lillibridge, it was obvious the key piece in...
• 8/29 SOX & Dawgs: Wednesday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/29: After falling 6-5 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to get back on track tonight in the middle game of a three-game set with...
• 8/29 Baseball Jerks: Jemile Weeks, Justin Smoak and Drew Stubbs: This Week’s Jerks: We all know the best players (Josh Hamilton, Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera) but at Baseball Jerks we’d like to celebrate something...
• 8/29 Baseball With Matt: An Interview with Fred Lynn 8/29/12: Hey baseball fans!Recently, I put up a blog about Fred Lynn and his All Star Game grand slam.  Here's a video...
• 8/29 High Heat Stats: Game Notes from Tuesday, August 28: Not enough time in the day…. @Rangers 1, Rays 0: After missing a start, Yu Darvish returned with 10 Ks and his first scoreless...
• 8/29 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Trout Makes History and Angels Walk-Off vs Boston: All Mike Trout does is make history. Last night, Trout became the youngest player ever to hit 25 home runs and steal 40 bases...
• 8/29 BoSox Injection: He’s No Angel; Aceves Blows Lead, Angels Win 6-5 In Ninth: The Red Sox nursed a precarious 5-4 lead they’d earned since the sixth into the late innings. Boston had done what they...
• 8/29 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/29: When Boston Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine suspended Alfredo Aceves last week, it was because he threw a hissy fit after being...
• 8/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout reaches another milestone: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout became the first rookie and youngest player in history to collect 25 home runs and...[+] 40 stolen bases in a single season with his leadoff home run Tuesday, Aug. 28. Trout is 21 years and 21 days old. 'It's awesome, it's great,' Trout said after going 3-for-5 in the Angels' 6-5 walk-off victory. 'I really don't look at the individual stuff right now - not until the season's over. First goal right now is to get to the playoffs.' He leads the American League in batting average (.340), OPS (.995), steals (41), runs (101) and wins above replacement (8.8).
• 8/28 SOX & Dawgs: Tuesday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/28: After taking three-of-four from the Kansas City Royals, the Boston Red Sox embark on a nine-game west coast road trip. Tonight,...
• 8/28 The Baseball Page: Morning Manager: Week 21: Last Week: 5-1 This Week: at KC (8/28-30; CWS 8/31-9/2) So, What Happened?  It’s...
• 8/28 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Mike Trout wearing braces and even more MVP talk, Scott Kazmir is still throwing baseballs and, are announcers being subtly racist?...
• 8/28 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Los Angeles AngelsThe Advanced Scout stocks up on Red Bull and Five Hour Energy as he analyzes the Los Angeles Angels...
• 8/28 Baseball Reality Tour: Who Should Win the MVP?: Buster Olney got it started early this morning...In the wide open AL Cy Young race, the frontrunners from here look to be: 1....
• 8/27 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes (just in time!): Cardinals 8, @Reds 2: With a 17-hit fusillade, St. Louis captured the rubber game of a series in which each winner scored 8 runs,...
• 8/27 Full Spectrum Baseball: Finders Keepers: Billy Hamilton: My number one rated offensive keeper prospect the one and only, already legendary base stealer, Billy Hamilton. In this final...
• 8/27 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Scherzer Shuts Down Angels: Good pitching stops good hitting. Yesterday the Angels ran into some really good pitching. Max Scherzer was on his game for the...
• 8/27 Redbird Dugout: The Monday Musial – August 26th: The St. Louis Cardinals just completed their series victory against the Cincinnati Reds with a 8-2 drubbing behind Adam Wainwright....
• 8/26 Halo Hangout: Angels Uniforms Ranked 13th: Uni Watch of ESPN released their MLB Power Rankings a few days ago and the Halos finished in the top half of the league. Coming...
• 8/26 Motor City Bengals: Recap: Tigers Grind Out Series Win: The Tigers got a solid outing from Max Scherzer this afternoon, going 7 strong innings, giving up just 1 run on 4 hits, 2 walks,...
• 8/25 Radical Baseball: Qualifying for average leadership: more: See previous post. I received this, which the sender assumes supports the idea that the criteria is based on 162 scheduled...
• 8/25 mlbreports.com : Top 5 Center Field Prospects in Baseball: Saturday August 25th, 2012 Codey Harrison: (Lead MiLB Prospect Analyst) - Today represents the final installment of the three-part series...
• 8/25 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Sayonara Takahashi, the Angels as a team could affect Mike Trout‘s MVP chances, more suspensions and professional courtesy...
• 8/24 mlbreports.com : Josh Hamilton: Should the Rangers Extend Their Star Slugger Immediately?: Friday August 24th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  In the present time, Josh Hamilton is the Texas Rangers’ best player. One of the...
• 8/24 Full Spectrum Baseball: Mike Trout: Poetry In Motion — Or Fish Tale?: No ordinary fish tale here. Mike Trout had burst onto the scene as the second coming of Willie Howard Mays himself. Willie Mays...
• 8/24 Bronx Baseball Daily: Jeter could earn an extra $2 mil in 2014 with recent performance: As part of Derek Jeter‘s current contract, he has a 2014 player option that is worth at least $8 million and can increase...
• 8/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout makes history: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout became the youngest player in baseball at 21 years and 16 days old since Cesar Cedeno...[+] in 1972 to notch 40 stolen bases and 20 home runs in a season. Trout leads the American League with a .345 average, 99 runs and a 1.011 OPS. He leads all rookies this year with 24 home runs, 72 RBIs and 45 walks.
• 8/23 SOX & Dawgs: Thursday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/23: After falling 7-3 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to avoid being swept tonight in the finale of a three-game set with the...
• 8/23 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/23: For the last few months whenever the Boston Red Sox have needed a big start, they've been able to count on Clay Buchholz. But...
• 8/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Understanding Each MLB Team’s Performance in the Context of Its Ballpark Part 1: One interesting thing in baseball is that every stadium is different. Unlike any of the other four major sports, there are no...
• 8/23 Jays Journal: What We’ve Learned about Chad Jenkins: Chad Jenkins was not having a very good year in Double-A when he received the promotion to Toronto back on August 5th. Jenkins...
• 8/23 SOX & Dawgs: Thursday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/23: After falling 7-3 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to avoid being swept tonight in the finale of a three-game set with the...
• 8/23 Full Spectrum Baseball: Sabermetric Spotlight: Mike Trout: When it comes down to one name that has been talked about for many different reasons this year it is Mike Trout. AL Rookie of...
• 8/23 Call to the Pen: Baseball Last Night: What I Imagine it Was Like: I have a confession to make: I didn’t follow baseball last night. Shocking, I know. You’re shocked, right? Me, a “baseball...
• 8/23 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights-Angels Win Game; Lose Pujols to Calf Injury: Are things looking up in LA? Could they be turning it around? Well they won two of three against Cleveland and then got swept...
• 8/23 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Garrett Richards is back as Peter Bourjos goes to the Disabled List, Roger Clemens is back in baseball, Bartolo Colon Suspended...
• 8/23 Through The Fence Baseball: 10 best pro debuts from the 2012 draft class: The new CBA draft rules allowed for players to sign a lot earlier than in past drafts, thus giving them almost a full season of...
• 8/23 Bronx Baseball Daily: Is Derek Jeter a MVP candidate?: If I were told to vote right this minute for the AL MVP, my pick would be Derek Jeter.  No other player has done more to...
• 8/23 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/23: For the last few months whenever the Boston Red Sox have needed a big start, they've been able to count on Clay Buchholz. But...
• 8/23 SOX & Dawgs: Wednesday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/22: After yet another loss last night, the Boston Red Sox look to even up the series in the middle game of a three-game set with...
• 8/23 YankeeAnalysts.com: The MVP and Derek Jeter: No one predicted that Derek Jeter would be the best hitting shortstop of 2012, but so far, the 38 year old has outproduced prime...
• 8/22 SOX & Dawgs: Wednesday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/22: After yet another loss last night, the Boston Red Sox look to even up the series in the middle game of a three-game set with...
• 8/22 Call to the Pen: Firing Scioscia Would Be Blasphemy For Angels: There is an old quote that says, “Change for the sake of change is a recipe for failure.” In the case of the Los Angeles...
• 8/22 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Trumbo and Santana Lead Way To Victory: Is it crazy to think that Ervin Santana is right now the number two starter behind Jered Weaver? At this point he is. Santana...
• 8/22 BoSox Injection: Aaron Cook’s Struggles Pave Way to Red Sox 5-3 Loss: It was a clash of two clubs struggling to stay in the thick of the AL Wild Card when the LA Angels strolled into Fenway to battle...
• 8/22 Through The Fence Baseball: AL MVP race: Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera in battle to the finish: As we near the end of the regular season, trophy talks are on the rise. This year, another Tiger is in the AL MVP race: Miguel...
• 8/22 SOX & Dawgs: Tuesday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/21: After losing two-of-three in New York and going on 4-6 on the 10-game road trip, the Boston Red Sox return home for a seven-game...
• 8/21 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Los Angeles Angels of AnaheimThe Advanced Scout stares into Mike Trout's eyes as he analyzes the Los Angeles Angels...
• 8/21 SOX & Dawgs: Tuesday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/21: After losing two-of-three in New York and going on 4-6 on the 10-game road trip, the Boston Red Sox return home for a seven-game...
• 8/21 YankeeAnalysts.com: What We’re Reading: Tuesday Afternoon’s Links: Happy Tuesday everyone. I hope you’re having a good day. Here are some links for you to look at before the game. This afternoon,...
• 8/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Which MVP candidate will fade down the stretch? Vote now!: Josh Hamilton – AL Mike Trout – AL Miguel Cabrera – AL Andrew McCutchen – NL Buster Posey – NL Carlos...
• 8/20 mlbreports.com : The Underrated Greatness of Yoenis Cespedes: The Stats Don’t Lie: Monday August 20th, 2012                                                                    ...
• 8/20 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Sunday action: Rays 8, @Angels 3: For the first time in their 52-year history, the Angels were swept in a 4-game series while allowing 7+ runs...
• 8/20 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Greinke Rocked as Rays Sweep Angels: Apparently Saturday wasn’t rock bottom. Although Sunday’s loss wasn’t as bad as Saturday’s, being swept...
• 8/19 El Maquino: HERE COMES THE CAVALRY: THE POSTGAME Setting aside for now the obvious standings implications, only two important things happened after 19 innings and...
• 8/19 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Rays Finish Four-Game Sweep of Angels: Tampa Bay 8 – Los Angeles 3 – the Tampa Bay rays completed a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with an 8-3...
• 8/19 Halo Hangout: The Mike Trout Show: The Angels are limping to the end of the season. August has not been kind to the Halos as they’re 5-13 and showing no signs...
• 8/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 120: Moore Earns 10th Win as Bats Continue Surge to Sweep Angels: What a series the Rays had in Anaheim. They were not going to let the finale spoil that. The Angels have four really good starting...
• 8/19 Baseball Musings: The Curse of Vernon Wells: The Angels sent Zack Greinke to the mound, Albert Pujols and Mike Trout hit home runs, but the Angels still lost to the Rays 8-3....
• 8/19 Call to the Pen: Stephen Strasburg Who? How the Nationals Will be Fine Without Their Ace – Part Two: If you have not read part one of this series, click here and read it.  I covered the reasons the Nationals should still be one...
• 8/19 Full Spectrum Baseball: Top 5 Fantasy Disappointments in 2012 – Hitters and PitchersLet’s take a look at the 5 biggest disappointments of both hitters and pitchers this season....
• 8/19 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Honor 2002 Champs Then Blow Eight Run Lead: You can officially look at the Angels in two different ways: A. This is rockbottom and there’s nowhere to go but up B. They’re...
• 8/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Billy Hamilton: Superstar, Superhero: This is turning into quite the phenomenon. It seems every night, the baseball world runs to their computers, checks their phones,...
• 8/19 PaulLebowitz.com: West Coast Disaster Film: The Red Sox have understandably dominated the headlines while a similar disaster film is underway and less prominent on the West...
• 8/18 Baseball News Source: Angels Could End Up Baseball’s Most Disappointing Team: Ravaged by a rash of injuries that most teams over the course of baseball history could not overcome, the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia...
• 8/18 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Best Game In Baseball …In 140 Characters or Less: Yesterday, the best catch (and possibly the best game) in all of baseball did not happen in any of the thirty Major League Baseball...
• 8/18 mlbreports.com : Dustin Ackley: What’s Gone Wrong For The Once Highly Touted Prospect?: Saturday August 18th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto:  Dustin Ackley has a lot to live up to with the Seattle Mariners. Anyone who is selected...
• 8/18 Halo Hangout: Vernon Wells Adjusts To Life On The Bench: After being activated from the DL, Vernon Wells has had to come to terms with being primarily a bench player. Part of that is...
• 8/18 Call to the Pen: Is Mike Trout the Best Player in Baseball Already?: Excuse me for sounding a little hyperbolic in my title, and for jumping on what’s becoming an already sickeningly overcrowded...
• 8/18 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Instant replay, Dan Haren and moooooore Mike Trout. The air is getting sucked out of the lungs of this fan base quicker than the...
• 8/17 WasWatching: A.L. Batting Leaders: Here they are, as of this morning. Can Derek Jeter win the batting title this year?  Or, is it between Trout and Cabrera? Rk...
• 8/17 Full Spectrum Baseball: Sabermetric Spotlight: Jered Weaver: Jared Weaver was the 2011 runner up for the AL CY Young award and 5th in 2010. Is this his year? He surely has put himself into...
• 8/17 Halo Hangout: MY top prospect, Mr. Kaleb Cowart: In recent history, The Angels have been more miss than hit when it comes to third base prospects. Our gold standard has become...
• 8/17 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Price Quiets Hot Angel Bats: Baseball is a funny game. One day you get a perfect game thrown against you. The next day your ace is on the mound and he throws...
• 8/17 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians at Oakland Athletics: Well, it looks like the Cleveland Indians weren’t able to play the spoiler in the race for the AL West in Anaheim, but there’s...
• 8/16 mlbreports.com : Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Does Vernon Wells Have Anything Left in the Tank?: Thursday August 16th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto:  Don’t be sad for Vernon Wells. Sure, he’s not getting an abundant amount of playing...
• 8/16 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: Belatedly, and most imperfectly…. @Orioles 5, Red Sox 3: For 5-1/3 innings, all Baltimore could do with Aaron Cook‘s...
• 8/16 Full Spectrum Baseball: Starting Pitching Valuation (SPv) Leaderboard: For a brief introduction to the statistic for those who have not read the article, SPv is a stat that encompasses 1) the number...
• 8/16 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Angels Ruin Roberto’s Return; Angels 8, Indians 4: By Christian Petrila Roberto Hernandez made his 2012 debut for the Indians on Wednesday night/Thursday morning. Unfortunately...
• 8/16 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights: Five Run Second Leads to Angel Victory: Well now, could the Angels have turned a corner? They say in baseball that momentum is as good as tomorrow’s starting pitcher....
• 8/16 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: So, yesterday was fun. The first news to break was about Melky Cabrera testing positive for performance enhancing drugs (shocked...
• 8/16 WahoosOnFirst: Analyzing the Return of Roberto Hernandez: Considering the season is pretty much in the tank barring an epic collapse or two by their division-mates, there’s not much...
• 8/16 WahoosOnFirst: Angels Spoil Roberto Hernandez’s Debut 8-4:   Welcome to the 2012 season, Roberto Hernandez! That’s right, folks, last night was the long awaited debut of the...
• 8/16 Motor City Bengals: AL MVP Race: Mike Trout vs. Miguel Cabrera: There is much discussion right now in Detroit going on right now about the A.L. MVP race, fueled in part by Tigers manager Jim...
• 8/15 Baseball News Source: Tigers Prospect Nick Castellanos Learning from Al Kaline: Blocked by the slugging Miguel Cabrera at the Major League level, Detroit Tigers prospect Nick Castellanos is trying to make the...
• 8/15 Halo Hangout: The Dog Days Of August: For the Angels, more like doggin’ it days of August. Amirite? While July ended with the Halos taking the first two games...
• 8/15 Bus League Baseball: Q&A: Mets Prospect Brandon Nimmo: This is one of my favorite interviews because it started out on such a positive note. Nimmo had been hit by a pitch on his shoulder...
• 8/15 The Baseball Page: Fantasy Baseball Call Up Report: Jurickson Profar: Everyone was caught off guard when the Orioles called up Manny Machado....
• 8/15 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Jimenez Roller Coaster Screams Downward Again; Angels 9, Indians 6: By Mike Brandyberry Ubaldo Jimenez entered Tuesday’s game looking to find some consistency to his season, but the only thing...
• 8/15 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Pujols Four RBI Lead Offensive Barrage: This was much needed. Whether that’s the tonic that’s going to cure all the Angels ills remains to be seen, however,...
• 8/15 WahoosOnFirst: Ubaldo Jimenez Implodes as Angels Outslug Indians 9-6: Ubaldo Jimenez turned in one of his worst outings of the year Tuesday night as the Angels beat the Indians 9-6 to even the series...
• 8/14 El Maquino: CAIN GETS MESSED UP, LOHSE’S CONTRACT LOOMS AND THE PUJOLS STIGMA: THE POSTGAME: CARDS 8, GIANTS 2 > The Cards took out the trash tonight, wrecking San Francisco’s Matt Cain (5 ER) before...
• 8/14 MLBeef.com: Baseball: The week that was…August 12th, 2012 – More wildcards are good: Posted on August 13, 2012 by Taylor Is this the new “Manny being Manny”? The playoffs are only about a month and a half...
• 8/14 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Call Up Report: Jurickson Profar: Everyone was caught off guard when the Orioles called up Manny Machado. Now the rumors are swirling that the Texas Rangers will...
• 8/14 MLB Dirt: Jurickson Profar, To Be or Not To Be Called Up: So it appears the Texas Rangers are considering calling up Jurickson Profar as an option to be the team’s utility infielder,...
• 8/14 The Baseball Page: Cincinnati Reds discussing Billy Hamilton call up: This has been the year of the rookie. Superstar youngsters like Mike...
• 8/14 Halo Hangout: Anatomy of a slump – Trumbo is back to swinging at everything: May and June were a couple of great months, weren’t they? Everything was clicking. Albert Pujols had finally found his stroke...
• 8/14 WahoosOnFirst: Bottom of Lineup Powers Indians to Beat Angels 6-2: A strong start from Justin Masterson and big contributions from the bottom of the order powered Cleveland to a 6-2 win to kick...
• 8/13 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Stats that are Hard to Believe: 1. Mike Trout has scored 88 runs in 92 games played 2. 36 year-old David Ortiz, just one of many Red Sox to land on the DL...
• 8/13 MLB Dirt: Fantasy Elite: Andrew McCutchen or Mike Trout: When the 2012 Major League Baseball season began, the usual names came up in predicting the MVP’s of the American and National...
• 8/13 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians at Los Angeles Angels: It’s a good thing the Boston Red Sox are having as dreadful a season as they are because the Cleveland Indians needed that four-game...
• 8/13 High Heat Stats: Sunday summary: @White Sox 7, Athletics 3: H.R. Pierzynski broke a tie in the 6th with his 23rd HR, touching off a 5-run uprising, and Chris...
• 8/13 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: You’ll have to excuse any vitriol that I might display today. There was this weird looking “L” next to Jered...
• 8/13 Halo Hangout: Signs From Yesterday that “the Hand” is Moving Closer to the Proverbial “Panic Button”: With a 4-1 loss to the Mariners last night the sluggish Angels fell yet another game behind in the AL West standings and the AL...
• 8/12 Tyler's Think Tank: Can the Nationals Win 100 Games?: The Washington Nationals, current owners of the best record in baseball at 71-44 (.617), are pretty much the only team with a...
• 8/12 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Lowe to the Yankees, Mauer Before Head and Shoulders, Extend Wright, Jose Canseco is Bankrupt (again) and Creative MLB Realignment: Sunday August 12th, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen:  Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered....
• 8/12 PaulLebowitz.com: The Media Vultures Circle The Mets Again: Since the Mets have come apart after a surprising first half of the season when it was being speculated as to whether or not they’d...
• 8/11 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes: Wild-card contenders: [I couldn't finish last night and had tech troubles this morning, so here it is for whatever it's worth by now.] @Angels 6, Mariners...
• 8/11 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Win on Walk-off Wild Pitch: The Angels really needed that win last night. This might be the win that gets them to win 10 of 13 or something like that. The...
• 8/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout drives in five runs Friday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout went 1-for-5 and tied a career high with five RBIs against the Seattle Mariners Friday,...[+] Aug. 10. He had a three-run HR and a rare two-run sacrifice fly.
• 8/10 Baseball News Source: Will Middlebrooks – Midst of Ted Williams-esque Debut Season: If it was any other season, chances are Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks would be a frontrunner for American League Rookie...
• 8/10 Baseball News Source: Mike Trout – Miguel Cabrera – Subjects of AL MVP Debate: One is a 29-year-old slugger who hits for average and power, and has belted more than 300 home runs in his 10-year Major League...
• 8/10 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: TroutTime Bringing Back Memories of FernandoMania: If you were a baseball fan in 1981, you had it. It didn’t matter if you lived in Los Angeles or New York or...
• 8/10 Halo Hangout: Is Mike Trout Cooling Off?: In 2012, Mike Trout has yet to go into a slump. That’s pretty strange. All players have a poor string of games. Look at...
• 8/10 Baseball Musings: The New Top: The last time I looked at Batter Rankings, a way of telling who is the best batter in the game right now, Joey Votto was on top....
• 8/10 Full Spectrum Baseball: Finders Keepers/Welcome to the Bigs, Kid: Manny Machado (Special Double Edition): Late Wednesday evening, the Baltimore Orioles shocked the baseball world and fantasy community, at large, by announcing the call...
• 8/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Filling the shortstop void:   Nash, Position help please…I have been toiling away with random shortstops all year, after taking your advice on...
• 8/10 The Baseball Page: Baltimore Orioles call up top prospect Manny Machado: Wednesday night the Baltimore Orioles brass announced Manny Machado...
• 8/10 Call to the Pen: Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout, and the AL MVP Award: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland recently said in a radio interview that he feels Miguel Cabrera, his team’s incredible...
• 8/10 Halo Hangout: How Good Is Jered Weaver?: Jered Weaver is the Angels ace. He finished second is the AL Cy Young in 2011 and fifth in 2010. The baseball world is aware that...
• 8/10 Roto Think Tank: Manny Machado: There were two rapid-fire, knee-jerk reactions to Manny Machado's promotion yesterday on - where else - Twitter, that went something...
• 8/9 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Pitching Falters as Angels Lose Two Out of Three in Oakland: There’s been a common theme lately to Angels games. A good amount of hitting and not a pitching. This continued yesterday...
• 8/9 Through The Fence Baseball: It’s Manny (Machado) time in Baltimore: The Baltimore Orioles have selected the contract of their top prospect, 20-year-old Manny Machado, and will start him against...
• 8/9 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - AL/NL Only Leagues: Eric Stults has quietly been very good in San Diego. (US Presswire)Each week, Baseball Press provides some "under the radar"...
• 8/9 YankeeAnalysts.com: C-Grand’s Trends Are Packing His Bags For Him: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) I like Curtis Granderson.  I’ve written a lot of positive...
• 8/8 mlbreports.com : Los Angeles Angels: Can Their Starting Rotation Carry Them Into the Postseason?: Wednesday August 8th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Intern Writer):   The Los Angeles Angels made two big splashes in the offseason....
• 8/8 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Trout, Tigers, Marlins, Rockies: The Cubs were scheduled to play the first ever night game at Wrigley Field on this date 24 years ago, but the game was rained...
• 8/8 Radical Baseball: Trout v. Ortiz: home runs or home trots?: Sunday, May 24, 2009 Home Runs must be inside the park! How about declaring any ball batted into the stands out of play?  No,...
• 8/8 Radical Baseball: Mike Trout: Mickey Mantle 1952?: Mickey Mantle was my boyhood baseball hero but I did not become a fan until 1958 at age ten.  The Mick was a 19 year...
• 8/8 Puckett's Pond: What Should We Watch For in August and September?: The Twins are not going to make the playoffs this year. I hope I’m not crushing your hopes by stating that; unless you’re...
• 8/8 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Swinging A’s Shell Wilson: C.J. Wilson was brought in to be a co-ace with Jered Weaver. Right now he’s not that. Wilson game up six runs in five innings...
• 8/8 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Hits Birthday Bomb: If the cliche holds true and he’s just out there trying to win games, Mike Trout did not have a very good 21st birthday...
• 8/8 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 draft tracker: Joey Gallo sets HR record; David Dahl streaking: Hitting home runs at historic clips is nothing new to Joey Gallo. After all, he set a Nevada state record with 70 long balls over...
• 8/7 The Golden Sombrero: Video: Mike Trout playing for Millville High School (2009): In celebration of Mike Trout‘s 21st birthday, here is a video of him playing on a god-awful field as a high school senior:...
• 8/7 Crashburn Alley: Mike Trout Is Good at Baseball: As a Phillies fan, it’s easy to forget that baseball is played outside of the Citizens Bank Park confines. Especially since...
• 8/7 High Heat Stats: Monday game notes – expanded: Added games are above the solid line. @Orioles 3, Mariners 1: Chris Tillman won his 4th straight start, beating the team that...
• 8/7 Halo Hangout: Happy Birthday Mike Trout: Of all of the birthday posts I’ve written, this one is the most important. Not only is it for the AL MVP but it’s...
• 8/7 Baseball News Source: Where are Baseball’s Pre-Season Top 10 Prospects Today?: Ranking Major League prospects is an inexact science, much like filling out an NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket...
• 8/7 Full Spectrum Baseball: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not: Albert Pujols: Welcome to this week’s edition of Who’s Hot, Who’s Not. I’ll be discussing a familiar face with a still-unfamiliar uniform,...
• 8/7 The Baseball Page: Mike Trout robs J.J. Hardy (Video): Happy Birthday to Rookie of the Year favorite Mike Trout. We take a...
• 8/7 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Weaver Dominates A’s in Shutout: To paraphrase the DJ Khaled song; All Jered Weaver does is win, win, win no matter what. Weaver doesn’t blow people away....
• 8/6 Puckett's Pond: This Week in Twins: August 6-12: That was quite a week! The trade deadline came and went with no further activity by the Twins, but that didn’t stop them...
• 8/6 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights-Bullpen Falters Again as Angels Lose Series in Chicago: The Angels bullpen has been quite leaky on this road trip. This happened again yesterday, as the bullpen couldn’t protect...
• 8/5 Southside Showdown: A.J. Doesn’t Start, Plays Hero Anyway: It was Dan Haren and it was Francisco Liriano that controlled the game early as neither team was able to do much offensively against...
• 8/5 Full Spectrum Baseball: Top And Bottom 5 BABIPs In The MLB: For those of you unfamiliar with BABIP, it is short for Batting Average on Balls In Play. Simply put, BABIP equals a player's...
• 8/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Quietly Awesome (AL Hitters): To see the NL edition, scroll down or go here. Austin Jackson (.316/.405/.500) The 2010 AL Rookie of the Year runner-up endured...
• 8/5 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights – Pujols Stays Hot as Angels Stop Three Game Skid.: After a 21 minute rain delay the Angels wasted no time in keeping their offense clicking.  Mike Trout led off the game by getting...
• 8/4 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Lose Third in a Row on Rios Walk-Off: This is probably not the start Zack Greinke had in mind for start number two as an Angel. He gave up four runs in the first inning...
• 8/4 Call to the Pen: Checking in on International Rookies: When you think of baseball’s rookie class for the 2012 season, the names Mike Trout and Bryce Harper probably come to mind...
• 8/4 mlbreports.com : Weekly 6-Pack MLB Prospects: Hot/Cold Sheet – Week of August 4th: Saturday August 4th, 2012 Codey Harrison:  This is the first installment of the weekly prospect hot/cold sheet. We will feature...
• 8/4 PaulLebowitz.com: The Cliff Lee Waiver Claim FREAKOUT!!!!!!: The truth about MLB waiver claims is always presented at the bottom of a splashy and intentionally overblown headline and equally...
• 8/3 Southside Showdown: Angels in the Outfield – Lineups 8/3: It seems like we had ourselves a nice Friday night pitching duel involving Zack Greinke just a little while ago. Now that Greinke...
• 8/3 BoSox Injection: BoSox Injection Midseason Predictions: Conor Duffy World Series: New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds Biggest Trade: Anibal Sanchez (5-8, 4.11) and Omar Infante (.280/.305/.429)...
• 8/3 Mastersball.com: Can Olt Provide a Jolt?: As I sat down to write my AL Column last night, my intention was to lead off with my take on the surprising promotion of slugging...
• 8/2 Baseball News Source: Mike Trout – AL Player of the Month – Rookie of the Month: Mike Trout became the first American League player to win the American League player of the month and rookie of the month in the...
• 8/2 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Blow Two Leads; Lose Game in Extras: You learn more from bad losses than good wins. The Angels will learn a lot from the loss last night after blowing, not one but...
• 8/2 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Pujols is happy to be in the AL West. That’s where the Rangers are.: Albert Pujols hit two home runs in the Angels’ 11-10 extra-innings loss to the Rangers yesterday night. It was his first...
• 8/2 Baseball News Source: Albert Pujols Can Still Hit – Was There Ever a Doubt ?: Back in December Albert Pujols came to the Los Angeles Angels as a free agent, signed a 10 year $240 million deal. Pujols hit...
• 8/2 Bleeding Yankee Blue: EXAMINING THE AL MVP RACE: It’s been an incredible baseball season thus far, though every season is incredible. We’re just two months away until the...
• 8/2 Call to the Pen: Texas Rangers Call Up Mike Olt: The Rangers wouldn’t deal Mike Olt.  He was a key piece of any proposed trade by other teams in the league, and the Rangers...
• 8/1 Eye On the Tigers: My July Awards: American League:Player of the MonthMike Trout - .392/.455/.804, 10 HR, .534 wOBA, 248 wRC+It wasn’t even that close, Trout...
• 8/1 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: When to change your mind about fantasy baseball.: Fantasy baseball owners stick to the strategy that they feel has worked for them in the past. And there is no deviating from it....
• 8/1 mlbreports.com : Jerry Dipoto is Exactly What the Angels Needed: The Baseball Journey From Pitcher to GM: Wednesday August 1st, 2012 Sam Evans: Angels General Manager Jerry Dipoto has come a long ways since a neck injury ended his playing...
• 8/1 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights-Angels All-Stars Lead Way In Victory: In important games, you need your stars to be stars. That’s exactly what Albert Pujols, Mike Trout and Jered Weaver were...
• 8/1 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Is In Elite Company: Mike Trout is unstoppable and, in turn, I can’t stop writing about him. It’s almost an addiction. Trout’s July...
• 8/1 Phillies Nation: The Dom Brown Era (Finally) Begins: I guess I’ve yet to be completely tainted by working in the media. They say it ruins your fandom. But for tonight, I’ll...
• 8/1 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Albert Pujols Goes Deep Twice To Help The Los Angeles Angels Down the Texas Rangers Again: AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles Angels 6, Texas Rangers 2 The Angels have improved themselves greatly by adding Zack Greinke to their...
• 8/1 Nolan Writin': Game 102: Peace Amongst the Dutch Tulips: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to just a handful of plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those...
• 8/1 Baseball Musings: Batter and Pitcher of the Month: July 2012 saw great hitting performances by a number of players. David Freese got on base at a .562 clip with a .458 BA, but in...

• 7/31 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Orioles Batter Ivan Nova and Yankees: NEW YORK – T he New York Yankees scored five runs in the first inning, and the Baltimore Orioles answered with seven in...
• 7/31 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights-Morales Makes History as Angels Win Big in Texas: Well the Angels bats certainly know how to break out of a slump huh? You gotta love baseball. One day you can’t score. The...
• 7/31 Call to the Pen: MLB scoreboard: Kendrys Morales Fuels Los Angeles Angels Rout Of Texas Rangers: AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles Angels 15, Texas Rangers 8 The Angels took down their division rival in spectacular fashion, scoring...
• 7/31 Halo Hangout: Let’s not forget Torii.: Torii Hunter. Number two in the batting order, number one in our hearts. Through the Angels acquisition of Albert Pujols, to the...
• 7/30 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Morales, Trout, Angels Batter Rangers Oswalt: The Los Angeles Angels, scored nine runs in the sixth inning,  Kendrys Morales homered from both sides of the plate, in the...
• 7/30 Baseball Musings: Both Sides Now: Kendrys Morales homered from both sides of the plate in the same inning: Morales sparked the rally with a two-run homer off starter...
• 7/30 mlbreports.com : In The Year of The Rookie: Who’s For Real? Comparing MLB Prospects and Suspects in Fantasy Baseball: Monday July 30th, 2012 Peter Stein:  2012 truly has been the year of the rookie. With all of this new talent and many surprises,...
• 7/30 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Orioles trail the Yankees by 7 1/2 games as they open a three-game set at Yankee Stadium. Miguel Gonzalez takes on Freddy...
• 7/30 Full Spectrum Baseball: Finders Keepers: The Jean Segura Edition: By now, we have come to the point of the fantasy season where it is painfully obvious for some and dangerously close for others...
• 7/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout sitsLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout (knee) sat out Sunday, July 29, with a sore left knee....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout (knee) sat out Sunday, July 29, with a sore left knee.
• 7/29 Call to the Pen: Greinke Acquisition Places Angels Rotation Among Best in AL: On Sunday, Zack Greinke made his debut as a Los Angeles Angel. Greinke, acquired from Milwaukee for a package headlined by former...
• 7/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout day-to-dayLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout (knee) is listed as day-to-day with a left knee contusion....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout (knee) is listed as day-to-day with a left knee contusion.
• 7/29 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Matt Moore Shuts Down Halo Offense: Momentum is a good as your next day’s starting pitcher. Tampa bay certainly had momentum on their side. Matt Moore pitched...
• 7/28 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Is Dan Haren Back?: Zack Greinke had to like what he saw from his new teammates last night. Shortly after acquiring the ace, Dan Haren pitched like...
• 7/28 StanGraphs: Trade: Los Angeles Angels Snag Zack Greinke, Decimate Remains of Farm System: Following the recent Cole Hamels extension, Zack Greinke became the unquestionable prize of the 2012 trade deadline, at least...
• 7/28 MLB Dirt: Angels Made the Right Trade: The Milwaukee Brewers traded right-handed ace Zack Greinke to the Los Angeles Angels last night in exchange for shortstop prospect...
• 7/28 Halo Hangout: Angels Acquire Zack Greinke For Farm System: After Cole Hamels signed his mega-extension with the Phillies, Zack Greinke became the prize free agent pitcher for the trade...
• 7/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 100: Keppinger Provides The Only Offense as Haren, Pujols Defeat Rays 3-1: Tampa Bay arrived in Los Angeles for Friday’s series opener knowing full well that they’d be facing a tough Angels...
• 7/27 mlbreports.com : 2012 Trade Deadline Update #4 7/27: Zack Greinke to the Angels – The A.L. West Just Got Wilder: Saturday July 28th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: Zack Greinke has just been traded to the Angels. It looks as if the A.L. West is...
• 7/27 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Acquire Zack Greinke: One of the trade deadline's major chips has switched teams, as the Angels have acquired Zack Greinke in a trade with the Brewers. ...
• 7/27 Baseball News Source: MLB’s Second-Half Leaders and Losers: With just a handful of days left before the trade deadline, the buyers and sellers of the market have come more clearly into focus....
• 7/26 Baseball News Source: Rays Willing to Discuss Pitchers – Except David Price and Matt Moore: Starving for offense, even if third baseman Evan Longoria returns from a hamstring injury, the Tampa Bay Rays are willing to deal...
• 7/26 mlbreports.com : A Story of MLB Free Agency: Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols: Thursday July 26th, 2012  John Burns: Two of baseball biggest sluggers Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder both signed $200 million...
• 7/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Avoiding Greinke Due To His Past Depression Is A Copout: Twitter GMs, armchair scouts and amateur experts are bad enough when they’re talking about players’ on field performances...
• 7/26 MLB Dirt: Interview With Austin Schotts: The Steal of the 2012 Draft: (Photo: Tom Hagerty for LakelandLocal.com) The 2012 MLB first-year player draft was the first under the new collective bargaining...
• 7/26 The Baseball Page: Trout vs. Harper; Baseball's future is strong: Baseball is always looking for its next big superstar(s). My generation...
• 7/26 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: @Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2 (12): Rafael Furcal had the game-winning hit, giving him 2 of their 4 walk-offs this year. But my focus...
• 7/26 mlbreports.com : Watch Out For the Oakland A’s: Top Pitching and Countless Walk-Offs: Wednesday July 25th, 2012 John Burns:  Nobody would have told you prior to the season that the A’s would be 7 games over .500...
• 7/26 Kings of Kauffman: National League Routs American League While Melky Cabrera Wins All-Star Game MVP: For the first time in a long time, Kansas City was the focus of the sports world while hosting the 2012 MLB All-Star Game. All...
• 7/24 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Morales Pinch Hit Lifts Halos To Win: The Angels needed to rally late and they did exactly that as they came up with three in the eighth to break the tie and get game...
• 7/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Would The Rays Consider Moving Evan Longoria?: Throughout the fifteen years that the Tampa Bay Rays have been a major league franchise, Evan Longoria has been one of the best...
• 7/24 SOX & Dawgs: Adrian Gonzalez Named AL Player of the Week: I guess there's a silver lining in everything as Boston Red Sox first baseman Adrian Gonzalez was named the AL Player of the...
• 7/24 High Heat Stats: Monday, Monday … hey, look, it’s game notes!: @Giants 7, Padres 1: Four in the 1st matched San Francisco’s season high, and Buster Posey broke it open with a 3-run...
• 7/24 Redbird Rants: His Name is Oscar: Last offseason, the Cardinals lost their franchise player.  A player who had put up record numbers during his first eleven seasons...
• 7/24 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 draft tracker: Almora homers in debut; U18 team dominating: Chicago Cubs first-round draft pick (6th overall), Albert Almora, gave fans a glimpse of the player he is going to be in his professional...
• 7/24 YankeeAnalysts.com: What’s The Plan For David Phelps?: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) Or perhaps the more appropriate question to ask would be, IS there...
• 7/23 SOX & Dawgs: Adrian Gonzalez Named AL Player of the Week: I guess there's a silver lining in everything as Boston Red Sox first baseman Adrian Gonzalez was named the AL Player of the...
• 7/23 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Haren’s Return Helps Halos Win Series vs. Texas: Dan Haren came back off the DL and looked like his old self as the Angels won the rubber game of the series with the Texas Rangers...
• 7/23 Bronx Baseball Daily: Why Andrew McCutchen is MLB’s best player: It’s the point in the season where avid baseball fans will start declaring which player is the best hitter.  Most of the...
• 7/23 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes: Belated additions above the line: Dodgers 8, @Mets 3 (12): “LITROD” — Luck is the residue of design. Ramon...
• 7/23 Baseball Musings: Finding Value: Beyond the Boxscore researches the players returning the most bang for the buck this season, as well as those producing the least...
• 7/22 Baseball Musings: Trout Triple: If you are watching the Rangers and Angels on ESPN, you just saw something amazing. Mike Trout hit a line drive down rightfield...
• 7/22 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Small Market Short Hops - Yoenis Cespedes: The Oakland Athletics, despite their mission to expunge the roster before the season and push their move to San Jose,...
• 7/22 High Heat Stats: Saturday game notes: @Cardinals 12, Cubs 0: We’ve seen a 12-run inning before (right?) — but in the home 7th of a scoreless game? It began...
• 7/22 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Santana Shelled as Rangers Blast Five Homers: With the trade deadline looming, the cost of a starting pitcher for the Angels may have just gone up after yesterday. Ervin Santana...
• 7/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout ties franchise, AL rookie record: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout drew a two-out walk in the fifth inning Saturday, July 21, against the Texas Rangers,...[+] then stole second base and came around to score on single by OF Torii Hunter. That marked the 13th straight game which Trout has scored a run, tying a franchise record, and the American League rookie record mark.
• 7/21 Climbing Tal's Hill: Can Mills really last the season?: I love the Astros, always have and always will but lets be honest, this is getting embarrassing. I get young teams make mistakes...
• 7/21 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Weaver Dominant As Angels Take Game One vs Texas: You could almost hear the Wild West showdown music when the Angels took on the Rangers last night. Okay maybe not, but it was...
• 7/21 Baseball Reality Tour: Player of the Fortnight: We're a little more than two weeks past the All Star break. So, it's as good a time as any to hand out some virtual hardware.About...
• 7/20 Tyler's Think Tank: Belated First Half Awards: The second half of the baseball season is now a week old, but here are my belated midseason awards.  Better late than never! AL...
• 7/20 MLB Dirt: Michael Brantley Shining in Cleveland: Michael Brantley was becoming one of those guys who looked like he was never going to reach quite his potential. Brantley was...
• 7/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: 10 bold predictions for the second half:   Well, that was one heck of an All-Star Game we had, huh? Okay, it was pretty boring – almost comatose – and I really...
• 7/20 Call to the Pen: MLB Trade Rumors: Angels and Blue Jays Interested in Francisco Liriano: The Twins are not good.  They have some good pieces, but they are not good overall.  The one-time feel-good story out of the...
• 7/20 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Williams Struggles as Angels Lose Three of Four in Detroit: The Angels will head into this weekend’s Texas series losers of four of five as the they lost the finale of their series...
• 7/19 mlbreports.com : Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: 2012 World Series contenders?: Thursday July 19th, 2012 John Burns:  The 2012 season for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim looks like it might be getting saved...
• 7/19 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes & gnawings: Giants 9, @Braves 4 (11): Mere box-score trolling could never capture the extra-inning loop-de-loops of this wild ride. Instead,...
• 7/19 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights-Fister Shuts Down Angels: For whatever reason, it seems that anytime a team scores a ton of runs one day, the next day they get shut down. It’s one...
• 7/19 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Examining a Team for the Home Stretch: There are a lot of times throughout the year where the differences between real baseball and fantasy baseball show up. There are...
• 7/19 The Baseball Page: Fantasy Baseball: Examining a Team for the Home Stretch: There are a lot of times throughout the year where the differences between...
• 7/19 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees trade deadline targets: Justin Upton: Teams, people, or organizations will negotiate based on the idea that they will come out better. It is a simple fact; if you...
• 7/19 Baseball Musings: Working for Less: Torii Hunter is willing to take a pay cut to stay with the Angels in 2013: “This is the only team I want to play for,”...
• 7/18 The Baseball Page: Tigers Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Trade Prospects Like Castellanos: Twenty-five years later people in Detroit are still talking about John...
• 7/18 High Heat Stats: Tuesday game notes (no, not *that* one): Angels 13, @Tigers 0: I’ve always said, if you absolutely must end a franchise-record 159-game non-shutout streak, you...
• 7/18 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Los Angeles Angels Crush Detroit Tigers Behind Pujols And Trout:   AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles Angels 13, Detroit Tigers 0 The Los Angeles Angels downed the Detroit Tigers in impressive...
• 7/18 mlbreports.com : MLB Parity Is At An All-Time High: Wednwsday July.18/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer and @chuckbooth3024)- With 2 weeks before the non-waiver trade deadline,...
• 7/18 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- T&T Explode in Detroit as Angels Rout Tigers: The 2012 Angels are really the Mike Trout and Mark Trumbo story. Trout leads the AL in batting average by 27 points and Trumbo...
• 7/18 WahoosOnFirst: The Trade Deadline, the New CBA, and the Indians: We have already seen how the changes in the new MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) have affected the amateur draft and...
• 7/18 Lasorda's Lair: Will the Dodgers Ever Hold Their Players Accountable?: Will the Dodgers still be in contention on July 31? That is the million dollar question, but the way they have been playing it’s...
• 7/18 Motor City Bengals: A Tale Of Two Prospects: Tuesday night ended up being one of those games a team chalks up as a stinker and moves on. I tend to do that as well as a fan....
• 7/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout with four hitsLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout had four hits, including his 13th homer, Tuesday, July 17....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout had four hits, including his 13th homer, Tuesday, July 17.
• 7/17 Baseball Musings: Young Wings: Mike Trout collected four more hits, including a home run and Garrett Richards pitched seven shutout innings as the Angels pounded...
• 7/17 The Baseball Page: Morning Manager: Week 15: Last Week: 2-1 This Week: LAA (7/16-19); CWS (7/20-22) So, What Happened? Justin...
• 7/17 Baseball Analytics: Trout Killing Pitchers Softly: When the Angels initially called up Mike Trout last July, the then-19-year-old scuffled against major league heat. Trout batted...
• 7/17 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Bullpen Falters Again: What once was a strength is now a weakness post all-star break so far. The bullpen can’t hold the lead for the Angels. This...
• 7/17 Chicken Friars: The Padres Are The Real Victims Of The Television Deal: There has been a ton of controversy over the new Padres television deal in the last few months. The deal is set to pay the Padres...
• 7/17 Bronx Baseball Daily: Robinson Cano enjoying a 19-game hitting streak: Robinson Cano struggled out of the gate this year. He didn’t have a single RBI in the first two weeks of the season...
• 7/16 It's About the Money (Stupid): Ibanez’s late slam powers Yanks to win over Jays: Here's something for you to ponder before bed: if a Yankee delivers a clutch hit in the eighth inning with the bases loaded,...
• 7/16 For Baseball Junkies: MLB Survey - the Existence of Clutch: I was contacted by Double G Sports, a BBA Affiliate, about parti**** in a brief five question survey.  Five questions......
• 7/16 mlbreports.com : Wade Boggs: Living His Dash – A Tribute to A Baseball Legend: Monday July 16, 2012 Robert Whitmer (Baseball Writer): “The Dash” by Linda Ellis I read of a reverend who stood to...
• 7/16 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Urkel in Baseball, Batting Stance Guy, Beane, Future of Dempster, Hamilton’s Speed, Gathright Released and Rating Prospects: Monday July 16th, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen:  Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered....
• 7/16 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: The Yankees and Angels put on a show, Red Sox soap opera continues,  and more this week. A Great Show There’s nothing quite...
• 7/16 MLB Dirt: Pujols is an Entitled Boor: The box score of Sunday’s game between the New York Yankees and the Angels with the really long name shows that Albert Pujols...
• 7/16 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Avoid Sweep in the Bronx: When you are looking at the matchup of Jered Weaver and Ivan Nova, you were thinking a pitchers duel. Well you thought wrong....
• 7/16 Yanks Go Yard: Winners and Losers – Yankees vs. Angels 7/13 – 7/15: Check out the “Winners and Losers” from the Yankees weekend series with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Yankees took...
• 7/16 Baseball Musings: Hamilton’s Homer: Billy Hamilton may end up being the fastest man ever to circle the bases. Billy is not known for his power, he’s known for...
• 7/15 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Sheets, Athletics, Twins: After missing two years due to elbow injuries, righty Ben Sheets made a triumphant comeback start today as a member of the Braves,...
• 7/15 High Heat Stats: Belated return of Game Notes, with Saturday plus: Saturday @Cubs 4, Diamondbacks 1: The 5th straight scoreless start by Ryan Dempster matched the longest since Orel Hershiser‘s record...
• 7/15 Yanks Go Yard: Mid-Summer Scorcher: Cano extends sizzling hit streak to 17 as Yankees drop Angels: As the baseball season enters the middle of July, it is also **** that speculation and competition surrounding which players will...
• 7/15 My Pinstripes: Yankees Dig The Long Ball: Grandy goes yard - courtesy of WIBX.com Former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver must love watching this version...
• 7/14 The Baseball Page: MLB 2012: Bryce Harper Greatest Thing to Happen to Baseball's First Half: Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals has quickly become one of...
• 7/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: FREDDY GARCIA + PAIR OF TWO-RUN HR'S = YANKEES WIN: (Garcia gets ready for first pitch this afternoon.  Garcia would pitch 5 innings earning his 4th win of the year.) Make...
• 7/14 YankeeAnalysts.com: But I Thought The Yankees Always Lost To The Angels?: For a while now, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have been a thorn in the side of the New York Yankees. We all remember the...
• 7/14 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Bullpen Falters in First Game After All-Star Break: The back-end of the Angel bullpen has been solid all year, especially Scott Downs. This time it didn’t work out. Downs gave...
• 7/14 Yanks Go Yard: Teixeira and Martin lead Yanks’ rally past Halos: In order for the New York Yankees to maintain their comfortable lead in the American League East, they are going to need contributions...
• 7/14 The Captain's Blog: Should Yankees Trade the Farm for Justin Upton?: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) Before Mike Trout and Bryce Harper, there was Justin...
• 7/13 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Small Market Short Hops: Scott Diamond: When you play in a league with such esteemed rookies as Mike Trout, Yu Darvish, Will Middlebrooks, and Yoenis Cespedes,...
• 7/13 The Baseball Page: My Updated Bold Predictions for 2012: Before the MLB regular season continues tomorrow, let’s take a look...
• 7/13 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Angels at Yankees (7/13-7/15): The Bronx Bombers begin their second half of the season tonight as they try to continue their positive momentum from their 52-33...
• 7/13 WasWatching: WAR Greater Than 4.0 In Age 20 Season (Min. 250 PA): I wonder what Trout’s final mark will be when the season is over? Rk Player WAR/pos PA Year Age Tm G R H 2B HR RBI BA OBP...
• 7/13 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 10: I Will Sign Cody Ross: One of my favorite lines ever written about baseball came from Yahoo!’s Jeff Passan, who several years ago wrote a quick-hit...
• 7/13 Yankees Fans Unite: Series Preview: Angels @ Yankees 7/13 – 7/15: Pitching Matchups Friday, 7/13/12, 7:05pm ET Pitching for the Yankees: Hiroki Kuroda RHP Last Appearance: (ND) 5.2IP, 6ER, 10H,...
• 7/13 Call to the Pen: Five Bold Predictions for the Second Half of the 2012 Season: Baseball’s two day hiatus is finally over, and I bet all of you are extremely excited to get back to some baseball action....
• 7/13 PaulLebowitz.com: American League West—Buy, Sell or Stand Pat?: We can tick Edwin Encarnacion off the board of potentially available players as the Blue Jays signed him to a 3-year, $27 million...
• 7/12 Baseball Musings: AL West at the All Star Break: Next up in the graphical division race series is the AL West: Powered by Tableau Texas is pretty much the class of the division....
• 7/12 StanGraphs: My 2012 All-Star Week: It’s been a wild week, my little Sutt-on chops! As it does each and every season, Major League Baseball invited me to attend...
• 7/12 YankeeAnalysts.com: Things I’m Looking Forward To In The Second Half: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) We’re just one day away from meaningful baseball games starting...
• 7/11 Diamond Ring: Making a case out of it: The All Star game is coming up in less than 2 weeks.  We know for sure that the Royals will have at least 1 player on the...
• 7/11 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Is Mike Trout At The All Star Game: Playing with and against the best players in baseball, future Hall of Famers, his childhood hero Derek Jeter. The All Star Game...
• 7/11 The Baseball Page: 2012 Midseason Fantasy Baseball Lester Awards: With baseball taking a break for the Mid-summer Classic, it is time...
• 7/11 The Baseball Page: 2012 Midseason Fantasy Baseball Lester Awards: With baseball taking a break for the Mid-summer Classic, it is time...
• 7/11 The Baseball Page: MLB Power Rankings: Week 15: It was a big week in baseball, as we head into the All Star break. Texas...
• 7/11 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Back to the Grind of Jack Z’s Rebuilding Nightmare: Well the All-Star game turned out to be one-sided in a 8-0 blowout by the NL so there is no need to go over that situation except...
• 7/11 Redbird Rants: MLB Midseason Report: As we sit about four matches past the true halfway point of the season, it’s time to look at the season so far and see not...
• 7/11 Call to the Pen: National League Dominates American League in All-Star Game: The National League got smoked in interleague play again this season. From that point, the analysts made sure to point out how...
• 7/11 The Writer's Journey: Fun Cards: 2012 “MLB All-Star” Aroldis Chapman: The most impressive performance from a Reds player last night was delivered by the fireballer Aroldis Chapman. After walking Mike...
• 7/10 StanGraphs: Live Blog: 2012 All-Star Game: 10:27 PM: Here’s a TLR post-game interview, just like the doctor ordered. Tony is gushing about his NL squad, which is...
• 7/10 Phillies Nation: Trio of Phillies Take Part in National League All Star Win: They didn’t have much to do with the win, since the runs were put up early and often by the NL, but Carlos Ruiz and Cole...
• 7/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout is third-youngest player to post hit in ASG: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout delivered a single in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday, July 10, in the All-Star...[+] Game. He is the third-youngest player to record a base hit in the mid-summer classic in major league history.
• 7/10 Baseball Musings: Trout Time: R.A. Dickey comes into the game in the bottom of the sixth. Mike Trout leads off against him and singles, then steals second....
• 7/10 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins 2012 Midterm Report Card: It’s the All Star Break, which means the 2012 season is more than halfway done. We’re far enough along that nobody...
• 7/10 WahoosOnFirst: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Preview: American League Edition: Don’t be fooled by the fact that the All-Star Game is a glorified exhibition game. Yes, home field advantage is at stake,...
• 7/9 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Future Prospects Take Advantage of Big Stage: Major League Baseball showcases their annual Futures Game as part of their All-Star Game festivities, and it receives...
• 7/9 Call to the Pen: All-Star Break Deep Breath Time In Majors: Just got done watching the Yankees thump the Red Sox for the third time this weekend on ESPN Sunday night, with ex-Boston manager...
• 7/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Season review: Suprises, disappointments and awards: At the midway point of this baseball season, it is easy to tell this is far from a normal season for Major League Baseball. The...
• 7/9 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Second Annual TVPRCRP All-Star Teams: I still hate the All Star Game. When I was a kid it was exciting, you got to see the National League play the American League...
• 7/9 Baseball Reality Tour: First Half MLB Awards: It's the All-Star Break. Time to see how our MLB Awards ballots would look if voting on performances of the first half.AL Jackie...
• 7/9 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Finish First Half With Home Run Barrage: Mark Trumbo decided he needed a little more practice before tonight’s home run derby. I guess he’s ready now after...
• 7/9 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees Second-Half Predictions: Earlier today, the Yanks Go Yard staff looked back at some of the biggest surprises and disappointments from the first half....
• 7/8 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: “Bam-Bam” Makes the Cut: Harper Heading to All-Star Game: Keeping tabs on Bryce Harper‘s All-Star bid this season has been just like watching him play. Even when he struggles, the...
• 7/8 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Trade Beckett, Fire Selig, Chris Carter, New Orleans Baseball and MLB Expansion: Sunday July 8th, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen:  Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered. E-mail...
• 7/8 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Weaver Shuts Down Orioles and Makes History: Anytime you can do something that Sandy Koufax did, you are probably pretty good. Jered Weaver is pretty good. Weaver improved...
• 7/8 PaulLebowitz.com: American League Mid-Season Award Winners: Normally I don’t like doling out awards for half-a-season, but everyone else does it so someone has to do it right when they’re...
• 7/7 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Paul, Ross, Tanner, Wells, Martin: Let's check out some links as Saturday turns into Sunday.. Outfielder Xavier Paul has signed with the Reds and will report...
• 7/7 StanGraphs: 2012 Mid-Season Awards: The American League: Since we’ve already made you privy to our National League half-season award winners, we have no choice but to bestow upon...
• 7/7 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights – Angels Lose, Look Sleepy After Long Comeback Thursday Night: The Angels offense took the night off after an exhausting comeback on Thursday night and in doing so made Ex-Angel farmhand Miguel...
• 7/6 MLB Dirt: American League Position All-Star Starters: The other day I revealed my starting position players for the National League and today I give you my American League starters....
• 7/6 Kings of Kauffman: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Greatness: In today’s know-everything-first, savior-in-the-making, prospect pleasure land, people tend to over-hype everything. Media allows...
• 7/6 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Bats Beat Up Birds In Slugfest: The Angels may need to win more games like last night if their starting pitching continues on this route. Garrett Richards got...
• 7/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout steals three bagsLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout stole three bases Thursday, July 5....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout stole three bases Thursday, July 5.
• 7/5 mlbreports.com : 2012 MLB All-Star Futures Game Preview: Thursday July 5th, 2012 John Burns: On July8th 2012, the 14th annual MLB All-Star Futures Game will be held at Kauffman Stadium...
• 7/5 Puckett's Pond: Willingham and Plouffe, Mauer and Revere: On a baseball team named the Twins, it’s only **** that the best players come in pairs. Right now, a pair of Twins’...
• 7/4 Full Spectrum Baseball: 2012 Fantasy All-Stars: American League Edition: With the All-Star Break looming, let's take a look at the players who have separated themselves as the best of the best in Fantasy...
• 7/4 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Halos Lose After Two Rain Delays: The Angels dealt with two rain delays and subpar pitching performances as they lost the middle game of their series with Cleveland...
• 7/4 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: When NOT to trade.: We get asked a lot to evaluate potential fantasy baseball trades. Should I trade Andrew McCutchen for Matt Kemp? Is Cliff Lee...
• 7/4 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tribe Bats Rough Up Haren and Halos; Indians 9, Angels 5: By Ryan Hohman After watching an early lead disappear, the Cleveland Indians battled back to score the game’s last five...
• 7/4 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Chicago White Sox Destroy Roy Oswalt and the Texas Rangers: AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago White Sox 19, Texas Rangers 2 The Texas Rangers saw shades of that 21-run Mariner game earlier this season...
• 7/4 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Is The Best Player In Baseball: There. I said it. That was as long as I could hold it in. Mike Trout is the best player in baseball. The day after being scratched...
• 7/4 WahoosOnFirst: Rain-Drenched Indians Rough Up Dan Haren in 9-5 Win: Zach McAllister turned in a strong start and the Tribe’s bats were off to the races Tuesday night as the Tribe dodged rainstorms...
• 7/4 Kings of Kauffman: Glimpsing Stars: Earlier on Tuesday, Joe Posnanski discussed the 2012 MLB All-Star Game and all-star games in general to devise some kind of meaning....
• 7/4 Chicken Friars: Today is the Future: Let’s be honest with ourselves: I clearly have some sort of sway within the Padres organization. I declared it was time to release...
• 7/3 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout’s X-Rays Were Negative: And that sigh of relief you heard was, indeed, from me. Mike Trout jammed his right pinky during Sunday’s game against the...
• 7/3 Kings of Kauffman: Bubba Starling’s Big Day: Hopefully it’s a sign of things to come. Outfielder Bubba Starling homered twice and drove in six runs on Monday night...
• 7/2 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Andrew McCutchen Named NL Player Of The Month In June: Andrew McCutchen was bestowed a fairly big honor today when he was named the National League Player of the Month for June. Cutch...
• 7/2 Halo Hangout: Four for KC: The American League All-Star team is going to have four Angels in Mark Trumbo, Mike Trout, Jered Weaver and C.J. Wilson.  That’s...
• 7/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout undergoes X-raysLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout's (pinkie) X-ray results came back negative Monday, July 2....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout's (pinkie) X-ray results came back negative Monday, July 2.
• 7/2 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: Jason Evans Talks Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim come to town Monday night to kick off a three-game set at Progressive Field. So I talked to...
• 7/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout day-to-day: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout (pinkie) is being listed as day-to-day with a jammed right pinkie finger, and manager...[+] Mike Scioscia doesn't think his star center fielder will need X-rays.
• 7/2 Crashburn Alley: On Trading Cole Hamels, Part 1: When the Phillies bought out Cole Hamels‘ final arbitration year this January, I did the writeup, titling the post with...
• 7/2 Baseball Musings: Making it Count: With Dave Cameron managing the AL and Wendy Thurm managing the NL, FanGraphs builds rosters for the All-Star game designed to...
• 7/2 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: It’s Almost All-Star Game time, a midseason look at individual awards leaders, and more as MLB approaches the halfway mark...
• 7/2 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Get Split with Jays: It got interesting late, but the Angels managed to hang on as they beat the Blue Jays 10-6. It wasn’t the prettiest victory...
• 7/2 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: It’s getting difficult to get a good read on the Indians. Just when you think they’ve figured some things out and...
• 7/2 Baseball Reality Tour: Evaluating the Final Vote: All Star Game 2012 Final Vote time is upon us (ballot here).The only politics we like to discuss are voting for baseball (Hall...
• 7/2 Baseball Musings: Harper Votes for Chipper: Bryce Harper would vote for Chipper Jones for the All-Star team: After hearing he was on among the five finalists, Harper was...
• 7/1 Call to the Pen: 2012 MLB All-Star Reserves & Pitchers: Shortly after the starters were announced for the 83rd Major League All-Star Game, the reserves and pitchers were selected by...
• 7/1 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Defense Implodes in Loss: Mama said there will be days like this. This is a game you throw away and move on from. The Angel defense self-destructed as the...

• 6/30 Science Witness: Mariners fans waiting for a hero: I wrote another blog for Sportsnet.ca. You check the article out at: Mariners fans waiting for a hero. I didn’t want to...
• 6/30 StanGraphs: Picking All-Stars and Taking Names, Part Two: The National League All-Star picks have already been chronicled, so the next natural step is to examine the American League for...
• 6/29 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout, Mike Trout, Mike Trout: I give up. It’s officially impossible to not write about Mike Trout everyday. If you host a podcast or write for a blog...
• 6/29 Through The Fence Baseball: And the 2012 first-half MVP and Cy Young winners are …: We’re through three months of the season and nearly half the 162-game schedule has been played. The largest lead in any division...
• 6/29 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Garza, Orioles, Braves, Phillies, Headley: Arizona general manager Kevin Towers says he’s been impressed by Mike Trout and Bryce Harper from an offensive and defensive...
• 6/29 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Youk, Greinke, CarGo, Puig: On this date in 2005, Byung-Hyun Kim hit Craig Biggio with a pitch to give the Astros' second baseman the modern all-time hit-by-pitch...
• 6/29 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Haren and Homers Beat Blue Jays: The Angels are just finding ways to win games right now. Whether its via a pitchers duel or a slugfest they get it done. Today...
• 6/29 BoSox Injection: All-Star Game Player Selection–New Rules, ‘This, Bud’s for YOU!’: It’s long past time to revise the voting for the All-Star game by taking the Commissioner and the managers out of it, limiting...
• 6/28 Baseball Musings: Built for the Wrong Park?: After three games in good home run parks in Baltimore and Toronto, I suspect the Angels offense was built for the wrong park....
• 6/28 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Small Market Short Hops: Joey Votto: Yesterday, I took to Twitter and asked one simple questions: Is Joey Votto currently the best hitter in baseball? Well,...
• 6/28 Through The Fence Baseball: The legend of Mike Trout grows — ROY and MVP worthy?: American League catchers may resort to hiding kryptonite in their pockets when Mike Trout comes to bat. There doesn’t seem to...
• 6/28 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Los Angeles Angels Dominate Baltimore Orioles To Win Third Straight: AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles Angels 13, Baltimore Orioles 1 The Los Angeles Angels remain ultra-hot, as they crushed the Baltimore...
• 6/28 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Halos Hammer Hammel; Broom the Birds: Mike Trout led with his glove to make the Angels play of the year then his bat If you haven’t seen it do a quick google...
• 6/28 Halo Hangout: The Catch Featuring Mike Trout: After flipping through a dictionary, I could not find any words to describe the catch Mike Trout made on Wednesday night. The...
• 6/27 Halo Hangout: Peter Bourjos: Home Run Hitter: Peter Bourjos, in an attempt to reclaim his center field job, has apparently become a power hitter. After a brutally slow start...
• 6/27 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Halo Homers lead Beatdown of Birds: The Angels bats broke out as they pounded Orioles pitching for 17 hits and four home runs as the Angels beat the Orioles 7-3....
• 6/27 Baseball Musings: Better Fliers: The Angels wings proved to be stronger than the Orioles as the LAnaheim hitters flew around the bases for a 13-1 win over Baltimore....
• 6/27 Through The Fence Baseball: L.A. Angels are cruising, but the Texas Rangers ain’t losing: We’ve got a heck of a dogfight out West. The Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers are embroiled in a race for first place...
• 6/26 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: A Quick Trip To Baltimore: The Angels make a quick pit stop to Baltimore for a two game set with the Orioles. The Angels got very healthy playing in interleague...
• 6/26 For Baseball Junkies: FBJ First-Half Awards - MLB Midseason Awards: An annual FBJ tradition is to give our first-half award selections (you can see last year's selections HERE).  It's also...
• 6/26 SOX & Dawgs: Will Middlebrooks Named AL Player of the Week: In essentially what amounted to his first full-time week in the big leagues, Boston Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks was...
• 6/25 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Come Back and Win Series vs Dodgers: The Angels like to make things interesting at times. They did that yesterday as well. They came back twice and finally overtook...
• 6/25 The Baseball Page: MLB Power Rankings : Week 13:   By: Justin Millar Power Rankings Current Team Previous 1 Texas Rangers N/A The best team in baseball has won 8 of its last...
• 6/25 The Baseball Page: MLB Power Rankings Week 13:   By: Justin Millar Power Rankings Current Team Previous   1 Texas...
• 6/25 SOX & Dawgs: Will Middlebrooks Named AL Player of the Week: In essentially what amounted to his first full-time week in the big leagues, Boston Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks was...
• 6/24 Lasorda's Lair: Seventh Inning Meltdown Dooms Dodgers to Series Loss to Halos: Dodgers 3 10 1 Angels    5 10 0 WP-Downs-1-0 LP-Lindblom-2-2 SV-Frieri-9 HR-Bourjos-2 We were so close to beating the Angels...
• 6/24 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Isn’t Real: I have this theory that Mike Trout is just an urban legend. And I’ll wake up one morning to find out he never existed. Until...
• 6/24 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Rally from Five Down to Win: Sometimes you need to make a comeback to get a win. That’s what the Angels did last night, as they came back from down five...
• 6/23 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Snap Losing Skid and Tie Up Series in Anaheim: Dodgers 3 4 0 Angels 1 8 2 WP- Capuano (9-2) LP- Santana (4-8) S- Jansen (12) The Dodgers desperately needed a win tonight. After...
• 6/23 mlbreports.com : Ask the Reports: ATR Answers Your Baseball Questions – June 23rd, 2012: Saturday June 23rd, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen:  Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered....
• 6/23 Motor City Bengals: The 2012 fWar American League All-Star Team: One of the more interesting developments in baseball over the past few years, has been the usage of advanced metrics by fans in...
• 6/22 Halo Hangout: OOTP 13 Simulation Of The Angels Season: The fine people over at Out Of The Park Baseball were kind enough to send me copies of their CPU and iPad simulation games. While...
• 6/22 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Look Forward to Wrapping Up Interleague Play in Anaheim: Chad Billingsley (4-5, 3.75) vs. Dan Haren (4-7, 3.97) Lineup: Gordon SS Hairston 2B Ethier RF Abreu DH Rivera LF Loney 1b Kennedy...
• 6/21 Bus League Baseball: 2012 Futures Game Preview: Today, Baseball America released rosters for the 14th annual Futures Game that’ll be held in Kansas City as part of All-Star...
• 6/21 Halo Hangout: Jean Segura Picked to Futures Game- Does it Matter?: The Futures Game rosters were announced today. If you’ve never heard of the Futures game, its an All-Star game of the top...
• 6/21 Halo Hangout: Jean Segura Makes Future’s Game Roster: Jean Segura will be the Angels only representative at the Future’s Games during the All Star break. My tweets to @MLB to...
• 6/21 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights-Weaver Returns; Shuts Down Giants: It’s almost like he never left. Jered Weaver came off the DL and pitched six shutout innings as the Angels beat the Giants...
• 6/21 MLB Dirt: Travis Witherspoon Developing Into Legitimate Prospect: Before the 2012 season began I was hard at work on my prospect rankings for each team. I would rank the top 16 prospects and...
• 6/21 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Is Just Fine, Thank You: Any concerns about Jered Weaver and lingering back problems can be put to rest after the Angels ace was sharp in his first start...
• 6/21 WahoosOnFirst: Is Lonnie Chisenhall the Next Vladimir Guerrero?: Lonnie Chisenhall is one of the most promising young players in the Indians organization. He was universally hailed as the team’s...
• 6/20 Call to the Pen: Mike Trout and Mark Trumbo Angels’ Secret Weapons: If the Los Angeles Angels catch up to the Texas Rangers after the slow start they had, it will be because of a couple of other...
• 6/20 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angel Bats Break Out: The Angels bat woke up with Albert Pujols, Mark Trumbo and Mike Trout leading the way as the Angels won 12-5. Pujols went 2 for...
• 6/20 WahoosOnFirst: Dustin Ackley or Jason Kipnis?: About two weeks ago, ESPN.com’s Tim Kurkjian posted his All-25-and-Under Team, a list of some of the most well known young...
• 6/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout with four knocksLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout went 4-for-4 with four runs Tuesday, June 19....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout went 4-for-4 with four runs Tuesday, June 19.
• 6/20 Baseball Musings: Late Game Roundup: With their pitching staff diminished by injuries, the Blue Jays need to depend on their offense for wins. The hitters came through...
• 6/19 Halo Hangout: Warning: Mike Trout Will Steal From YouMike Trout might not want the attention and often deflects praise to his teammates. … [visit site to read more]...
• 6/19 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights: Giants Bullpen Quiets Angel Bats: Well if Matt Cain isn’t perfect his bullpen certainly was. Matt Cain’s bid for another perfect game ended right away...
• 6/19 Raising Matt Cain: All for one and one for all!: I hate watching games in that **** ballpark in LAnaheim. I hate their god**** A-hole logo. Ugh. Nothing good ever happens to the...
• 6/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout steals three bags: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout became the first rookie on the team to steal three bags in a game Monday, June 18,...[+] since former OF Devon White did it back in 1987. Trout leads the American League in stolen bags in just 46 games.
• 6/18 Baseball Musings: Gone Fishing: Mike Trout does not waste any time, singling off Matt Cain leading off the bottom of the first. Cain won’t be tying Vandeer...
• 6/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout gets RBI double to break slump: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout ended a 1-for-20 slump with an RBI double in the seventh inning Sunday, June 17, against...[+] the Arizona Diamondbacks.
• 6/17 High Heat Stats: Sunday supplement — now with 60% game coverage!: Orioles 2, @Braves 0: A day after Jason Hammel‘s 1-hitter left him at 7-2, Wei-Yin Chen attained the same record with...
• 6/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Reds prospect Billy Hamilton stealing bases at a historic clip: The Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout leads the American League with 16 stolen bases. Tony Campana of the Chicago Cubs leads...
• 6/17 Roto Think Tank: The Difficult Ones: Normal.dotm 0 0 1 1819 10373 Roto Think Tank 86 20 12738 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false...
• 6/17 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Youkilis, Lowrie, Manny, Red Sox: Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe asked 55 people in baseball if they'd rather have Bryce Harper or Mike Trout.  The final tally:...
• 6/16 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Dempster, O's, Jays, Astros, Indians: Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com has the latest from the rumor mill in a pair of videos, the Rosenthal Report and Full Count....
• 6/15 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: ESPN World Baseball Classic Possible Roster. Would McCutchen Start?: So as I was sitting at work today I was taking some time to look on ESPN.com which is a place I don’t typically go to as much...
• 6/15 MLB Dirt: Early Thoughts on the 2012 AL Rookie of the Year Race: While still early, the 2012 major league baseball season is now more than a third over, and many rookies have made intentions...
• 6/15 FanSided: American League West Notes: Mike Trout, Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners: The American League West is once again owned by two teams; The Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Angels.  These two teams have...
• 6/15 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Red Sox, A’s, Trout, Harper, Morneau: It’s still a little early for struggling teams to acknowledge to fans that it’s time to start looking ahead to 2013 and beyond,...
• 6/14 Seedlings to Stars: Mike Trout: One Of The Best Seasons Ever?: Let me make one thing clear: I have no inherent bias towards Mike Trout.  I … [visit site to read more]Mike Trout: One...
• 6/13 mlbreports.com : Bryce Harper: 2012 National League All-Star, ROY and MVP?:   Wednesday June 13th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: It’s finally Bryce Harper’s time. He’s been up for just about a month and...
• 6/12 High Heat Stats: Monday game notes: (Three outta four ain’t bad…?) Nationals 6, @Red Sox 4: Washington is 5-2 in interleague play, with a scoring margin...
• 6/12 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Ink Andre Ethier and Look for 40th Win: Aaron Harang (5-3, 3.95) vs. Jerome Williams (6-3, 4.02) Dodger Lineup: vs. Angels Gordon 6 Ellis 2 Ethier 9 Rivera 3 Abreu 7...
• 6/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout solid: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout hit his sixth homer of the season and stole two bags to give him 15 on the season...[+] Monday, June 11.
• 6/12 Baseball Musings: Power and Speed: Mike Trout started the Angels scoring with a home run in the fourth and finished it with a walk, a stolen base, and a run scored...
• 6/11 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fishy Ballplayers: With Mike Trout playing at an unconscious level ( .349 AVG, 5 HRs, 13 SBs in just about 150 ABs) for a 20-year-old (or anyone...
• 6/11 Baseball Musings: Soler System: It’s being reported that the Cubs reached a deal with Jorge Soler. Craig Calcaterra comments on the deal: Soler represents...
• 6/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Early favorites for American League postseason awards: The MLB season is 60 games in. There have been a lot of surprises, falls, breakthroughs and risings in the standings. Usually,...
• 6/11 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Nationals, Phillies, Bernazard: Some notes from the National League East before the Nationals, Marlins and Braves suit up for three of the day's four MLB games... Nationals...
• 6/10 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Peter Bourjos, Cardinals Draft, Jim Crane: The Nationals are 12 games over .500 for the first time since July 23, 2005 after sweeping the Red Sox at Fenway Park over the...
• 6/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Chicago Cubs road trip worse than I thought; Anthony Rizzo time?: At the beginning of the Cubs’ 10-game road trip, which is mercifully ending today, I wrote that the Cubs couldn’t...
• 6/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout OK after being hit by pitch: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said OF Mike Trout (thumb) is fine despite being hit on the thumb by a pitch...[+] from Colorado Rockies RP Esmil Rogers in the ninth inning Friday, June 8.
• 6/8 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Hump Day Look See – The Friday Edition!: Well kids, I'm a little tardy this week, but we're back to get you through your fantasy weekend with the adds & drops and...
• 6/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: We’re not gonna waste your time: Recently I saw a title on another fantasy website (yes, even us experts read other “so called experts”) it read: “Trumbo,...
• 6/7 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Galvis, Halladay, Harper: The Phillies announced that they placed infielder Freddy Galvis on the 15-day disabled list and recalled utility player Michael...
• 6/6 High Heat Stats: Tuesday game notes (just a few): @Yankees 7, Rays 0: Wow, Andy Pettitte! He shut down Tampa on 2 walks and 2 singles — one infield, one grounder into right...
• 6/5 High Heat Stats: Catching up on Monday’s games: @Athletics 10, Rangers 1: Oakland cruised after an 8-run 2nd — 3 more than their previous high inning — while rookie Jarrod...
• 6/5 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 MLB Draft: First-round selections and analysis: As usual, the baseball draft remains totally unpredictable. The Houston Astros shocked many from the very start, some high-profile...
• 6/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout collects four hitsLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout had a career-high four hits and a sacrifice fly Monday, June 4....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout had a career-high four hits and a sacrifice fly Monday, June 4.
• 6/3 Baseball Musings: Late Saturday Roundup: The M. in M. Cabrera might stand for “Multi” this year. Miguel Cabera hit two home runs Saturday night as the Tigers...
• 6/2 MLBTradeRumors: West Links: Sandoval, Padres, Angels: A few items of note from MLB's West divisions ... Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval was questioned by police and faces...
• 6/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout drives in three runs Friday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout went 2-for-4 with a triple, three RBIs and a run scored against the Texas Rangers...[+] Friday, June 1.
• 6/2 Baseball Musings: Western Roundup: The Dodgers played terrible defense Friday night as the Rockies took advantage of the miscues to win 13-3. Carlos Gonzalez stayed...
• 6/1 YankeeAnalysts.com: The agony and the ecstasy of the MLB draft: With the MLB draft upcoming, I thought this would be a good time to think a bit about the uncertainty of the draft, and how so...

• 5/31 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Does It All: At some point, we’re all going to stop being amazed by Mike Trout. Maybe. He’s fast. … [visit site to read more]...
• 5/31 The "Mc" Effect: The Starlin Castro Thing: Yeah, the Cubs said today that everyone outside of Jeff Samardzija is available for trade; including Starlin Castro. Theo Epstein...
• 5/31 District Sports Page: Fantasy Baseball: Scouting the Waiver Wire — Week 8: I feel as though all I do all week is watch closers get demoted, promoted, released or choose to retire. Another week of upheaval...
• 5/31 District Sports Page: Fantasy Baseball: Bryce Harper v. Mike Trout: Within a few hours on Friday, Mike Trout and Bryce Harper were called up by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Washington Nationals...
• 5/31 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THE YANKS END WEST COAST SWING ON A HIGH NOTE: It’s always good to get on the plane feeling good, and the Yankees will after Wednesday's win. The first two games of the...
• 5/31 FanSided: MLB Power Rankings: Chicago White Sox surge: The Call to the Pen staff assembled their power rankings and brought them together for another edition of our weekly rankings....
• 5/31 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 MLB mock draft: Final mock for top 60 picks: The 2012 MLB amateur draft is now less than a week away (June 4-6). With the new CBA draft rules in place, setting a limit on...
• 5/31 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yanks salvage series: Like Tuesdays game, but in the other direction, the third inning proved to be a big one in the Yankees/Angels matchup. Down 1-0...
• 5/30 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Tuesday’s action: (Some notes on a few Tuesday games, with a focus on the west coast games that often get left out of these reports.) Brewers 2,...
• 5/30 High Heat Stats: Oldest and Youngest Players as Teammates: I was watching a Blue Jays game the other night with Omar Vizquel starting at shortstop and Drew Hitchison starting on the mound....
• 5/30 FanSided: Two Cole/Kole's Make It To The Big DiamondMinnesota Twins right-handed pitcher ...
• 5/30 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Blue Jays, Myers, Middlebrooks: Cal Ripken Jr. started his streak of 2,632 consecutive games played on this date 30 years ago. He played third base and batted...
• 5/30 Baseball Analytics: Pitchers Approaching Harper, Trout Far Differently: The careers of Bryce Harper and Mike Trout will forever be linked. The game's top two prospects entering the season spur endless...
• 5/30 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY IT WAS A FRUSTRATING NIGHT IN ANAHEIM, AGAIN: I really dislike the Angels, I really do. They play on the west coast, so their games start three hours later than normal,...
• 5/30 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees shutdown by Haren and Angels defense: The New York Yankees expected things to be tough in Anaheim, it always is, but this time around they’ve run into a buzzsaw....
• 5/30 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees can’t catch a break, lose to Angels 5-1: You ever have one of those days where, for most of the day, it feels like everything is going reasonably well for you and...
• 5/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: Homers, Haren baffle Yanks as Angels take series: A three run third and a typical Dan Haren performance were all the Angels needed last night to win game two of this three game...
• 5/29 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees face a pair of potential playoff opponents this week: This week the Yankees are squaring off with the rising Angels for a three game set in Anaheim, followed by an off day on Thursday,...
• 5/29 Bronx Baseball Daily: Bad outing ruins Phil Hughes’ revival: Going into Monday night’s start Phil Hughes had a good thing going. In his previous four games he had a 2.81 ERA, had...
• 5/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Mike Trout, Mark Trumbo powering red-hot Halos: Is this finally what we’ve been waiting for? Can we breathe now? In case you haven’t heard, the Los Angeles Angels...
• 5/27 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: A look back at the original reporting and analysis found on MLBTR this past week. Ben Nicholson-Smith continued MLBTR's 2013...
• 5/26 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Best In The League?: Mike Trout has been dealing with high expectations his entire (short) career. Since being drafted, he’s been rated as the...
• 5/25 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Oswalt, Chapman, Trout: One year ago today, Mariano Rivera became the first pitcher in baseball history to appear in 1,000 games with one team. He is...
• 5/22 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Angels @ A’s Game 43: Following two trips by the A’s to Anaheim, the San Juan Capistrano Angels of Seal Beach came up to Oakland finally. Still...
• 5/21 Padres Trail: Random Thoughts on Game 42 (vs Angels): Nothing like 13 innings of baseball to break up your Sunday, is there? Padres take 2 of 3 from California over the weekend. Some...
• 5/21 High Heat Stats: Weekend roundup: One late note from Saturday before we move on: @Giants 4, Athletics 0: A combined one-hitter by Ryan Vogelsong (7), Javier Lopez...
• 5/19 High Heat Stats: Friday minicap: @Tigers 6, Pirates 0: Conditions were good for a Verlander no-hit bid — he was at home, where his opponents have a .226...
• 5/17 Baseball Musings: We’re So Sorry, Albert Pujols: The Angels score seven runs Wednesday night, three on an Albert Pujols home run, as the Angels beat the White Sox 7-2. The youngsters...
• 5/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Early look at top Rookie of the Year candidates: Since we’re almost a fourth of the way through the season, it’s time to start looking at some of the impact rookies in...
• 5/16 El Maquino: Hatcher’s Firing Was Pujols’ Fault? Really?: The reaction by Cards fans and others to Mickey Hatcher‘s firing last night was annoyingly predictable.  They looked to...
• 5/15 Release Points: Can Mark Trumbo Be Better Than A League Average Starter?: My stance on Mark Trumbo a few months ago was quite bearish.  Actually, if I were Angels – and I’m just being completely...
• 5/15 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Angels Game 37: A short two-game set for the A’s in Orange County and with today’s 4-0 loss it ends up in a split. A strange 4:05PM...
• 5/15 Baseball Musings: Mendoza in the Rear View Mirror: Albert Pujols recorded his second three-hit game of the season, driving in two runs as the Angels defeated the Athletics 4-0....
• 5/14 Release Points: Why isn’t Anyone Talking About Jason Heyward Anymore?: I’m a little confused on this one, I guess. Atlanta Braves right fielder Jason Heyward went from being the game’s top prospect...
• 5/13 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 5/6/12 - 5/12/12: Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers out there reading this (including my own)! Let's take a look back at the week that...
• 5/13 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Rangers, Hamilton, Angels, Trout: Here's a look at the American League West and the division-leading Rangers.. While teams are salivating over Josh Hamilton's...
• 5/12 Call to the Pen: MLB Game Recaps: Josh Hamilton leads Texas Rangers route of Los Angeles Angels: Texas Rangers 10, Los Angeles Angels 3 Josh Hamilton just keeps on mashing, and the slugger smashed two home runs against an underperforming,...
• 5/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout goes deep: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout went 2-for-3 with one home run and two RBIs against the Texas Rangers Saturday, May...[+] 11.
• 5/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Prospect watch: Top 25 most impressive minor leaguers: With just about a quarter of the minor league season gone, it’s time to take a look at some of the more impressive prospects...
• 5/7 Call to the Pen: MLB Game Recaps: Albert Pujols Hits His First Home Run: It took 28 games.  It took 111 at-bats.  It took the longest drought of his career, but Albert Pujols has his first home run...
• 5/6 High Heat Stats: Video rewind: Saturday game notes: – I’ve lost a few baseballs in the bushes, but never like this. Adrian Beltre as a pinch-hitter is 4 for 13 with...
• 5/5 Baseball Musings: The List is Getting Fishy: Mike Trout joins the “I homered before Albert Pujols” club. His own teammates are making Albert look bad now. The...
• 5/4 Roto Think Tank: A.L. Gearing Up: May 7-14: Rising UpRyan Cook. (1% owned in CBS leagues last week, 5% owned this week)With Grant Balfour off to a pedestrian start,...
• 5/4 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 MLB mock draft 5.0: First 60 picks: The 2012 MLB amateur draft is now just a month away, and with much of the high school and college seasons either finished or nearing...
• 5/4 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: May 4: Top stories Pettitte is big business: Sunday’s Empire State “home” game was scheduled to be play at Batavia...
• 5/4 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Acquire Ernesto Frieri From Padres: The Angels were known to be looking for bullpen help and they have addressed that need in the form of Ernesto Frieri.  The Angels...
• 5/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Call Up Report: Mike Trout: Looks like I’m a little late to the game. While everyone wanted Mike Trout to begin 2012 with the Los Angeles Angels, when...
• 5/2 Call to the Pen: Bobby Abreu Rumors: Abreu a Fit for Orioles?: Last week Bobby Abreu was cut loose by the Los Angeles Angels to make room for top prospect Mike Trout.  The Angels had been...
• 5/2 Halo Hangout: Peter Bourjos Pushed Out By Mike Trout Arrival: When Mike Trout got called up, there was much rejoicing among the Halos faithful. Finally, the Trout era could begin and the five-tool...
• 5/1 FanSided: Picks of the Pen: Yu the Man
• 5/1 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Ryan Braun, Delmon Young, Rajon Rondo:   The hottest topics for the week of April 29, 2012 … His and herpes: Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun slugged three home...

• 4/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout batting leadoff Sunday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout is batting in the leadoff spot against Cleveland Indians SP Derek Lowe Sunday, April...[+] 29.
• 4/28 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Rain, Haren Stall Tribe Offense; Angels 2, Indians 1: By Mike Brandyberry After a rain delay that was just short of two and a half hours, the Angels’ Dan Haren made quick work of...
• 4/28 Baseball Musings: Trout Flounders: Mike Trout went 0 for 4 with a strikeout in his 2012 debut, but a great pitching performance by Dan Haren gave the Angels a 2-1...
• 4/28 MLBTradeRumors: Bobby Abreu Links: Angels, Wells, Trout, Yankees: Here's some of the fallout from last night's news that the Angels had released 17-year veteran Bobby Abreu.... Abreu doesn't...
• 4/28 For Baseball Junkies: April 28, 2012 - Baseball History Being Made as Bryce Harper Makes His Debut: In a surprise move, the Nationals called up Bryce Harper to replace Ryan Zimmerman, who was placed on the disabled...
• 4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout will play everyday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim general manager Jerry Dipoto said OF Mike Trout will play every day, likely at all three outfield...[+] positions. Trout is expected to serve as the team's leadoff hitter.
• 4/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Mike Trout tries to jump start the Angles offense. Photo: © Jake Roth-US PRESSWIRE Saturday’s action gets sandwiched between...
• 4/28 Baseball Musings: Catching a Trout: It will be a big debut night, as the Angels counter the Bryce Harper call up by releasing Bobby Abreu and calling up Mike Trout....
• 4/28 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: What's Next For Bobby Abreu?: Having lost five in a row and eight of their last ten games, the Angels remade their roster a bit last night by releasing Bobby...
• 4/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout recalled: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim recalled OF Mike Trout from Triple-A Salt Lake, and he will join the team in Cleveland Saturday,...[+] April 28. General manager Jerry DiPoto said the team is trying to 'add a little energy, get some spice - shake it up a little bit.'
• 4/27 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Release Bobby Abreu: The Angels announced that they have released veteran Bobby Abreu.  The outfielder was in the final season of his three-year contract...
• 4/27 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Continue Seeking Relief Help: The Angels need relief help and they know it. Executives from other teams tell both Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports and Jayson Stark...
• 4/27 Call to the Pen: Mike Trout is Tearing Up Triple-A: Mike Trout is playing out of his mind right now.  Entering the spring, most of the focus regarding top prospects centered on...
• 4/26 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Trout, Avila, Cardinals: On this date two years ago the Phillies signed Ryan Howard to a five-year, $125MM extension. Right away, critics of the deal...
• 4/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Top 15 prospects for 2012: part one: In most fantasy leagues, we are searching for that special player who can elevate our fantasy team from so-so to amazing....
• 4/26 Bus League Baseball: Q&A: Reds Prospect Billy Hamilton: Baseball America’s 48th-ranked prospect entering the season, Billy Hamilton is known for being among the fastest players...
• 4/25 Through The Fence Baseball: Jarrod Parker, Chase Headley, Jake Peavy top waiver-wire pickups: This week marks the first major call-up of the season. No, it’s not Mike Trout or Bryce Harper. It’s not even Trevor...
• 4/24 Baseball Musings: The Elusive Trout: Halos Heaven looks at how Mike Trout keeps giving the Angels excuses to keep playing Bobby Abreu and Vernon Wells. The Halos’...
• 4/23 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: April 23: Top stories Trout hit by pitch; leaves game: In the 4th inning of Sunday’s game, Salt Lake’s Mike Trout was hit on...
• 4/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout raking: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout has a hit in every game in the minors so far this year, batting .420 with a 1.094...[+] OPS. He is playing both left field and center field with Triple-A Salt Lake.
• 4/17 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 draft: Top 30 draft prospects: In lieu of an updated mock draft, I have decided to keep it simple this month and list the top 30 draft prospects for the upcoming...
• 4/14 FanSided: The Prospect Pulse: Friday April 13th, 2012:   The Prospect Pulse is a review of prospect performances, good or bad, from the day before. Prospects are sorted by the...
• 4/13 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Kinsler, Baker, Trout, Loney: Eight years ago today, Barry Bonds passed Willie Mays on the all-time home run list by taking Ben Ford of the Brewers deep. His...
• 4/13 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Hunter, Garza, Padres, Betemit: The Twins pounded out 20 hits en route to a 10-9 victory over the Angels today at Target Field.  Josh Willingham hit his third...
• 4/12 Baseball Press: Prospect Press: Week of April 9th: How long with the Angels keep Mike Trout in Triple-A? (US Presswire)From young minor league prospects to rookie big-league talent,...
• 4/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Mike Trout raking at triple-A; can Angels find room for him?:   Mike Trout, the 20-year-old super-prospect for the Los Angeles Angels, took his demotion in stride. After battling a flu...
• 4/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout off to fast start in minorsLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout is 13-for-30 with a .471 on-base percentage with Class AAA to begin the season....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout is 13-for-30 with a .471 on-base percentage with Class AAA to begin the season.
• 4/11 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Top 100 Prospects: By the numbers and assignments: In an effort to milk this list as much as possible, I made a post that has all 100 prospects in just one list with their Opening...
• 4/11 Through The Fence Baseball: D-backs’ Bauer, Skaggs and Bradley do damage early: There is that old adage about how you can never have enough pitching. The Arizona Diamondbacks must be blushing every time someone...
• 4/9 MLB Dirt: 2012 Rookie Watch: AL West: A couple weeks ago I began a series of posts as I take look at rookies in 2012. I have been going division by division taking...
• 4/8 Through The Fence Baseball: Orioles’ Bundy perfect in pro debut, finally gives fans hope for an ace: Orioles fans have been waiting for an ace to call their own ever since Mike Mussina left after the 2000 season and signed with...
• 4/6 Halo Hangout: Let’s Go Prospecting: Trout Doesn’t Waste Time: Mike Trout didn’t have the best spring. He actually didn’t have much of a spring at … [visit site to read more]...
• 4/5 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: Opening Day, April 5: Welcome to Bus Leagues Express. Every morning, you’ll be able to stop here for a quick summary of the previous day’s...
• 4/4 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Top 100 Prospects: 1-10: One day before the season kicks off, the top 10 prospects will be revealed. These are the absolute best of the best. They have...
• 4/4 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Pre-Season Predictions: 2012 Edition: The time has come to make bold predictions that will invariably be shown to be false over the course of the season. I have done...

• 3/30 The Baseball Page: Improved formula for MLB player comparisonsImproved formula for MLB player comparisons...
• 3/30 MLB Dirt: My 2012 Predictions: AL West: I am continuing my 2012 prediction series by revealing my AL West standings and a few positive and negative predictions for each...
• 3/30 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 draft: Chicago Cubs wish list for the sixth-overall pick: The Chicago Cubs hold the sixth-overall pick in the 2012 amateur baseball draft, which will be held June 4-6. With the organization...
• 3/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Friday Fantasy Roundup: Mad Men, women and drafts: This weekend is going to be absolutely insane. Four games of NCAA March Madness Friday, two games Saturday and two games Sunday...
• 3/23 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Chipper, Cohen, Pelfrey: Three years ago today, Miami-Dade County commissioners approved the final documents necessary for the Marlins to move forward...
• 3/22 The Baseball Page: The Pujols Contract: A Worst-Case ScenarioThe Pujols Contract: A Worst-Case Scenario...
• 3/20 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Spring Training Watch: Rookies: Is Yoenis Cespedes the real deal? For all the talk of how HUGE Cuban free agent Yoenis Cespedes will be, it seemed like most people...
• 3/19 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels stole Winter Meetings headlines by signing the offseason's best free agent hitter and pitcher in the course of a few...
• 3/18 The Baseball Page: Season Preview Los Angeles Angels of AnaheimSeason Preview Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
• 3/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout expected to play this weekend: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout (illness, legs, shoulder) will likely see at-bats in his spring debut this weekend....[+]
• 3/15 Full Spectrum Baseball: Finding Keepers: Los Angeles Angels: The Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim) hit it big on the free agent market this past offseason and are truly stocked with fantasy...
• 3/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout to resume running: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout (illness, legs, shoulder) will resume running Thursday, March 15, but is still a few...[+] days away from making his spring debut.
• 3/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout still sidelined: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout (legs, shoulder) has yet to get into a spring training game this year, first due to...[+] a flu bug and now because of body stiffness. He's had stiffness in his legs after running Tuesday, March 13, but manager Mike Scioscia said he's also dealing with some tendonitis in his right shoulder. Trout is expected to make his debut as the designated hitter in a few days.
• 3/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout to debut Tuesday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout (flu) is expected to make his Cactus League debut Tuesday, March 13, after dealing...[+] with the flu bug for most of spring training.
• 3/13 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 MLB mock draft 4.0: Top 58 picks (including supplemental): A day after I wrote this article, Lucas Giolito was put on the shelf for 6-10 weeks with a strained shoulder. Now, while this...
• 3/13 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 fantasy spring preview: $1 hitter All-Star team: Everyone remembers those late-round guys who swung your fantasy season. Maybe you got lucky and picked up a prospect who quickly...
• 3/13 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBS A.L.-Only Results: Outfield (Part II): Today I'll conclude with the second part of my A.L.-only outfielders.$8-9Nolan Reimold $9, Grady Sizemore $8, Eric Thames $8,...
• 3/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout still sick: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout (illness) said he is still 'not normal' while dealing with a virus that has bothered...[+] him since the beginning of camp. He has been weak and feverish with no appetite. Trout has dropped 10 pounds and won't play in games for 'a number of days.' He is expected to begin the year in the minors.
• 3/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball spring preview: Minor league draft: In my long-standing keeper league, we decided to do a two-round, offline snake draft that would include any players who were still...
• 3/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout hit with virus: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout (illness) is unlikely to play in a spring game until next week. He's been dealing...[+] with a virus.
• 3/7 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
• 3/7 MLBTradeRumors: Who Could Be Released This Year?: Oliver Perez, Luis Castillo, and Carlos Silva suffered the indignity a year ago of being paid to go away, as the three were...
• 3/6 Bus League Baseball: Baseball America’s Two-Timers: Andruw Jones, Joe Mauer, and Bryce Harper: Baseball America released its preseason Top 100 list a few weeks ago, and while they could easily have gone the way of other outlets...
• 3/6 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB Preview – Day 7 – Winners/Awards: I hope you enjoyed the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB preview.  Over the last week we gave you a team by team look at the...

• 2/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout likely ticketed for Class AAA: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout is expected to open the year at Class AAA. General manager Jerry Dipoto said Trout...[+] will not sit on the roster in the majors as a reserve outfielder.
• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Cabrera, Marlins, Dodgers: The deadline for NHL teams to make trades in preparation for their playoff runs passed this afternoon. Baseball's deadline is...
• 2/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Team-wins over/under analysis: AL West: In part three of this six-part series, we’re taking a look at the AL West, which has a huge talent gap between the top two and...
• 2/27 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB Preview – Day 2 – AL West: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its key...
• 2/26 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Oswalt, Angels, Bourjos, Rodriguez, Lowe: Here's a look at some highlights from today's column by Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe.. One National League GM said that...
• 2/24 Bus League Baseball: Best of the Best, Baseball America-Style: 2012 Version: I finally picked up my copy of the 2012 Baseball America Prospect Handbook today*, so today was ultimately a happy day. For the...
• 2/23 The Friarhood: 13 Overlooked Padres Prospects You Should Watch in 2012: With all the buzz about the Padres farm system this year, I realized that some really good players were being glossed over. ...
• 2/23 YankeeAnalysts.com: Composite Prospect Rankings: Yesterday, Jeff Zimmerman of RotoGraphs released his composite rankings for the top 100 prospect lists. What we are left with...
• 2/21 MLBTradeRumors: Top 100 Prospects Lists: With the release of Baseball America's top 100 prospects list today, my three preferred prospect sources have all published their...
• 2/20 MLB Dirt: My 2012 Top 100 Prospects: I present to you my 2012 top 100 prospect list. I have ranked the players evaluating ceiling, how likely a player reaches that...
• 2/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Top 20 AL Rookie of the Year candidates for 2012: To be eligible for the Rookie of the Year award, a player must  have less than 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched and less than...
• 2/20 NY Baseball Digest: Mason Williams Takes the Mantle From Montero: Now that the inevitable (and overdue) trading of Jesus Montero is comfortably in the rear-view mirror, and with spring training...
• 2/15 PaulLebowitz.com: The Angels’ DH Glut: When the Angels signed Albert Pujols, it created the “problem” of too many bats for too few spots in the lineup. Because they...
• 2/15 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Prospects, Soler, Zimmerman: Yahoo's Jeff Passan presents the projected 2012 payroll for every MLB team, from the Yankees ($204MM) to the Pirates ($46MM)....
• 2/12 NY Baseball Digest: Prospect Rankings Are Out and Its Buyer Beware: We’re at the time of year now when the various media outlets and fan blogs start releasing their minor league top prospect...
• 2/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | GM says no reason to rush Mike Trout: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim general manager Jerry DiPoto said recently that there is no reason to rush OF Mike Trout to the...[+] major leagues. 'Guys who make their debuts as teenagers are in a selective class,' DiPoto said. 'He's got a huge upside and we'll make sure he gets his reps. With our current setup, there's no reason to rush him.'
• 2/9 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 AL West Preview – Sleepers and ProspectsDespite having just four teams, there are plenty of big-name players in the AL-West. Albert Pujols joins names like Josh......
• 2/9 El Maquino: KEITH LAW RANKINGS: ESPN‘s Keith Law is one of the esteemed names who, along with Johnathan Mayo and Baseball America, EM considers important...
• 2/9 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Prospects, Rogers, Tigers: Today we've heard that Rich Harden is out for the year and that Nelson Cruz agreed to a two-year deal with the Rangers. Here...
• 2/5 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Lannan, Bourjos, Cespedes, Vazquez: Jason Varitek is facing a very difficult decision, and the catcher has been considering the very difficult reality of retirement,...
• 2/3 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Jackson, Oswalt, Trout: One year ago today, Andy Pettitte officially announced his retirement from baseball. The southpaw finished his career with a...

• 1/31 Seedlings to Stars: S2S 2012 Team Prospect Lists: Los Angeles Angels: Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE With the S2S 2012 Top 100 Prospects List now in the books, it’s time to take a closer look...
• 1/27 District On Deck: Nationals Place Four in MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects: MLB.com released its 2012 Top 100 Prospect list earlier this week. The Washington Nationals have a solid prescence on the list,...
• 1/20 More Mariners: Jesus Montero: What does he mean for Seattle Mariners?: Jesus Montero: What does he mean for Seattle Mariners?Follow @MoreMariners Jesus Montero is a mega prospect. In 2009, he was ranked...
• 1/19 MLB Dirt: 2012 Los Angeles Angels Top 16 Prospects: The Los Angeles Angels have built a farm system through the draft that has turned some solid upside picks into legitimate prospects....
• 1/18 More Mariners: Jesus Montero: What does he mean for Seattle Mariners?: Jesus Montero: What does he mean for Seattle Mariners?Follow @MoreMariners Jesus Montero is a mega prospect. In 2009, he was ranked...
• 1/17 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Orioles, Cespedes, Dodgers: Links for Monday, as teams and players continue avoiding arbitration in advance of tomorrow's deadline for exchanging figures... Former...
• 1/15 The Daily Catch: Basking in the Afterglow and Other Random Thoughts: This article is courtesy of our friends at True Grinch Written By: James Okay, so you might be wondering… when is True Grich...
• 1/10 Yanks Go Yard: AL East Prospect Roundup: Nathaniel at Seedlings to Stars has been working tirelessly on his list of MLB’s Top-100 prospects for some time now, and...
• 1/7 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: Should The Angels Trade Trumbo Or Morales?: Albert Pujols is a great problem to have. The Angels created a serious logjam by signing the greatest hitter of the generation...
• 1/6 Seedlings to Stars: The Seedlings To Stars 2012 Top 100 Prospects, #1: Mike Trout: Name: Mike Trout DOB: 8/7/91 Organization: Angels Position: Outfield Notable 2011 Stats: .326/.414/.544 with 18 2B, 13 3B, 11...

• 12/30 High Heat Stats: Comparing the 2011 Freshman Class by League: Here's a quick numerical look at the 2011 freshman class.Number of players who debuted in 2011 -- NL 125, AL 123.-- Hitters: NL...
• 12/17 Phillies Nation: Gillies Focused on Bounce Back Year: Ask a child about his Christmas wish list and the tyke might not be quite as excited as Tyson Gillies is when he talks about being...
• 12/14 House of the Bluebird: Thinking About Yu: Darvish pitching for his NPB team the Hokkaido FightersI already made my case for why I think the Jays should aggressively pursue...
• 12/12 House of the Bluebird: A Whole New World: Photo by Keith Allison licensed under Creative CommonsWhat if...What if the sky were orange, what if water were...
• 12/10 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Pujols Signing Opens First Base Options For Tribe:     By Mike Brandyberry The Cleveland Indians were never a player in the Albert Pujols sweepstakes, but his signing...
• 12/8 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Los Angeles Angels Sign C.J. Wilson: C.J. Wilson joins an already strong Angels' rotation. (Icon SMI)The Los Angeles Angels and new general manager Jerry Dipoto...
• 12/8 Brotherly Glove: Thursday’s Blockbusters Don’t Hurt Phils: Just as Eric pointed out this morning that the Marlins remain a relatively unscary team in the landscape of the NL East, I’m...
• 12/8 For Baseball Junkies: Prince Albert Taking His Legacy West - Angels Sign Pujols to 10 Year Contract: The Angels made headlines today, signing Albert Pujols to a 10 year pact worth upwards of $250 million.  The contract rivals...
• 12/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: Why the Yankees should consider trading Mason Williams: Centerfield prospect Mason Williams has been in the news recently, with writers such as Sweeny Murti reporting that he has been...

• 11/22 Fanspeak.com: 3 Moves The Nationals Need To Make
• 11/21 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: 86-76, 2nd place, 10 GBFragile Freddy’s “Two A Days” series continues today with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. ...
• 11/18 The Golden Sombrero: Prospect Links: Montero, Goldschmidt, Hosmer, Wheeler, and Trout: As usual, the Flagrant Fan continues to churn out impressive work.  One of my daily must-read sites, the Fan also does a great...
• 11/16 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 3: Yoenis Cespedes: Trevor Bauer was the subject of yesterday’s Prospect A-Z feature. The former UCLA standout raised his draft stock throughout...
• 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Dipoto Talks Catcher, Callaspo, Trout: Angels GM Jerry Dipoto has been on the job for approximately two weeks and he's starting to get an intimate sense of his organization's...
• 11/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Trout leads the way for top-five Angels prospects: Baseball fans are never quite content with merely knowing the present. Driven by almost childish insecurity, we of the baseball...
• 11/15 FanSided: Arizona Fall League Recap: Pitchers were able to hold the bats in check during Monday’s Arizona Fall League matchups, as five of the six clubs tallied...
• 11/14 PaulLebowitz.com: Jose Reyes And The Truth Of Lies: It was entirely believable that Jose Reyes signed with the Marlins so early in the free agent process; without seeing what other...
• 11/10 i70baseball.com: AFL Notebook: Myers, Colon Impress At Rising Stars GameRomak, Lisson, Barrera declared minor league free agents...
• 11/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout not penciled in : Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim general manager Jerry Dipoto said OF Mike Trout will have to play his way into the starting lineup...[+] this spring and isn't penciled in as a starter.
• 11/9 MLBTradeRumors: Dipoto Talks Angels Offseason: 10:43pm: Dipoto said the Angels aren't interested in Aramis Ramirez but are interested in C.J. Wilson, according to Bowden...
• 11/9 i70baseball.com: KC Hopes Better Days Ahead For Fall Rising StarsThe Royals farm hands did not do much to improve their stature in the Rising Stars game....
• 11/9 Mets360.com: Which teams would be right for Wright?: When you think of the New York Mets these days, two names come to mind: Jose Reyes and David Wright. Now there is a chance that...
• 11/7 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Hill, Bell, Bourjos, Dodgers: We've checked in on the Giants, who made a major trade today. Here are some notes from the other teams in baseball's western divisions... The...
• 11/7 Phillies Nation: Yoenis Cespedes: Who is That Masked Man?: Rumors of the video began circulating today, with Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus posting a review of a workout film that...
• 11/7 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rumors: Yankees Hot for Cuban Defector Yoenis Cespedes: Yoenis Cespedes, a Cuban center fielder who has recently defected, is nearly ready to be declared a free agent and according...
• 11/7 NY Baseball Digest: Plenty of Stars Shine at the Rising Stars Game: In what has quickly become a haven for Major League scouts and Executives, the prestigious Arizona Fall League held its sixth...
• 11/5 Phillies Nation: Diekman Set to Shine Among AFL Stars: The Arizona Fall League’s Rising Stars Game is set to be played tonight at 8 PM EST. The exhibition contest that features...
• 11/3 Mastersball.com: Running Wild: Ok, so it was not Game 6 of the 2011 Series, but the Wednesday contest between the Desert Dogs and the Solar Sox at Phoenix Muni...
• 11/3 Mastersball.com: Bryce Harper: First Swing: OK, so it was not his first swing of the game. That is, after Todd and I met Perry Van Hook and Don Drooker in Surprise Tuesday...
• 11/2 All of Baseball: Bass named all-star, then roughed up: Peoria/ San Diego pitcher Anthony Bass was named a West all-star roster Tuesday afternoon, but I sort of wondered Tuesday night...
• 11/2 FanSided: Arizona Fall League’s Rising Stars Game Rosters: The Arizona Fall League has released its rosters for the 2011 Rising Stars Game.  Several of Major League Baseball’s top prospects...
• 11/2 The Golden Sombrero: Rosters finalized for Arizona Fall League Rising Stars Game: On Tuesday afternoon, Major League Baseball and the Arizona Fall League announced this year’s parti**** for the 2011 Rising...
• 11/2 MLBTradeRumors: Outrighted: Rodriguez, Boscan, Marek, Ramirez, Richardson: The latest players to be outrighted off 40-man rosters: The Mariners outrighted infielder Luis Rodriguez, tweets Geoff Baker...

• 10/30 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Prospects Update Live From the AFL: I attended the Phoenix at Surprise game on Friday and had a chance to see Yankee prospects Rob Segedin and Corban Joseph. I...
• 10/26 Through The Fence Baseball: These prospects could make it to the majors before their 20th birthday: Mike Trout did it this year, Madison Bumgarner did it in 2009 and Justin Upton in 2007. Those are the last three players to have...
• 10/23 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: Here's look back at the original pieces we published here at MLBTR this week.. This week we completed our analysis of the...
• 10/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Top hitting prospects making their case at the Arizona Fall League: The ball is jumping off the bats in Arizona this year. With most pitchers working on specific aspects of their game, mixed with...
• 10/18 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels, soon to be under new leadership, will look to add a minimum of one starting pitcher, improve their offense and tinker...
• 10/17 MLBTradeRumors: Service Time Breakdown For Mike Trout: If Kendrys Morales returns from his left ankle injury by Spring Training, Angels manager Mike Scioscia will have seven players...
• 10/17 mlbreports.com : David Ortiz to the Jays or Yankees? Try the Rays or Angels: Monday October 17, 2011   MLB reports – Jonathan Hacohen:  With the World Series all set to commence on Wednesday (Cardinals...
• 10/16 Motor City Bengals: Update: Arizona Fall League: Detroit Tigers baseball is now over in 2011, after the ALCS series loss to the Texas Rangers on Saturday night. However, that...
• 10/8 Halo Hangout: Trout, Conger Among Angel Prospects in Arizona Fall League: Rookie Mike Trout is one of a handful of Angels playing for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League. (Getty Images)...
• 10/6 i70baseball.com: Five Naturals Rank Among Circuit’s Top ProspectsOdorizzi, Myers, Perez, Dwyer, Herrera all tabbed for list...
• 10/4 Through The Fence Baseball: 25 players to watch during the Arizona Fall League: Today — Tuesday, October 4 — some of the game’s top prospects will come together to play in the annual Arizona Fall...

• 9/30 MLBTradeRumors: Tony Reagins Out As Angels GM: It's never fair to evaluate a general manager by one trade, or to judge a trade after one year, but the Mike Napoli-Vernon Wells...
• 9/25 Through The Fence Baseball: 2011 Rookie Hazing: The best of the best: It’s a Sunday and most of you are probably getting your chair ready for some football. You’ve got your chips and salsa...
• 9/21 Mastersball.com: Arizona Fall League Primer: We still have a few weeks left in the 2011 MLB regular season and hopefully your team is still in the hunt. But just a week after...
• 9/17 22gigantes.com: Brown, Surkamp named to Baseball America’s 2011 Minor League All-Star teams: Baseball America, the industry authority on all things minor league, has released its 2011 Minor League All-Star team and two...
• 9/10 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Notes: Moore, Roster Move: Here's the latest on the Rays as they continue their late push for the AL Wild Card... Joe Maddon said right-hander Matt...
• 9/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Mike Trout named Minor League Player of the Year? What’s wrong with Julio Teheran and Matt Moore?: Want to know what irks me? Even in the minor leagues, awards are garnered by po**** Just because Mike Trout has received a lot...
• 9/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Mike Trout or Bryce Harper: Who would you take?: So who do you want to start a franchise with? A top-of-the-order hitter with extraordinarily elite speed, plays Gold Glove defense,...
• 9/9 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Angels III: Big-time pitching at The Big A: I often wonder how the schedule-makers determine the number of games the Yankees play against non-AL East teams. I’m sure...
• 9/7 MLBTradeRumors: Where The Market For Pujols & Fielder Stands: With three weeks to go in the regular season, it’s clear that Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder will be the most tempting free...
• 9/7 i70baseball.com: Playoff Preview: First-Round In-State ShowdownNaturals, Travs meet in postseason for first time since 2008...
• 9/7 Through The Fence Baseball: In typical Cubs fashion, top-prospect Brett Jackson not getting a September call up: The Yankees, in the thick of a heated division battle with the Red Sox in the AL East, brought up top prospect Jesus Montero last...
• 9/7 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Delabar, Seager, Trout: On this date in 1998, Ken Griffey Jr. reached the 50-homer plateau for the second consecutive season. No one in the AL West...
• 9/6 Roto Think Tank: Keeper/Dump League Dilemma: Brett has a time sensitive question for me, so I'll get right to it.I have to drop one of the following hitters tonight (5x5...
• 9/6 Baseball Musings: Extreme Trade: Vernon Wells homered in the Angels 7-3 win over the Mariners Monday night. It wasn’t a big home run, as the Angels already...
• 9/2 B-R Blog: “And down the stretch they come!” – Games of Thursday 9/1/2011: -- St. Louis completed a 3-game sweep in Milwaukee. Albert Pujols went 4 for 4 with 2 HRs, including his 12th career grand slam...
• 9/1 The Golden Sombrero: Changeups and **** A Southpaw’s Perspective for 9/1/11: -       Why do people get their panties in such a bunch over sign stealing?  Last night Josh Beckett had some choice...
• 9/1 i70baseball.com: Myers, Colon And Others Have Chance To Shine In Fall League: Seven top Royals prospects will continue their seasoning in the Arizona Fall League – a proving ground for many Double and Triple-A...

• 8/31 mlbreports.com : Adam Dunn: The Future of the White Sox Slugger: Wednesday August 31, 2011     MLB reports:  Not every player can fit onto a particular MLB team.  That is a baseball reality. ...
• 8/31 Baseball Musings: Rotation Boost: Scott Feldman made a spot start for the Rangers Tuesday night, and threw six shutout innings. He’s been coming back slowly...
• 8/31 B-R Blog: Game notes – Tuesday 8/30/2011: -- Ramon Santiago pinch-ran in the 8th, stayed in the game, and won it for Detroit with a HR in the 10th, his first-ever walk-off...
• 8/28 Baseball Musings: Teeing Off on Wilson: The Angels launched four home runs against C.J. Wilson Saturday night as LAnaheim reduced the Rangers lead to two games with an...
• 8/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels have a pulse, but still need to work: With the Angels’ 2011 season hanging in the balance and facing a 1-0 deficit in the ninth, Mark Trumbo stepped into a fat pitch...
• 8/17 mlbreports.com : E-MAILBAG: Ask the Reports, Wednesday August 17th: Thank you for reading the E-mailbag.  Please send all your questions to mlbreports@gmail.com and please include your first name...
• 8/14 SoDo Mojo: Obvious Upgrades, Outfielders and Other Assorted Things: I made a comment the other night on twitter that there wasn’t much room for an upgrade on this team. That’s kind of...
• 8/11 The Biz of Baseball: 4 MLB Players Who Could Be Traded Before Aug. 31 Waiver Deadline: The July 31st non-waiver trading deadline gets all of the attention from the baseball media, but by no means is it the last...
• 8/10 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Tigers, Angels, Rhodes, Pirates: Ubaldo Jimenez makes his Cleveland debut tonight as the Indians look to gain more ground on the division leading Tigers. Here...
• 8/3 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Marlins, Cust, Jimenez, Angels: It was on this day in 1907 that Walter Johnson made his Major League debut with the Washington Senators.  The Big Train retired...
• 8/2 Dropped Strike Three: A Blogger's Day Trip to Baltimore: Full disclosure…I worked for the Baltimore Orioles for a year in their Public Relations department. I also went to Towson University,...
• 8/2 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels’ inactivity at deadline shows faith in the future: Not surprisingly, the Los Angeles Angels let the 2011 trade deadline go by without making a move. Frustratingly, the powers of...

• 7/31 Baseball Daily Digest: Blog Eat Blog: Changing Pastures: The last weeks of July are marked by packed bags and plane tickets, as a multitude of ballplayers experience a sudden change...
• 7/29 Through The Fence Baseball: The Heat Index: Rookie performance: This week’s edition of The Heat Index is one of my favorites: the Rookie Edition. Rookies are an extremely important part of...
• 7/27 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Ervin Santana No-Hits Tribe; Angels 3, Indians 1: By Mike Brandyberry In a season that started so promising, the Indians may have hit rock bottom today. Nothing about the game...
• 7/19 The Golden Sombrero: Prospect Buzz: Matt Moore, Mike Trout, Jason Kipnis and Top 50 Prospect Lists: In the wake of the MLB Futures Game, John Sickels dedicated one of his ‘Prospect Profile’ installments...
• 7/18 Phillies Nation: The Price for Adams: Singleton and More?: After a week or so of rumors regarding a prospects-for-bullpen help deal between the Phillies and Padres, we finally have some...
• 7/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Head of the class: Favorites for Rookie of the Year honors: As baseball resumes after the All-Star break, it’s time to start thinking about postseason accolades. There are a host of...
• 7/17 Mastersball.com: Mike Trout: First Look: While working the Athletics/Angels game Friday evening, hitting in the #9 slot for the Halos was none other than the hottest prospect...
• 7/15 MLBTradeRumors: Keith Law's Midseason Top Prospects: ESPN.com’s Keith Law ranks the top 50 prospects in baseball and Bryce Harper of the Nationals and Matt Moore of the Rays rank...
• 7/15 COSFBA: Waiver Saviors: July 14th, 2011: Three days without baseball games that matter and one of those days without an internet connection at home has me feeling like...
• 7/14 MLB Dirt: My Mid-Season Top 25 Prospects: Like Mikey’s top 25 from yesterday, I will only include players that I believe will still hold prospect status at the end...
• 7/13 Mastersball.com: How Was the Trout Fishing Last Weekend?: Mike Trout, the 19-year-old Angels outfielder who is widely regarded as one of the top two Minor League prospects along with...
• 7/12 My Pinstripes: Jeter Has 2 For 2: With last night's rainout between the Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays, Derek Jeter's chances of getting hit #3,000 at home diminished...