Denton True Young

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 29, 1867 in Gilmore, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1890 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Spiders/Americans/Naps/Perfectos/Cardinals/... 1890-1911

Final Game: October 6, 1911 (Age 44)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1937 (153/201 ballots). Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
   View Cy Young Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: November 4, 1955 in Newcomerstown, OH
Buried: Peoli Cemetery, Peoli, OH
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• 5/6 Inside the Dodgers: Daily Distractions: Outdoor hockey invades Dodger Stadium.: Say hello to the “Stadium Series.” That’s what the NHL is calling the first outdoor NHL game in Los Angeles,...
• 5/6 MLB Injury News: Phillies' Roy Halladay Placed on 15-Day Disabled List with Shoulder Inflammation: In a move that appeared to be a long time coming, the Philadelphia Phillies have placed veteran starter Roy Halladay on the 15-day...
• 5/6 Atlanta Bullpen: Justin Upton Leading MVP Candidate: Still early in the season, but Braves right fielder Justin Upton is the favorite to win the National League MVP Award, according...
• 5/6 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball – Updated May.06/2013: Justin Verlander took a no hitter into the 7th inning and finished with seven shut out innings with 9 strikeouts as the Tigers...
• 5/6 MLB Injury News: Francisco Liriano set to make Pirates' debut Saturday: Left-handed starting pitcher Francisco Liriano is set to make his debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates this weekend during the team's...
• 5/6 Ballr: Freddy Garcia Is Back in the Majors: Freddy Garcia used to throw hard. He used to play in All-Star games and contend for Cy Young Awards. He was the crown jewel item...
• 5/6 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 5, 2013): Yu Darvish: Justin Verlander may have had a no-hitter through seven, but Yu Darvish struck out 14 and gave up only 4 hits (although two of...
• 5/6 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts Game #28: Twins 4, Indians 2: Player of the Game: Mike Pelfrey (6 inn. 4 hits 1 ER 1 BB / 7 SO) The Leadoff As the old saying goes, all good things must come...
• 5/6 Jays Journal: Series Preview: Toronto Blue Jays (11-21) @ Tampa Bay Rays (14-16): We are definitely starting to see a pattern in how the Toronto Blue Jays go about their business. After huge wins to salvage the...
• 5/6 Blog Red Machine: Week 5 Trends: A Cubbie A Day Keeps The Critics Away: The only thing that can make a 162-game season feel even longer is losing more baseball games than you win. In about the span...
• 5/6 Jays Journal: Toronto Blue Jays The Week That Was: April 29-May 5: It was yet another ugly week for baseball fans in the Great White North with their Toronto Blue Jays going a disappointing  2-4....
• 5/6 MLB Dirt: Baseball Notes for May 6, 2013: Cheating has a long and interesting history in baseball. From sharpened cleats, corked bats, banned substances and doctored pitches,...
• 5/6 Nolan Writin': Yu Darvish Is A God Amongst Men: Yu Darvish, your master Here is what I wrote about Yu Darvish on January 23rd: Dan Symborski, who every year runs his ZIPS projection...
• 5/5 Baseball Musings: Unhappy Halladay: Roy Halladay will have his shoulder examined after another poor outing Sunday afternoon: Halladay was roughed up Sunday by the...
• 5/5 Crashburn Alley: We Are All Mortal: In the hysteria of Roy Halladay‘s regular season perfect game against the then-Florida Marlins and post-season no-hitter...
• 5/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Streak Snapped, Tribe Falls to Twins in Series Finale; Twins 4, Indians 2: The hottest team in baseball cooled off somewhat on Sunday as the Twins defeated the Indians by a score of 4-2. The Indians, who...
• 5/5 Baseballhotcorner.com: David Price’s Sloooooow Start Continues in Coors: David Price’s four-pitch strikeout of the Colorado Rockies’ Josh Rutledge in Denver Saturday night was different than what...
• 5/5 mlbreports.com : An American Hobby: Baseball Memorabilia – Warren Spahn’s Card (1948 Leaf Set): Like us on Facebook here Sunday, May.05, 2013 By Lee Edelstein (‘Baseball Memorabilia Enthusiast’ – visit his...
• 5/5 Beyond the Scorecard: 5/4/13 Box Score Ephemera: The infinite jest that were the Saturday, May 4th, 2013 box scores. But first, some thoughts on last night's Bulls game. As I...
• 5/5 Baseball Jerks: Looking Back at the MLB Offseason: Winners and Losers: During the MLB offseason, it can be pretty easy to condemn a trade or praise a free agent signing. But a general manager that...
• 5/5 Baseball News Source: Struggling Aces: David Price, R.A. Dickey Slammed, Will Face Off Next: Reigning Cy Young winners David Price and R.A. Dickey  continue to struggle, and both aces gave up grand slams in there starts...
• 5/5 RoxPile: The Young Are Restless: Saturday night we saw game two of a three game series against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays. The pleasant surprise of Jon Garland...
• 5/5 My Pinstripes: Phil'ed With Good Feelings: A tip of the cap right back at ya. Phil Hughes has been a conundrum throughout his entire New York Yankees. From can't...
• 5/5 MLB Injury News: Cardinals' Chris Carpenter may not be done, starting throwing program: Put the gold watch back in the box and cancel the balloon and cake orders.  Chris Carpenter may not be thrown a retirement...
• 5/5 Baseball de World: Today in Baseball History – May 5: May 5, 1904 The Boston Americans pitcher Cy Young tosses his second no-hitter when he tosses a perfect game against Rube Waddell...
• 5/5 MLB Injury News: Jake Peavy unlikely to pitch Monday, DL still a possibility: The Chicago White Sox have been renowned for keeping pitchers relatively healthy in recent years, including the successful rehabilitation...
• 5/5 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball – Updated May.05/2013: Miguel Cabrera had a night so good that even a Sabermetrics fan would have to concede he owned baseball. The Detroit Tigers star...
• 5/5 RoxPile: Twitter Reacts To Nolan Arenado’s Grand Slam: For my part, I stood up with one fist in the air and shouted “GO BALL” as Nolan Arenado‘s grand slam off of...
• 5/4 Mets Merized: The Summer of 1973: Tom Seaver Outduels Bob Gibson: In today’s installment of “The Summer of 1973; The Forgotten Championship,’’ I chose a game from the month of April and...
• 5/4 RoxPile: Rays At Rockies, May 4th: Game Time, Lineups, And Preview: Rays at Rockies. 6:10 P.M. MST By leaving too many runners on base, letting the game get to extra innings, and then suffering...
• 5/4 Jays Journal: Aces Wild: While the title of this post may suggest taking a step back from the ugly start to the Jay’s season for a light piece revolving...
• 5/4 New York Mets Report: Summer of 1973; The Forgotten Championship – Tom Seaver Against Bob Gibson: In today’s installment of “The Summer of 1973; The Forgotten Championship,’’ I chose a game from the month of April...
• 5/4 RoxPile: Moore Of The Same: The Rockies began the randomized new schedule of inter-league play Friday night. The opponent was the former cellar dweller, the...
• 5/4 mlbreports.com : Robert Whitmer ‘s All – Felon Team: Like us on Facebook here. Saturday, May.04/2013 Let me start off by saying that this piece that I have written is intended to...
• 5/4 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated May.04/2013: Buster Posey drove in both Giants runs including hitting a walk off solo shot in the 9th as San Francisco beat rival Los Angeles...
• 5/3 Baseball Musings: Mr. Control: Felix Hernandez threw eight shutout innings against the Blue Jays Friday night running his record to 4-2 and reducing his ERA...
• 5/3 RoxPile: Rockies Face Tough Test In Matt Moore, David Price: Tough left-handed pitchers are constantly a problem for the Colorado Rockies. They have no choice but to face the likes of Clayton...
• 5/3 BoSox Injection: Is Clay Buchholz Doctoring His Pitches?: In short, no. But here is the story so far: After a brilliant outing against the cellar-dwelling Toronto Blue Jays, a pair of...
• 5/3 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Anchors Dodger Team in San Francisco Series: Clayton Kershaw (3-2, 1.73) vs. Barry Zito (3-1, 3.29) Lineup: TBA Clayton Kershaw will have to wage on after losing his father...
• 5/3 Jays Journal: The Little Things Are Piling Up On The Blue Jays: This offseason, the Blue Jays addressed several large glaring areas of need for the club. The starting pitching was s**** up,...
• 5/3 Redlegs Review: News and notes from week five: by: Dan Howard Staff Writer WHEW! I don’t know about you, but I’m glad the Reds finally got a day off. The...
• 5/3 Baseballhotcorner.com: Tampa Bay Rays Familiar Faces Providing Less Relief: Manager Joe Maddon thinks he knows why the Tampa Bay Rays find themselves a disappointing three games below .500 with one-sixth...
• 5/3 MLB Injury News: Rockies sign Roy Oswalt to minor league deal: The veteran right hander, Roy Oswalt, may be inching closer to getting some Major League work.  Much like last season, Oswalt...
• 5/3 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated May.03/2013:   Dominic Brown went 3-4 including a home run and an RBI single leading the Phillies past the Marlins, 7-2. Dan Haren threw...
• 5/3 Baseballhotcorner.com: Who Gets David Price? It Depends on How The Rays Do: The Tampa Bay Rays would love to hold on to David Price for a playoff run in 2013.  But the team’s financial picture and his...
• 5/2 Baseball News Source: Roy Oswalt Signs Minor-League Deal with Colorado Rockies: Roy Oswalt has found the team for 2013.  The 35-year-old agreed to terms with the Colorado Rockies on a minor-league deal. Oswalt...
• 5/2 District On Deck: Moments That Mattered: The Zim Reaper Returns: Source: FanGraphs In a classic pitchers’ duel, Jordan Zimmermann showed his mettle again and staked a very early claim in...
• 5/2 Ballr: Jose Valverde: The Clown Is Back: If (really, when) Jose Valverde gets roughed up and most likely replaced as Tigers closer by rookie Bruce Rondon, I will fill...
• 5/2 Ballr: Roberto Hernandez Is Hanging On: The former Fausto Carmona has, at times, been a tricky fantasy option, and that’s when he’s been an option at all....
• 5/2 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated May.02/2013: Clay Buchholz pitched 7 shutout innings, striking out 8 and collected his sixth win as the first place Red Sox man handled the...
• 5/2 Call to the Pen: Matt Harrison Undergoes Second Back Surgery: Just over a week ago Matt Harrison underwent surgery to repair a herniated disk in his lower back, an injury that landed the left-hander...
• 5/2 Baseballhotcorner.com: Roy Halladay: Fading Future Hall of Famer: From 2002 until the beginning of the 2012 MLB season, when you wanted to define what exactly is an Ace pitcher, you looked no...
• 5/1 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Raburn, Bauer Slay Another Cy; Indians 6, Phillies 0: Philadelphia Phillies superstar Cliff Lee stands as the most recent Cleveland Indian to earn a Cy Young Award, having done so...
• 5/1 Monkey with a Halo: Angels call May Day, hope the schedule can salvage their season: Sometimes being smart sucks. For instance, back when the season began I wrote about how the April schedule for our beloved...
• 5/1 RoxPile: Quality April: Sure statistics don’t tell the whole truth, but numbers never lie. Right? There are traditionally two schools of thought...
• 5/1 Red Sox Maineiacs: The Hanrahan Hate Has Gone Too Far: Scene: Big Joel Hanrahan lumbers out to the mound to pitch the 8th inning last night in Toronto.  The Red Sox are behind...
• 5/1 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts Game #24: Phillies 2, Indians 14: The Cleveland Indians last night defeated their third straight Cy Youngwinner this season. Two-time award winner Roy...
• 5/1 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated May.01/2013: Edwin Encarnacion of the Toronto Blue Jays hit a pair of home runs including the go ahead shot in the 7th inning against first...
• 5/1 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Past vs. Future take the Present Tonight: Trevor Bauer vs. Cliff Lee. Tonight, it will be an anti**** matchup between the Indians’ past and future. It will be Lee’s...
• 5/1 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Like Tommy Hanson?Tommy Hanson is in the midst of his first year pitching in the American League. His move from the hitter More......
• 5/1 Indians Baseball Insider: Indians offensive surge continues, route Phillies 14-2: Just what the doctor ordered. The Indians continued their hot play on Tuesday as they routed the Philadelphia Phillies in...
• 5/1 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 25: Loss to Marlins: Marlins 2 Mets 1 Jeremy Hefner just couldn’t do the job. What a disappointment. Mets Game Notes Apparently, Hefner thought...

• 4/30 El Maquino: ONE MONTH IN, CARDS HAVE BEST ROTATION IN THE GAME: > The bullpen is the worst in Baseball.  The offense, at least lately, has been destitute.  But the one constant so far...
• 4/30 MLB Injury News: Dodgers' Zack Greinke resumes throwing: Last week it was reported that Los Angeles Dodgers right-handed starting pitcher Zack Greinke was expected to resume throwing...
• 4/30 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated April.30/2013: It was a wild night of baseball with many heroes. But only four can own baseball. Despite the heroics of Brandon Moss and the...
• 4/30 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: Once more with feeling: Wolff at the door: I spent a fun day last week with one of my favorite people and his family. Bob Wolff has been away from Washington for more than...
• 4/30 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Wade Davis Pounded; Offense Awful: Monday night’s loss against the Cleveland Indians (10-13) is one the Kansas City Royals (13-10) would like to forget. The...
• 4/30 Jays Journal: Series Preview: Boston Red Sox (18-7) @ Toronto Blue Jays (9-17): Between the calls for the heads of various members of the Blue Jays (including manager John Gibbons), the almost historically...
• 4/30 Indians Baseball Insider: Ubaldo leads 9-0 victory over Royals: Kansas City, MO — Ubaldo Jimenez pitched seven plus innings of shutout baseball and right fielder Ryan...
• 4/29 My Pinstripes: Pettitte Set to Face That Other Team if Weather Holds Up: Moses wandered the desert for 40 years. Andy Pettitte wandered the state of Texas for three. That was a helluva rough...
• 4/29 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated Apr.29/2013: Giancarlo Stanton hit a pair of homers and delivered an RBI double as the Marlins got a very rare win. Clayton Kershaw threw...
• 4/29 TheFantasyFix.com: Learning Lessons From 2012 Slow Starters: We preach “practice excruciating patience!” Every year slow starters become an issue for fantasy owners scrambling to fix...
• 4/29 BoSox Injection: Are The Red Sox For Real?: As Major League Baseball heads into its second month two patterns are starting to emerge. 1. In the AL East, games have to be...
• 4/29 Billy-Ball.com: Sweeps and more: The Boston Red Sox had no trouble sweeping a four-game set from the Hapless Astros, outscoring them by a 28-10 margin in games...
• 4/28 Red Sox Maineiacs: Red Sox Digest: In honor of the old Red Sox pregame show Red Sox Digest.  We are going to digest a few Red Sox topics this morning.  The...
• 4/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Enough With the David Price Trade Rumors: During the offseason, it was fair to speculate about the future of David Price. Fresh off a Cy Young Award winning season, and...
• 4/28 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated Apr.28/2013: Travis Hafner homered and tripled as the Yankees overcame shaky pitching to beat the Toronto Blue Jays. Matt Moore of the Rays...
• 4/28 Rum Bunter: Pirates A.J. Burnett Pitching Like It’s 2002 All Over Again:   It was eleven seasons ago when A.J. Burnett made a name for himself in Major League Baseball.    The tall lanky righty was...
• 4/28 Baseball de World: Today in Baseball History – April 28: April 28, 1952 The St. Louis Browns send two minor league players, John Britton and Jim Newberry, to the Hankyu Braves of the...
• 4/28 The Baseball Haven: Velocity and Value: Once upon a time, Greg Maddux was winning four straight Cy Young awards (1992-1995) and Tom Glavine was painting the corners and...
• 4/27 Justin Jabs: One Cubs Authentics Auction item that won’t sell: Photo from ESPN It’s been a tough few days for seemingly no reason. I don’t know, I just feel really down and during...
• 4/27 mlbreports.com : Kyle Kendrick Should Have Earned Your Respect By Now: Like us on Facebook here Saturday April 27, 2013   By Chris Creighton (Phillies Correspondent via http://www.warrroomphilly.com...
• 4/27 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated Apr.27/2013: Pitching ruled Friday in an unbelievable way. How much so? Kyle Kendrick threw a complete game shutout against the Mets and Wei-Yin...
• 4/27 Swingin' A's: The Athletics’ Terrible Brand of Baseball Continues vs. Orioles: When I wrote a couple days ago that the Oakland Athletics were showing a disturbing trend as they repeatedly came up desperately...
• 4/27 The War Room: Kyle Kendrick Should Have Earned Your Respect By Now: by: Chris CreightonFollow him on Twitter @WarRoomPHLChris by clicking hereWatch the latest episode of the War Room on...
• 4/27 Tomahawk Take: Braves Saturday Morning Chop: Fearless editor Jeff is out of town and left me to prepare the Saturday Chop.  Lucky you … Fox Sports Braves-Tigers Preview...
• 4/27 Redlegs Review: Random observations from week four: by: Dan Howard Staff Writer The 2013 baseball season is well into its fourth week and here are my observations, sprinkled...
• 4/26 Jays Journal: Game Thread: Blue Jays (9-14) @ Yankees (12-9) THE PANIC EDITION: It’s happened again. For the 15th time this season (give or take all of them) the Blue Jays are facing a MUST WIN game....
• 4/26 Swingin' A's: The Athletics Are Cowering in the Face of Adversity: I’ve been on somewhat of a hiatus for much of the last week, a first wedding anniversary and 5 days on the go will do that...
• 4/26 Jays Journal: A Little Perspective On A Sluggish Start: Simply put, this has not been the start that anyone was expecting. For those of you feeling rattled because your unquenchable...
• 4/26 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated Apr.26/2013: Clay Buchholz of the Red Sox dominated the Astros and improved to 5-0. Alex Gordon of the Royals smashed a grand slam that sunk...
• 4/25 Birds Watcher: Orioles brace for 4 against A’s: You were expecting maybe Nolan Ryan? What the Baltimore Orioles got out of Josh Stinson‘s emergency spot start yesterday...
• 4/25 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Does Matt Moore Make David Price Decision Easier For Rays?: There is very little of more value in the baseball world than a 27-year-old former Cy Young winner that is still under team...
• 4/25 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated Apr.25/2013: Last night was another wild and loopy night of baseball with come from behind wins, dramatic homers and dominating pitching. But...
• 4/25 My Pinstripes: Rays Continue to Churn Out Pitchers: Cobb Chews Up Yankees: The Rays key to pitching success While the Yankees have been waiting for their pitching prospects to pan out, the LA...
• 4/25 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Mets April 25, 2013: Ryu vs Hefner: I don’t want to talk about last night, and neither do you, so let’s not. Let’s focus on today’s series...
• 4/25 Jays Journal: Toronto Blue Jays/New York Yankees Series Preview: 4/2/6/13: It seems we could mirror the same thing we would have said after the last Yankees series heading into Baltimore: Toronto (9-13)...
• 4/25 MLB Dirt: Could This Be a Career Year For Adam Wainwright?: St. Louis Cardinals’ starting pitcher Adam Wainwright almost won the Cy Young Award in 2010 when he posted a 2.42 ERA and...
• 4/24 Redbird Dugout: Game 21 Notes: Cardinals 4, Nationals 2: Garcia tames the road demon Jaime Garcia got into trouble in the sixth, but regardless it should be a positive outcome for him...
• 4/24 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated April.24/2013:   Lots of terrific performances in baseball last night, and none by the Red Sox, whose only positive quality was seeing their...
• 4/24 My Pinstripes: The Price Was Right For Small Ball: The master of small ball There are plenty of people out there, their own fans included, waiting for the Yankees to completely...
• 4/24 mlbreports.com : Jose Valverde Returns To The Detroit Tigers: Rondon Also Called Up For The Bullpen: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday, April.24/2013 By Matthew Lafave (Tigers Correspondent)  Yes, Jose Valverde has returned...
• 4/24 Mets Merized: MMO Fan Shot: Matt Harvey – The Best Is Yet To Come: It’s now been over seven years since that promising Opening Day in 2006, which was only day one of a season that took the Mets...
• 4/24 i70baseball.com: Adam Wainwright back in domination modeThis is the Adam Wainwright the St. Louis Cardinals think is worth $97.5 million for the next five years....
• 4/24 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Game 21: As you’re well aware Brandon Inge has been called up! He was actually pretty good in his debut, despite whatever the hell...
• 4/24 Tribe Daily: Morning Rundown: Some Valid Hope to Shock the World: So we meet again. Photo - Chuck Crow via Cleveland.com It has become a little tradition for us to all meet...
• 4/24 Baseballhotcorner.com: Felix Hernandez Reaches Century Mark: Felix Hernandez has had a pretty impressive career so far with some quality achievements. He hit a grand slam in 2008, he pitched...
• 4/23 mlbreports.com : Who owns baseball? Updated for April 22, 2013: But here we are in late April and already it is a laundry list that takes longer to read than the school cancellations on the...
• 4/23 AroundTheFoghorn: The Enduring Wonder of Barry Zito: Every so often, we here at Around The Foghorn like to feature content from writers who aren’t part of the ATF team. Sometimes...
• 4/23 Call to the Pen: Will Tim Lincecum Be As Good As New?: It wasn’t easy to figure out what was broken about Tim Lincecum during the San Francisco Giants’ stretch run to the...
• 4/23 Mets Merized: I Hate To Be The Pessimist Here, But I Have Some Issues With The Whole Marcum Deal: Adam Rubin of ESPN New York (who else), posted the full details of the deal the Mets signed with Shaun Marcum. The one-year deal...
• 4/23 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Game 20: That could have actually been a lot worse.  A.J. Burnett was really bad.  He somehow managed to get out of some jams.  A passed...
• 4/23 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Tuesday: April 23, 2013: Thank goodness Monday was much better than Sunday. After a disastrous start to the week, Monday provided some recovery as only...
• 4/22 Baseball News Source: Matt Moore Dominant Against the Yankees, Rays Win 4th Straight: Matt Moore allowed two hits, and one run over  eight innings of work and the Tampa Bay Rays  handled the New York Yankees in...
• 4/22 Tyler's Think Tank: Why the Red Sox are for real: The Red Sox are rolling and their hot start isn't a mirage (Fox) A lot has been written about the Red Sox's hot start lately,...
• 4/22 We Talk Fantasy Sports: RotoBaller - Undervalued Starting Pitching: This article originally appeared on www.RotoBaller.com: RotoBaller.com Undervalued Starting Pitchers: Week 4 Waiver Wire.In this...
• 4/22 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 18: The Definition Of InsanityLike an insane person, Mike Matheny continues to do the same thing over and over while expecting a different result ......
• 4/21 Nolan Writin': Heading Into Sunday –: - I’m not sure if it will come tomorrow or two months from now, but right now I am not yet comfortable assigning declarative...
• 4/21 PaulLebowitz.com: Schilling’s Financial Mess Has Plenty Of Blame To Go Around: In today’s Sunday Business section of the New York Times, Matt Bai writes a great article about Curt Schilling and his failed...
• 4/21 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants’ Tim Lincecum Gives Up 4 Hits, Retires 20 On, Uh, 4/20, In Defeat Of Padres: One time San Francisco Giants ace and fan favorite Tim Lincecum hasn’t really ever hidden his desire for a recreational...
• 4/20 RoxPile: Confirmed: The Rockies Caught A Break By Missing Matt Harvey: As the starting rotations for the Colorado Rockies and the New York Mets were shuffled during their snowy series last week, I...
• 4/20 StoopSports.com: Matten Down the Hatches: Steve Filocoma- Through prudent trades and draft strategy, Mets’ general manager Sandy Alderson and his staff have revamped...
• 4/20 Mets Merized: The Gospel According To Matthew: “Harvey Never Wins A Cy Young”: Everytime I watch Matt Harvey pitch, those words come to mind and it’s not just me. It’s become the Mets Meme on Twitter...
• 4/20 The Sports Critic: Phillies’ Roy Halladay Turning It Around?: First, let me give credit to two online friends who are big Philadelphia Phillies fans and writers, Sean O’Brien and Kerry Kauffman,...
• 4/20 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Enough is Enough—It’s Time to get Ubaldo out of the Rotation: By Steve Eby I’m done. I can’t watch this anymore. I officially hate watching Ubaldo Jimenez pitch.  Tuesday night’s loss...
• 4/19 Seedlings to Stars: Mets Notes: Zach Wheeler, Travis d’Arnaud, and Noah Syndergaard: Travis d’Arnaud is widely considered one of the elite prospects in the game and perhaps the top catcher in the minor leagues...
• 4/19 New York Mets Report: Marquee Billing: Matt Harvey Against Stephen Strasburg: If Matt Harvey is as good as advertised, there will be many more nights like tonight, with him going against another’s ace....
• 4/19 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander’s Decreased Velocity Probably Isn’t Cause for Concern: Yet. Justin Verlander has been quite good to start the 2013 season. You don’t need me to tell you this. Through four starts...
• 4/19 Reviewing the Brew: Yovani Gallardo Is Not An Ace: Yovani Gallardo just might be the most overrated player in Milwaukee Brewers history. It befuddles me when people label him as...
• 4/18 Baseball News Source: Orioles Walk Off With Win Over Rays With Matt Wieters Grand Slam: The Baltimore Orioles won their 17th straight extra innings game, including 16 last season when Matt Wieters hit a grand slam...
• 4/18 Southside Showdown: White Sox, Blue Jays’ aces try to get back to being aces – Lineups 4/18: Believe it or not, the White Sox could be on the verge of a series win, as well as a win streak. Losing their first 5 games on...
• 4/18 Baseball Jerks: Week 3 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers Stock Market: Haf a Chance: We are almost through three weeks of baseball and the seasoned daytrader can already see trends developing for some fantasy...
• 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...
• 4/18 Jays Journal: Back To Normal For Blue Jays Starters: It’s been rough going early on in the season. After 15 games, the Blue Jays’ record is at 6-9 and are 4.5 games back...
• 4/17 Crashburn Alley: Phillies’ Punchless Week No Reason to Fret: The Phillies were taken out behind the shed and beaten with a stick tonight, dropping the series finale in Cincinnati 11-2, running...
• 4/17 Rising Apple: Amazin’ Look Back – April 17, 1973: Fergie Jenkins Outduels Tom Seaver; Mets Fall To Cubs 1-0: Before yesterday’s day off, the Mets wrapped up a successful 3-2 road trip by salvaging their last game in Philadelphia. ...
• 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 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 30 Players, 30 Teams - Kansas City Royals: Source: Jamie Squire/Getty Images North America In this series, we are going to spotlight one player on each of the 30...
• 4/16 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tiant Has Indians Consecutive Scoreless Innings Streak Set High for Masterson: By Evan Matsumoto  With his hand clutched around the ball stuffed inside his mitt, Luis Tiant hoisted his arms above his head....
• 4/15 The Beanball: Matt Harvey is Filling the R.A. Dickey Void: For an organization that refuses to fully acknowledge that they’re in rebuilding mode, the New York Mets made a pretty indicative...
• 4/15 MLB Injury News: Johnny Cueto's stint on the DL shouldn't hurt Reds: The Cincinnati Reds have looked both impressive and sub-par.  They have dominated and looked over-matched.  Overall,...
• 4/15 Phillies Nation: Halladay’s Future: Roy Halladay pitched relatively well on Sunday, scattering five hits and a single run over eight innings of work. He worked quickly,...
• 4/14 Crashburn Alley: To Roy Halladay, On Win 200: Win Number One September 27, 1998. A 21-year-old Roy Halladay makes his second Major League start. He had entered the season...
• 4/14 Lasorda's Lair: Quentin Drops Suspension Appeal, But Is Dodger Culture Under Attack?: San Diego thug Carlos Quentin, is finally doing something smart. He’s not going to show his face at Dodger Stadium. If the man...
• 4/14 Kings of Kauffman: Bob Gibson Statue Unveiled at Omaha’s Werner Park: As Royals fans, we typically do not like the St. Louis Cardinals. Since the two teams don’t play all that frequently, it’s...
• 4/14 WahoosOnFirst: Reynolds Powers Indians Past White Sox: On Friday night Nick Swisher came through in the clutch to lead the Indians to victory. Yesterday afternoon it was up to Mark...
• 4/13 Call to the Pen: Toronto Falling Apart Early: In case you haven’t noticed since the Blue Jays are so far away that they need passports to play games in the United States...
• 4/13 Lasorda's Lair: Hyun-jin Ryu’s First Road Start Features Formidable Foe in Ian Kennedy: Hyun-jin Ryu (1-1, 2.13) vs. Ian Kennedy (1-0, 4.15) Lineup: Where art thou offense? That’s the question plaguing Dodger...
• 4/13 Rays Colored Glasses: How Important is This Start For David Price?: Typically, in a 162 game schedule, it would seemingly be rather premature to refer to the eleventh game of the season as important....
• 4/13 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Rays and Red Sox send their aces to the mound as David Price takes on Jon Lester. Price is off to a poor defense of his Cy...
• 4/13 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Saturday: April 13, 2013: The West Coast was not kind yesterday. The picks started out 8-1 with the Cubs win over the Giants (blown save) being the only...
• 4/12 District On Deck: Series Preview: Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals: Coming off a sweep of the White Sox, the Nationals are hot, 6-0 at home, and 7-2 overall. However, the Braves are just as hot,...
• 4/12 Mets Chronicle: Preview: Game 10 - Mets at Twins - Niese vs Worley: New York Mets (5-4) at Minnesota Twins (4-5) 8:10 PM ET SeasonRd/HmLast StartLast 3 App STARTERSGSRECERAAIPRECERADATEOPPDECIPHERRECIPERA ...
• 4/12 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay RaysThe Advanced Scout goes shopping for ingredients for his annual Patriot's Day breakfast as he analyzes the Tampa Bay Rays...
• 4/12 Motor City Bengals: AL Central Roundup: Royals May Be Good, White Sox Not Hitting, And Aaron Hicks Struggles: The AL Central Roundup will be a weekly Friday feature that provides a snippet of the goings on with the other teams in the division....
• 4/12 Baseball Musings: Greinke Gone: Zack Greinke got in a fight and will miss significant time: A hit by pitch leads to a fight between Zack Greinke and Carlos Quentin....
• 4/12 Kings of Kauffman: Around the AL Central With FanSided: As of right now, the Royals hold a one game lead over the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central. Most may not expect that to last,...
• 4/11 Baseball Jerks: Week 2 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers Stock Market: Breaking Evan: We are in the second week of the year and the seasoned fantasy daytrader knows that this is the hardest time to differentiate...
• 4/11 StoopSports.com: Strong Sale: Ricky Guerra- Chris Sale is a rising star in the majors, and is becoming one of the league’s most elite pitchers. After a great...
• 4/11 Red Sox Maineiacs: Should the Red Sox retire Wade Boggs’ Number 26?: Yesterday, a story broke that Wade Boggs is waiting for/expecting the Red Sox to retire his #26 on the right field facade in...
• 4/11 Rising Apple: Mets Notes: Thoughts on Stanton, CarGo, & Marcum: Here’s a recap and Rising Apple’s thoughts regarding pertinent rumors and news that have been circulating early today…...
• 4/11 Mets Chronicle: Recap: Game 8 - Mets (3) at Phillies (8) - Gee Gets Bombed, Buck Continues Hot Hitting: Final123456789RHE N.Y. Mets (5-3)000210000382 Philadelphia (3-5)«04310000x8111 W: C. Lee (2-0) L: D. Gee (0-2) HR:...
• 4/11 Tyler's Think Tank: NL West Preview: 1st Place--Los Angeles Dodgers 2012 Record: 86-76 2012 Pythagorean: 86-76 2013 Projected: 93-69 Matt Kemp has an MVP-type...
• 4/10 Indians Baseball Insider: The season isn't over at the Corner of Carnegie and Ontario: I can’t help but shake my head while sitting here during the opening home series here at Progressive Field. The Cleveland...
• 4/10 Red Sox Maineiacs: Cousin Jason's Baseball Bracket Finale: First, let me admit that this little project was rushed and thrown together at the last minute heading into the NCAA Tourney....
• 4/10 Phillies Nation: Who Will Halladay Become?: Reinvented is the chic term in Philadelphia. It’s being used to describe what people believe will be the saving grace in...
• 4/10 Jays Journal: The Blue Jays Bandwagon Goes Up And Down: for·ti·tude [fawr-ti-tood, -tyood] noun mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation...
• 4/10 PaulLebowitz.com: Ike Davis’s Day Off: It’s like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, only with beer. There were numerous reasons to give Ike Davis a night off against the...
• 4/10 Phillies Nation: Lee Continues To Cement His Awesomeness: I’ll never forget Cliff Lee‘s first start with the Phillies. He was just acquired from the Indians amidst a flurry...
• 4/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: What to Make of R.A. Dickey’s StrugglesI think it’s safe to say that this was not the start to his Blue Jays’ career that R.A. Dickey More......
• 4/10 Phillies Nation: Minor League Notebook: Injuries, Signings and Stats: Lefty hurler Mario Hollands, who is on the disabled list for the Class A Advanced Clearwater Threshers, is not currently ailing...
• 4/9 PhoulBallz.com: Minor League Notebook: Injuries, Signings and Stats: Mario Hollands Lefty hurler Mario Hollands, who is on the disabled list for the Class A Advanced Clearwater Threshers,...
• 4/9 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Angels Jered Weaver To Miss 4-6 Weeks With Broken Arm: The Los Angeles Angels already had a suspect pitching staff. Now they will have to fend without their ace for the next 4-6...
• 4/9 Kings of Kauffman: Big Start for Ervin Santana: Ervin Santana was really, really good yesterday.  Anytime you can get 8 innings out of your starter and only one run it is good,...
• 4/9 Mets Merized: Matt Harvey Draws Comparisons To Other Mets Pitching Legends: While listening to last night’s Mets v. Philadelphia Phillies game, it took me back in time. I grew up in the 80’s era when...
• 4/9 StoopSports.com: Leading the Way: Chandler Bullock- It may be only one week into the season, but the Dodgers have already shown that they will play late into September....
• 4/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Good News and Bad News: Halladay’s Not Hurt: The Phillies would be better off if Roy Halladay was hurt. At least that would be a viable explanation for this sudden and cliff-diving...
• 4/9 District On Deck: Series Preview: Washington Nationals (4-2) vs. Chicago White Sox (4-2): The Nationals are home this week to face the hot-starting White Sox in a three-game set. Gio Gonzalez, Jordan Zimmermann, and...
• 4/9 We Talk Fantasy Sports: It's No Holiday When Halladay Takes The Mound: It seemed just like yesterday that when Roy Halladay took the mound every 5th day, the opposing team had no chance at hitting...
• 4/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Reaction: Tim Lincecum’s First StartThe season’s barely a week old, but 2013 has already been an interesting season for aces, or at least one More......
• 4/9 Baseball de World: Today in Baseball History – April 9: April 9, 1913 The Brooklyn Dodgers play the first regular season game at Ebbets Field one day ahead of the rest of the league....
• 4/9 MLB Injury News: Dodgers rumors: Clayton Kershaw negotiations over $200 million: Many around the league expect Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw to become the first pitcher to receive a $200 million...
• 4/8 Baseball With Matt: The Kid From Santa Barbara 4/8/13: Hey baseball fans!I’m sure you know who has the most career home runs (Barry Bonds with 762), who has the most career wins...
• 4/8 StoopSports.com: MLB Plays of the Week: Jake Reiser- Welcome back baseball! The opening week of the MLB season had some stellar performances and amazing plays. With that,...
• 4/8 StoopSports.com: Knuckling Transition: Mike Klaum – It has been a rough beginning to the 2013 season for newly acquired Blue Jays’ pitcher R.A. Dickey. After being...
• 4/8 StoopSports.com: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not: Anthony Pucik- This weekly piece will talk about the five players in the MLB who are on hot streaks, and five players who are...
• 4/8 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees: What a way to end a road trip. The Cleveland Indians’ six-game cruise to start the season came to an end in Tampa with a 13-0...
• 4/8 Baseball News Source: Price, Dickey, Cain, Strasburg, Hamels, Aces Roughed Up: David Price, R.A. Dickey, Matt Cain, Stephen Strasburg and Cole Hamels, all acres in their respective rotations, took to the mound...
• 4/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Jeremy Hellickson Excited to Win Gold Glove, Worrying About David Price: Jeremy Hellickson‘s first two seasons in the major leagues have been quite eventful. As a rookie, he went 13-10 with a 2.95...
• 4/8 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Yankees at Indians (4/8-4/11): The New York Yankees’ time in Detroit was not the most optimal for Yankees’ fans, but Sunday gave them a great sigh...
• 4/8 Rising Apple: Morning Mets Notes: Aaron Laffey Will Get Another Chance to Start: Aaron Laffey made his Mets debut yesterday afternoon in the series finale at Citi Field against the Miami Marlins, but it wasn’t...
• 4/8 Mastersball.com: Surprise, surprise: The first week of baseball is over and set in the record books and man, was it a fun week to watch. There were some major surprises...
• 4/8 MLB Injury News: Roy Halladay may have hurt his arm in September: There comes a point in every player's career, where a decision has to be made.  A long hard look in the mirror might be necessary....
• 4/8 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts Game #6: Indians 13, Rays 0: Player of the Game: Carlos Santana (5-for-5 with 2 2B, HR and 3 RBI) The Leadoff They’re back! After getting shutout...
• 4/8 Indians Baseball Insider: Indians slam Rays 13-0 to avoid sweep: St. Petersburg, FL – After failing to score for 19 straight innings, the Cleveland Indians offense broke out in a big...
• 4/7 Jays Journal: Dickey Struggles Again, Red Sox Romp Blue Jays: The Toronto Blue Jays were hoping that the second time was the charm for R.A. Dickey, especially coming off of a two-hit shut-out...
• 4/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians Offense Awakens from Slumber in a Big Way; Indians 13, Rays 0: By David Roberts It is the first Sunday baseball game of the year and the Indians were looking at a pretty big game at this early...
• 4/7 Baseball Musings: Another Crusher: In addition to Cy Young award winners R.A. Dickey and Justin Verlander getting beat in big shutouts, the Indians pounds current...
• 4/7 District On Deck: Game 6: Cincinnati Reds 6, Washington Nationals 3: Sometimes the other team just plays better. The Reds outmatched the Nationals in every phase of the game today, as Stephen Strasburg...
• 4/7 Baseball Musings: Crushing Shutouts: The Red Sox started pounding R.A. Dickey and the Blue Jays early, scoring five runs in the first inning. Will Middlebrooks hit...
• 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 The Writer's Journey: Who is the greatest relief pitcher of all-time?: This is possibly the trickiest of all the rankings because of the ever-evolving role of the relief pitcher. Dennis Eckersley comes...
• 4/6 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Los Angeles Dodgers – Game 5: I told you.  Squandering.  It’s what the Pirates do best.  They take major positives and just flush them down the toilet....
• 4/5 Bush League Chronicle: Two former MLB superstars sign with independent league team: The Long Island Ducks are reloading to defend their Atlantic League title.The independent league franchise announced the signing...
• 4/5 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Toronto Blue JaysThe Advanced Scout takes his hoser self to Toronto to analyze the Toronto Blue Jays...
• 4/5 Rum Bunter: Pirates Dodgers Preview With Lasorda’s Lair: Who Are They, Who Wins Series?: When we need to know answers about the most talked about team in Major League Baseball– The Los Angeles Dodgers, we ask...
• 4/5 Lasorda's Lair: Conversation With The Enemy-Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rumbunter Edition: We are bringing our conversation with the enemy series back for the start of the 2013 season. This time we sat down virtually...
• 4/5 Baseballhotcorner.com: Pittsburgh Pirates: Series 2: The Pittsburgh Pirates finished their opening series against the Chicago Cubs in disappointing fashion losing the final game 3-2....
• 4/5 PaulLebowitz.com: 2013 MLB Awards Predictions: American League MVP: Jose Bautista, Blue Jays If the Blue Jays are contending as they’re supposed to, they’ll be doing it...
• 4/5 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 48: This Cosmic Tilt-a-Whirl: They say you shouldn’t go grocery shopping on an empty stomach, but I did it anyway on Tuesday. The result: I bought a bunch...
• 4/4 Call to the Pen: Jose Valverde Returns to Detroit, Signs Minor League Deal: One of the last remaining free agents has finally signed a contract and landed with a new team, only in this case that new team...
• 4/4 mlbreports.com : “Who Owns Baseball?” An explanation for a subjective title.: Like us on Facebook here Thursday April.04/2013 By Paul Francis Sullivan (Lead Baseball Writer/Personality): On my podcast, The...
• 4/4 mlbreports.com : Kershaw Smacks 1st HR And Nets Win In Dodgers Opener – Before LA Loses 2 In A Row: Like us on Facebook here Thursday Apr.04/2013 By Enrique Rivera (Dodgers Correspondent):  Everything just went right for the...
• 4/4 Full Spectrum Baseball: Bold-ish Predictions For 2013: I know you have been waiting months, days even, for this exciting moment. Well, it is a bit late, I know, but better late than...
• 4/4 The Writer's Journey: Who is the greatest right-handed pitcher of all-time?: Four of the top ten righties played in the early 1900s; five debuted in the 1950s or 1960s; one came into the big leagues in the...
• 4/4 Baseball News Source: NL Scores: Gonzalez Leads Nats, Halladay Rocked, Harvey K’s 10: Gio Gonzalez  hit his second career home run and tossed six shutout innings to help the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins...
• 4/4 Sports Out West: San Francisco Giants opening series vs. Dodgers analysis: The San Francisco Giants began right where they left off last year. Again, San Francisco’s pitching led the way in their opening...
• 4/4 Mets Merized: Mets Minors: Top 10 PCL Prospects To Watch In 2013: With Pacific Coast League action kicking off tomorrow, April 4, MiLB.com has released their top ten prospects to watch from the...
• 4/3 Indians Baseball Insider: 2013 Columbus Clippers preview: After winning back-to-back Triple-A National Championships in 2010 and 2011, the Columbus Clippers failed to make the playoffs...
• 4/3 Lasorda's Lair: Josh Beckett Begins Rebound Campaign Tonight In Rubber Game: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants Crawford 7 Schumaker 4 Kemp 8 Gonzalez 3 Ethier 9 Cruz 5 Uribe 6 A.J. Ellis 2 Beckett 1 Tim Lincecum...
• 4/3 Southside Showdown: The One Where We Wait For Another Tyler Flowers HR – Lineups 4/3: Without the same anti**** as Monday’s game the White Sox will go ahead and play again today, in front of a dramatically lesser...
• 4/3 Mets Chronicle: Preview: Opening Day - Game 1 - Padres at Mets: Preview: Opening Day - Game 1 - Padres at Mets Two main attractions will be missing when the New York Mets host San Diego in...
• 4/3 Billy-Ball.com: Yu Darvish’s Near Miss-terpiece: Two outs in the 9th and a ground ball goes through the five-hole and there goes Yu Darvish‘s perfect game. As I watched...
• 4/3 BoSox Injection: The Road Ahead: Red Sox April Match Ups Will Provide Early Yard Stick: The Red Sox’ three-game set in the Bronx against the Yankees that kicks off their 2013 campaign is just the first test in...
• 4/3 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Yu Ain't Perfect, But Close Enough: Yu Darvish pitched 8 2/3 perfect innings against the Houston Astros last night, striking out 14 batters.  Earlier yesterday...
• 4/3 StanGraphs: Yu Darvish Lost His Perfect Game, But He’s a True Ace: With the ink barely dry on an Elvis Andrus contract extension, the Rangers found themselves immediately back in the spotlight......
• 4/3 That Ball's Outta Here: Phillies Nervously Anti**** First Official Start of the “New” Roy Halladay: It’s a really good thing everyone had to wait 48 hours for the Phillies to play Games 1 and 2 here in 2013. It gives us...
• 4/3 Baseball News Source: AL Scores: Orioles Win Opener, Darvish Near Perfect, Tribe Beats Dickey: The Tampa Bay Rays took a 3-2 lead into the seventh inning,  and reliever Jake McGee was within one out of getting out of the...
• 4/3 Baseballhotcorner.com: Anatomy Of An Opening Day Win: “Welcome to the Big Leagues, Mr. Hicks!” The sun was out and the thermometer was low in Minnesota but the defending American...
• 4/2 mlbreports.com : Game 1 Recap Of The Nats Big Opening Day Win – A Glimpse Of Things To Come: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, Apr.02/2013 By David Huzzard (Nationals Correspondent via Citizens of Natstown.com –...
• 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 mlbreports.com : Justin Verlander Makes Good On His 1st Start After Signing His Recent 5 Year Extension: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, April.2/2013 By Matthew Lafave (Tigers Correspondent) And there was much rejoicing. No worries,...
• 4/2 Venom Strikes: D’backs’ Opening Day Observations: Here is an easy question to answer.  Isn’t it great to have baseball back?   The Arizona Diamondbacks continued their...
• 4/2 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The final two openers of the 2013 season take place today, start with the Orioles at the Rays. Jason Hammel faces defending Cy...
• 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 Rays Colored Glasses: Game Preview: Tampa Bay Rays Take On The Baltimore Orioles On Opening Day: Rays fans, the wait is finally over. After six long and grueling months, the agony of the offseason no longer exists. Baseball...
• 4/2 Marlin Maniac: Miami Marlins No. 1 Starter: A Closer Look at Ricky Nolasco:     Yesterday, there was a story that was completely overshadowed by Strasburg’s 19-batter AARP-grade retirement party...
• 4/2 Baseballhotcorner.com: 2013 Toronto Blue Jays Season Kicks Off With Much Anti****: I woke up today feeling like it was Christmas morning, minus the jolly fat man and annoying family obligations. I have a little...
• 4/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price, Duncan Excited About Opening Day, Rays Lineup: Opening Day is a time of excitement not only for the fans, but for the players as well. Although he is the reigning Cy Young Award...
• 4/2 Jays Journal: Opening Day 2013: Blue Jays/Indians Preview 4/2/13: The first pitch of the 2013 Toronto Blue Jays season is mere hours away, with the home town Blue Jays hosting the Cleveland Indians...
• 4/2 Baseballhotcorner.com: No Shortage of Good Pitching on Opening Day: 1953: Yes, that is the last time that anybody in baseball achieved what Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw did on Monday....
• 4/2 Mets360.com: Why the Mets need to retire numbers now: The New York Mets have been in existence for 51 years. Last season they celebrated their 50th season of playing professional baseball...
• 4/2 Call to the Pen: MLB Opening Day 2013: Stars Come Out on Opening Day: The anti**** and excitement of Opening Day stems from the long winter absence of baseball (meaningful, non-spring training baseball,...
• 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 Monkey with a Halo: Jered Weaver's contract suddenly looks awesome: There are several different angles to which one could take when attempting to evaluate the extension bonanza that took...
• 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 The High Phive: 2013 NL East Predictions: Phillies back on top?: There is no opening day in all of sports that can compare to that of baseball. Hope springs eternal for 30 teams as they begin...
• 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 Sports Critic: 2013 MLB Quick Pick Predictions: The 2013 Major League Baseball season has begun as of March 31 with most teams starting play on April 1. As with most every fan,...
• 4/1 StoopSports.com: Top 10 Baseball Players of All-Time: Jesse Dougherty- There is no game like baseball so in effect there is no list of athletes that can touch this one. I have decided...
• 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 Red Sox Maineiacs: Barry's 2013 Baseball Predictions: Check out Brandon and I on the latest redsoxmaineiacs podcasts for a full breakdown of the AL east.  Here are my predictions...
• 4/1 Baseballhotcorner.com: R.A. Dickey Looks To Continue Winning Ways In Toronto Blue Jays Opener: The reigning National League Cy Young award winner R.A. Dickey will look to continue his winning ways when he takes the bump on...
• 4/1 Baseballhotcorner.com: Verlander Signs Blockbuster Deal: When Felix Hernandez signed his 7 year/$175 million contract in February, he became the highest paid pitcher in MLB history. Today,...
• 4/1 STLCardinalBaseball: Hopes And Dreams On Opening DayWhen I was a teenager, I liked to imagine that I could pitch. No matter how badly I played during ......
• 4/1 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates Preview - Pitching: The Pirates rotation is somewhat of a mess. OK, it is more than somewhat of a mess, it is a mess, but it is also just like the...
• 4/1 MLB Dirt: Baseball Notes for March 31, 2013: Major League Baseball’s 2013 Opening Day is finally here! With another season comes the return of Baseball Notes. Without a...
• 4/1 SoDo Mojo: Somewhat Bold Predictions for the Mariners in 2013: Tomorrow is opening day for the Mariners, and you should be PUMPED! The team is undeniably moving in the right direction. This...
• 4/1 Rays Colored Glasses: A Look at the Some of the Rays on ESPN’s Top 500: Recently, ESPN unveiled their list of the top 500 players in baseball, according to their rankings. The rankings were compiled...
• 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 American League Predictions: The excitement of a new season just continues to mount for us baseball fans. Here at BoSox Injection, each writer will submit...
• 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 Lasorda's Lair: Opening Day 2013 Marks a New Chapter of Dodgers Baseball: Clayton Kershaw  vs. Matt Cain Opening Night of the 2013 Major League Baseball season opened with a Texan rodeo of sorts. Yet...
• 4/1 Through The Fence Baseball: MLB power rankings: Washington Nationals start season at top: Spring training has finally come to an end, and opening night features the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros, two teams headed...
• 4/1 Marlin Maniac: Miami Marlins @ Washington Nationals Opening Series Preview: Chat with Michael Natelli of Around the Hill: After a long and what seemed like a never ending offseason for the Miami Marlins, Opening Day 2013 is finally here. The Miami...
• 4/1 The Writer's Journey: R.I.P. Bob Turley: (September 19, 1930 – March 30, 2013) Pitcher Bob Turley, a three-time All-Star who won the Cy Young Award in 1958 while...
• 4/1 Mets Merized: Mets Minors: Syndergaard Could Be Mets #1 Prospect By All Star Break: Noah Syndergaard knows he has all eyes on him. By June 16, Syndergaard could find himself as the crown jewel and No. 1 prospect...
• 4/1 My Pinstripes: Bob Turley, '58 World Series Hero, Succumbs at 82: Bullet Bob Turley had a season for the ages in 1958. He was an All-Star, won the American League Cy Young Award and...
• 4/1 Baseball Musings: 2013 NL Central Preview: The division preview series continues with the NL Central. The starting point for my analysis is the 2012 WAR of the position...
• 4/1 Baseball Musings: Turley Passes: Bob Turley died Saturday morning: Turley pitched one season for the Orioles in 1954, their first in Baltimore, and he started...

• 3/30 Mets Merized: Noah Syndergaard: Here’s Looking At You Kid…: Noah Syndergaard knows he has all eyes on him. By June 16, Syndergaard could find himself as the crown jewel and No. 1 prospect...
• 3/30 StanGraphs: 2013 NL Awards Preview: Most Valuable Player Award: Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds No surprises here! Joey Votto is easily one of the best hitters in baseball,...
• 3/30 StlSportsMinute.com: MLB Preview: Predicting who will win the National League East: Last season, the Washington Nationals emerged and made the playoffs one year earlier than most pundits and experts had originally...
• 3/30 Redbird Rants: Adam Wainwright Extension: How Did We Get Here?: It’s hard to believe it has been nearly 10 full years since then Cardinals GM Walt Jocketty got together with then Braves...
• 3/29 baseballintheblood.com : BitB Interviews Denny McLain: “I’ve only had one bad moment in my life, and that was when we lost Krissy.”: On the Phone With…Denny McLain By Todd Coppernoll – March 29, 2013 I just got off the line with Denny McLain. Today...
• 3/29 mlbreports.com : The Mets Fans Have Good Reasons To Be Choked: Like us on Facebook here Friday, Mar.29/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): Today has to eb a frustrating...
• 3/29 Call to the Pen: Johan Santana Facing Gloomy Prognosis: At his best he was one of the best, but right now it appears that Johan Santana‘s pitching career might be over. It sounds...
• 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 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Posey, Verlander, Goldschmidt All Get Extensions: What a day for young ballplayers getting money trees planted in their front yards. Three, count them three stud players got...
• 3/29 Baseball News Source: Detroit Tigers Extend Justin Verlander Five years $140 million: A few months after the Seattle Mariners locked up Felix Hernandez long term, the Detroit Tigers signed Justin Verlander to a five-year...
• 3/29 Baseball Jerks: Tigers, Justin Verlander Agree to Contract Extension: The Detroit Tigers have extended the contract of Justin Verlander for another five years, keeping him in Detroit at least through...
• 3/29 Pinstripe Pundits: Division Preview: Toronto Blue Jays: Toronto’s wild offseason made everyone quickly forget the club’s 73 win, 4th place finish in 2012. It was a pretty...
• 3/29 StlSportsMinute.com: MLB Preview: Predicting who will win the National League West: The San Francisco Giants got hot at exactly the right time last season and carried that momentum not only to a National League...
• 3/29 Baseballhotcorner.com: Dickey The Great And Powerful: We are four days away from the Blue Jays home opener where R.A. Dickey will take the mound for the first time as a Jay. Dickey...
• 3/29 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History: March 29 Senators Birthdays Yesterday we reported on 3 pitchers who were born on March 28th. Today we cover 4 more players, all...
• 3/29 mlbreports.com : Can The Cardinals Still Compete With Another Winter Of Losses For A 2nd Year?: Like us on Facebook here Friday March.29/2013 Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Writer) The St.Louis Cardinals didn’t do much adding...
• 3/29 On The Way Home: Ricky Romero “Doesn’t Belong” in Minor Leagues: When the Toronto Blue Jays selected Ricky Romero with the 6th pick of the 2005 draft in 2006, they envisioned ... keep readingThe...
• 3/29 BoSox Injection: Who’s On First? BosoxLinx: 3-29-2013: This Day in Red Sox History 1907: Cy Young is named manager of the Red Sox on his 40th birthday. The previous manager, Chick Stahl,...
• 3/29 StanGraphs: 2013 AL East Preview: 1. Toronto Blue Jays We went all-in on an upstart Blue Jays team loaded with talent around the edges last spring, and it really...
• 3/28 Up Along First: Johan Santana Out For Year With Re-Torn Anterior Capsule: Well, if there was a worst-case scenario for the Mets and Johan Santana: this is it. Sandy Alderson announced on SNY this evening...
• 3/28 TheLeadoffWalk: An Attempt To Explain Jon Lester's Sudden Decline: Yesterday, in yet another dominant spring outing, Red Sox starter Jon Lester hurled six perfect innings, striking out six...
• 3/28 Jays Journal: The History of Our Home Openers: 2006: To the average fan it looked like J.P. Ricciardi was going for it this season. To help augment the growing power of Vernon Wells...
• 3/28 Through The Fence Baseball: Enough of the hype! Toronto Blue Jays will not make postseason: It happens every year. A team (or teams) makes a few offseason acquisitions, and it immediately becomes a World Series favorite....
• 3/28 Indians Baseball Insider: The Nostalgia League: June results: As an experiment, I have assembled 18 Cleveland baseball teams from all eras to compete in a 162 game schedule for the Best Team...
• 3/28 Rising Apple: 2013 MLB Season Preview: Postseason Award Predictions: Welcome to the last installment of Rising Apple’s 2013 MLB season preview series! You’ve seen us break down each division...
• 3/28 MLB Injury News: Two years after Tommy John surgery, Adam Wainwright gets paid: The St. Louis Cardinals have made Adam Wainwright a richer man.  The Cardinals' de-facto ace (Chris Carpenter still holds...
• 3/28 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 30 Players, 30 Teams - Chicago White Sox: In this series, we are going to spotlight one player on each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams. However, we won't be highlighting...
• 3/28 Venom Strikes: NL West Predictions Sure To Go Wrong: Predictions are sure to go wrong. They are some of the most useless things bloggers do but it’s also some of the most enjoyable...
• 3/28 Indians Baseball Insider: If you think the CC trade was a bust, think again: The year was 2008, and with the trade deadline looming the Cleveland Indians were going nowhere fast. Facing an opportunity to...
• 3/28 The Baseball Haven: We’re Going Streaking!!!: When the Chicago Bulls beat the Miami Heat on Wednesday night, the hopes and dreams of ESPN died a little. How can they compare...
• 3/28 StanGraphs: NL East Preview: 1. Washington Nationals This is a team as stacked as any in baseball, and they have a chance of being even better than last season’s...
• 3/27 STLCardinalBaseball: A King’s Ransom To Wainwright – The Right Deal?Preliminary reports say that the Cardinals and Adam Wainwright agree to a five year, $97.5M contract that will keep the ......
• 3/27 Crashburn Alley: Phillies Dodged Bullet by Trading J.A. Happ: The Toronto Blue Jays signed lefty J.A. Happ to an extension. Gregor Chisholm tweeted the details: #BlueJays have signed Happ...
• 3/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Reasons for Optimism Abound on the Tampa Bay Rays in 2013: With the upcoming season fast approaching, baseball ‘experts’ everywhere are making their preseason predictions. Sports...
• 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 James Smyth Broadcast: Will the A.L. East Have Five Winning Teams in 2013?: Dan Szymborski has posted his ZiPS projections for the American League on ESPN Insider. As expected, he has the East as a...
• 3/27 Venom Strikes: Arizona Will Win The Division In 2013: How about that straight-forward title, huh? Although some of my colleagues at Venom Strikes may disagree with me, I think Arizona...
• 3/27 The High Phive: Reassessing The Upcoming Halladay Season…: As any of my Twitter followers know, I’m the first person to focus on the negatives about our Philly sports teams, mostly...
• 3/27 Motor City Bengals: The Cutoff Man: Former Tigers, Jim Leyland’s Future, and Don Kelly’s Opt-out Clause: The Cutoff Man is a daily feature that brings you fresh Detroit Tigers content from around the internet each morning. Phil Coke’s...
• 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 Call to the Pen: Ricky Romero Optioned to High-A to “Work Out Issues”: Left-hander Ricky Romero has been optioned to High-A Dunedin by the Toronto Blue Jays, according to Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca....
• 3/26 Jays Journal: The History of Our Home Openers: 2004: And then there was one. If you recall, 2004 was the first year since 1976 that only one team from Canada was playing in the major...
• 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 Through The Fence Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays preview: Will youth be served in the AL East?: When you consider this past offseason for the Tampa Bay Rays, what becomes clear is the club’s biggest move — dealing for...
• 3/26 Jays Journal: The History of Our Home Openers: 2003: Ahhh the magical season of 2003. Carlos Delgado getting 2nd in the MVP voting…Roy Halladay showing the world he was as good...
• 3/26 The DoubleDay: My Left Knee | Travis d'Arnaud & The Homeplate Collision: Kyle DrenonThe Mets recently banned their young catching prospect from the often glorified, sometimes criticized home plate collision....
• 3/26 Motor City Bengals: 2013 Prediction Time: A.L. Cy Young Winner: Continuing my prediction series, I now turn to individual awards, and the Cy Young is the first one I am going to look at. Last...
• 3/25 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Toronto Blue Jays 2013 Season Preview: The Blue Jays made huge splashes in the offseason, bringing in NL CY Young Award winner R.A. Dickey, controversial All-Star...
• 3/25 MLB Injury News: Bye, bye Dice-K; Indian release Japanese pitcher: Daisuke Matsuzaka's bid to bounce back from injuries and poor performances may be over.  The Cleveland Indians released...
• 3/25 Lasorda's Lair: Birdman Greinke Back On The Mound In Blue: The 147 million dollar Mark Fidrych look-alike and former Cy Young award winner Birdman Zack Greinke returns to the mound tonight...
• 3/25 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Guthrie Rolls; Francoeur Shows Life; Gordon Belts 5th: The pitching stiffened and the bats stayed hot as the Kansas City Royals took out division rival Chicago White Sox 8-2 on Sunday,...
• 3/25 Baseballhotcorner.com: Justin Verlander: Tiger for Life?: Justin Verlander says he won’t engage in contract talks with the Tigers during the regular season, reports CBS Sports’...
• 3/25 Redlegs Review: Ten thoughts on the current state of the Reds entering the regular season: One week from today, the Reds will be playing host to the loaded Los Angeles Angels at Great American Ball Park for their...
• 3/25 Call to the Pen: The New York Mets: Generation K Redux to Lead Mets Revival?: The New York Mets finally seem to be headed in the right direction. Since Yadier Molina’s home run cleared the fence at Shea...
• 3/24 Jays Journal: Vernon Wells To Be Traded And More AL East News In The AL Feast: Week 1 (24/03/2013): Here at Jays Journal we like to keep you up to date with breaking news, statistical analysis and opinion pieces on the players,...
• 3/24 Baseball de World: Today in Baseball History – March 24: March 24, 1911 Helene Hathaway Britton becomes the first woman to own a franchise when her uncle Matthew Stanley Robison dies...
• 3/24 Swingin' A's: Cespedes Takes Lincecum Very, Very Deep as A’s Rout Giants 12-5: For the duration of the last 12 months there has been quite a bit of concern surrounding the performance of the 2-time Cy Young...
• 3/24 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Manhandle Pale Hose 10-4, Puig Collects Three More Hits: White Sox  4   3  4 Dodgers    10 12 0 WP-Ryu-2-2 LP-Peavy-0-2 The Dodgers litterally manhandled the Chicago White Sox...
• 3/23 That Ball's Outta Here: 10 Crazy Predictions for the 2013 Season: It’s been an interesting spring to say the least. Ryan Howard has emerged as a power-hitting slugger, risen like a phoenix,...
• 3/23 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Preparing To Start Birdman For April 5th Debut: If everything goes according to plan that is. Keep your fingers crossed that it will. The Dodger’s 147 million dollar Mark Fidrych...
• 3/23 Phillies Nation: Should the Phillies Pursue Happ?: The reports out of Clearwater today regarding Roy Halladay were worrisome at best and troublesome at worst – Halladay threw...
• 3/23 AroundTheFoghorn: Shopping With The San Francisco Giants – John Montefusco Writers MVP Award: As we documented in our last Shopping With The San Francisco Giants post, the range of things you can find on the internet with...
• 3/23 Mets360.com: Should the Mets consider starting out season with Travis d’Arnaud as their starting catcher?: What a novel concept it would be if the Mets actually went with their best options to win right away and bucked (no pun meant...
• 3/22 Baseballhotcorner.com: Arizona Diamondbacks Starting Rotation Outlook in 2013: The Arizona Diamondbacks have a starting rotation that will be able to contend in the NL West division this season against powerhouse...
• 3/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Texas Rangers: Starting Pitching Key: Yu Darvish The Rangers’ starting rotation isn’t as deep as it once was. They know what they can expect...
• 3/22 Tyler's Think Tank: AL East Preview: 1st Place--Toronto Blue Jays 2012 Record: 73-89 2012 Pythagorean: 74-88 2013 Projected: 94-68 It's been 20 years since Joe...
• 3/22 Redlegs Review: The state of modern day baseball: by: Dan Howard Staff Writer Another World Baseball Classic, another disappointment for Team USA, another country...
• 3/22 Call to the Pen: Debunking the Kyle Lohse Mystery: Editor’s Note: The following post is a guest submission here to CttP, coming from Fred Owens. Fred is a Senior Staff Writer...
• 3/22 Baseball de World: Today in Baseball History – March 22: March 22, 1972 The New York Yankees trade first baseman Danny Cater to the Boston Red Sox for pitcher Sparky Lyle. The Yankees...
• 3/22 Nolan Writin': Opening Day Countdown: Matt Harrison, Robbie Ross, And Rounding Out A Roster: Today Ron Washington said Matt Harrison will be his Opening Day starter. This is a mild surprise, at least if we’re designating...
• 3/21 StanGraphs: Wake Up! 2013 Fantasy Baseball Pitching Sleepers: The 2013 Major League Baseball season is less than two weeks away from enveloping me in its comfy web, and I don’t want...
• 3/21 Redlegs Review: Perry thinks Reds starting rotation is tops in the division: Dayn Perry of CBSSports.com has been running a series this week in which he ranks the rotations in each division in baseball....
• 3/21 Mets Merized: 2013 Annual Preview: American League Central: AL Central At A Glance Detroit Tigers: The odds on favorite to win the World Series, the Tigers aren’t just a big fish in small...
• 3/21 Full Spectrum Baseball: Playing the Name Game: Spring Training edition, Part TwoPointing out some players that may produce elite numbers at a less-than-elite cost...
• 3/21 mlbreports.com : Edinson Volquez In 2013: Quintessential Ace Or Inconsistent Starter?: Like us on Facebook here Thursday March 21, 2013 By Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Writer): When the Texas Rangers signed Edinson...
• 3/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays preview: All-in for AL East crown in 2013: The Toronto Blue Jays last sampled the postseason in 1993 when they won the second of their back-to-back World Series championships,...
• 3/20 StanGraphs: The Chris Carpenter Panic Button (Or Why There Isn’t One): When the news fell down upon us that Cardinal legend and distributor of mean Chris Carpenter would miss the 2013 season and, in...
• 3/20 StanGraphs: Contract Extension: Mariners Make Felix Hernandez Quite Wealthy: The Felix Hernandez contract extension talks have morphed into something much more meaningful, as the ace pitcher and his Seattle...
• 3/20 Baseballhotcorner.com: Detroit Tigers 2013 Season Preview: The 2012 season ended in utter disappointment for the Detroit Tigers, as they saw their chance for a World Series pennant swept...
• 3/20 Monkey with a Halo: 2013 Player Projection: Jered Weaver: After a season of back problems and lost velocity, can Jered Weaver bounce back and show that he is still the Cy Young...
• 3/20 mlbreports.com : Chris Sale And White Sox Both Win With New Contract: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday Mar.20/2013 By Brian Madsen (White Sox Correspondent):  Chris Sale seems relieved after inking...
• 3/20 On The Way Home: Zack Greinke: Is He Worth $147 Million for the Los Angeles Dodgers?: Everybody associated with the Los Angeles Dodgers collectively held their breath yesterday, as Zack Greinke was scratched from...
• 3/20 On The Way Home: Chris Sale Extension: Why the Chicago White Sox Needed to Lock Up Their Lefty: The White Sox announced this week they have come to an agreement to extend southpaw starter Chris Sale with a ... keep readingThe...
• 3/19 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Los Angeles Dodgers: Chandler Bullock- How the Dodgers did not make the playoffs last year still amazes me. They acquired Hanley Ramirez and about...
• 3/19 Baseball News Source: Houston Astros: Will AL West Teams Have an Unfair Advantage?: Some teams don’t like to admit that they’re re-building. The New York Mets, for instance, dealt R.A. Dickey a month...
• 3/19 Mets Merized: Harvey and d’Arnaud Give Mets A Glimpse Into Their Future: A few years from now, or perhaps in July, this battery could be a big deal. Matt Harvey and Travis d’Arnaud represent the...
• 3/19 PaulLebowitz.com: Aroldis Chapman—Starter or Closer?: The Reds have experimented with Aroldis Chapman as a starter this spring after he spent the first three seasons in the majors...
• 3/19 Jays Journal: The History of Our Home Openers: 1998: We are in full blown panic mode now. Star power dies not a winner make. Watching the 1997 was akin to watching a video on how...
• 3/19 Swingin' A's: What to Make of Eric Sogard’s Scorching Spring Training: At this point in time, I’m struggling internally with the notion that one of two things is true.  Either I’m crazy,...
• 3/18 Mets Merized: Matt Harvey and Travis d’Arnaud: A Glimpse Into A Very Bright Mets Future: A few years from now, or perhaps in July, this battery could be a big deal. Matt Harvey and Travis d’Arnaud represent the...
• 3/18 New York Mets Report: Matt Harvey And Travis D’Arnaud Give A Peak At What Is To Come: A few years from now, or perhaps in July, this battery could be a big deal. Matt Harvey and Travis d’Arnaud represent the Mets’...
• 3/18 MLB Injury News: Chris Carpenter doesn't think he can pitch again: Former St. Louis Cardinals ace (still technically a member of the ball club, but shut down indefinitely) Chris Carpenter is not...
• 3/18 Baseball de World: World Baseball Classic Finals Preview: Japan: We took a look at one semifinalists, Puerto Rico, earlier. Now let’s take a look at who they will play on Sunday night in...
• 3/18 MLB Injury News: Zack Greinke to start Wednesday: Things may not be as bad as they first looked when Zack Greinke was shut down with elbow inflammation.  The Los Angeles...
• 3/18 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Myers Rotation Return Should Help Provide Stability: During Spring Training the DTTWLN staff will profile and examine the coaches and players that make up and are vying to be part...
• 3/18 Call to the Pen: Remembering Fernandomania: Only a few weeks ago former Los Angeles Dodgers pitching phenom Fernando Valenzuela was back in the news. It wasn’t major...
• 3/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: Toronto Blue Jays General Manager Makes Major Minor Moves: Alex Anthopoulos has made some of the biggest moves of the off-season and undoubtedly the most important ever made in Blue Jays...
• 3/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: 2013 Baseball Predictions: After a two year absence, I will bring to you my predictions for the 2013 baseball season. I expect this to be another fun season...
• 3/18 The High Phive: Questions Linger for Halladay After Early Exit: After battling injuries, inconsistency and a decline in velocity in 2012, the health and performance of Roy Halladay were one...
• 3/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: 2013 Baseball Predictions: After a two year absence, I will bring to you my predictions for the 2013 baseball season. I expect this to be another fun season...
• 3/18 Crashburn Alley: What Is the Roy Halladay Contingency Plan?: Roy Halladay had to leave yesterday afternoon’s spring training affair due to a stomach illness, continuing what has been...
• 3/18 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 30 Players, 30 Teams - Boston Red Sox: In this series, we are going to spotlight one player on each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams. However, we won't be...
• 3/18 Southside Showdown: From Mark Buehrle to Chris Sale: White Sox Opening Day Starters: Chris Sale is officially the Opening Day starter. Seemed like we all knew it was coming being that Chris Sale was the White Sox...
• 3/18 Jays Journal: The History of Our Home Openers: 1997: It would seem at this point that it was time to go all in and sell the farm and start fresh. 1997 gave rise to a new kind of team...
• 3/16 Lasorda's Lair: Don’t Forget About Josh Beckett!: When the Dodgers made the big blockbuster trade with the Boston Red Sox on August 25, Josh Beckett wasn’t considered a main...
• 3/16 My Pinstripes: Hall to Honor Tommy John's Savior: Dr. Frank Jobe is one of the world's most renowned orthopedic surgeons, but the general public associate him with...
• 3/16 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Will Adam Wainwright sign contract extension before opening day?: On Friday, the St. Louis Cardinals announced that ace starter Adam Wainwright would make the opening day start when the team...
• 3/15 Call to the Pen: WBC Recap, March 14: Dominican Republic Downs USA; Books Ticket to Championship Round: Perhaps the most anti**** game of the 2013 World Baseball Classic became an instant classic on Thursday night. Erick Aybar came...
• 3/15 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians Hoping Spring Success Equals Regular Season Wins: By Craig Gifford It is hard to put a lot of stock into Spring Training statistics. For the first half of the preseason, teams...
• 3/14 Baseball Jerks: 2013 MLB Spring Training Stats Leaders: March 13: While a lot of the top names in baseball are getting their spring reps at the World Baseball Classic, a lot of the younger guys...
• 3/14 StoopSports.com: Top 50 Baseball Players of All-Time: 20-16: Jesse Dougherty- There is no game like baseball so in effect there is no list of athletes that can touch this one. I have decided...
• 3/14 Call to the Pen: Is Kris Medlen The Next Great Thing?: I remember reading the box scores over the last couple of months of the 2012 season and wondering about a name that kept popping...
• 3/14 That Ball's Outta Here: Rich Dubee Is Totally Okay With You Knowing He Lied To You About Roy Halladay: When Roy Halladay was struggling through a less-than-stellar spring training last year, everyone was worried. His velocity was...
• 3/14 Camden Depot: Jim Johnson and 50+ Save Seasons: The save became an official MLB statistic in 1969. It’s a flawed stat, and it doesn't provide much useful information about...
• 3/14 baseballintheblood.com : Hall of Fame Trial – Jack Morris: Hall of Fame Trial – Jack Morris By Todd Coppernoll March 13, 2013     BitB Fans, let’s examine the Hall of...
• 3/14 baseballintheblood.com : Hall of Fame Trial – Jack Morris: BitB Fans, let’s examine the Hall of Fame worthiness of Jack Morris… A picture of durability, Jack Morris started...
• 3/13 Kings of Kauffman: Steve Farr Was Better Than People Remember: Hundreds of pitchers have given up home runs in Royals history but few were as memorable as the one Steve Farr surrendered on...
• 3/13 The DoubleDay: Drenonomics | Price Quotes: Tyler DrenonIs there a finer sound in the unrestricted sonance of baseball than the efficient hum of the Rays talent machine? Yes...but...
• 3/13 Baseball Jerks: 2013 MLB Spring Training Stats Leaders: March 13: While a lot of the top names in baseball are getting their spring reps at the World Baseball Classic, a lot of the younger guys...
• 3/13 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Other Felix: Well you pour, pour souls are still several weeks away from the much anti**** season premiere of Field of Streams. That does not...
• 3/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Zack Greinke elbow woes stir Jason Schmidt flashbacks in L.A.: Yesterday was a somber day for me. I was hit with the realization that I suffer from a rare disease that causes me to freak out...
• 3/13 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 30 Players, 30 Teams - Atlanta Braves: In this series, we are going to spotlight one player on each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams. However, we won't...
• 3/13 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Cleveland Indians: Starting Pitching Key: Ubaldo Jimenez Usually when there’s a big trade of youth for an established veteran the trade can be...
• 3/12 Baseball News Source: Rays News: Price Opening Day Starter, Archer, Odorizzi, Torres Sent Down: To the surprise of almost no one,  Tampa Bay Rays  manager Joe Maddon announced that David Price will be the opening day starter...
• 3/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dixon’s Picks: Late-Round Sleeper PitchersThis last weekend, we put out a bit of a request on our Facebook page. Right now is a very More......
• 3/12 MLB Injury News: Zack Greinke elbow update: No structural damage: Despite a scare, the Los Angeles Dodgers may escape the Zack Greinke elbow problem with no real issues.  The newly-minted...
• 3/12 Indians Baseball Insider: Draft Revision: Going back and redoing the 2008 Draft: The first Major League Baseball draft that I ever invested a lot of time and research into was the 2008 Draft. Right after the...
• 3/11 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Dodgers Zack Greinke To Have Elbow Examined: The Los Angeles Dodgers in their big-boy pants, throwing around cash at free agents like they had something to make up for....
• 3/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Owner Sternberg Talks David Price’s Future in Tampa Bay: It’s the question that won’t go away- how much longer will David Price last as a Tampa Bay Ray? Is an extension possible?...
• 3/11 MLB Injury News: Rays rumors: Tampa Bay hasn’t considered trading David Price: Considering their limited payroll, the Tampa Bay Rays are ultimately expected to trade left-hander David Price rather than sign...
• 3/11 Redlegs Review: 2013 Reds predictions: Potential All-Stars: We've reached the end of our predictions series and today we'll look at which Reds players might don the NL All-Star jersey...
• 3/9 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Rivera, Jeter, Orioles, Harang: GM Brian Cashman explains how the Yankees nearly traded Mariano Rivera for shortstop Felix Fermin in spring of 1996, as noted...
• 3/9 mlbreports.com : Rondon’s Struggles Continue For Tigers, Valverde And Wilson Rumors Emerge: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, March.09/2013 By Matthew Lafave (Tigers Correspondent) Panic in Motown? Not quite yet. But...
• 3/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Tasty tidbits tantalize L.A. Dodgers fans this spring: Spring has definitely sprung in Major League Baseball! Spring training is a few weeks old now, and the 2013 season is just weeks...
• 3/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Get Your Thetans Tested At Citi Field: The thetans are important to judging one’s overall mental health. At least that’s what I’ve heard. Or is that Scientology?...
• 3/9 Phillies Nation: Stark: The Next Era of Phillies Baseball is Coming: On Wednesday afternoon ESPN.com Senior writer, Jayson Stark, joined 97.5 The Fanatic’s Mike Missanelli and the two had what...
• 3/8 Baseball With Matt: Steve Carlton 3/8/13: Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
• 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 Call to the Pen: The Toronto Blue Jays Open 2013 as Top Birds in the AL East: The Toronto Blue Jays went from perennial fourth place finisher to front runner with two bold trades by GM Alex Anthopoulos this...
• 3/8 baseballintheblood.com : Who’s The Man? – Zack Greinke vs Matt Cain: Who’s the Man? – Zack Greinke vs Matt Cain By Todd Coppernoll March 8, 2013         INTRODUCING:  Zack Greinke...
• 3/7 60ft6in.com: F12 Top12 1890-1899: In the 1890s, there was the Klondike Gold Rush, Spanish-American War, the first modern Olympic Games, the pitching distance was...
• 3/7 Mets Merized: Is Jon Niese Underrated?: When talking about Jon Niese… well that’s the thing. Niese isn’t often spoken about, particularly as a respected...
• 3/7 Baseball Jerks: Toronto Blue Jays 2013 Preview: After a disappointing 2012 in which the Blue Jays had one of the worst pitching staffs in the league, the lone remaining Canadian...
• 3/7 Mets Merized: Would You Have Traded Niese Instead of Dickey for d’Arnaud and Syndergaard?: Andy Martino of the Daily News, asks a thought-provoking question in his column this morning: Would you have rather traded Jonathon...
• 3/7 Tomahawk Take: Trivia Thursday: Week 2: Last week in our first Trivia Thursday topic we featured a question about statistics involving pitchers. For our second trivia...
• 3/7 That Ball's Outta Here: Phillies Catching Prospect Tommy Joseph Shows Kids Are So Cute At That Age: Ah, the irascibility of youth. Kids are so cute at this age. Phillies catching prospect Tommy Joseph, acquired from the San Francisco...
• 3/6 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Toronto Blue Jays: To lead you into the MLB season Stoop Sports’ MLB staff is embarking on a 30 day journey, where we will give you pre-season...
• 3/6 Sultan of Squat: Spring is here! 2013 AL East preview: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 3/6 The Sports Critic: Toronto Blue Jays Made the Best Offseason Moves: The Los Angeles Angels signed Josh Hamilton. The Los Angeles Dodgers snagged Zack Greinke. Michael Bourn and Nick Swisher landed...
• 3/6 The Sports Critic: Happy to See Mark Prior Get Another Chance: As a Chicago Cubs fan, I am very happy to see former Cub Mark Prior get another chance. Oh, what could have been for the Cubs....
• 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 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Vision: Target & Avoid - NL East Edition: Our good friend Brett Barton (@BrettBarton_FBV) at Fantasy Baseball Vision will help you prep for your upcoming drafts. Last...
• 3/6 Call to the Pen: Chicago White Sox, Chris Sale Have Discussed an Extension: Coming off his first season as a member of the Chicago White Sox starting rotation, left-hander Chris Sale and the organization...
• 3/6 Rising Apple: Morning Mets Notes: David Wright Looks Ready for World Baseball Classic: Team USA was getting ready for an exhibition game yesterday to continue preparing for the WBC, but an injury to Mark Teixeira...
• 3/6 Call to the Pen: Can the St. Louis Cardinals Swing Into A Third Straight Postseason: The St. Louis Cardinals followed their 2011 World Series victory with another postseason run in 2012. The Redbirds came up a bit...
• 3/6 Redlegs Review: 2013 Reds predictions: Pitching MVP: Welcome to day three of our Reds team predictions for 2013. We've covered the team from the aspects of the plate and the...
• 3/5 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Free Agent Target: Francisco Rodriguez: If – as Danny Knobler has written (so it must be true) – the Tigers are now trying hard to find a closer outside the...
• 3/5 Baseball News Source: Team USA Tabs Dickey as Starter for WBC Opener: R.A. Dickey will be opening more than just one season this year. The NL reigning Cy Young winner is almost certainly going to...
• 3/5 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Detroit Tigers: Starting Pitching Key: Justin Verlander It’s easy to say, “pencil Verlander in for 18-24 wins; 240 innings; 250 strikeouts;...
• 3/5 MetsToday.com: Johan Santana’s 2014 Option Could Kick In: While bantering in yesterday’s comments and researching, it was discovered that there is a possibility Johan Santana‘s...
• 3/5 Lasorda's Lair: Why the Dodgers are better than your team: Toronto Blue Jays: Alex Anthopoulos made some bold moves this off season. Clearly they are planning on winning through the next 3 years. They made...
• 3/4 Jays Journal: Real R.A. Dickey To Be On Display At WBC: Coming into Spring Training, Toronto Blue Jays fans were burdened with heavy expectations when it came to right-hander R.A. Dickey....
• 3/4 Crashburn Alley: Good Sights from Clearwater: Obligatory spring training stats caveat. This won’t get too in-depth, but I just wanted to list a few of the things I’ve...
• 3/3 Mets Merized: MMO Featured Post: Can The Mets Win The WAR in 2013?: The New York Mets ended up winning 74 games during the 2012 season. Their Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey was traded and their most...
• 3/3 Baseball Jerks: After the Trade: Granderson, Jackson, Kennedy: On December 8th, 2009, the Detroit Tigers sent Curtis Granderson to New York in a three-way deal with the Diamondbacks and Yankees....
• 3/3 Baseballhotcorner.com: Toronto Blue Jays General Manager Makes Major Minor Moves: Alex Anthopoulos has made some of the biggest moves of the off-season and undoubtedly the most important ever made in Blue Jays...
• 3/3 Tyler's Think Tank: 2013 MLB Award Predictions: AL MVP-Robinson Cano Cano has emerged as the best player on a team of All-Stars and will be expected to carry that aging, banged-up...
• 3/3 Mets Merized: Johan Santana’s Rite of Spring: In January of 2008, a few months after one of the more epic collapses in baseball history cruelly deprived Met fans of a chance...
• 3/2 Tyler's Think Tank: Red Sox Pitching Projections: The hope is that Red Sox pitchers will improve with the return of John Farrell, who served as Boston's pitching coach from 2007...
• 3/2 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Jimenez’s Rotation Spot is a Guarantee and Nothing Else However: During Spring Training the DTTWLN staff will profile and examine the coaches and players that make up and are vying to be part...
• 3/2 Lasorda's Lair: Why the Dodgers are better than your team: Boston Red Sox: The bean eaters had a rough 2012. Probably a more disappointing season than any other team in baseball. Mired in injuries and...
• 3/1 mlbreports.com : The Philadelphia Phillies Franchise Part 4 of 4: Team Payroll 2013 And Contracts Forward (Mar.1): Like us on Facebook here Friday, Mar.01/2013 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst Website Owner):   The Phillies are top-heavy...
• 3/1 Redlegs Review: A preseason preview of the Reds starting rotation: Latos is staring hard down the barrel of another great season in Cincinnati by: Matt Bollmann Staff Writer Right around...
• 3/1 Yanks Go Yard: State Of The AL East: Tampa Bay Rays: Over the course of the last few seasons, a new contender has emerged in the American League East. The division is no longer the...
• 3/1 60ft6in.com: F12 Top12 1900-1909: In the 1900s, there was the first World Series, the Wright Brothers’ first flight, Model-T production, the first Nobel Prize...

• 2/28 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Tampa Bay Rays: Harry Tomback- The Tampa Bay Rays made one of the biggest splashes of the offseason in acquiring highly touted power-hitting outfield...
• 2/28 Tomahawk Take: Trivia Thursday: Week 1: Early this morning I was thinking about what makes watching baseball so much fun.  The first thing that came to my mind was all...
• 2/28 The Baseball Continuum: World Baseball Classic Preview: Pool D (Arizona): USA. Canada. Mexico. Italy. Those are the four teams in the D Pool of the World Baseball Classic. Go below the jump for the preview:...
• 2/28 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Tampa Bay Rays: Starting Pitching Key: Matt Moore Moore’s done his flashy playoff introduction to the world as David Price did. He had an inconsistent...
• 2/28 Kings of Kauffman: Luke Hochevar: Enigmas, Adjustments, and a (Not So) Secret Weapon?: Barring some sort of trade or a collapse that makes release unavoidable, the Royals will begin the year with Luke Hochevar likely...
• 2/28 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 5 – NL East: 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 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 5 – NL East: 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...
• 2/27 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 2013 Los Angeles Angels Preview: Perhaps no team in Major League Baseball has a wider range of possibilities in 2013 than the Los Angeles Angels. This...
• 2/27 The DoubleDay: The Cleveland Sockalexicon: Tyler DrenonRecently, the Braves caved to public pressure concerning their Spring Training hats set to feature a "screaming...
• 2/27 Full Spectrum Baseball: Believe It Or Not: "Believe or not?" is when I take at a look at some numbers from last season and see if I believe them or.....not. Not, people....
• 2/27 Baseball News Source: Giants News: Lincecum Struggles in First Spring Start: Tim Lincecum is trying to put his long hair and his long season in 2012 behind him. While the former two-time Cy Young award winner...
• 2/26 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Cleveland Indians: To lead you into the MLB season Stoop Sports’ MLB staff is embarking on a 30 day journey, where we will give you pre-season...
• 2/26 Baseball News Source: Rays News: David Price Starts, Leslie Anderson Continues Hot Spring: Tampa Bay Rays 1B/OF Leslie Anderson  got a start in left field today against the Houston Astros  and added two more  RBI...
• 2/26 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Tampa Bay Rays 2013 Season Preview: It was another prototypical winter for the folks in Tampa, Florida. Andrew Freidman and  his cohorts looked at the Tampa...
• 2/26 Lasorda's Lair: Greinke Reveals He Is Fascinated By Free Agency: Jon Heyman of CBSSports recently spoke with Zack Greinke, and has revealed some interesting information about Greinke’s negotiation...
• 2/26 Mets Merized: Can The Mets Win The WAR in 2013?: The New York Mets ended up winning 74 games during the 2012 season. Their Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey was traded and their most...
• 2/26 BoSox Injection: Boston’s Steven Wright Not Ready to Knuckle Under: MLB.com recently aired a highly entertaining original show called “The Next Knuckler”. Charlie Hough and former Red...
• 2/26 MLB Injury News: Cubs' Injury News: Dontrelle Willis pulled after seven pitches: It was not a good start for the D-Train.  Dontrelle Willis' comeback attempt was de-railed yesterday when he had to leave...
• 2/25 Crashburn Alley: Your Annual Spring Training Stats Warning: The dawn of a new spring for baseball is usually accompanied by a warning about spring training stats, especially if run in Sabermetric...
• 2/25 The Baseball Continuum: World Baseball Classic Preview: Pool A (**** Japan): Pool A of the World Baseball Classic has two traditional powerhouses, Japan and Cuba, and two countries where baseball is a niche...
• 2/25 Mets Merized: Wheeler, d’Arnaud, Syndergaard and Fulmer Make Baseball Prospectus’ Top 101 Prospects: Baseball Prospectus released its Top 101 Prospects this morning and four Mets prospects made the cut. Three of them won’t...
• 2/25 MLB Dirt: NL West Players To Watch: Dan Marino’s long journey trekking through each division in the major leagues is over. Now, in part six of six, he brings...
• 2/25 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Eighteen Crazy Nights—Looking back at the 1997 Cleveland Indians: Each week during the 2012-13 offseason DTTWLN will take a look back at the 1997 Cleveland Indians season—specifically the 18...
• 2/25 MetsToday.com: Optimistic Mets Post: Hope springs eternal. Therefore, here is the most optimistic post you will read in 2013 at MetsToday. After two days of spring...
• 2/24 Chicken Friars: What has to go right for the San Diego Padres in 2013: I have no delusions that the Padres can win a division title this year.  The Giants (gag), Dodgers, and Diamondbacks are better...
• 2/24 Chicken Friars: Everth Cabrera and the Historical Lie of Steroids: If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around, does it make a sound? If a bird doesn’t fly south for the winter, will any...
• 2/24 District On Deck: Fantasy Preview: Stephen Strasburg: Capping off the rotation section of our fantasy previews, we have Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg. In his first full major league...
• 2/24 Mets Merized: The 2013 Mets Have No Chance To Win. However…: We wont win this season. We wont compete this season. We wont be any good this season. Okay, now that that’s settled, lets go...
• 2/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Rockies Reportedly Interested in Rays Jeff Niemann: If there is one almost certainty with the Tampa Bay Rays, it is that they should have pitching. With the reigning Cy Young award...
• 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 MLB Injury News: Tigers rumors: Justin Verlander seeking $200 million contract: Detroit Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander told Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports that “of course” he wants to become Major...
• 2/23 60ft6in.com: Red Sox Impossible Dream deja vu 1967 2013: The 2013 Red Sox have many similarities to one memorable team from the past. In 1966 The Boston Red Sox were a team that collapsed...
• 2/23 District On Deck: Fantasy Preview: Gio Gonzalez: Fresh off his steroid scandal, Gio Gonzalez is primed for a strong 2013. He threw 199.1 innings last year, with a 2.89 ERA, 207...
• 2/23 Phillies Nation: Why I’m Excited For Today’s Exhibition Game: Some folks react to today’s start of the Spring schedule with a shoulder shrug, a yawn. A bigger “why care”...
• 2/23 Phillies Nation: Papelbon Wrong About 2012: Since I have been here, I haven’t seen any leadership Jonathan Papelbon, February 21, 2013 I wish I could have written about...
• 2/22 Phillies Nation: Papelbon Wrong About 2012: Since I have been here, I haven’t seen any leadership Jonathan Papelbon, February 21, 2013 I wish I could have written about...
• 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 Baseball Jerks: Five Players to Watch: 2013 Baltimore Orioles: The Baltimore Orioles are heading into the 2013 season coming off of their first playoff appearance in 15 years. It was a surprising...
• 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 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: New York Yankees: Let’s take a look at each team and their various keys to achieve their goals for 2013. For some clubs, like the Yankees, it’s...
• 2/21 The Baseball Continuum: Late WBC News for Feb. 21, 2013: Well, the 28-man rosters have been released… but sadly they aren’t available to the general public yet, since the...
• 2/21 Baseball With Matt: The One and Only Rube Waddell 2/21/13: Hey baseball fans!I recently reached out to Dan O'Brien (see pic below), the screenwriter of a play called Rube the Screenplay,...
• 2/21 Billy-Ball.com: The Tallest Young & Baseball’s Tallest Pitchers: The Washington Nationals have agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Chris Young on a minor-league contract with an invitation...
• 2/21 Billy-Ball.com: 20-Game Win Seasons for Pitchers 30 and Over: Yesterday was Justin Verlander‘s 30th birthday and to celebrate I wrote about pitchers who won 20 games as a 30-year old....
• 2/21 Diamond Ring: Pitcher Previews: Last year, some of you might remember that I was too depressed to project Royals pitching. With Bruce Chen starting the Royals...
• 2/21 PaulLebowitz.com: The Yankees Saved Hughes For His Next Team: If the innings limits and protective strategies had worked at least once, I’d say there’s a basis for having them, but this...
• 2/21 mlbreports.com : Detroit Tigers Roster in 2013: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Thursday, February. 22/2013 By Ryan Dana (MLB Reports Writer):  I would never say that a team is a...
• 2/21 District On Deck: Fantasy Preview: Dan Haren: Next up in the fantasy previews is the newest Nats pitcher, righty Dan Haren. He signed a one-year, $15 million deal this offseason...
• 2/21 Tomahawk Take: Throwback Thursday – John Smoltz:   A 6’3”, 185 pound, 21 year old walked to the mound on June 23rd 1988 to pitch against the Atlanta Braves rival New...
• 2/21 The Writer's Journey: Fun Cards: 2013 Topps Mario Soto: Four times Mario Soto finished in the top ten voting for the Cy Young Award. In 1983, he came in second behind Philadelphia’s...
• 2/20 Tyler's Think Tank: 13 Bold Predictions for 2013: 1. The Boston Red Sox make the playoffs Why this is bold: The Red Sox lost 93 games last year and haven't won a postseason game...
• 2/20 StoopSports.com: The Fan: My Mt. Rushmores: Jesse Dougherty-  Let’s just say that all this talk about Lebron, Jordan, Kobe and Scalabrine has me thinking more about...
• 2/20 StanGraphs: The Chris Carpenter Panic Button (Or Why There Isn’t One): When the news fell down upon us that Cardinal legend and distributor of mean Chris Carpenter would miss the 2013 season and, in...
• 2/20 Redlegs Review: What kind of season can be expected out of Aroldis Chapman?: Is he a starter? Is he a reliever? Is he even human? These are all questions being asked by fans and media alike this...
• 2/20 mlbreports.com : Raising Cain: The New Ace Of The San Francisco Giants: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday February 20, 2013 By Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Writer): On Saturday, February 16, the Los...
• 2/20 Bush League Chronicle: Video: 2013 Blue Jays season in Nintendo form: The Toronto Blue Jays really shook up things this offseason in an effort to finally surge to the top of the ultra-competitive...
• 2/20 SoDo Mojo: Pitcher Projections for 2013: Last week I posted my Mariner’s hitter projections for the upcoming season. This time, I am going to talk about my predictions...
• 2/20 That Ball's Outta Here: Roy Halladay Is No Jack Morris:   Roy Halladay‘s case for the Hall of Fame could take a BIG hit if the whispers around Clearwater this week are true....
• 2/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays this year’s Miami Marlins? Not so fast: Approaching the 2012 season, a lot of folks predicted the Miami Marlins would be an NL East powerhouse. They’d added new...
• 2/19 Call to the Pen: The Kansas City Royals Flush With New Starting Pitching Entering 2013: The Kansas City Royals made one of the biggest trades of the offseason. Minor League Player of the Year Wil Myers and three other...
• 2/19 Nolan Writin': More Preseason Musings: – Apparently Josh Hamilton made some recent remarks about Dallas-Fort Worth not being a “true sports town,”...
• 2/18 mlbreports.com : Toronto Blue Jays: Clubhouse Cohesion, New Faces, And The World Baseball Classic: Like us on Facebook here Monday, February 18th, 2013 By Alex Mednick (Baseball Analyst and Toronto Blue Jays Correspondent) The...
• 2/18 Baseball Jerks: Five Players to Watch: 2013 Toronto Blue Jays: The Blue Jays went big this offseason, landing six new starting position players and pitchers via trades and free agency. They...
• 2/18 FriarHood: Five Ridiculously Optimistic Projections For the Padres: A few weeks back and in response to comments made by Ron Fowler about a proposed trade that if made would have “knocked the...
• 2/18 mlbreports.com : “The Bulldog” AKA Jake Peavy: Is He Set For A Dominant 2013?: Like us on Facebook here Monday February 18th, 2013 By Brian Madsen (White Sox Correspondent):  What does someone do when they...
• 2/18 MLB Injury News: Things to watch for with the limitless Strasburg: Stephen Strasburg will be pitching with a chip on his shoulder this season.  He did not want to be limited in 2012.  He...
• 2/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: What about CC Sabathia’s mega deal?: Alex Rodriguez‘s latest controversy, if nothing else, has served as a reminder that most mega contracts in baseball are...
• 2/18 Billy-Ball.com: It Always Comes Back to Baseball – February 18, 2013: The sad news came that the troubled country music star Mindy McCready was found dead yesterday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot...
• 2/18 Full Spectrum Baseball: Bursting Bubbles: The Blue Jays are not going to win the World Series. Well, I mean, not, not ever. I am sure they will win the World Series again...
• 2/18 Call to the Pen: World Baseball Classic: Pool A Lacks Current MLB Players, But Not the Talent: With the recent news that Bruce Chen will not pitch for China in the upcoming 2013 World Baseball Classic, there will be no current...
• 2/18 Tomahawk Take: Answering the Poll Questions: TRIVIA: With Chipper Jones famous #10 likely to be retired soon, which one of these Braves numbers have not been retired? - #47,...
• 2/17 Mets Merized: 2013 Mets Projections: Matt Harvey, SP: Despite losing a Cy Young Award winner via trade this offseason, the Met pitching rotation is still arguably the club’s...
• 2/17 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Named Opening Day Starter: For the third season in a row, Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw has been selected by Don Mattingly to be the Opening Day starter on...
• 2/16 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Who Says You Can’t Go Home Again—Francisco Hoping to Catch on with His Old Team: During Spring Training the DTTWLN staff will profile and examine the coaches and players that make up and are vying to be part...
• 2/16 mlbreports.com : Why The Orioles And Lohse Make Sense: Like us on Facebook here Saturday February 16, 2013 By Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Intern): 2012 was a career year for the Cardinals’...
• 2/15 Call to the Pen: The San Francisco Giants Offseason: Sabean’s Big Brown Machine: The San Francisco Giants are the template for all organization without unlimited funds. GM Brian Sabean has developed young pitchers,...
• 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 Rising Apple: Aside from the Outfield…: A few days ago, Sandy Alderson had the following to say after he was asked about the current state of the outfield: Let me ask...
• 2/15 Tyler's Think Tank: Best Pitching Season of the 1900s: For the final installment of this series I gave a lot of thought to Cy Young and Christy Mathewson, but neither one could...
• 2/15 Through The Fence Baseball: TTFB writer sets off firestorm over Pete Rose, Topps cards: Did you ever play with sparklers as a kid? The little, four-inch long metallic wands that seem to only appear at picnics and barbecues?...
• 2/15 PaulLebowitz.com: Trevor Bauer Listens To Trevor Bauer…Rapping!!!: The off-season moves made by the Diamondbacks involved importing “gritty” players to fit the desired style of play of manager...
• 2/15 Redlegs Review: Early spring training thoughts on the 2013 Reds: by: Dan Howard Staff Writer In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love…..and heavily thinks...
• 2/15 MLB Injury News: Kyle Lohse rumors: Free agent ‘almost certain’ to sign soon: It remains unclear where free agent Kyle Lohse is going to end up this offseason, but sources tell Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports...
• 2/15 i70baseball.com: Wainwright Comments Sound Similar To Pujols: St. Louis Cardinals ace starting pitcher Adam Wainwright announced Tuesday that contract talks between himself and the Cardinals...
• 2/15 Tyler's Think Tank: Best Pitching Season of the 1910s: This decade featured some truly outstanding pitching performances from the likes of Christy Mathewson, Grover Cleveland Alexander,...
• 2/14 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Reinvention of Barry ZitoWhen Barry Zito signed with the Giants in 2007, it was a coup....
• 2/14 Full Spectrum Baseball: 2012′s Luckiest Pitcher: I may be just a bit too hyperbolic, but this pitcher was darned lucky on the bump in 2012 and it looks like his luckiness may...
• 2/14 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Rotation Crush; It’ll Be A Thing: There are crushes, there are man-crushes, there are bro-mances, heck, I even have my advanced stat man-crush, Ben Zobrist! Bit...
• 2/14 MLB Injury News: Mariners’ Felix Hernandez receives ‘clean bill of health’: An elbow “issue” was reportedly behind the delayed and ultimately adjusted agreement reached between the Seattle Mariners...
• 2/14 The Cardboard Examiner: 1960 TOPPS JIM KAAT: PITCHED FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY IN THE MAJORS. WOW.19 K'S IN A GAME IS IMPRESSIVE IN ANY LEAGUE. THE FRONT PAGEPicked up this...
• 2/13 BronxPinstripes.com: Interviews | Ty Hensley: There are legions of talented ballplayers, but not all of them are as equally high-caliber off the field. Ty Hensley is not only...
• 2/13 Redlegs Review: What kind of season can be expected out of Johnny Cueto?: In 2004, the Reds signed an amateur free agent by the name of Johnny Cueto out of the Dominican Republic. In 2013,...
• 2/13 MLB Injury News: Reds not concerned about Johnny Cueto's oblique: When he suffered the injury in the 2012 playoffs, it was unclear exactly how bad Johnny Cueto's strained oblique was.  He...
• 2/13 MLB Injury News: Mets' Johan Santana expects a "normal" season: The New York Mets committed a lot of years and a lot of money to their ace Johan Santana, and for the most part they've received...
• 2/12 SoDo Mojo: Seattle Mariners Deal with Felix Hernandez Complete; Press Conference Weds. at 2PM PST: It’s official; the Seattle Mariners have come to a contract agreement with “King” Felix Hernandez. It looks...
• 2/11 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball: What Kind of Owner are You?: I  am entering my 20th season of Fantasy baseball, having played against literally hundreds of different opponents. Because...
• 2/11 Redlegs Review: 20 questions facing the Reds heading into spring training: Monday was a glorious day for baseball-lovers across the United States and beyond. This is because Monday marked the commencement...
• 2/11 mlbreports.com : Without Limitations, Is Stephen Strasburg In Line To Win The NL Cy Young Award In 2013?: Like us on Facebook here Monday February 11th, 2013 By Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Writer Had the Washington Nationals not constrained...
• 2/11 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Reinvention of Barry ZitoWhen Barry Zito signed with the Giants in 2007, it was a coup....
• 2/11 Jays Journal: AL East Fan Projection February Part III: Pitching: For the most part, pitching staffs in the AL East have remained stagnant amongst the division’s clubs. While the Rays did...
• 2/11 MLB Injury News: Cleveland Indians sign right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka: The Cleveland Indians have signed right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka to a minor league contract, as reported by Jon Heyman of CBS...
• 2/10 Tyler's Think Tank: Best Pitching Season of the 1950s: Robin Roberts 1953 (9.4 bWAR) To this day, Roberts remains one of the most underrated and underappreciated pitchers in...
• 2/10 MLB Injury News: Mariners concerned about Felix Hernandez's elbow: There is a reason why Felix Hernandez's record-setting contract has not yet been completed.  The 26-year old pitcher was...
• 2/10 Call to the Pen: Gio Gonzalez to Pitch for Team USA: The upcoming World Baseball Classic has another big name committed to parti**** as Washington National starter Gio Gonzalez has...
• 2/10 Mets Merized: Old Time Mets: Bob Friend, Bob Shaw, and Ralph Terry: In 1966, in the days before Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Gary Gentry, and Nolan Ryan, when the Mets’ young pitchers were named...
• 2/10 MLB Injury News: Nationals' Gio Gonzalez to pitch in WBC: Despite the PED allegation surrounding him, Gio Gonzalez will pitch for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic.  Gonzalez...
• 2/9 Tyler's Think Tank: King Felix Collects : It must feel pretty good being king. Felix Hernandez is getting a five-year contract extension worth $135.5 million on...
• 2/9 Mets Merized: Something To Look Forward To From The Mets: As I watch the snow pile up outside my window, I am thinking of three of the best words in sports, “pitchers and catchers.’’...
• 2/9 Call to the Pen: The Seattle Mariners Offseason: King Felix’s Ransom: The Seattle Mariners offseason entering the 2013 season will long be judged by one franchise defining move. In early February,...
• 2/8 Baseball Jerks: Felix Hernandez Gets Big Deal, Sets Bar for Future Contracts: For the last several years, most of the 29 teams not named the Seattle Mariners have sought after Felix Hernandez. Many have inquired...
• 2/8 Mets Merized: FanGraphs: Dickey Trade Ranks No. 5 Among Best Offseason Deals: FanGraphs ranked what they believed were the ten best deals of the offseason. Taking the top spot at No. 1 was the Washington...
• 2/8 Billy-Ball.com: The Jays Rotation is Set: New Toronto manager John Gibbons has announced his planned rotation to start the Blue Jays season. The 2012 National League Cy...
• 2/8 Rising Apple: Quotes from Matt Harvey & Thoughts on His Potential: In today’s New York Post, Kevin Kernan provides some intriguing quotes from Matt Harvey…   Harvey told Kernan...
• 2/8 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees News & Notes: King Felix close to extension with Mariners, Pineda making progress: With pitchers and catchers due to report early next week (YAY!!!), we have some news centered around two young hurlers. First,...
• 2/8 MLB Injury News: Mets Expecting Johan Santana to Hurl Opener: Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Last...
• 2/8 Lasorda's Lair: Show Kersh the Money!: The Seattle Mariners came to an agreement with pitcher Felix Hernandez for a contract extension  for five years and $135 million....
• 2/7 Behind the Plate: 2013 Bounceback in Beantown?Ben Cherington (left [...] ...
• 2/7 Call to the Pen: Felix Hernandez, Mariners Agree to $175M Contract: Seattle Mariners ace right-hander Felix Hernandez has reportedly reached an agreement with the team on a new contract, according...
• 2/7 StanGraphs: Contract Extension: Mariners Make Felix Hernandez Quite Wealthy: The Felix Hernandez contract extension talks have morphed into something much more meaningful, as the ace pitcher and his Seattle...
• 2/7 SoDo Mojo: Are the Seattle Mariners and Felix Hernandez Signing a New Contract?: While USA Today and ESPN have both reported that Felix Hernandez has signed a new contract with the Seattle Mariners for $175...
• 2/6 mlbreports.com : Brandon Webb’s career was noteworthy and a warning: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday Feb.06/2013 ESPN.com By Paul Sullivan (Lead Baseball Writer): Brandon Webb is retiring from...
• 2/6 PaulLebowitz.com: Carpenter the Terminator: In a world of pitch counts and overprotectiveness, Chris Carpenter is an example of a pitcher who was abused early in his career...
• 2/6 Full Spectrum Baseball: 2012′s Luckiest Pitcher: I may be just a bit too hyperbolic, but this pitcher was darned lucky on the bump in 2012 and it looks like his luckiness may...
• 2/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Millwood Had Success in Lone Season with Tribe: By Christian Petrila  What do you get when you take a pitcher and move him to the American League after eight seasons in the...
• 2/6 MLB Injury News: Cardinals rumors: St. Louis has ‘negligible’ interest in Kyle Lohse: With the news that St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Chris Carpenter is expected to miss the entire 2013 season due to an injury...
• 2/6 Call to the Pen: Chris Carpenter Likely To Miss 2013 Season: At a Tuesday afternoon press conference, the St. Louis Cardinals and GM John Mozeliak announced that veteran right-hander Chris...
• 2/6 Fire Brand of the American League: Rolling In The Deep: There's a fire starting in Hunter Golden's heart. To take a look at this rotation and talk about what could bring it out of the...
• 2/5 El Maquino: LIFE AFTER CARP: This is the end of the line for Chris Carpenter. Somebody did an incredible job covering up the reality of  his injury/injuries,...
• 2/5 STLCardinalBaseball: A Cardinal Warrior Leaves The Battlefield A Champion: It happened so suddenly. The Cardinals quickly announced a press conference for this afternoon. Then, slowly, speculation turned...
• 2/5 MLB Injury News: Cardinals RHP Chris Carpenter out for 2013; Considering retirement: St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Chris Carpenter is very unlikely to pitch during the 2013 season, the team has announced. Considering...
• 2/5 Pitchers Hit Eighth: CARPe Dammit!: “…very unlikely that he will pitch in 2013.” – John Mozeliak, Cardinals GM (about 20 minutes ago) “Well,...
• 2/5 MLB Injury News: Marlins rumors: Jose Valverde talking with Miami, others: It was reported yesterday afternoon that the Miami Marlins were nearing an agreement with free agent right-hander Jose Valverde...
• 2/5 MLB Injury News: Brandon Webb announces retirement from MLB: Brandon Webb has decided to retire from baseball. His agents, Jonathan Maurer and Mike Montana of Millennium Sports, broke the...
• 2/5 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: The Value of Rockies Infielder Josh Rutledge: You’re not going to find many baseball prognosticators forecasting great things for the Colorado Rockies in 2013. But while...
• 2/4 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Rotation Crush; It’ll Be A Thing: There are crushes, there are man-crushes, there are bro-mances, heck, I even have my advanced stat man-crush, Ben Zobrist! Bit...
• 2/4 MLB Injury News: Mets, Astros must exercise caution in evaluating Daisuke Matsuzaka: It may not have been the most watched pitch in history, but the international implications were huge.  When Daisuke Matsuzaka...
• 2/4 Call to the Pen: Daisuke Matsuzaka Could Still be an Option for the Mets: While there doesn’t appear to be an opening in the team’s current starting rotation, the New York Mets could still be looking...
• 2/3 Tyler's Think Tank: Best Pitching Season of the 1960s: The 1960s produced the most pitching-friendly environment since the Dead-ball era. Many of baseball's legendary pitchers did...
• 2/3 Lasorda's Lair: Fernando Valenzuela Inducted Into Caribbean Baseball Hall Of Fame: Fernando Valenzuela perhaps considered one of the most beloved Dodgers of all time, will be inducted into the Caribbean Baseball...
• 2/3 MLBRandomFandom: 2013 Yankees Will Disappoint: by Kyle Rotondo Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
• 2/2 Call to the Pen: The National League West Dream Rotation 2013: The National League Dream Rotation 2013 features two elite starters topping the staff. There is no lefty reliever worth adding,...
• 2/2 Tyler's Think Tank: Best Pitching Season of the 1970s: Thought long and hard about Ron Guidry's 1978 here, but decided to go with the sheer volume of Lefty's statistics. Steve...
• 2/1 StoopSports.com: Jays Win the Offseason: Jake Chernok-  There is little doubt across Major League Baseball who has stolen this winter, as the consensus pick is the Toronto...
• 2/1 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Hafner, Dodgers, Giants: On this date in 2008, the Mets gave Johan Santana the richest contract ever for a southpaw pitcher.  Santana's deal was worth...
• 2/1 Kings of Kauffman: Kings of Kauffman Mailbag – Ep. 7: Spring Training is around the corner and with that comes the usual array of sunshine and lolly-pops stories from various media...

• 1/31 Blog Red Machine: What Can The Reds Expect From Aroldis Chapman in 2013?: Aroldis Chapman‘s proposed transition to the starting rotation has arguably been the most polarizing Reds issue this offseason....
• 1/31 Kings of Kauffman: Proposed Royals Bobblehead Series: A few weeks ago I ranked the Royals 2013 promotions and one of the more unusual promotions was a collection of Hot Dog Derby...
• 1/31 Full Spectrum Baseball: He Without Sin…Should not Represent Roger Clemens – Rusty Hardin on A-RodRoger Clemens vehemently denied Senator George Mitchell's 2007 report that he used performance-enhancing drugs. ...
• 1/31 mlbreports.com : Seattle Mariners Roster in 2013: State Of The Union:: Like us on Facebook here Thursday, January.31/2013 By Ryan Dana (MLB Reports Intern): Seattle Mariners fans must be pretty amazing,...
• 1/31 Call to the Pen: The National League Central Dream Rotation 2013: The National League Central Dream Rotation 2013 may be partially to blame for the strength of the strength of the NL Central Dream...
• 1/31 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Playoff Power Makes Thome Tribe’s All-Time First Baseman: By Ronnie Tellalian Jim Thome is the Indians All-Time leader in home runs and walks, and he’s second All-Time in RBI and fifth...
• 1/31 Tyler's Think Tank: Best Pitching Season of the 1980s: Dwight Gooden 1985 (11.9 bWAR) During the mid-1980s, young "Doc" Gooden might have been the best pitcher baseball saw...
• 1/30 Venom Strikes: Some Issues with “Gibby Ball” in 2013: In the aftermath of the Justin Upton trade, we have heard alot about what type of team the Arizona Diamondbacks will field in...
• 1/29 Call to the Pen: The All-Time American League Team: After stretching my brain to sort out an All-Time National League Team, it is my duty and obligation to provide that bunch with...
• 1/29 Redlegs Review: Top questions facing the 2013 Cincinnati Reds: Riddle me this No team is perfect, but Reds fans have a lot to look forward to during the 2013 season. Coming off a strong...
• 1/29 That Ball's Outta Here: Cards On The Table: That Time Steve Carlton Made Us All Sad: Steve Carlton is unquestionably one of the greatest pitchers in the history of Major League Baseball, and may be the greatest...
• 1/29 Mets Merized: It’s Just Another Old Fashioned PED Scandal: It wouldn’t be an MLB offseason without a juicy PED scandal right? Well here you go. Courtesy of Tim Elfrink of the Miami NewTimes,...
• 1/28 Call to the Pen: Mariners, Hernandez Discussing Extension: Despite the organization’s overall success (or lack thereof) in recent years, there’s no denying the fact that the team’s...
• 1/28 BoSox Injection: Ranking The AL East Position By Position: Starting Pitching: It’s fair to say that the AL East is the hardest division to pitch in. Apart from the Rays, every team has a very hard-hitting...
• 1/27 Yankees Fans Unite: A Chat with Jim Abbott: The word “**** is thrown around a lot in the world of sports.  Any time an athlete plays through an injury or attains a...
• 1/27 Baseball Jerks: Pedro Martinez Returns to Boston to Help Shape the Future: The Boston Red Sox have spent the offseason rebuilding a beaten franchise. After more than a year of misery, General Manager Ben...
• 1/27 MTRMedia.com: Justin Verlander: One-Team Pitcher and HOFer?: Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander recently stated that he would like to spend his entire career in the Motor City and earn Hall...
• 1/27 MLB Injury News: Mariners' Felix Hernandez Has No Interest in Four-Year Deal: Not long ago, the rumors began to swirl about a possible four-year contract extension for Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez....
• 1/27 Fire Brand of the American League: Evaluating the AL East, Part TwoDaniel concludes his two-part look at Boston's AL East competition in 2013....
• 1/26 Jays Journal: Reader Weigh In: Which New Addition Has The Biggest Impact: The Toronto Blue Jays have made quite a few changes this winter, in what could perhaps be the most radical offseason makeover...
• 1/25 60ft6in.com: Justin Verlander: One-Team Pitcher and HOFer?: Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander recently stated that he would like to spend his entire career in the Motor City and earn Hall...
• 1/25 mlbreports.com : Brian Wilson’s Legacy In San Francisco: Like us on Facebook here Friday January 25, 2013 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports intern): Brian Wilson has been a member of the San...
• 1/24 The Sports Provocateur: American League West Dream Rotation: Kings Felix and Jered and Their Court: Jered Weaver is the opening day starter on the staff, edging out Felix Hernandez on the strength of his past three years.  Weaver...
• 1/24 The Writer's Journey: 1986 Quaker Chewy Granola Bars Cards #28-33: In 1986 Topps teamed up with Quaker to issue a 33-card set full of superstars, including a nice handful of future Hall of Famers....
• 1/24 Tyler's Think Tank: Best Pitching Season of the 1990s: Martinez delivers during his sensational All-Star Game performance 1999 Pedro Martinez (9.5 bWAR) Martinez was already...
• 1/23 Rising Apple: Addressing a Misguided Narrative: After the 2012 season ended, there were doubts regarding what direction the Mets would go in as far as retaining David Wright...
• 1/23 mlbreports.com : MLB Player Profile: Nationals Pitcher Jordan Zimmermann: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday January 23rd, 2013 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): Having his breakout season in 2012,...
• 1/23 MLB Injury News: Phillies Roy Halladay Already Throwing at Spring Training Facility: After his injury-plagued 2012 season, Roy Halladay has every reason to want to get out and start pitching early.  He has...
• 1/23 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Roy Halladay Fantasy Baseball: Exploring Doc’s Value in 2013: A major piece of the Phillies starting rotation will need to stay healthy this year for the Phillies to be More...The post Roy...
• 1/23 The Writer's Journey: 1986 Quaker Chewy Granola Bars Cards #19-27: In 1986 Topps teamed up with Quaker to issue a 33-card set full of superstars, including a nice handful of future Hall of Famers....
• 1/23 Nolan Writin': 30 Rangers In 30 Days: Yu Darvish: This is a new concept to NolanWritin’, but since it’s a fairly common knockoff to the whole 30 Clubs In 30 Days thing,...
• 1/23 Lasorda's Lair: Sandy Koufax Will Join Dodgers for Spring Training as Special Advisor to Mark Walter: Sandy Koufax will rejoin the Dodgers after severing ties with the organization back in 2003. Koufax was in protest of News Corp.,...
• 1/22 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Napoli, Red Sox, Price, Saltalamacchia: Here's a look at the latest out of the AL East.. Alex Speier of WEEI.com has the details of Mike Napoli's contract with...
• 1/22 StoopSports.com: Top 50 Baseball Players of All-Time: 35-31: Jesse Dougherty- There is no game like baseball so in effect there is no list of athletes that can touch this one. I have decided...
• 1/22 The Sports Provocateur: The A.L. Central Dream Rotation; Verlander and Sale and Pray for Hail?: The American League Central has two aces headlining its staff.  The number three man is an 11 year veteran while the fourth...
• 1/22 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Season In Review: Ryan Vogelsong: What can you say about Ryan Vogelsong and his storybook that hasn’t already been said? I’ve heard a lot of feel good...
• 1/22 The High Phive: Surgery Complete: Hamels Next Phillies Cy Young?: Recent accolades are aiming towards the Phillies 6’3″ south paw from San Diego to be baseball’s next Cy Young...
• 1/22 MLB Dirt: Fantasy Predictions: Pitcher Trends: Here is a look at some pitchers and what their trends suggest for 2013. -In his 11 year career, Aaron Harang had his two best...
• 1/21 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Trades: Context and Impact: It may have been a week ago when I saw Bob Dutton from the Kansas City Star answering reader questions on Twitter when someone...
• 1/21 The Sports Provocateur: The American League East Dream Rotation: The American League East Dream Rotation is headlined by both Cy Young Award winners, and its third starter won the award in 2007....
• 1/21 The Writer's Journey: 1986 Quaker Chewy Granola Bars Cards #1-9: In 1986 Topps teamed up with Quaker to issue a 33-card set full of superstars, including a nice handful of future Hall of Famers....
• 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:...
• 1/19 The Baseball Continuum: WBC Roster Analysis: The Netherlands: What, did you expect me to do the Dominican Republic first after I did Team USA? Well, sorry to disappoint, as I’m focusing...
• 1/19 Jays Journal: Too Early to Talk 2013 Draft?: I was aimlessly surfing around (story of my life lately) yesterday, looking for any Blue Jay content I could get my hands on,...
• 1/19 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: January 19, 1937: Compiled by Jason Kaminski In the second annual Hall of Fame election, the Baseball Writers Association of America elects second...
• 1/19 The Rays Today: Fernando Rodney’s 2012: Posted in Fernando RodneyNewsFernando Rodney definitely pitched his best year last year finishing the year pitching 74.2 innings...
• 1/18 Chicken Friars: Not Your Father’s Hall of Fame (Part Two): This year the Hall of Fame shutout left us with many swirling questions making waves throughout the Baseball and Sport communities....
• 1/18 MLB Injury News: Roster for the USA in World Baseball Classic: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 1/17 Tyler's Think Tank: Best Pitching Season of the 2000s: Martinez was at the top of his game in 2000 (FanNation) After selecting the best offensive seasons of each decade last...
• 1/17 Rising Apple: The Rising Apple Report, Episode 3: Thoughts on Brian Wilson, Matt Harvey, and Arbitration Cases: This article written by Rising Apple Staff Writer, Dan Haefeli. Last night’s Rising Apple Report saw a change of pace with...
• 1/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Is Going To Get All of the Dollars: As the Dodgers have gone on an unprecedented spending spree, there’s still the great white whale out there: the little matter...
• 1/17 Redlegs Review: 15 bold expectations for the Reds in '13: I will be the first to admit, the outlook for the 2013 version of the Cincinnati Reds looks pretty rosy. The organization's...
• 1/17 Mets360.com: Is Brandon Webb worth a flier?: With the Mets unlikely to sign closer Brian Wilson to a major league contract, the Mets are setting their sights on another reclamation...
• 1/16 STLCardinalBaseball: Cardinals Top Tens: Starting PitchersAfter a long awaited return, I am back along with my favorite segment Cardinals Top Tens. We have already taken ......
• 1/16 The Rays Today: David Price…: Posted in David PriceNewsVideosThe video below was just something I found while on Youtube. Its the ESPN Sportscenter’s...
• 1/16 Baseball News Source: Toronto Blue Jays’ Darren Oliver Set To Return for 2013: The Toronto Blue Jays announced that veteran reliever Darren Oliver will return to the team in 2013. Oliver made 62 appearances...
• 1/16 Phillies Nation: Free Agent Updates: Theriot, Webb, Hairston: The Hot Stove has just about come and gone but the Phillies have been quite active in the last few days. They have added pitchers...
• 1/16 Full Spectrum Baseball: Jack Morris And The Hall Of Almost Good Enough: Jack Morris will be on his last Hall of Fame Ballot later this year, no matter what. I would say thank goodness, but regardless...
• 1/16 MLB Injury News: Giants Rumors: San Francisco Could Re-Sign Tim Lincecum: The San Francisco Giants have not given up on right-hander Tim Lincecum long-term, as the team has considered signing The Freak...
• 1/15 Baseball With Matt: Whitey is Mighty 1/15/13: Hey baseball fans!Today's post is about one of my favorite players of all time. He is one of the only Yankee pitchers in the Hall...
• 1/15 mlbreports.com : Sabathia Looks For More AL Supremacy + Eventual Election Into The BBHOF!: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, January.15/2013 By Chuck Booth (Yankees Correspondent/Website Owner): CC Sabathia is a BEAST. ...
• 1/15 Tyler's Think Tank: Hall of One: Aaron Sele a Hall of Famer? Somebody thought so (Bleacher Report) Aaron Sele became a Twitter phenomenon when he managed...
• 1/14 Baseball Jerks: Playing God: Bonds and Clemens: Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens didn’t get into the Baseball Hall of Fame. This may seem sad, and it may seem ‘correct.’...
• 1/14 mlbreports.com : A Tribute To Milwaukee Brewers Great Teddy Higuera: Like us on Facebook here Monday January 14th, 2013 By Ben Dobson ( Brewers Correspondent): Teodora Higuera Valenzuela (born...
• 1/14 Jays Journal: 2013 Eligible Blue Jays Denied Hall Of Fame Entry And What It Means For The Future: (This piece, while lighter on Blue Jays content than most my other posts, will deal with several issues that the National Baseball...
• 1/14 MLB Injury News: Blue Jays' R.A. Dickey Commits to WBC: The names of players committing to play in the World Baseball Classic are coming fast now.  Albert Pujols is likely to play,...
• 1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Blum, Webb, Orioles, Padres: Utility infielder Geoff Blum's called it a playing career after 14 seasons in the big leagues, writes Brian McTaggart of MLB.com....
• 1/13 Call to the Pen: Dickey, Pettitte Latest to Join US WBC Roster: With this year’s World Baseball Classic coming up in less than two months the provisional rosters have started to take shape....
• 1/13 Obstructed View: Daily Facepalm – 1.13.12: Good teammate To the surprise of no rational Cubs fan here or elsewhere, Alfonso Soriano is a good teammate. During his time in...
• 1/13 The Baseball Haven: Who is Ian Kennedy?: Ian Kennedy has posted some pretty solid numbers over his career, going 46-30 with a 3.76 ERA over 112 games (110 starts). Having...
• 1/12 Redlegs Review: ESPN writer touts Mat Latos as player on the cusp of stardom: There is a reason why the Reds gave up four players in exchange for the services of Mat Latos last offseason. The club...
• 1/12 mlbreports.com : Roger Clemens: A Cardboard God Comes Into Focus: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, January.12, 2013 By Saul Wisnia,  Red Sox Correspondent (Read his blog ‘Fenway Reflections’...
• 1/12 mlbreports.com : Roger Clemens: A Cardboard God Comes Into Focus: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, January.12, 2013 By Saul Wisnia,  Red Sox Correspondent (Read his blog ‘Fenway Reflections’...
• 1/12 MLBRandomFandom: What Happened to the Hall of Fame?: Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
• 1/12 Redlegs Review: Reds notebook: Latos, Phillips, Chapman, and more: Only 30 days stands between now and Feb. 12, which is the day pitchers and catchers are slated to report to spring training....
• 1/12 Mets360.com: What if everything broke right? (Rose colored glasses return): The following is the ultimate “What If” scenario for Met fans.  That perfect universe where everything just happened to work...
• 1/12 MLB Injury News: Seattle Mariners: Gold Rush of Pitching: This is a guest post by reader Nathan Adkins. If you are interested in contributing a guest post and having your work featured...
• 1/12 The Rays Today: David Price Lands On The Cover Of MLB2K13: Posted in David PriceNewsFor those of you who don’t already know Rays very own David Price was chosen to be on the front...
• 1/11 mlbreports.com : Roger Clemens: Close To Returning To Houston: Like us on Facebook here Friday, January.11,  2013 Lee White (Astros Correspondent)  The Houston Astros have made many changes...
• 1/11 The Sports Provocateur: The Hall of Fame Vote: Cast Your Ballot: Craig Biggio - Named on 68.2% of ballots: Getting 3000 hits is an automatic lock Hall of Famer, one of the celebrated milestones...
• 1/11 The Sports Provocateur: : The New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays have reached a blockbuster deal for National League Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey.  Dickey...
• 1/11 mlbreports.com : Kansas City Royals Roster in 2013: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Friday, January, 11/2013 Ryan Dana (MLB Reports Intern):  The Kansas City Royals have been notorious...
• 1/11 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Reviewing predictions: TCN Blog’s top five Cardinals stories of 2012A look back at the top projected stories across the Cardinal Nation in 2012 from one year ago....
• 1/11 Obstructed View: Even Greg Maddux May Have Trouble Getting Into the Hall of Fame Next Year: Recently, we’ve talked in the comments a little about how much harder it is going to be to get anybody into the Hall of...
• 1/10 Call to the Pen: Hall Of Fame Under Siege: The nice brick building at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown is pretty much a bunker today, one day after the results of the most...
• 1/10 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Hall Will Be A Bit Emptier This YearThe first page in baseball’s history of the “steroid era” has been written....
• 1/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price Named MLB 2K13 Cover, Kazmir, Howell Finalize Deals: The rewards keep coming in for David Price after his magnificent 2012 season. First the AL Cy Young, then a key to the city of...
• 1/9 Blog Red Machine: The HoF: A Distorted Image of Baseball Validity: Everyone has an opinion on the Hall of Fame. But not everyone has one that counts. That prestigious honor is preserved for baseball...
• 1/9 Phillies Nation: If I Had a 2013 HOF Ballot…: This post is not particularly Phillies-related but it is a highly-relevant topic. This year’s Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot...
• 1/9 Full Spectrum Baseball: Let’s Talk About Feelings: Now statistics can be poured over, analyzed, compared, etcetera, etcetera, but when there is doubt you can always think about...
• 1/8 The Captain's Blog: Character Counts but Hall of Fame Has No Moral Majority: Character counts. That’s the message baseball writers have sent to Hall of Fame candidates who are even vaguely linked to performance...
• 1/8 mlbreports.com : Jack Morris: It Is Time To Elect This Winner Into The Baseball Hall Of Fame!: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, January.08/2013 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer/Website Owner): The debate for whether or...
• 1/8 Obstructed View: The 2013 Hall of Fame class and the Keltner List: Over a year ago I applied the Keltner List test to Sammy Sosa and figured I’d do the same thing for most of the eligible...
• 1/8 Baseball Jerks: Baseball Hall of Fame Election Preview: The Steroid Era Controversy Begins: The first major event of baseball’s calendar year is the unveiling of the Hall of Fame voting results. Every January, the Baseball...
• 1/8 Phillies Nation: Former Phils Face Long HOF Odds in 2013: In one of the more interesting projects out there, the Baseball Think Factory has gone through the trouble of collecting the publicly...
• 1/8 Baseball Jerks: Baseball Hall of Fame Election Preview: The Steroid Era Controversy Begins: The first major event of baseball’s calendar year is the unveiling of the Hall of Fame voting results. Every January, the Baseball...
• 1/8 Full Spectrum Baseball: Huh?! Really?! That Guy?!...sometimes it IS an honor just to be nominated....
• 1/8 i70baseball.com: Cooperstown Choices: Roger ClemensExamining the 2013 Hall Of Fame ballot and Roger Clemens's career....
• 1/8 i70baseball.com: Cooperstown Choices: David WellsExamining the 2013 Hall Of Fame ballot and David Wells's career....
• 1/8 i70baseball.com: Cooperstown Choices: Curt SchillingExamining the 2013 Hall Of Fame ballot and Curt Schilling's career....
• 1/8 i70baseball.com: Cooperstown Choices: Jose MesaExamining the 2013 Hall Of Fame ballot and Jose Mesa's career....
• 1/7 Baseball News Source: Roger Clemens May Take Role With Houston Astros: Clemens maybe returning to baseball in 2013 after all Roger Clemens is appearing on the Hall of Fame ballot for the very first...
• 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 That Ball's Outta Here: Why Kyle Lohse (Or Someone Like Him, Only Much Cheaper) Should Be The Phils’ Next Target: The Phillies offense looks like it’s going to be somewhat of a mess in 2013 and, barring a miracle, will probably be one...
• 1/7 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals might be smart to re-sign Kyle Lohse: The St. Louis Cardinals have a solid starting rotation that includes two ace-caliber pitchers, a couple of decent No. 3 and No....
• 1/7 Phillies Nation: Replaced by a Franchise Hero: Dernier/Samuel Combo: Ah, 1989: the U.S. inaugurated a new president, Thomas and Friends begins to air on PBS, and the top played song was “Look...
• 1/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Pitching, solid lineup position San Francisco Giants for repeat: After the San Francisco Giants won the World Series two of the past three years, some still don’t believe the Giants are for...
• 1/6 MLBRandomFandom: Battle of the Rotations: Dodgers-Giants: By Blake WilliamsOne of the most historic rivalries in sports is Dodgers vs. Giants. The Giants won the 2012 World Series led...
• 1/6 The Cardinal Nation Blog: TCN Blog 2012 Cardinals top story #5: Lohse’s contract yearVeteran right-hander Kyle Lohse made what appears to be his final St. Louis Cardinals season a memorable one....
• 1/5 MLBRandomFandom: Five Title Contenders to Watch Out For: By Kyle RotondoA lot of people have been speculating who will win the World Series in 2013. In my opinion there are five teams...
• 1/5 Motor City Bengals: Ex-Detroit Tiger Dontrelle Willis Keeps Getting Chances, Gets Invite From Cubs: Dontrelle Willis didn’t pitch in the big leagues at all last season, and hasn’t pitched effectively since probably...
• 1/4 Rising Apple: Punting 2013?: As the days before spring training dwindle (39 and counting), many of us are growing increasingly uncomfortable with the state...
• 1/4 SoDo Mojo: Is Giancarlo Stanton worth what he will command?: Rumors have been floating around recently of the Mariners having interest in Marlins phenom Giancarlo Stanton. All I can say is...
• 1/4 Phillies Nation: Phillies and Olney’s Top 10s: Are You Worried?: Buster Olney of ESPN has produced a pretty fun series of articles this week. Day by day, Olney has posted on his Insider blog...
• 1/4 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Eckersley’s Remarkable Career Began in Cleveland: By Craig Gifford Of all the players who started their careers with the Indians only to make their names elsewhere, Dennis Eckersley...
• 1/4 MLB Injury News: Rockies Rumors: Derek Lowe, Freddy Garcia, Brandon Webb: The Colorado Rockies continue to target starting pitching this winter, and while there is nothing currently brewing on the trade...
• 1/4 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Toronto Blue Jays Hitting-Pitching Projections: Toronto Blue Jays – Predicted Finish: First Place, AL East As the 2012 season was nearing it’s end, we randomly assigned...
• 1/4 Mets360.com: Where will the pitching come from for the Mets?: Despite a flurry of off-season moves by teams all over the Majors – some more surprising than others – the Mets are the...
• 1/3 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Vazquez, Rays, Price, Red Sox: Earlier today, we learned that the Nationals are interested in free agent starter Javier Vazquez, who is considering a return...
• 1/3 Halo Hangout: Winning A Trade: 15,000 Days Ago: The Angels biggest and boldest moves lately have been through free agency involving Brinks trucks full of TV money but the art...
• 1/3 Kings of Kauffman: Market Fresh: Javier Vazquez: The Royals searched high and low for starting pitching options. By now, they’ve re-signed Jeremy Guthrie and traded for...
• 1/3 District On Deck: Nationals Interested In Javier Vazquez: Reports surfaced last week that former All-Star Javier Vazquez is looking to return to Major League Baseball, and the Nationals...
• 1/3 MLB Injury News: Javier Vasquez vs. Brandon Webb: Yesterday I posed the question on Facebook about whether fans would be more inclined to take Roger Clemens or Brandon Webb on...
• 1/2 Baseball Jerks: MLB Free Agent Class Dwindles, but Several Stars Still Need Homes: With the turning of the new year comes the midway point of baseball’s offseason and some of the top free agents of the 2012...
• 1/2 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays And The Hall Of Fame Ballot: On January 9, 2013, the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be announcing the names of any players that were selected for enshrinement...
• 1/2 Baseball News Source: Mets Reach Agreement with Andrew Brown: Minor League Deal: Andrew Brown hit .232 with five homers in 46 games for Colorado last season The New York Mets reached an agreement with right-handed...
• 1/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Did the Rays Miss Their Chance to Extend David Price?: Earlier today, we talked about the Rays’ signing of ace David Price to a contract worth just over 10 million dollars to...
• 1/2 Rising Apple: What Can We Expect From Johan Santana in 2013?: Nobody knew what to expect from Johan Santana going into last season; he was coming off an incredibly long rehab process after...
• 1/2 MLB Injury News: Brandon Webb to Throw for Several Teams This Month: Former National League Cy Young award-winner Brandon Webb is going to give it one more shot.  He has been out of baseball...
• 1/2 Baseball With Matt: An Interview with Curt Schilling (the "Schilling-shot") 1/2/13: Hey baseball fans!I have another great interview for you today! This interview is with the should-be Hall of Famer......Curt ...
• 1/2 MLB Injury News: Rays and David Price Avoid Arbitration With One-Year Deal: The Tampa Bay Rays and ace pitcher David Price have reached an agreement on a one year contract.  The exact terms of the...

• 12/31 Rays Colored Glasses: 2012: A Lost Year for the Rays, But One That Needed to Happen: The Rays entered 2012 with aspirations of not just a third straight trip to the postseason but their first World Series championship....
• 12/31 Jays Journal: My Blue Jays New Years Resolutions: It will be 2013 shortly, and the world hasn’t been destroyed as the Mayans have “predicted”. That means that...
• 12/31 Jays Journal: Blue Jays Top 5 of 2012 – #1 The Marlins Mugging: With the new year nearly upon us and fans clambering for the beginning of the 2013 season, it is only appropriate to look back...
• 12/31 Redlegs Review: Buster Olney: Reds feature one of the top rotations in baseball: Great pitching hasn't exactly been a staple for the Reds in years past. The franchise has been traditionally known for its...
• 12/31 mlbreports.com : The New York Mets 2013 Roster: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Monday December 31st, 2012 (There’s a still reason to come to Shea Citi this year (or why you should...
• 12/31 Reviewing the Brew: Three Wacky Brewer Predictions for 2013: Part Three: Welcome to the third and final part of wacky Milwaukee Brewer predictions for 2013. In the previous two articles, I discussed...
• 12/31 Up Along First: Biggest Storylines From This Year In Mets Baseball: Despite the 74-88 record, it was quite a memorable year for Mets fans, more so than any recent years. This season, we witnessed...
• 12/31 MLB Injury News: Phillies Injury News: Roy Halladay Update: The Philadelphia Phillies struggled last season for many reasons, one of which was injuries.  Injuries to pitchers like Roy...
• 12/30 Blog Red Machine: 2012 Reds Recall: August: With July now firmly behind us, the main emphasis was taking the NL Central title. The Reds began the month of August with a 3...
• 12/30 Baseball News Source: American League East: History Does Not Favor the Toronto Blue Jays:  The Blue Jays have not reached the post-season since 1993 You can’t predict Baseball. The Yankees’ very own John...
• 12/30 More Than A Fan: ML what would B: What if Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan had been Mets their entire careers?: Hey baseball fans! I know that it has been about a month, but I am here with another ML”what would”B! That’s right folks;...
• 12/30 Tyler's Think Tank: Hall of Fame Ballot Holdovers: The other day I looked at the 24 players making their first appearance on the Hall of Fame ballot, so today I evaluate the 13...
• 12/29 Tyler's Think Tank: Bolstered Blue Jays: The Toronto Blue Jays pillaged the Miami Marlins Most of the ink that's been spilled this offseason has focused on the pricey...
• 12/29 Behind the Plate: Close but No Cigar: My HoF SnubsJack Morris falls short o [...] ...
• 12/29 MLB Injury News: Yankees Ace C.C. Sabathia to Begin Throwing: MLB.com reports that CC Sabathia, the American Leagues' 2007 Cy Young Award Winner and current New York Yankee ace, is due to...
• 12/29 Reviewing the Brew: Three Wacky Brewer Predictions for 2013: Part Two: Welcome again to ‘Wacky’ Brewer Predictions’. In the previous article, I discussed my first prediction: Wily...
• 12/28 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: December 28, 1960: Compiled by Jason Kaminski Former Cleveland Indians pitching coach Carl Willis was born on this date in Danville, Virginia. Willis...
• 12/27 161st and River: The 15 Worst Transactions in Yankee History: Some of the greatest players in Yankee history, men who fortified Yankee dynasties, were brought to the Bronx through trades and...
• 12/27 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals will likely be forced to give Adam Wainwright record contract: As another offseason of eye-poppingly large free-agent contracts begins to wind down, the St. Louis Cardinals find themselves...
• 12/27 Lasorda's Lair: Chad Billingsley Will Be Key Factor in Dodgers 2013 Success: While the Dodgers have been busy stock piling starting pitchers this offseason, now having Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Josh...
• 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 Kings of Kauffman: Impatience: We’re a few days from 2013, which means a few days closer to spring training and a few days closer to Opening Day. The temperature...
• 12/26 Bush League Chronicle: Photo: R.A. Dickey receives Star Wars onesie for Christmas: Reigning National League Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey is now a proud owner of a new Star Wars onesie. The recently traded...
• 12/26 Redlegs Review: This day in Reds history: David Wells is traded to Baltimore: December 26, 1995 - The Reds deal southpaw David "Boomer" Wells to Baltimore less than five months after acquiring him at...
• 12/25 Tyler's Think Tank: Hall of Fame Ballot Newcomers: The BBWAA's Hall of Fame ballot results will be released two weeks from tomorrow, so expect plenty of debate in the meantime....
• 12/25 Redlegs Review: 5 bold predictions for 2013 season:  By: Chase Fitzgerald Staff Writer Every year all fans read all of these predictions about their team. Usually...
• 12/24 SOX & Dawgs: My Vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame: This time of year everyone who is a 10-year member of the Baseball Writers Association of America gets to vote for the Baseball...
• 12/24 mlbreports.com : Giants State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Monday December 24, 2012 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Intern):  . There’s no question that the San Francisco...
• 12/24 Redlegs Review: Five Christmas gifts the Reds hope to receive in 2013: Merry Christmas, everyone! I trust that you all are enjoying this wonderful season by spending time with your respective...
• 12/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Eighteen Crazy Nights—Looking back at the 1997 Cleveland Indians: Each week during the 2012-13 offseason DTTWLN will take a look back at the 1997 Cleveland Indians season—specifically the 18...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Zack Greinke Reaches Agreement with Dodgers – Six-Years $147 Million:  Greinke will pitch in Los Angeles, this time wearing Dodgers blue Zack Greinke has reached an agreement with the Los Angeles...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Rays Reach Agreement with Roberto Hernandez: One-Year $3.25 Million: Hernandez gets a fresh start in Tampa Bay The Tampa Bay Rays have reached agreement with right-hander Roberto Hernandez. The deal...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: R.A. Dickey Trade: Jays Set to Acquire NL Cy Young Winner from Mets: Deal is contingent on Dickey signing an extension with Toronto The New York Mets have agreed to send the reigning NL Cy Young...
• 12/23 Redlegs Review: Bryan Price: Is he the best pitching coach in the major leagues?: David Schoenfield, who runs the SweetSpot blog over at ESPN.com, recently penned a great article featuring Reds pitching...
• 12/23 Climbing Tal's Hill: Astros Anniversary: Mike Hampton traded to Mets: December 23, 1999 was a sad day for me. At that time, left-handed pitcher Mike Hampton was my favorite player on the team. Thirteen...
• 12/22 Rising Apple: Amazin’ Ten of 2012: #1 – June 1: It’s December 22, which means we’ve survived the end of the world. But what is coming to an end is our countdown of the Amazin’...
• 12/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Has David Price Been Priced Out Of The Rays Budget?: With the trade of James Shields and Wade Davis, on top of the salaries that had left via departing free agents, it appeared as...
• 12/22 mlbreports.com : Is Roger Clemens A Hall Of Famer? Try The Tom Seaver Test: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, December.22, 2012 Saul Wisnia (Baseball Writer and Red Sox Correspondent): : Since the list...
• 12/22 MLB Injury News: Mets Rumors: NY Eyeing, Pavano, Young, Marcum: The New York Mets are looking to re-stock their rotation following the trade of Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey, and the team has...
• 12/21 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: Dear Santa, Before I submit my Christmas list, let me remind you, I’ve been good this year. Not only did I spread St. Louis...
• 12/21 Yanks Go Yard: Where Has The Yankees Young Pitching Development Gone?: Pitching is a fickle beast. It’s a position that can age on you very quickly and one humbling you even after winning a few...
• 12/21 Birds Watcher: Baltimore Orioles: It’s about the pitching: Yesterday afternoon John Morosi of Fox Sports sent out this tweet regarding the Baltimore Orioles’ interest in Rick Porcello...
• 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 Nolan Writin': Countdown To Rangers Apocalypse: So with my perpetual nerd-ness in all things relating to (a) the Texas Rangers, (b) mathematics and (c) the dichotomy involved...
• 12/21 Redlegs Review: A Reds fan's Christmas wish list: by: Dan Howard Staff Writer Notes from someone about to overdose on the song, "Grown-Up Christmas List"! First of all,...
• 12/20 Redlegs Review: Rounding up some Reds links from around the wide world web: While many people are scrambling to finish their Christmas shopping right about now, we here at Redlegs Review are scrambling...
• 12/20 Rising Apple: Potential Mets Free Agent Target: Francisco Liriano: Now that R.A. Dickey has been dealt to the Toronto Blue Jays, the Mets have a void in their rotation that needs to be filled....
• 12/20 Rising Apple: Glory Days: Roberto Alomar: Three out of four times a reigning Cy Young winner has been traded that offseason, the Toronto Blue Jays have been on one end...
• 12/19 StanGraphs: Can the Cardinals Afford Wainwright?: Not long ago, we wrote a loving post about Adam Wainwright and how it was time for the organization to step up and resign him...
• 12/19 PaulLebowitz.com: Armchair Analysis from Earth to Jupiter: To highlight the madness surrounding the pigeonholing of players based on factors that have nothing to do with anything, below...
• 12/19 The Baseball Haven: How Good Are the Blue Jays?: You can’t buy championships…Well, maybe you can. The New York Yankees have tried to and the Los Angeles Dodgers and...
• 12/19 Kings of Kauffman: The Greinke Trade: Then and Now: Two years ago to the day, the Royals made one of the most prolific trades in the team’s history.  Former Cy Young winner,...
• 12/19 Rays Colored Glasses: How Does the Rays’ Signing of Roberto Hernandez Make Any Sense?: 2012 was undeniably a lost year for Roberto Hernandez. In January, authorities found out that he was in the US under a false identity,...
• 12/19 Mets360.com: Mets 2013 Top 10 prospects: It was not so long ago when the Mets had an impressive major league roster but their list of minor league prospects left a lot...
• 12/19 Up Along First: Analyzing the R.A. Dickey Trade: The dust has finally settled and the R.A. Dickey saga is over. On Monday night, he signed an extension with the Blue Jays, making...
• 12/19 Seedlings to Stars: Mets Land d’Arnaud, Syndergaard for Dickey: Like all 29 other teams, the New York Mets had numerous holes on the roster to address once the offseason began. Initially the...
• 12/19 Mets Merized: Thoughts On The R.A. Dickey Blockbuster Trade: The dust has finally settled and the R.A. Dickey saga is over. On Monday night, he signed an extension with the Blue Jays, making...
• 12/19 Through The Fence Baseball: What if the 2007 MLB draft was held today?: With hindsight being 20/20, what if teams had a chance to redeem themselves in the most difficult draft in all of sports? The...
• 12/19 PaulLebowitz.com: The R.A. Dickey Trade Part III—Desperation or Progression for the Blue Jays?: Since replacing J.P. Ricciardi as Blue Jays’ GM, Alex Anthopoulos has done many things that garnered him credit for running...
• 12/18 Behind the Plate: Behind the Trade: Jays Add Dickey to the Nest R.A. Dickey's storybook career is over in New York, but is just beginning in Toronto       [...] ...
• 12/18 Mets360.com: A day later: Reflecting on the R.A. Dickey trade: Build a new foundation now, or keep up with “Proven Crap?”  That does seem to be the eternal debate when it comes to Met...
• 12/18 Baseball News Source: Rays Reach Agreement with Roberto Hernandez: One-Year $3.25 Million: Hernandez gets a fresh start in Tampa Bay The Tampa Bay Rays have reached agreement with right-hander Roberto Hernandez. The deal...
• 12/18 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: R.A. Dickey, Josh Hamilton, The Hobbit:   Contributors: Eliza Bayne, Jon Sender, Zach Pennington, Atman Thakrar The hottest topics for the week of December 16, 2012...
• 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 Rising Apple: Mets Make Trade of R.A. Dickey, Acquisition of Travis d’Arnaud Official: The major news to come from Flushing yesterday was the official announcement and completion of the trade between the Amazins and...
• 12/18 Jays Journal: R.A Dickey To Blue Jays Trade Is Official: While it took only four days to grow from rumor to pending transaction, the trade that is bringing R.A. Dickey to the Toronto...
• 12/18 PaulLebowitz.com: The R.A. Dickey Trade, Part II—As A Means To Bash The Mets: R.A. Dickey was found money for the Mets. Rather than spend it immediately, they invested it wisely in blue chip stocks to secure...
• 12/17 Rising Apple: Amazin’ Ten of 2012: #2 – June 18: Cue up “Taps.” R.A. Dickey is not a New York Met anymore. And while I’m sure we’re all thrilled at the bounty the trade...
• 12/17 Baseballhotcorner.com: Fan Fuel: R.A. Dickey Trade A Great Move For Blue Jays: BY CLAYTON RICHER – FAN FUEL BLOGGER The Toronto Blue Jays appear to once again be on the cusp of shocking the baseball...
• 12/17 StanGraphs: Trade: R.A. Dickey Headed to Blue Jays for Travis d’Arnaud and Others: After days of speculation and set-up and the omission of details that still aren’t available to the public, it looks like...
• 12/17 Rising Apple: R.A. Dickey Passes Physical, Trade with Blue Jays Complete: 5:33 PM: The two nameless prospects now have names; the Mets will also be sending catcher Mike Nickeas to Toronto in addition...
• 12/17 Jays Journal: Blue Jays Trade For R.A. Dickey – A Detailed Discussion: In a move that has solidified the Blue Jays’ Full-All-Star-Caliber-Potential starting rotation, the Blue Jays have traded...
• 12/17 MetsToday.com: I Hope Santa Brings Me This: I kind of like the colors, and the bird is cute. Oh, and if FOX Sports’ sources can be trusted, it appears that R.A. Dickey...
• 12/17 MetsToday.com: What If Dickey Denies Extension?: According to FOX Sports, the Mets and Blue Jays have a agreed upon a trade that will send R.A. Dickey and Josh Thole to Toronto...
• 12/17 The Baseball Continuum: The (AL) East is Wild: The American League East is in a interesting situation. For years, after all, there were some things that were for certain: The...
• 12/17 Mets360.com: The Impact of D’Arnaud and Syndergaard (Remembering Johan Santana): The Mets and Blue Jays have come to terms on a swap of players that has some people worrying about the future of the Mets.  After...
• 12/17 mlbreports.com : The Nationals Signing of Dan HarenTo A 1 Yr Deal: Why It Is Still A Bad Signing For Them: Monday December 16th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Writer)   Starting pitching is already an obvious strength for the Washington...
• 12/17 Birds Watcher: Baltimore Orioles: Knuckler to the AL East?: If the reports of a potential R.A. Dickey trade to Toronto are true, the Baltimore Orioles’ path back to the postseason...
• 12/16 BoSox Injection: Acquisition Of R.A. Dickey Makes Blue Jays Cream Of AL East Crop: The Blue Jays have continued their crazy offseason today by adding 2012′s NL Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey in a trade...
• 12/16 MTRMedia.com: R.A. Dickey Trade Rumors: Where Pitcher’s numbers would be be best: Before going on, I certainly need to extend my heartfelt condolences to everyone impacted by what happened in Connecticut on Friday....
• 12/16 Baseball News Source: R.A. Dickey Trade: Jays Set to Acquire NL Cy Young Winner from Mets: Deal is contingent on Dickey signing an extension with Toronto The New York Mets have agreed to send the reigning NL Cy Young...
• 12/16 Jays Journal: Blue Jays Moves Are All About Adding Wins: Alex Anthopoulos has heard it all during his brief tenure as the general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays. He has been praised...
• 12/16 Mets360.com: Blue Jays have 72 hours to sign extension with R.A. Dickey: Fox Sports is reporting that the Mets and Blue Jays have agreed to a deal that will send R.A. Dickey to Toronto, pending the Blue...
• 12/16 MLB Injury News: Report: Blue Jays Acquire R.A. Dickey From Mets: After the Toronto Blue Jays emerged as the favorites to acquire R.A. Dickey, the news came fast and heavy.  The Blue Jays...
• 12/16 Rising Apple: Will Mets or Blue Jays Benefit More From Potential Trade?: By now you’re probably well aware the Mets and Blue Jays are close to finalizing a seven-player deal that will include sending...
• 12/16 Mets360.com: What are your thoughts on the proposed R.A. Dickey trade?: On Saturday the Mets and Blue Jays put into place the framework of a deal that would send Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey to...
• 12/16 Call to the Pen: A Blue Jays Rotation With R.A. Dickey: Over the last couple of days, the R.A. Dickey trade market has been narrowed down from several suitors to the suddenly relevant...
• 12/16 MLB Injury News: R.A. Dickey Trade Rumors: Blue Jays, Mets Closing in on Deal: The New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays are closing in on a trade that centers on right-hander and 2012 National League Cy Young...
• 12/15 Motor City Bengals: Do The Tigers Have The Best Rotation In The American League?: Nobody can really deny the importance of starting pitching in baseball. Of course, offense and defense play important roles in...
• 12/15 Baseball Jerks: Report: Cy Young Award Winner Dickey Heading To Toronto: Yahoo! Sports’ Jeff Passan is reporting that the Toronto Blue Jays are about to continue their spending spree, as they are...
• 12/15 mlbreports.com : Who Have Been The Toughest Former Red Sox To See In A Yankees Uniform?: Saturday, December.15/2012 Saul Wisnia (Guest Baseball Writer and Red Sox Correspondent): Pending a failed physical or other unforeseen...
• 12/15 MLB Injury News: Blue Jays Rumors: Toronto Close to Acquiring Mets RHP R.A. Dickey: The Toronto Blue Jays look like the probable landing place for the reigning National League Cy Young award winner.  The...
• 12/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: R.A. Dickey Trade Rumors: Where Pitcher’s numbers would be be best: Before going on, I certainly need to extend my heartfelt condolences to everyone impacted by what happened in Connecticut on More......
• 12/15 MetsToday.com: The R.A. Dickey Trade: As of this writing – 1:15 a.m. on December 15th (less than one week before the End Of The World), R.A. Dickey is still property...
• 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 Rising Apple: R.A. Dickey Deal Close, But Won’t Happen Tonight: **On behalf of our staff here at Rising Apple, our thoughts and prayers go out to Newtown, CT and to all those who have been effected...
• 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...
• 12/13 Redlegs Review: Eight former Reds named one of the top 100 players of all-time: ESPN just finished running a series this week called the "Hall of 100" in which they attempted to accurately rank the top...
• 12/13 Mets360.com: A New York minute is no way for the Mets to do business: A “New York minute” is a phrase to describe an increibly brief moment of time. Or as Johnny Carson once explained, it’s...
• 12/13 Rising Apple: R.A. Dickey: A Rare Gaffe: R.A. Dickey attended the Mets’ holiday party at Citi Field on Tuesday. As one would expect, reporters asked the Cy Young...
• 12/12 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: What To Do With Dickey: One would think that the most glaring question still remaining this winter is what will happen with free agent Josh Hamilton....
• 12/12 MLB Dirt: 2013 Seattle Mariners Top 16 Prospects: Jack Zduriencik took over as the Mariners General Manager in late 2008 and he has done a great job turning the farm system around....
• 12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Breaking News: Rays Close to Deal With RHP Roberto Hernandez (Formerly Known as Fausto Carmona): The Rays NEVER sign free agent starting pitchers. The last time they signed one to a major league contract was back in 2000, when...
• 12/12 Kings of Kauffman: What Does it All Mean?: For the first time that I can remember, the Royals are putting together their best hand and going “All In”.  When...
• 12/12 Lasorda's Lair: The Birdman Cometh-The Zack Greinke Press Conference: The Dodgers held the Zack Greinke Introduction press conference this afternoon at the Dodger Stadium club suite. I was fortunate...
• 12/11 mlbreports.com : Dissecting The Royals And Rays Trade: Shields And Davis For Wil Myers + Prospects: Tuesday, Dec.11/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer/Website Owner): We at the MLB Reports have established that we are far...
• 12/11 Swingin' A's: Graham Godfrey’s Lasting Impression: Just a couple days ago the A’s sent pitcher Graham Godfrey to the Boston Red Sox as the player to be named in the deal that...
• 12/11 i70baseball.com: Royals Fans Need To Embrace A Chance: We have all been embarrassed by our own family. Whether it’s an overzealous parent, a misbehaving kid, a drunken uncle, or a...
• 12/11 MetsToday.com: Mets Harder On Dickey Than We Thought: According to Andy Martino of the Daily News, the Mets have just increased their offer to R.A. Dickey to two years, $10M. Wait,...
• 12/11 MLB Injury News: Mets Increase Their Offer to Keep R.A. Dickey: The New York Mets are asking for a lot in return if they were to trade R.A. Dickey.  For that reason, it may be more likely...
• 12/10 Jays Journal: Blue Jays Name Pat Hentgen Bullpen Coach: The Toronto Blue Jays continued their offseason make-over, naming Pat Hentgen as their bullpen coach on Monday. Hentgen replaces...
• 12/10 Call to the Pen: Zack Greinke Passes Physical, Dodgers Deal Official: The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed right haander Zack Greinke to a new six-year, $147 million contract. The deal became official...
• 12/10 i70baseball.com: Everyone Calm Down – Royals Trade Reaction: The Kansas City Royals traded away two high level prospects last night, bringing home a legitimate ace and another strong pitcher....
• 12/10 Nolan Writin': Better things are coming: With the Mike Napoli signing with the Red Sox, the trade of Michael Young, Zack Greinke signing with the Dodgers and James Shields...
• 12/10 Seedlings to Stars: Texas Willing to Deal Olt to Mets for Dickey: Finding themselves on the losing end of Zach Greinke’s free agent decision and unsure of which potentially available pitcher...
• 12/10 MetsToday.com: Would You Rather: R.A. Dickey or Zack Greinke?: Upon hearing the news that the Dodgers signed Zack Greinke to a six-year, $147M contract, I couldn’t help but think, who...
• 12/10 Call to the Pen: Zack Greinke Makes Dodgers Favorites for NL Pennant: Big signing for the Los Angeles Dodgers over the weekend. They got pitcher Zack Greinke‘s autograph on a contract. As loaded...
• 12/10 Lasorda's Lair: What Will The Back-end Of The Dodger Rotation Look Like in 2013?: So after the Dodgers have now signed Zack Greinke, and Hyun-jin Ryu, it’s time to look at what the Dodger rotation might look...
• 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 Baseball Jerks: Dodgers Continue to Spend, Sign Zack Greinke: It wasn’t so long ago that the Los Angeles Dodgers were a pawn in Frank McCourt’s divorce proceedings and were financially...
• 12/9 mlbreports.com : Broxton, Marshall and Chapman: Modern Day Nasty Boys?: Sunday, December.9, 2012 Matt Steinmann (Guest Baseball Writer and Reds Correspondent): The resigning of Jonathan Broxton is an...
• 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Under the Radar Free Agents: American League: By Nick CesareA countdown of unheralded Free Agents: American Leaguers #10-6In the offseason, the focus is on the big name free...
• 12/9 MLB Injury News: Rangers Rumors: Renewed Focus on R.A. Dickey Likely: The Texas Rangers have not quite had the offseason they've envisioned.  They clearly want Justin Upton from the Arizona...
• 12/9 Kings of Kauffman: Remember When? December 8, 1992 – Royals Sign David Cone: On this date 20 years ago, the Royals were looking to add a top of the line starting pitcher. In 1989, they’d finished second...
• 12/9 Lasorda's Lair: The Impact of Zack Greinke On The Dodger Pitching Staff: The other day I wrote this post, mostly out of frustration. At the time it appeared that Zack Greinke had preferred the Rangers...
• 12/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: “David Price Day” in Tampa, Carillon Developer Looks To Move On: David Price had an unbelievable season in 2012, becoming the first player in the history of Major League Baseball in Florida to...
• 12/9 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Notes: Greinke, Sanchez, Ryu: As the 2011 Angels and the 2012 Marlins can attest to, money doesn't always buy championships, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports writes. ...
• 12/9 MLB Injury News: Zack Greinke and the Los Angeles Dodgers Agree to Huge Contract: After being all but out of the negotiations with Zack Greinke, the Dodgers suddenly became the favorites again to sign the young...
• 12/9 Baseball Musings: I’ll Have a Blue Grenike: Zack Greinke and the Dodgers reached an agreement: The Los Angeles Dodgers have reached an agreement in principle to sign free-agent...
• 12/9 Call to the Pen: Dodgers Sign Zack Greinke: The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to spend freely. Their newest addition is 29-year-old Zack Greinke, the biggest pitching prize...
• 12/8 Mets360.com: Sandy Alderson’s window is closing: I’ve typically been a Sandy Alderson supporter.  He inherited a series of poor contracts and a team owned by ownership that...
• 12/8 mlbreports.com : When Can The Baseball Writers For The Hall Of Fame Consider Cheating Through PED Use, Or Not?:   Saturday, December.7, 2012 Prof. Wes Reber Porter and Dan Dressman (Special Guest Writers): When the 2013 MLB Hall of Fame...
• 12/8 Lasorda's Lair: Have Fun Pitching On The Equator Greinke!: Let me present you a scenario if you will. Hypothetically speaking, play along with me. You’re Zack Greinke. You’ve won...
• 12/7 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' news - Silverio, Ryu, rotation, Sanchez, Shields, Lohse, prospects: It's been a busy week without it having been a busy week. Sounds weird, I know. But the Dodgers have been involved in tons of...
• 12/7 Motor City Bengals: The Kansas City Royals are Terrifying: One of the things I disliked the most about not having my laptop for several days was trying to follow Hot Stove news. I generally...
• 12/7 Justin Jabs: Friday Morning Reader: Marcum thoughts, Counsell staying put, Dickey on the Daily Show and more: I’ve been trying to get into a pattern lately. Every morning, I wake up to the wonderful app Mornings (highly recommended)...
• 12/7 Behind the Plate: Behind the Trade: Revere Rides to Philly     After speculation that the Phillies were dangling pitcher Cliff Lee for an outfielder like [...] ...
• 12/7 Rising Apple: Mets Could Get Mike Olt for Dickey; Blue Jays Will Deal Catcher for Prospects: Although the Mets left Nashville without any significant deals done, Sandy Alderson said they made progress in regards to the...
• 12/7 MLB Injury News: R.A. Dickey May Pitch for Mets Without Contract Extension: It's easy to forget that R.A. Dickey is still under contract for the 2013 season.  That's because there have been so many...
• 12/7 Lasorda's Lair: Winter Meetings Much Ado About Nothing Thus Far For Dodgers: Paging Ned Colletti and Stan Kasten, the Winter Meetings have officially entered their final day. Dodgers fans have been waiting...
• 12/6 Rising Apple: Glory Days: Bret Saberhagen: While nothing materialized for the Mets over the Winter Meetings, one of the teams constantly linked to a potential trade for...
• 12/6 Kings of Kauffman: To trade, or not to trade, that is the question: The winter meetings have been, for the Royals at least, a whole lot of speculation without much activity. It’s like lighting...
• 12/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Joss Fills Second Rotation Spot In Tribe’s All-Time Team: By Ronnie Tellalian Addie Joss’ candle burned bright in Cleveland. Unfortunately his flame was extinguished too soon. Two days...
• 12/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Is The Time Right for the Rays to Trade James Shields?: We’ve been hearing nonstop about the Rays’ pitching depth- and how the Rays would be better served trading a starter...
• 12/6 Rising Apple: The R.A. Dickey Saga Continues: Sandy Alderson and the Mets have been very busy this week in Nashville, despite not making any moves. They’ve had numerous...
• 12/6 Rising Apple: 2012 Winter Meetings: Mets Enter Final Day in Nashville: 7:16 AM: Andy Martino reports the Mets are sitting on one “acceptable” offer for R.A. Dickey, but Alderson’s...
• 12/6 MLB Injury News: Brian Wilson Rumors: Nine Teams Interested: When the San Francisco Giants surprisingly non-tendered Brian Wilson, there was immediate interest in the All-Star closer across...
• 12/6 Mets360.com: Should the Mets think short-term or long-term when it comes to R.A. Dickey?: One of the hot-button topics at the Winter Meetings in Nashville this week is what are the Mets going to do with reigning NL Cy...
• 12/6 Puckett's Pond: Twins Winter Meetings Day 3: Yes, the Twins do have representatives in Nashville: If you’re tapped into the Minnesota Twins talk in the Twittersphere, you’ve probably read (or tweeted) panic over...
• 12/5 MetsToday.com: R.A. Dickey On The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: In case you went to bed early, below you can see the “circuitous” R.A. Dickey on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart....
• 12/5 Jays Journal: Blue Jays Hall of Fame Ballot Profile: David Wells: The 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot has been released to the Baseball Writers of America Association, and as expected, it has...
• 12/5 The Baseball Haven: Is Zack Greinke Worth More Than $100 Million?: Zack Greinke is an excellent pitcher, having won the 2009 American League Cy Young with Kansas City and accumulating 91 wins in...
• 12/5 Kings of Kauffman: Winter Meetings Day 2 Wrap Up: Royals Still Lurking and Someone’s Interested in Jeff Francoeur: Day two of the Winter Meetings wrapped up with still little movement overall. A few players signed deals but the marquee names...
• 12/5 Reviewing the Brew: Winter Meetings Day 2: As the Rumors Churn: Well, the sun set on the second day of the Winter Meetings in Nashville. Once again, there is little to actually report from the...
• 12/5 MLB Injury News: R.A. Dickey's Agent Would Not Be Surprised by a Trade: Should the New York Mets not extend R.A. Dickey's contract and trade him instead, it would not surprise his agent Bo McKinis....
• 12/4 Rising Apple: Rumor: Dickey to LAD?: Day 2 of the winter meetings has brought more talk, and no action if you’re a Mets fan. The Red Sox made news today with...
• 12/4 Rising Apple: Royals and Blue Jays Seem Most Compatible Mets Trade Partner: The Winter Meetings got off to a quick start yesterday; we saw Angel Pagan get $40 million over four years to stay with the Giants,...
• 12/4 Baseball Jerks: Nationals Sign Dan Haren, Add to Deep Starting Rotation: The best team in the Majors during the regular season last year is doing what it can to maintain that status going into 2013....
• 12/4 Call to the Pen: Phillies, D-backs Discussing Blockbuster?: According to Pedro Gomezof ESPN, the Philadelphia Phillies have entered the Justin Upton sweepstakes and while they aren’t...
• 12/4 Baseball News Source: Mets Demands for R.A. Dickey Not Reality: Dickey has become THE topic of discussion at the winter meetings According to sources the New York Mets have talked to at least...
• 12/4 Lasorda's Lair: Winter Meetings Rumors: R.A. Dickey: Another day, another free agent rumor. The Dodgers have been linked to quite a number of free agents this offseason, but they...
• 12/4 Call to the Pen: Red Sox Interested in Kyle Lohse: According to Jon Heyman, the Boston Red Sox have shown some interest in free agent right hander Kyle Lohse. Heyman notes that...
• 12/4 MLB Dirt: This May Be Jack Morris’ year to get into the Hall of Fame: On July 26, 1977, Jack Morris took the hill for the very first time at Comiskey Park against the Chicago White Sox. The 22-year-old...
• 12/4 MLB Injury News: Mets Rumors: New York ‘Serious’ About Trading R.A. Dickey: The New York Mets have gotten “serious” about trading 2012 Cy Young Award-winning right-hander R.A. Dickey, and they could...
• 12/3 Baseball Jerks: 5 Rumors That Won’t Come True During the Winter Meetings: The Winter Meetings, once a collection of business men meeting to discuss business transactions, have spawned into a free-for-all...
• 12/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Winter Meetings, Day One: The Ned Colletti Truth-O-Meter: After nearly a full day at the winter meetings, only Mike Napoli, Joakim Soria, James Loney, & Angel Pagan have already found...
• 12/3 MetsToday.com: Red Sox Sign Mike Napoli: Scratch another catcher off the list – Mike Napoli has signed a 3-year, $39M deal with the Boston Red Sox. What might this...
• 12/3 District On Deck: Low-Risk Options Could Provide Much-Needed Security Blanket: After non-tendering John Lannan and Tom Gorzelanny on Friday, the Nationals are left without a fifth starter and a long-relief...
• 12/3 Call to the Pen: Mets Could Trade R.A. Dickey This Week: The New York Mets have been alternately fielding offers for and having extension talks with starting pitcher R.A. Dickey going...
• 12/3 Kings of Kauffman: Winter Meetings Day 1: Early Royals Rumors on R.A. Dickey, Anibal Sanchez, Others: Day one of the MLB Winter Meetings is underway in Nashville, Tennessee today and with dozens of baseball writers confined to one...
• 12/3 mlbreports.com : Braves Selling Low on Hanson and Jurrjens: Moneyball Ain’t Alive in Atlanta People: Monday December 3rd, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen:   I was thinking back this week to one of my fave articles from this past year. Being...
• 12/3 MLB Injury News: Brandon Webb Drawing Interest From Teams This Winter: Brandon Webb has not pitched in a Major League game since 2009.  He began having shoulder problems and was never able to...
• 12/2 MLBTradeRumors: Rich Harden, Brandon Webb To Pitch In 2013: Pitchers Rich Harden and Brandon Webb both plan to return to pitching in 2013, according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports (Twitter...
• 12/2 Rising Apple: Contract Offer to Dickey Has Increased, but So Have Trade Talks: As we wait for the Winter Meetings to kick off tomorrow in Nashville, Mets fans are wondering what the latest is on NL Cy Young...
• 12/1 PaulLebowitz.com: The Meaning of the David Wright Signing: A week after Black Friday, it was Blue and Orange Friday as the Mets signed their star third baseman David Wright to an 8-year...
• 12/1 Rising Apple: Can I Borrow Your DeLorean?: This week, the Mets signed David Wright to a new 8 year, $138 million dollar contract extension through 2020.  After locking...
• 12/1 MLB Injury News: Braves Non-Tender Injury-Plagued Jair Jurrjens: Jair Jurrjens is a cautionary tale of not expecting success to continue in pro sports.  Jurrjens was an All-Star in 2011...
• 12/1 RoxPile: If The Dodgers Land Zack Greinke: In a way this is an appropriate continuation of the news that the Los Angeles Dodgers are putting away stacks of money in preparation...

• 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 i70baseball.com: Wil the Royals trade Myers away for starting pitching?Excuse the pun, but is trading away Wil Myers a good idea?...
• 11/30 Radical Baseball: Who pitches to whom?: Yesterday on MLB Network's Clubhouse Confidential program there was a discussion about the American Conference Cy Young award....
• 11/30 Kings of Kauffman: Operation Offseason Improvement: Pitching Trade Partners Part Three: So far this week we’ve looked at the Seattle Mariners and Atlanta Braves organizations pitching. In the final installment of...
• 11/30 Rising Apple: Royals Inquired About R.A. Dickey; Nationals Acquire Denard Span: Royals GM Dayton Moore is determined to improve Kansas City’s starting rotation for 2013; he’s already added Ervin...
• 11/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: Dreaming About Zack Greinke: Over the last 8 years, no other pitcher has ever gotten close to touching Zack Greinke‘s 2009 season. His 9.3 fWAR was a...
• 11/30 Baseball News Source: David Wright and Mets Agree On Extension – 8 – Years $138 Million: Wright’s deal keeps him with the Mets through the 2020 season The New York Mets and third baseman David Wright finally...
• 11/30 Redlegs Review: Reds may boast best rotation in baseball: The Cuban Missile could be enough to push Cincy's rotation over the top by: Chase Fitzgerald Staff Writer With the...
• 11/29 The Baseball Haven: Is Curt Schilling a Hall of Famer?: The 2013 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame class is one for the ages. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, and Rafael Palmeiro...
• 11/29 Blog Red Machine: Chapman to be on Innings Limit: You knew it was coming, didn’t you? The onslaught of opinions of the Reds inking Jonathan Broxton to a three-year, $21MM...
• 11/29 MLB Injury News: Dodgers Rumors: LA Interested in Kyle Lohse: The Los Angeles Dodgers are showing interest in free agent right-hander Kyle Lohse, reports Mark Saxon of ESPN Los Angeles. Source:...
• 11/29 161st and River: Interviews | Tommy John: Tommy John, simply put, is one of the greatest left-handed pitchers of all-time.  His 288 victories over his 26-year career ranks...
• 11/29 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays Next Possible Extension Candidates: With the news that Evan Longoria has been locked up to his second contract extension, one that may well keep him as a member of...
• 11/28 Southside Showdown: Hall of Fame Candidates Announced: The Baseball Writers’ Association of America has published the official 2013 Hall of Fame Ballot. It’s nothing you couldn’t...
• 11/28 mlbreports.com : The Toronto Blue Jays Franchise 1994-2012: Part 2 of a 7 Part Series: Wednesday, Nov.28th, 2012 Note from Chuck Booth:  I am attempting to bring the history for each of the 30 MLB Franchises into...
• 11/28 Rising Apple: Reports on David Wright ‘Inaccurate’; Mets to Non-Tender Pelfrey, Torres, and Acosta: Most of the news yesterday was dominated by the potential contract offers the Mets had given David Wright. First, they allegedly...
• 11/27 60ft6in.com: Rookie Pitchers Of The Year: Wade Miley (28.574 F12) had an excellent rookie season for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The left-hander narrowly missed capturing...
• 11/27 Kings of Kauffman: Operation Offseason Improvement: Pitching Trade Partners Part One: Here we sit a week before the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tennessee meaning it’s time to beat the trade...
• 11/27 Call to the Pen: Cubs Ink Scott Feldman: The Chicago Cubs have wasted little time this off-season in identifying and attacking the players they want on the free agent...
• 11/27 Blog Red Machine: The Search For “It”, Day Four // Heeeeeere’s Johnny!: This is part four of my attempt to find a true “It” factor on the Cincinnati Reds 40 man roster. Each article in the series...
• 11/27 MetsToday.com: Would You Trade R.A. Dickey to the Yankees?: In today’s episode of “Would You …?” we consider the unthinkable: trading a fan favorite and Cy Young...
• 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 mlbreports.com : The Toronto Blue Jays Franchise Pitchers Part 4 Of A 7 Part Series: Monday, November 26th, 2012 Note from Chuck Booth:  I am attempting to bring the history for each of the 30 MLB Franchises into...
• 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 MLBRandomFandom: Under the Radar Free Agents: American League: By Nick CesareA countdown of unheralded Free Agents: American Leaguers #10-6In the offseason, the focus is on the big name free...
• 11/26 Baseball News Source: Rays Extend Evan Longoria for six years, $100 Million: Lonogria has 100 million new reasons to be all smiles The Tampa Bay Rays made a significant investment in the team and the community...
• 11/26 MLB Injury News: Mets More Likely to Extend David Wright Than R.A. Dickey: The New York Mets have more interest in getting a long-term deal worked out for David Wright than they do for R.A. Dickey.  This...
• 11/25 Lasorda's Lair: Four Dodgers Nominated For Gibby Awards: Four Dodgers are nominated for this year’s Gibby awards. The Gibbys are the Greatness in Baseball Yearly award. Each season...
• 11/24 161st and River: 86 Greatest Moments vs. Boston #5-1: #5 | DiMaggio Sets Record | 7/2/1941 On a 3-run home run, part of a 6-run 5th inning, Joe DiMaggio set an all-time...
• 11/24 Kings of Kauffman: More Royals Trade Rumors With No End in Sight: The latest rumor that has everyone abuzz today is Jeff Passan’s report that the Royals are “shopping” outfielder...
• 11/24 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Thanksgiving Hot Stove: Well folks, we've managed to roll off of the couch from our turkey-induced slumbers. Some of us will be no doubt be braving...
• 11/24 Lasorda's Lair: News And Notes On Black, I Mean Blue Friday: I expect everyone to be in the midst of their respective turkey hangovers by now. So on the night of Black Friday, or as I should...
• 11/23 PaulLebowitz.com: Zack Greinke—Free Agency Profile: Name: Zack Greinke Position: Right-handed starting pitcher Vital Statistics: Age—29; Height—6’2”; Weight—200 lbs; Bats—Right;...
• 11/23 Mets360.com: 10 things Mets’ fans should be thankful for: In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, I thought I would form a top 10 list of things Mets’ fans should be thankful for....
• 11/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Giving Thanks For The Rays: Today is Thanksgiving, a day where we, as a nation, sit back and give thanks for those things that we have in life. And with the...
• 11/21 161st and River: 86 Greatest Moments vs. Boston #49-40: #49 | Guidry’s 2-Hitter | 9/15/1978 Ron Guidry continued one of the greatest individual seasons in Major League...
• 11/21 Quantrill's Quandaries: Joel Sherman: Jays are a potential suitor for RA Dickey: Joel Sherman of the New York Post wrote that the New York Mets should consider trading 2012 Cy Young Award-winner R.A. Dickey...
• 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 Halo Hangout: Why It Got Harder To Re-Sign Zack Greinke Today: Today’s free agent signing isn’t going to help the Angels try and re-sign Zack Greinke. The Kansas City Royals signed...
• 11/20 161st and River: 86 Greatest Moments vs. Boston #86-80: On May 7, 1903 the New York Highlanders played the Boston Americans at the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston.  The...
• 11/20 Rising Apple: Mets Would Want “Monster” Package for Dickey; Spring Training Schedule Released: As the Mets continue to walk the fine line of negotiating a contract extension for R.A. Dickey, things get a little more interesting,...
• 11/20 MLB Injury News: R.A. Dickey's Achievment Dwarfs the Deformed List: This past week's crowning of R.A. Dickey as National League Cy Young award winner sets the Tennessee native near the top of...
• 11/19 Mets360.com: Trading R.A. Dickey… For whom?: There has been TOO much talk about the Mets keeping/trading R.A. Dickey without any real discussion over what they think they...
• 11/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: Examining the newest Toronto Blue Jays: Earlier this week the Miami Marlins gutted their team, sending several star players north of the border to the Toronto Blue Jays....
• 11/19 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #26: SP Clayton Kershaw: 2.53 ERA 2.49 FIP 227.2 IP 9.05 K/9 2.49 BB/9 5.5 fWAR A 2012 in brief: Reigning NL Cy Young winner followed up with a season...
• 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 The Baseball Haven: To Start or Not to Start?:  Chapman has made 137 appearances in his brief major league career, all of them out of the Cincinnati Reds bullpen. He has posted...
• 11/18 MLB Injury News: Mets to Make R.A. Dickey a Two-Year Offer: The news broke yesterday that the New York Mets, in their attempt to keep their 38-year old Cy Young Award winner, would offer...
• 11/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Cy Young voting wasn’t so terrible: There’s been a lot of chatter about the selection of Miguel Cabrera as MVP over Mike Trout. Make no mistake, Trout is and...
• 11/17 Rising Apple: Mets to Offer Two-Year Extension to R.A. Dickey: According to Ken Rosenthal, the Mets might be inching closer to extending NL Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey, but still may be very...
• 11/17 Yankees Fans Unite: Joakim Soria should be a Yankees winter target: Last week, ESPN reported that Joakim Soria was interested in signing with the Yankees–but not to be a closer. Instead he...
• 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 Motor City Bengals: Starting Rotation Depth A Concern For Tigers: Starting pitching isn’t a concern for the Tigers. Even if they don’t re-sign the much sought after Anibal Sanchez,...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Johnson, Melvin Best Managers: Davey Johnson and Bob Melvin were named managers of the year on Tuesday after leading their respective clubs to the postseason....
• 11/16 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: Voting for Post-Season Awards – The Baseball Writers Association have recently voted the post season award winners. And I’ve...
• 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 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 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 Baseball With Matt: Fergie as a Cub, Was not a Slug 11/16/12: Hey baseball fans!I'm back with another post! I didn't really know who to blog about, so I looked at the list of Hall of Famers...
• 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 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...
• 11/15 mlbreports.com : Florida Baseball and The San Juan Rays: Thursday November 15th, 2012 Alex Mednick (Baseball Writer and Analyst) Last week Jonathan Hacohen, the founder of MLBReports.com...
• 11/15 Rising Apple: Media Criticism & The R.A. Dickey Situation: Last night, after R.A. Dickey was named the National League Cy Young Award winner, most of the area writers went to work penning...
• 11/15 Rising Apple: Glory Days: Dwight Gooden: Last night R.A. Dickey got the cherry on top of his sterling year in the form of the 2012 National League Cy Young Award. The...
• 11/15 Motor City Bengals: David Price Gets Undeserved Cy Young: You might assume, since this is a Tigers site, that I am going to be ranting about how Justin Verlander got robbed. After all,...
• 11/15 MLB Dirt: R.A. Dickey is the “Maximus” of Queens. Which Character Will Sandy Alderson Portray?: Senator Gracchus from the movie Gladiator: ”Rome is the mob.” Proximo from the movie Gladiator speaking to Maximus: “Listen...
• 11/15 Call to the Pen: David Price AL Cy Young Winner: This is the kind of stuff that was predicted for David Price from the moment he joined the Tampa Bay Rays. The 2012 winner of...
• 11/15 Baseball Analytics: R.A. Dickey wins the NL CYA: R.A. Dickey handily won the National League Cy Young Award in a victory that is great for him personally, really...
• 11/15 Call to the Pen: R.A. Dickey NL Cy Young Winner: The last man standing. R. A. Dickey’s coup in capturing the National League Cy Young award for the New York Mets this season...
• 11/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Thoughts on David Price Winning the Cy Young Award: “That’s why I play the game. I don’t do this for the paycheck, I don’t do this to be an average big-leaguer....
• 11/15 MetsToday.com: Buck Showalter Robbed: While we bask in the glow of R.A. Dickey‘s Cy Young Award win — and get in your celebration quickly, because who knows...
• 11/15 mlbreports.com : 2012 AL and NL Cy Young Award Winners: Thursday November 15th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  Both Cy Young awards were announced yesterday. R.A. Dickey won in the National...
• 11/15 Kings of Kauffman: Rumor Mill – Will KC Go Big?:   Look at all these rumors, surrounding me everyday. This is a fun time of year, but right now trying to separate fact from...
• 11/15 Rising Apple: Mets Make Offer to David Wright; Show Off New Alternate Home Uniforms: Believe it or not, there was some other Mets-related news yesterday besides R.A. Dickey capturing the NL Cy Young Award. It was...
• 11/15 Crashburn Alley: Cliff Lee Had A Pretty Good Season: Remember way back at the start of July, when Cliff Lee had yet to win a game? When the city of Philadelphia was bemoaning his...
• 11/15 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: NL MVP: Buster Posey: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/15 Mets360.com: Dickey reaches mountain top with Cy Young award: Call him C.Y. Dickey! In what most thought to be a lock became a formality on Wednesday when R.A. Dickey captured the 2012 NL...
• 11/15 MLB Injury News: David Price, R.A. Dickey Named 2012 Cy Young Winners: Tampa Bay Rays left-hander David Price and New York Mets right-hander R.A. Dickey were named by the BBWAA as the 2012 American...
• 11/15 Tomahawk Take: R.A. Dickey Getting The Respect Phil Niekro Never Did: R.A. Dickey received 27 of the 32 first-place votes to win the NL Cy Young Award, the first given to a pitcher who primarily throws...
• 11/15 Swingin' A's: Long Lost Friends: The Oakland A’s and the Cy Young Award: Any proud A’s fan can rattle off the myriad of accomplishments that have taken place throughout the storied history of the...
• 11/15 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Finishes Third In Cy Young Voting: Jered Weaver didn’t get the reward Angels fans wanted. Weaver finished third in the AL Cy Young Award balloting with 70...
• 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 Redlegs Review: Cueto finishes fourth in Cy Young voting: The voting results for the National League Cy Young Award were revealed on MLB Network on Wednesday and two Reds finished...
• 11/14 Baseball News Source: Rays David Price Edges Verlander For AL Cy Young Award: Price went 10-2 with a 2.51 ERA against the AL East David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays received 14 of 28 first-place votes, and...
• 11/14 Baseball News Source: R.A.Dickey Becomes First Knuckleballer to Win Cy Young Award: Dickey won 20 games on a Mets team that went 74-88 this past season The New York Mets R.A. Dickey received 27 of 32 first-place...
• 11/14 Rays Colored Glasses: David Price: Cy Young Award Winner: David Price came tantalizing close the the American League Cy Young Award in 2010, finishing second to Felix Hernandez in a year...
• 11/14 Rising Apple: R.A. Wins NL Cy Young Award: Praise be to Dickey!! What we all dreamed of happening finally became a reality tonight as R.A. Dickey has won the NL Cy Young...
• 11/14 Baseball Musings: Dickey Wins Cy Young: R.A. Dickey wins the NL Cy Young Award, the first knuckleball pitcher to win the award. Congratulations to R.A. on a great season....
• 11/14 Baseball Musings: Strange Vote: David Price wins the AL Cy Young award in a very close vote, Price winning 153 points to Justin Verlander‘s 149. Price was...
• 11/14 MetsToday.com: Link: Gee, Parnell Pitch In:   Mets right-handers Dillon Gee and Bobby Parnell parti**** in the food drive at Citi Field today.  The Mets held the event...
• 11/14 Lasorda's Lair: If Kershaw Doesn’t Win The Cy Young, I’ll Scream: Indeed, he better win it. I’m serious, I will scream if he doesn’t. In just a little over three hours the BBWAA will...
• 11/14 60ft6in.com: Cy Young Awards Announced Tonight: The NL and AL Cy Young Award winners will be announced tonight at 6pmET on MLB Network. The AL race appears to be locked up, as...
• 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 Rising Apple: Johan Santana Not Throwing Yet; Special Announcement For Dickey on SNY Tonight: The Mets tweeted a couple pictures of Johan Santana and COO Jeff Wilpon out on Coney Island yesterday contributing to the relief...
• 11/14 Motor City Bengals: Marlins Reboot: This has basically nothing to do with the Tigers – though we’ll get to potential implications at the end – but...
• 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...
• 11/13 Baseball News Source: Washington Nationals Davey Johnson – NL Manager of the Year: Nationals Manager Davey Johnson led the Washington to 98 wins in 2012 Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson was out of baseball...
• 11/13 El Maquino: CLAYTON KERSHAW IS GETTING SCREWED TOMORROW: > The Cards fired Kyle McClellan and picked up former Mets catcher Rob Johnson to replace him on the 40-man and Bryan Anderson,...
• 11/13 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: NL Cy Young: R.A. Dickey: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/13 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 Rising Apple: Thoughts on Latest David Wright, R.A. Dickey Rumors: New stories developed surrounding the long-term futures of both David Wright and R.A. Dickey. In regards to the Mets’ franchise...
• 11/13 Call to the Pen: Rays Stocked with Pitching and Open for Business: For nearly half a decade, the Tampa Bay Rays have brought relevant baseball to the state of Florida and have been a serious player...
• 11/13 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: November 13, 2007: Compiled by Jason Kaminski CC Sabathia wins the 2007 American League Cy Young Award, beating out Boston’s Josh Beckett....
• 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...
• 11/12 El Maquino: CHASTISEMENTS FOR THE MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARDS AND ESPN: > The writers got the Rookie of the Year Awards right today.  Savor the feeling, because it’s the last day that the...
• 11/12 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/12 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 That Ball's Outta Here: The Mets Could Be So Broke They Might Trade David Wright: If the Mets make David Wright available via the trade market, the Phillies ought to send Bernie Madoff a nice basket of muffins...
• 11/11 YankeeAnalysts.com: Will CC Sabathia hold up in 2013?: The conventional wisdom is that CC Sabathia had his worst season in pinstripes in 2012. That conventional wisdom is correct, but...
• 11/10 Kings of Kauffman: The Royals Are Getting Priced Out: Right now there’s a lot of posturing between teams and free agents (and their agents who are looking for their commission)....
• 11/10 Redlegs Review: Words of praise for the 2012 Reds bullpen: by: Chase Fitzgerald Staff Writer The Reds bullpen this season was just flat out nasty.They boasted the best ERA...
• 11/9 Lasorda's Lair: Free Agent Rumors-Angry Birdman Zack Greinke: Today we’ll be discussing the crown jewel of the free agent pool for starting pitchers, Zack Greinke, also known as Angry Birdman....
• 11/9 Full Spectrum Baseball: A New York Met Has Found His Way To The DL…In NovemberOh, for the love of God! It’s November 6th and a New York Met has found a new and exciting way to get hurt....
• 11/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Floating Rumors Like R.A. Dickey’s Knuckler: There was a colossal freakout of rumor and innuendo when the story broke that the Mets would consider trading National League...
• 11/9 Rising Apple: Alderson Discusses Progress of Off-Season Plans at GM Meetings: The GM Meetings are wrapping up today in California, and there have been plenty of rumors going around surrounding the Mets. The...
• 11/9 Swingin' A's: Billy Beane: Best In The World: Over the years there has been no shortage of recognition for A’s General Manager Billy Beane.  Heck, they made a movie...
• 11/9 Lasorda's Lair: Free Agent Rumors: Anibal Sanchez: According to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com, the Dodgers are targeting Hiroki Kuroda and Anibal Sanchez as their top two free agent...
• 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: Brewers All-Time Team v.2012: Today, we're taking a look at the Brewers All-Time team.Last year's inaugural team can be seen here. As part of our roster revamping...
• 11/8 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: NL Manager of the Year: Davey Johnson: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/8 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 Call to the Pen: Hall Of Fame Nominee Bill Dahlen: Bill Dahlen would have a better chance of making it into the Baseball Hall of Fame if John McGraw, or Tinker, Evers or Chance...
• 11/8 Rising Apple: Wheeler and Harvey Considered “Untouchable”; Dickey Named Cy Young Finalist: The GM Meetings began yesterday in California, and will run through tomorrow. While Sandy Alderson is not looking to sign any...
• 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 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Catching up on Dodgers' news: Kerhsaw, Greinke, Sanchez, prospects: Clayton Kershaw is one of the three finalists for the National League Cy Young Award. He's competing against the Mets' R.A....
• 11/7 Baseball News Source: Rays News – Joel Peralta re-signed to two-year deal: Peralta signs new deal with Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Rays reliever Joel Peralta wanted to stay with the team all along. ”I wish...
• 11/7 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: AL Manager of the Year: Buck Showalter: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: How A Sabermetrics Nerd Predicted Last Night’s Election And Changed Politics Forever: The date was October 14th, 1984. The Tigers led the Padres 3 wins to 1 loss in Game 5 of the World Series. Behind 5-4 in the top...
• 11/7 Rising Apple: Nothing New on Wright or Dickey, But There Are Predictions For Melky: Want to know something new in regards to the contract negotiations between the Mets and David Wright and/or R.A. Dickey? Well,...
• 11/7 Tomahawk Take: A Short Case for a New Award: Despite all the talk about how the most dominant relievers this year deserved to be in the discussion for the Cy Young Award,...
• 11/6 Kings of Kauffman: Jake Peavy Deal Could Set Jeremy Guthrie’s Pricetag: On Tuesday, the Chicago White Sox declined the $22 million option for Jake Peavy‘s 2013 season, then signed him to a two...
• 11/6 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: NL Rookie of the Year: Bryce Harper: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/6 Rising Apple: Dickey Could Draw Interest From Multiple Teams; D-Backs Intrigued About Dealing Upton: The NL Cy Young Award won’t be announced until November 14th, but R.A. Dickey is already picking up some hardware; the knuckler...
• 11/6 Call to the Pen: Oakland A’s Crazy To Bring Bartolo Colon Back: This one comes under the category of What are they thinking? The Oakland A’s are bringing pitcher Bartolo Colon back to...
• 11/6 For Baseball Junkies: BBA Announces Goose Gossage and Walter Johnson Award Winners for Starting and Relief Pitchers: Yesterday, the Baseball Bloggers Alliance announced this year's Goose Gossage and Walter Johnson awards recipients (you can see...
• 11/6 District On Deck: 2012 Season Review: Gio Gonzalez: Nationals fans were not sure what to expect when the team traded four valued prospects for Gio Gonzalez in December 2011. The...
• 11/6 Call to the Pen: Why Risk A Good Thing By Breaking Chapman: All pitchers are born pitchers. -Joe DiMaggio Of course, when DiMaggio uttered those words, pitchers were a completely different...
• 11/5 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 MLB Award Winners—National League Manager of the Year: Awards time is coming up fast in MLB. Yesterday I wrote why Bob Melvin should win the Manager of the Year award on the American...
• 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...
• 11/5 Mets360.com: The Mets and the Cy Young Award: On November 14th, it will be announced whether R.A. Dickey will be the Mets 5th recipient of the NL Cy Young Award or not.  Either...
• 11/5 MLB Injury News: Adam Wainwright Healthy, Talking Extension With Cardinals: Adam Wainwright missed the entire 2011 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.  This came after he finished second...
• 11/5 High Heat Stats: Greg Maddux and 5 and 20 Pitchers: This past spring, birtelcom wrote a piece about Greg Maddux, looking at his pitching efficiency in terms of pitches thrown per...
• 11/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Be Replacing One Upton With Another?: There does not appear to be any doubt that B.J. Upton will be playing his home games outside Tampa Bay next season. But could...
• 11/4 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 Award Winners—American League Manager of the Year: A few weeks ago, I listed my picks for the Cy Young Award in each league. Along with that, I listed who I picked before the season...
• 11/3 Baseball Musings: IBWAA Cy Young: The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America names their Cy Young Award winners: Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball...
• 11/3 AroundTheFoghorn: Reliving The San Francisco Giants’ 2012 Postseason – NLDS Game 3: What? You didn’t think that just because the San Francisco Giants won the World Series, we’d stop gloating, did you?...
• 11/2 MetsToday.com: 2012 Analysis: R.A. Dickey: Let’s see … R.A. Dickey climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, wrote a bestselling book, threw back-to-back one-hit shutouts,...
• 11/2 Call to the Pen: Gold Glovers Always Underappreciated: It is so much more difficult to build a re**** as a great fielder than it is as a great hitter. The big boppers and their stats...
• 11/2 Mets360.com: Hall of Famers who played for the Mets: How many of the 11 players who have been enshrined in Cooperstown who have also played for the Mets can you name? Most of these...
• 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...
• 11/1 BoSox Injection: Red Sox, Angels Discussing Potential Haren Trade: As the first rumors of the offseason begin to circulate, the Red Sox are right in the center. MLB Trade Rumors has reported that...
• 11/1 Lasorda's Lair: Injuries And Poor Hitting Doom Dodger Season-2012 Season Review: So This is it. The big enchilada. This is the season review post I had up on Call to the Pen a few weeks ago. This is the review...
• 11/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Could a Rays-Royals Blockbuster Possibly Happen?: The Rays and Royals are a pair of polar-opposite organizations. The Rays have done a major franchise turnaround on have been one...
• 11/1 Motor City Bengals: A Thank You To Jose Valverde: The Detroit Tigers have come out and publicly stated that they are prepared to move on from Jose Valverdeas the closer of their...
• 11/1 Mets Merized: Is Reliever Joel Peralta In Mets Future?: Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors have posted their seventh annual Top 50 Free Agents List with predictions. It’s one of...

• 10/31 StanGraphs: Contract Extension: Jake Peavy and the White Sox are Getting Back Together: It’s a good thing Jake Peavy finally managed to keep all of his body parts attached and in working order during the 2012...
• 10/31 Through The Fence Baseball: Jake Peavy signs two-year extension with White Sox: One of the most sought-after free agents this winter has already made a decision. Jake Peavy and the Chicago White Sox agreed...
• 10/31 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: Ryan Vogelsong: Giant pitchers threw 144 innings in the post season and gave up 47 runs. Ryan Vogelsong pitched 24-2/3 of those innings (about...
• 10/31 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: October 31, 1972: Compiled by Jason Kaminski **** Perry becomes the first Cleveland Indians pitcher to win the American League Cy Young Award. ...
• 10/31 AroundTheFoghorn: Twelve Ways The ’12 Giants Made History: Marco Scutaro exulting in a cinematic downpour as the Giants clinched the pennant. A viral #RallyZito hashtag that united Giants...
• 10/31 MLB Injury News: White Sox Extend Jake Peavy for Two More Years: It was unclear if Jake Peavy would return to Chicago next season.  The White Sox did not seem certain that they would pick...
• 10/30 Baseball News Source: Mets Exercise 2013 Options on David Wright and R.A. Dickey: Mets expected to sign both Vicky and Wright to long-term deals The New York Mets have exercised their 2013 contract options on...
• 10/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Ticket to the Trop: A History Of Stadium Controversy: Last week, St. Petersburg’s mayor, Bill Foster, said the Rays couldn’t build a new stadium outside of Pinellas County. Two...
• 10/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pitchers Break, But You Still Need Them: Zack Greinke: “Pitchers break,” said Dodgers chairman Mark Walter in explaining that the team might be reluctant to offer a long-term...
• 10/30 STLCardinalBaseball: STL Cardinal Baseball 2012 Awards: With the end of the 2012 season it is time to officially unveil the biggest awards known to mankind, the STL Cardinal Baseball...
• 10/29 MLB Injury News: Bartolo Colon Hit in the Face by a Line Drive: Bartolo Colon, who was recently suspended by Major League Baseball for using performance enhancing drugs, was hit by a come-backer...
• 10/29 It's About the Money (Stupid): Will Kuroda get a qualifying offer?: You couldn't ask for a much better bargain than Hiroki Kuroda. Signed to a one year, $10 million contract on the same day...
• 10/29 MLB Injury News: Justin Verlander Says Teams Like Nationals Should Let Their Pitchers Pitch: While the initial focus will be on the San Francisco Giants for winning the World Series, the Washington Nationals will soon find...
• 10/29 MLB Injury News: Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw Wins Roberto Clemente Award: One of the top honors in baseball - THE top honor in my opinion - went to Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday....
• 10/29 Kings of Kauffman: Reviewing WARs of the Past: Pitcher’s Edition Part 1: I recently wrote an article about Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and how Royals hitter’s of the past have faired with this...
• 10/29 That Ball's Outta Here: Giants World Series Win Means They’re Kind of a Dynasty, Maybe: OK, great. The team with the stupid beards won another World Series. Let’s all punch ourselves in the face. Yes, the Giants...
• 10/29 MLBTradeRumors: Top Offseason Storylines For 2012-13: Blockbuster trades, nine-figure free agent contracts and shrewd minor league signings will all be completed in the coming months,...
• 10/28 Venom Strikes: 3 Great Trades in Arizona Diamondback History: There is no shortage of activity during this playoff season of those non-postseason teams trying to improve themselves so they...
• 10/28 WahoosOnFirst: This Week on Wahoo’s on First: Judging Shapiro and Managerial Candidates: We celebrated a big anniversary at Wahoo’s on First this week, but that’s not the only interesting thing that’s...
• 10/28 i70baseball.com: Regardless of expectations, St. Louis Cardinals were beaten by a better team: Although the St. Louis Cardinals looked poised for another exhilarating run to a championship while up three games to one on the...
• 10/28 Call to the Pen: Nothing Can Stop Giants: It was nice seeing you, Detroit. Shut the lights off on your way out of the playoffs. By definition, any team that can come back...
• 10/28 PaulLebowitz.com: Tim Lincecum’s Future as Starter or Reliever: Because Tim Lincecum had such a poor season and has been effective as a reliever in the post-season, there’s been speculation...
• 10/28 MLB Injury News: Tim Lincecum Rumors: Giants Won’t Trade The Freak: People familiar with the situation tell Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com that there’s “no way” the San Francisco Giants will...
• 10/28 MLB Injury News: Why Justin Verlander is Worth Every Penny the Tigers Haven't Paid Him: Justin Verlander is better than me.  His name is equally awesome, but he is better.  There's no doubt about that.  When...
• 10/28 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Put 3-0 Collar On Tigers; One Win Away From World Series Victory: The national media has continued to count the San Francisco Giants out, but despite their proclamations and predictions –...
• 10/27 Blog Red Machine: Cueto Continues Positive Steps: Every time Johnny Cueto takes the mound, Reds fans see his continuing maturity and growth. No one should ever question Cueto’s...
• 10/27 mlbreports.com : There Will Never Be Another 300 Game Winner: Saturday October 27th, 2012 Luke Whitecotton (Guest Writer):   Let me thrown four names out there: Cy Young, Nolan Ryan, Greg...
• 10/27 Blog Red Machine: The Reds Fans Have Spoken! And the Winners Are…: All through last week, we had created polls concerning four separate categories for BRM’s year-end awards. Those categories...
• 10/26 mlbreports.com : 2012 MLB Trade Deadine Deals Revisited for Contenders:: Friday, October.26/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): I love the new era of baseball.  One thing the 2nd Wild Card team...
• 10/26 Kings of Kauffman: Operation Offseason Improvement: Starting Pitchers who can help the Royals: This offseason we know the Kansas City Royals must get better and the biggest area of improvement must be starting pitching. As...
• 10/26 Fire Brand of the American League: A Contract Extension for Jon Lester?Chip wonders if the Red Sox should extend Jon Lester now,...
• 10/26 MLB Injury News: Tim Lincecum Rumors: Giants Won’t Trade The Freak: People familiar with the situation tell Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com that there’s “no way” the San Francisco Giants...
• 10/26 MLB Injury News: Why Justin Verlander is Worth Every Penny the Tigers Haven't Paid Him: Justin Verlander is better than me.  His name is equally awesome, but he is better.  There's no doubt about that....
• 10/26 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers 2012 Season Review- Starting Rotation: Even though the Dodgers lost Ted Lilly in the early start of the 2012 season, they lost Chad Billingsley with a torn elbow ligament...
• 10/25 Tyler's Think Tank: Sandoval, Giants Blast Tigers: The San Francisco Giants started the 2012 Fall Classic on the right foot by routing the Detroit Tigers 8-3 in Game 1 last...
• 10/25 Baseball Analytics: Nine to Know: World Series Game 1, 8-3 Giants: 1. Justin Verlander is human - Verlander went just four innings and allowed five runs on six hits , walking one...
• 10/25 For Baseball Junkies: Sandoval Hits 3 Home Runs in Game One of 2012 World Series: Pablo Sandoval etched his name in the baseball history books last night, becoming the fourth player in baseball history to hit...
• 10/25 22gigantes.com: Tigers at Giants: World Series Game 2 preview: What will Pablo do tonight? After an epic performance in Game 1 of the 108th World Series, in which Pablo Sandoval went 4-for-4...
• 10/25 mlbreports.com : Giants vs. Tigers: Who Will Win the 2012 World Series?: Thursday October 25th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Writer): Who Has The Edge In The Starting Pitching Department? The Tigers’...
• 10/25 Fire Brand of the American League: Getting their freak on: Two teams with two needs and two players who meet them. Should the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants consider trading Jacoby...
• 10/25 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Sandoval Crushes Three Homers In Game One Win: In the world of baseball today, it seems like it would be foolish to predict so much as a loss to Justin Verlander, who won the...
• 10/25 Call to the Pen: Giants Thrash Tigers in Game One Win: In a match up of former Cy Young winners, not many had given left hander Barry Zito or his San Francisco Giants against the...
• 10/25 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Giants Unleash Panda-Ball on Helpless Tigers: Pablo Sandoval other wise known as the “Kung Fu Panda” joined the ranks of Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson and Albert...
• 10/24 Mets Merized: Analyzing The 2012 Mets Pitching Staff Using The Factor12 Rating:   For the most part, Mets fans were pleasantly surprised with the production of the Mets pitching staff in 2012. The bullpen...
• 10/24 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Hitters Need To Jump On Barry Zito Early: On paper tonight’s pitching matchup isn’t anything to get excited about. In Justin Verlander vs. Barry Zito we have the reigning...
• 10/24 PaulLebowitz.com: San Francisco Giants vs Detroit Tigers—World Series Preview and Predictions: San Francisco Giants vs Detroit Tigers Keys for the Giants: Keep runners off the bases in front of Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder;...
• 10/24 Full Spectrum Baseball: Barry Zito …. the pitcher du jourBarry Zito, the suddenly now relevant lefty, will pitch Game 1 for the San Francisco Giants tomorrow night....
• 10/24 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays Need To Make A Decision On David Price: Over Andrew Friedman’s tenure as General Manager of the Tampa Bay Rays, the Rays have been proactive in regards to locking...
• 10/24 The Flagrant Fan: Dunn and Rodney are lazy picks for comeback awards: The Comeback Player of the Year Award is a strange animal. Basically, you qualify for the award if you completely sucked the...
• 10/24 Baseball Musings: World Series Preview, Tigers Versus Giants: The Tigers and Giants begin the 2012 World Series Wednesday night, the first time these original modern era franchises meet in...
• 10/23 Philly Phanatics: World Series preview: The Tigers are red hot - and so are the Giants...once they spot their opponents a 2-game series lead. Ron Opher previews the...
• 10/23 Motor City Bengals: Predicting The San Francisco Giants’ World Series Pitching Rotation: Game One: Barry Zito, LHP The Giants haven’t made an official announcement regarding their pitching rotation, but it seems apparent...
• 10/23 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: October 23, 1984: Compiled by Jason Kaminski Rick Sutcliffe, who was 16-1 for the Cubs after arriving from Cleveland two days before the June 15...
• 10/23 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Titanic’s Deck Chairs Are Now In Order: The 2012 season for the St. Louis Cardinals came to a rather abrupt, sobering halt tonight.  Taking time to reflect and collect...
• 10/22 Mets Merized: Analyzing The 2012 Mets Pitching Staff Using The Factor12 Rating:   For the most part, Mets fans were pleasantly surprised with the production of the Mets pitching staff in 2012. The bullpen...
• 10/18 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The Tigers just need to win one of the next four games to advance to the World Series. CC Sabathia will try to stop them on Thursday...
• 10/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: PATHETIC AT THE PLATE: sac ri fice [sak ruh fahys] noun, verb: the surrender or destruction of something prized or desirable for the sake of something...
• 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,...
• 10/8 60ft6in.com: Ranking My Division Series Games: Post-season baseball equals intense drama and the best-of-5 Division Series have created some compelling games over the past 17...
• 10/7 PaulLebowitz.com: Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals—NLDS Preview and Predictions: Washington Nationals (98-64; 1st place, NL East) vs St. Louis Cardinals (88-74; 2nd place, NL Central; Won Wild Card Game over...
• 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 PaulLebowitz.com: Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics—ALDS Preview and Predictions: Oakland Athletics (94-68; 1st place, AL West) vs Detroit Tigers (88-74, 1st place, AL Central) Keys for the Athletics: Get depth...
• 10/5 The Baseball Page: The O’s, The A’s and 10 Things That Would Have Been Stupid To Say In April: Every baseball season defies prediction. And yet every year, blowhards...
• 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 The Writer's Journey: New TWJcards on tumblr: XFL running back “He Hate Me,” Doctor Who, and Dexter have all been featured on TWJcards on tumblr over the past couple...
• 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 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: 2012 Final Ratings: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 10/4 60ft6in.com: Marlins Whiffed on Greenberg: So Adam Greenberg got his at-bat, striking out on three R.A. Dickey knuckleballs Tuesday night. - The fact that he got another...
• 10/4 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Say Adieu to 2012 Season in Winning Style Behind Their Ace Clayton Kershaw: Dodgers 5 8 0 Giants 1 3 1 WP- Kershaw (14-9) LP- Hensley (4-5) HR- Castellanos (1), Rivera (9)   Game 162. Here we are....
• 10/3 Blog Red Machine: Reds to face San Francisco Giants in NLDS: The Washington Nationals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1 this afternoon, guaranteeing the Reds will be the No. 2 seed in...
• 10/2 The Baseball Page: Bucky Dent unlikely home run helps the New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox in a dramatic one-game playoff: October 2, 1978 - Bucky "Bleeping" Dent's unlikely home run helps the...
• 10/1 MetsToday.com: Cy Young Smackdown: R.A. Dickey vs. Craig Kimbrel: There’s already been plenty of discussion about the relative merits of starting pitchers and relievers for Cy Young consideration....

• 9/30 Braves Journal: Braves 6, Mets 2 (recapped by Adam M.): This September ends on a high note. The Braves took care of business this afternoon, beating the Mets and wild rookie Jenrry Mejia...
• 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...
• 9/30 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The day starts off with a great pitching matchup in a game that will help determine who goes to the playoffs. Zack Greinke and...
• 9/29 Baseball Musings: All or Nothing Sale: Chris Sale leaves the Rays/White Sox game after 3 1/3 innings with a very strange line. He struck out seven batters, but also...
• 9/29 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Washington clinches their first pennant: September 29 1913 On George McBride Day, honoring the Nats SS, Walter Johnson collects his 36th victory of the year, beating the...
• 9/29 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Yankees can clinch a playoff spot with a win against Toronto this afternoon and an Angels loss later in the day. Andy Pettitte...
• 9/28 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 25: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 9/28 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: September 28, 2007: Compiled by Jason Kaminski The Indians defeat the Royals 5-3 for their 95th win of the season. C.C. Sabathia set the pace for...
• 9/26 Kings of Kauffman: Market Fresh: Dan Haren: Even after the Royals traded away Zack Greinke, the knowledge that he’d be a free agent after 2012 was well known and the...
• 9/25 Baseball Musings: Price Control: David Price pitches a complete game against Boston, walking none and striking out 13 as the Rays keep hope alive with a 5-2 win....
• 9/25 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Cole Hamels and the Phillies host the Nationals, and Hamels gets to face Bryce Harper again. Since the initial plunking, Bryce...
• 9/25 PaulLebowitz.com: National League East—2012 Present and 2013 Future: Click to read about the AL East, Central, and West. Here’s the NL East. — Washington Nationals For some it’s a validation...
• 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 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: JJ Stankevitz Talks Chicago White Sox: The Indians head off on their final road trip of the season today as they go to Chicago to face the division-leading White Sox....
• 9/24 Tyler's Think Tank: Gio Earns 20th Win: Gio Gonzalez became the first pitcher to reach the 20 win plateau this season after his Washington Nationals routed the...
• 9/24 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox: The Indians’ time in Kansas City offered two examples of Cleveland sports wishful thinking: that excess runs could be redistributed...
• 9/23 Baseball Musings: Weaver at 19: Jered Weaver pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing the White Sox one run as the Angels took home a victory 4-1. Weaver once against...
• 9/23 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Athletics and Yankees follow up Saturday’s wild game with a good pitching match-up as A.J. Griffin faces Hiroki Kuroda....
• 9/22 Baseball Musings: Dickey Dominates: R.A. Dickey picked up his 19th win in another well pitched game as the Mets defeat the Marlins 4-3. He pitched eight shutout innings,...
• 9/21 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 24: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 9/20 Lasorda's Lair: The Greatness Of Clayton Kershaw Can’t Be Overstated: The greatness of Clayton Kershaw cannot be overstated. At only 24 years old, the reigning Cy Young award winner has accomplished...
• 9/19 El Maquino: SHOCKER: LOHSE BEATS ‘STROS: THE POSTGAME Kyle Lohse did what Kyle Lohse does, going seven shutout innings and turning over to the bullpen and the offense...
• 9/19 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Bits of Tid and Other Hipster Yadi Miscellanea: When you your mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention, you must...
• 9/16 PaulLebowitz.com: American League Central—2012 Present and 2013 Future: I recently looked at the AL East, how they’re faring now and their prospects for the future. Now let’s look at the AL Central....
• 9/14 Tyler's Think Tank: Brewers, Phillies Rise from the Dead: For much of the summer, the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies were considered major disappointments, and rightly so....
• 9/14 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Jimmy Piersall is knocked unconscious: September 14 1901 - Cy Young of Boston scores his 30th win of the year, a 12-1 dismantling of the Nationals. 1915 - The Nats George...
• 9/14 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 23: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Labor Day (Monday): September 3, 2012: Once again, the picks labored yesterday (pun intended and Happy Labor Day). It was a struggle to get to nine correct picks for...
• 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 The Baseball Page: Yaz collects his 3,000 hit: September 12, 1911 - In a game billed as a pitchers' duel, Boston's...
• 9/12 WahoosOnFirst: On Chris Antonetti and Necessary Risk: Since he was promoted to Cleveland Indians general manager in 2010, Chris Antonetti’s tenure has been anything but boring. He...
• 9/12 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Waste Another Kershaw Start: Dodgers 0 5 1 Dbacks    1 4 0 WP-Kennedy-13-11 LP-Clayton Kershaw-12-9 SV-Hernandez-3 On a night when we remember the heroes...
• 9/12 The Writer's Journey: TWJ 2012: Nolan Ryan: How amazing is it that Nolan Ryan pitched for twenty-seven years in the majors? Or that only twice he posted an ERA above 4.00…in...
• 9/11 Rising Apple: Spinning Straw Into Gold: Three Reasons Why R.A. Dickey Will Take Cy Young: Tonight R.A. Dickey goes after his 19th win of the season, taking on the Nationals the day after Washington’s Gio Gonzalez reached...
• 9/10 Tyler's Think Tank: Strasburg Shut Down: Stephen Strasburg is done for the season.  Finished.  He will not pitch again in 2012.  End of story. Stick...
• 9/10 MetsToday.com: Do the Mets Have Difference Makers?: NOTE: This is a guest post by longtime, loyal MetsToday commenter “Argonbunnies.” Enjoy. After Omar Minaya’s...
• 9/9 Lasorda's Lair: Blanton, Dodgers Go for Series Win At Phony Book Park (Kershaw Scratched With Hip Injury): Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants M.Ellis 4 Victorino 8 Gonzalez 3 Ramirez 6 Cruz 5 Ethier 9 Rivera 7 Ellis 2 Blanton 1   Clayton Kershaw Joe...
• 9/9 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw, Dodgers Go for Series Win At Phony Book Park: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants   Clayton Kershaw-12-8 vs. Barry Zito-10-8   Just as it appeared the Dodgers were dead in the water,...
• 9/8 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: The Greatest Summer Ever: Kenny Lofton: Each week through the 26 weeks of the 2012 regular season, DTTWLN  will profile and break down the roster of arguably the most...
• 9/7 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 22: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 9/7 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Begin Crucial Series At Phony Book Park: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants M.Ellis 4 Victorino 7 Gonzalez 3 Kemp 8 Ramirez 6 Ethier 9 Kennedy 5 Ellis 2 Beckett 1   Josh Beckett-6-12...
• 9/7 Baseball Musings: Price of an Injury: The Rays decided to skip David Price‘s next turn in the rotation due to soreness in his shoulder. A long recovery would...
• 9/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Yankees continue their series in Baltimore with Phil Hughes taking on Chen Wei-Yin. I probably read more complaints about...
• 9/6 Tyler's Think Tank: Votto Returns: With Votto back in the heart of the order, the Reds should keep on rolling Joey Votto, who hadn't played since July 15th...
• 9/6 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tigers must stop the madness: The Detroit Tigers are running out of rope. Just when all seems right...
• 9/5 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Lemon hits two home runs in one inning: September 5 1908 - Walter Johnson blanks New York for the second consecutive day, 6-0, at New York. 1921 - The all time career...
• 9/5 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Mets and Cardinals offer a compelling afternoon matchup as R.A. Dickey pitches for a Cy Young and Adam Wainwright pitches...
• 9/4 Baseball With Matt: An Interview with Hall of Famer Jim Palmer: Hey baseball fans!Today is my 50th blog post and I will be blogging about a pitcher named Jim Palmer. He is actually...
• 9/4 The Writer's Journey: TWJ 2012: Johnny Cueto: When I started collecting baseball cards, I started dreaming about working for a baseball card company. I didn’t care if...
• 9/3 Lasorda's Lair: Dodger’s Labor Day Season Grades: Today is Labor Day. The annual holiday is known to most for barbecues, beaches, and traffic. For Baseball, it marks the three...
• 9/3 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Johnny Cueto continues his quest for a Cy Young award and the Reds try to keep up their pursuit of the best record in the National...
• 9/1 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: September 1, 2008: Compiled by Jason Kaminski Cliff Lee beats the Pale Hose, 5 – 0, to become the first 20-game winner for the Cleveland Indians...

• 8/31 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 21: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 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 The Baseball Page: N.Y. to L.A.? Dodgers asked Yanks about Sabathia, Teixeira: (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ free-wheeling...
• 8/30 Fire Brand of the American League: Which pitchers could Red Sox get?: If the Red Sox are going to have any hope of making the playoffs next season, the starting pitchers must step up their game. That...
• 8/29 The Baseball Page: Cliff Lee the big red dud: Cliff Lee finally won a game at home.  It took him 11 months and 21...
• 8/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: It’s Chris day in MLB as for Chris take the mound on Tuesday night. Two square off, as Chris Sale and the White Sox take...
• 8/28 Full Spectrum Baseball: In Focus: NL Rookie of the Year Candidates: If you want a good idea of which NL Rookie has the highest Q Score, then you probably have not watched much baseball this season....
• 8/28 The Baseball Page: "Still the best" - even at age 50: At 50 years old, Roger Clemens said he wanted to have some fun in his...
• 8/28 Tyler's Think Tank: Santanas Struggling: 2012 has not been kind to the three (unrelated) Santanas playing in the major leagues this season. Johan Santana (6-9, 4.85...
• 8/27 Lasorda's Lair: Just Another Manic Monday For Beckett In Blue Debut: Dodgers Lineup vs. Colorado Victorino 7 M.Ellis 4 Kemp 8 Gonzalez 3 Ramirez 6 Ethier 9 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Beckett 1   Josh Beckett-5-11...
• 8/27 Bus League Baseball: The Most Uninvited Guest in all of Baseball – Newest Skeeter, Roger Clemens: He’s back.  Like an uninvited guest at your birthday, the man who just won’t stay down and be retired is back.  Now, he’s...
• 8/25 Baseball Musings: Pitching Tired: R.A. Dickey wasn’t in top form today, but his knuckleball fooled the Astros enough for his 16th win. Dickey allowed just...
• 8/25 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Big Train’s 7 inning no-hitter: August 25 1906 - At Washington, the Nats sweep a pair from the White Sox‚ 5-4 and 4-3. The Nats plate 3 runs in the 9th off...
• 8/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tribe’s Past Haunts them Again, Drops Ninth Straight; Yankees 3, Indians 1: By Steve Eby With old friends like the Indians have, who needs enemies? Last Saturday, Bartolo Colon bested his old team by giving...
• 8/24 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 20: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/23 The Baseball Page: The M’s — How Great Thou Art: June 2nd, 1990—that’s a date that a lot of Mariners fans remember....
• 8/23 The Baseball Page: Go Get Them Roger: This weekend when I heard on the news that pitching great Roger Clemens...
• 8/23 Yanks Go Yard: Sluggish Yanks swept by ChiSox; AL East lead cut to three games: The New York Yankees concluded a stretch of twenty games in twenty days in the worst conceived way; dropping three straight to...
• 8/22 Southside Showdown: Reason to Worry?:     Chris Sale is having probably the best season by a White Sox pitcher since Esteban Loaiza’s 2003 campaign, for...
• 8/22 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Try To Avoid Sweep-Defeat SF!: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants Victorino 7 M.Ellis 4 Kemp 8 Ethier 9 Ramirez 6 Loney 3 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Capuano 1   Matt Cain-12-5 vs....
• 8/22 60ft6in.com: Rocket Refuel?: Roger Clemens signed a contract on Monday to play for the Sugar Land (Texas) Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League.  The...
• 8/21 Kings of Kauffman: Luke Hochevar Shocks Tampa Bay Rays in 1-0 Pitcher’s Duel: Looking at the schedule and seeing that David Price was tonight’s scheduled starter is not a  fun feeling. A night after...
• 8/21 Kings of Kauffman: Former Royals Pitchers Who Should Join Roger Clemens in Comeback: Roger Clemens surprised many by signing with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League today. The 50-year-old former Cy Young...
• 8/20 Lasorda's Lair: The Dodgers And The Melky-Less Giants Battle For First Place: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants Victorino 7 M.Ellis 4 Kemp 8 Ramirez 6 Ethier 9 Rivera 3 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Kershaw 1 Madison Bumgarner-13-7...
• 8/20 The Baseball Page: Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto has masterful season: The season is coming to an end. We only have a month and a half remaining...
• 8/20 The Baseball Page: Keep your focus on the starting pitching: What should Phillies fans be looking for with a little over six weeks...
• 8/18 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 19: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/16 WSJ Daily Fix: King Felix Restores Perfect Game’s Luster: The Count: Felix Hernandez has helped raise the bar on perfect games. Along with fellow perfect-game thrower Matt Cain, he's a...
• 8/16 The Baseball Page: Felix Hernandez Perfect: King for a Day, Perfect Forever Felix Hernandez Throws a Perfect Game   Felix...
• 8/16 The Baseball Page: Take a ride on the Kyle Kendrick roller coaster: If Kyle Kendrick's baseball career was a movie, it would be the second...
• 8/15 Tyler's Think Tank: Felix Finds Perfection: Today Felix Hernandez, unquestionably one of the best pitchers in baseball, hurled the 23rd perfect game in major league...
• 8/15 Baseball With Matt: Land of the Free, Home of the Atlanta Braves 8/15/12: Hey Guys!Remember how I promised you guys a blog about the team located in the city that hosted the 1996 Olympics? Well here it...
• 8/15 Baseball Musings: King of the Hill: Felix Hernandez pitched the third perfect game of 2012 Wednesday afternoon, setting a record for most perfect games in a season....
• 8/15 The Baseball Page: A.L. Cy Young watch, August: After a hot July, the MLB season has now gone into August.  With the...
• 8/15 The Baseball Page: Thank You, Sir, May I Have Another?: Most of you know that I am a Mets fan.  In fact, I’m that person...
• 8/15 The Baseball Page: Rice gets 20, 20, 10 and Mantle homers from both sides on This Day in Baseball: On August 15th, 1971 - Vida Blue raised his record to 22-4 as the A's...
• 8/14 El Maquino: THE CARDINALS HAVE A RACE PROBLEM: THE BIG PIECE: THE CARDS’ RACE RELATIONS > Big article today from the Post-Dispatch‘s Jesse Bogan addressing the...
• 8/14 The Baseball Page: MLB Power Rankings: August 13th to 19th: Yes, we took a week off. But, don’t you worry, we’re back in full...
• 8/14 The Baseball Page: Odds To Win World Series: Why The Tampa Bay Rays Are Worth A Wager: The 2012 MLB season is winding down and teams are jockeying for the...
• 8/12 Kings of Kauffman: Finding Royals Fame: I think one of the things you have to do as a fan when your team stinks is look at the glory days and remember when things were...
• 8/10 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 113: Loss to Braves: Braves 4 Mets 0 What happened to the offense? What happened to the “never say die” attitude? Mets Game Notes Looking...
• 8/10 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 18: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/7 The Tomahawk Chop: Do the Braves have the best All-Time Rotation?: Recently, I was thinking about how awesome historical Braves pitchers have been and I began to wonder if they have the best...
• 8/7 PaulLebowitz.com: August Waivers Rodeo—National League: Yesterday I looked at American League players who are going to get through waivers. Now let’s look at the National League. —...
• 8/5 The Baseball Page: National League Post-Deadline Preview: This Ain't a Scene, It's An Arms Race (Part Two) NL Central: This...
• 8/4 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 17: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/2 WahoosOnFirst: Was Derek Lowe’s Implosion Predictable?: The Derek Lowe experiment is over. Speculation was rampant that Lowe was about to lose his rotation spot after he got shelled...
• 8/1 The Baseball Page: Three no-hitters were thrown on This Day in Baseball: Three- no hitters were thrown on this day; two by Hall of Famers Walter...

• 7/31 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Sutcliffe Traded Midseason, Catalyst to Cy Young Award: By Vince Guerrieri In 2009, the Indians became the first team in Major League history to trade Cy Young Award winners in back-to-back...
• 7/31 Blog Red Machine: Reds Win Streak Ends at 10: Well, it was fun while it lasted. We all knew the Reds win streak would end at some point, and did it ever, with an 11-5 loss...
• 7/29 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: July 29, 2009: Compiled by Jason Kaminski With the July 31 trading deadline fast approaching, teams are busy dealing. The Phillies acquire 2008...
• 7/28 Tyler's Think Tank: Angels Win Greinke Sweepstakes: When the Los Angeles Angels signed C.J Wilson last December, adding him to a rotation that already featured a formidable big three...
• 7/28 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: The Greatest Summer Ever: Orel Hershiser: Each week through the 26 weeks of the 2012 regular season, DTTWLN  will profile and break down the roster of arguably the most...
• 7/27 Baseball Musings: More on the Greinke Trade: We now know the parameters of the Zack Greinke deal: The Angels and Brewers reached agreement Friday on a trade that will bring...
• 7/27 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 16: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 7/27 WahoosOnFirst: Indians Rally Against Justin Verlander, Tigers in Huge 5-3 Comeback: Sometimes at the end of the year, you look back on a certain game that—for better or worse—set the tone and forged a path...
• 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 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #99: Detroit Tigers (53-45) at Cleveland Indians (49-49): By Mike Brandyberry Last night the Indians fell behind early, allowing three runs in the first two innings, and could never catch...
• 7/26 Tyler's Think Tank: Hamels Hauls in $144 Million: The Philadelphia Phillies, still wallowing at the bottom of the NL East nine games below .500, just locked up Cole...
• 7/25 The Baseball Page: Biggest Win of the Season for Redbirds: Without being overly dramatic, it's time the Cardinals step up and start...
• 7/25 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 97: Loss to Nationals: Nationals 5 Mets 2 Not even the great R.A. Dickey can halt this slide into the abyss. Mets Game Notes It’s official: R.A....
• 7/24 The Baseball Page: The Pine Tar Game and Wilhelm's 907th on July 24 on This Day in Baseball: July 24, 1912, future Hall of Fame outfielder Tris Speaker starts a...
• 7/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: July 24, 1911: Compiled by Jason Kaminski An American League All-Star team plays the Naps in Cleveland, raising $12,914 for the late Addie Joss‘s...
• 7/23 Tyler's Think Tank: Lester Hits Rock Bottom: Yesterday afternoon, with the Red Sox desperately trying to stave off a sweep at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays, the Bosox...
• 7/22 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Day in D.C. Baseball History – The Big Train Keeps on Rolling: July 22, 1923 Walter Johnson the Washington Senators star pitcher becomes the first pitcher in Major League Baseball history to...
• 7/21 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: The Greatest Summer Ever: Charles Nagy: Each week through the 26 weeks of the 2012 regular season, DTTWLN  will profile and break down the roster of arguably the most...
• 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 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 15: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 7/19 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the Boston Red Sox: We’re down to just two teams from the Junior Circuit–the Yankees and the Red Sox. These should both be pretty interesting....
• 7/17 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians Lost Lottery to Land Tom Seaver: By Vince Guerrieri Tom Seaver and the Mets seem to go hand-in-hand. Seaver’s the only player in the Baseball Hall of Fame (where...
• 7/15 Tyler's Think Tank: Red Sox Pitching First Half Review: Why are the Red Sox sitting at .500 more than halfway through the season?  Since the offense is second only to the Rangers...
• 7/15 The Baseball Page: 2nd Half Power Rankings: 1. New York Yankees Top 10 in ERA, most home runs in baseball and CC...
• 7/13 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 14: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 7/13 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Diamondbacks and Cubs kick off the post-break season this afternoon, but the best contests start Friday night. The Angels...
• 7/12 The Baseball Page: Kirby Puckett Retires and Disco Night on This Day in Baseball: On July 12, 1996, longtime Minnesota Twins star and future Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett announces his retirement due to glaucoma...
• 7/12 The Baseball Page: Disco Night and Kirby Puckett retires on This Day in Baseball: On July 12, 1996, longtime Minnesota Twins star and future Hall of Famer...
• 7/12 PaulLebowitz.com: R.A. Dickey’s Story is Meant for Paperback: How much more money has R.A. Dickey made for himself with his story? I’m not talking about his baseball contract. The Mets have...
• 7/11 Tyler's Think Tank: Hot Pitchers at the Break: Continuing yesterday's theme of players who were in a groove before the Midsummer Classic interruped the season. Ryan Dempster The...
• 7/10 Baseball With Matt: The Greatest Pitchers You've Never Heard Of 7/10/12: Hey Guys!While all of you have heard of the records of Cy Young (511 career wins) and Nolan Ryan (5,714 career strikeouts and...
• 7/9 Kings of Kauffman: A Quick Kansas City Perspective on Booing Robinson Cano: So you’re watching the Home Run Derby on ESPN and Robinson Cano got booed mercilessly when he was introduced to the Kansas...
• 7/9 PaulLebowitz.com: National League—Mid-Season Award Winners: Yesterday I listed my American League mid-season award winners. Now here’s the National League along with my preseason picks...
• 7/8 Baseball Reality Tour: Heaven Help Tim Lincecum: A couple of weeks ago, in the Czech Republic / Portugal match, Cristiano Ronaldo clanked an open shot off the post at the tail...
• 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...
• 7/8 Baseball Musings: No Runs Weaver: Jered Weaver pitched eight shutout innings Saturday night as the Angels beat the Orioles 3-0. In his last 14 2/3 innings against...
• 7/7 Baseball Musings: Cy McDonald: James McDonald keeps looking like a Cy Young Award candidate as he walks none and strikes out ten in seven innings against the...
• 7/7 Kings of Kauffman: Top Royals All-Star Performances: 1987 – Bret Saberhagen: By the time the 1987 All-Star Game was over, Bret Saberhagen’s efforts would almost be forgotten. Saberhagen set the tone early,...
• 7/7 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Red Sox @ A’s Game 81: The A’s defeated the Red Sox today 6-1. There are records that we can all remember, home runs in a season or career (and...
• 7/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: July 7, 2008: Compiled by Jason Kaminski The Indians deal the 2007 American League Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers....
• 7/7 Tyler's Think Tank: All-Star Snubs: Another round of All-Star balloting has come and gone, so that means a few more days of roster analysis before they play the actual...
• 7/6 Up Along First: Series Preview: Mets Head Home To Try To Bury Phillies: The Mets begin a three-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies tomorrow night at 7:10 at Citi Field. The Phillies come into...
• 7/6 Kings of Kauffman: Top Royals All-Star Game Performances: Honorable Mention: Since the Royals are hosting the 2012 MLB All-Star Game, I got nostalgic. While the current team hasn’t been good for very...
• 7/6 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 13: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 7/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Even More or Less Unofficial Twitter Guide to Reds and Brewers Fans – The ReBUTTal: In case you missed it, Bob Netherton over at the blog On the Outside Corner absolutely made every attempt to paint the black yesterday...
• 7/2 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Ed Delahanty’s mysterious death: July 2 1903 - Ed Delahanty passes away at the age of 35 when he falls from a bridge in Bridgeburg, Ontario. The circumstances...
• 7/2 MLB Dirt: An Interview with Cubs Prospect Ian Dickson: When Theo Epstein assumed the helm of the Chicago Cubs front office this past off-season, it became a foregone conclusion that...
• 7/2 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Tampa Bay lost nine of their last 12 games as they host the Yankees in an effort to climb back into the AL East race. Freddy Garcia...
• 7/1 Tyler's Think Tank: AL All-Star Final Vote: The Final Vote for the 2012 Midsummer Classic in Kansas City is now underway.  I find it interesting that all five AL candidates...
• 7/1 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: July 1, 1951: Compiled by Jason Kaminski Veteran Bob Feller pitches the third no-hitter of his career, tying the record (at that time) of Cy...

• 6/29 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 12: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 6/27 PaulLebowitz.com: The Yankee Mentality: When I wrote my prior posting about CC Sabathia’s pulled groin I said that Yankees’ fans were loading up the phone banks to...
• 6/27 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Yankees go for a sweep of the Indians as Ubaldo Jimenez faces Andy Pettitte. Ubaldo allowed six runs in his last four starts,...
• 6/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Cliff Lee—Desperately Seeking A Win?: Where is this headed? Are the Phillies, so desperate to get Cliff Lee a victory on the season, going to insert him into a blowout...
• 6/23 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Twins send Brian Duensing against the Reds and Johnny Cuteo Saturday afternoon. Duensing regained control of his gopher ball...
• 6/22 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 11: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 6/21 PaulLebowitz.com: Trade Felix Hernandez!: At least that’s what Ken Rosenthal suggests in his latest posting on Fox Sports. On the surface, it makes sense. In that same...
• 6/21 Baseball Musings: Pirates Pound Pregnancy Pair: The Pirates pitched, the Pirates hit, and the Pirates pounded the Twins 9-1 Thursday night. James McDonald earned his first career...
• 6/21 Baseball Musings: Matching Starters: Occasional major league pitcher Travis Blackley matched Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw Thursday afternoon as the Dodgers battled...
• 6/19 Baseball Musings: The Knuckle K: TRoy Patterson tries to figure out why R.A. Dickey is striking out so many batters with his knuckleball. It appears he simply...
• 6/18 PaulLebowitz.com: Just In Time For Father’s Day: It’s ironic that two players—one legitimate star and one would-be star—whose fathers are inextricably attached to their...
• 6/17 The Writer's Journey: Before The Machine by Mark J. Schmetzer (2011): Before The Machine: The Story of the 1961 Pennant-Winning Cincinnati Reds by Mark J. Schmetzer Clerisy Press, 2011 280 pages When...
• 6/16 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: The Greatest Summer Ever: Tony Pena: Each week through the 26 weeks of the 2012 regular season, DTTWLN  will profile and break down the roster of arguably the most...
• 6/15 Tyler's Think Tank: Some Random Thoughts: Baseball -On Wednesday night's Yankees/Braves game, in the top of the eighth inning in a 3-2 game with Dewayne Wise in...
• 6/15 Baseball Musings: Greinke and the Royals: Zack Greinke admits he forced the Royals to trade him: “I was pretty rude on the way out,” he said. “I felt...
• 6/13 Baseball With Matt: Proficient Pitchers - Part Two 6/13/12: Hey Guys!Here's part two of my blog of the Proficient Pitchers greatest nicknames ever:The Rocket - Roger ClemensClemens, although...
• 6/13 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: June 13, 1975: Compiled by Jason Kaminski The Cleveland Indians send pitcher **** Perry, who won the Cy Young Award in 1972, to the Texas  Rangers...
• 6/13 The Writer's Journey: Before The Machine by Mark J. Schmetzer (2011): Before The Machine: The Story of the 1961 Pennant-Winning Cincinnati Reds by Mark J. Schmetzer Clerisy Press, 2011 280 pages When...
• 6/12 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: June 12, 1939: Compiled by Jason Kaminski The Hall of Fame is  officially dedicated at Cooperstown, New York. The greatest-ever  gathering...
• 6/10 Baseball With Matt: Proficient Pitchers - Part One 6/10/12: Hey Guys!As I promised in my last blog about fielding nicknames, today I will be blogging about some of the best baseball pitching...
• 6/8 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 9: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 6/6 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Howard and Brinkman Homers lead Senators over O’s: June 6 1912 - Walter Johnson relieves Paul Musser in the bottom of the 6th with the Nationals in the lead, 2-1, over Chicago....
• 6/5 PaulLebowitz.com: My Annual MLB Draft Rant: I tuned into the draft coverage on the MLB Network last night for a brief moment as they were up to pick 40 or so. When talking...
• 6/4 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History: June 4 1904 - Snapping a 10 game losing streak, the Nats score a rare shutout, 2-0, at Chicago. 1906 - The Tigers erupt for 9...
• 6/2 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 53: Win Over Cardinals: Mets 5 Cardinals 0 Another day, another shutout … Mets Game Notes R.A. Dickey didn’t pitch a no-no, but his win counts...
• 6/2 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: The Greatest Summer Ever: Chad Ogea: Each week through the 26 weeks of the 2012 regular season, DTTWLN  will profile and break down the roster of arguably the most...
• 6/2 Tyler's Think Tank: Red Sox Retired Numbers: The Boston Red Sox have as many retired numbers--7--as they do championship banners since they were founded as one of the...
• 6/2 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 8: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....

• 5/31 Baseball With Matt: St. Louis isn't Blue, even with the hockey team 4/15/12: Hey Guys!Like I promised, here's the first blog in Baseball with Matt history about a NL player:Every year, it was basically a...
• 5/31 Baseball With Matt: The "Other" Cy Young 4/6/12: Hey Guys!Happy Opening Day number two! This next blog is the first blog about a pitcher in Baseball With Matt history:Have you...
• 5/30 PaulLebowitz.com: It’s Enough With Jamie Moyer: The jokes are tiresome. The tributes for his longevity worn out. The stuff is no longer even of professional level let alone big...
• 5/28 Tyler's Think Tank: Adam Jones and the Orioles: Here we are, nearly two full months into the 2012 season and the lowly Baltimore Orioles, a once proud franchise turned...
• 5/28 PaulLebowitz.com: The Dodgers Are Lucky And There’s Nothing Wrong With That: Are you wondering how the Dodgers are 32-15 and 7 ½ games in front in the National League West? Here’s how. Journeyman utility...
• 5/27 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 7: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 5/27 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: A Cy Young winner and a Cy Young runner up meet in St. Louis as Roy Halladay and the Phillies take on Adam Wainwright and the...
• 5/27 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Yankees @ A’s Game 47: The A’s and Yankees continue their series with Vallejo native C.C. Sabathia taking the mound against his former teammate...
• 5/27 PaulLebowitz.com: Heath Bell’s Blameworthy Disaster: Before he became a “genius” and a “future Hall of Fame executive”, John Schuerholz was the well-liked and competent GM...
• 5/25 60ft6in.com: Cy Vuck?: Is Pete Vuckovich the worst Cy Young Award winner in history?  Recently, I posted an article about the 1987 NL Cy Young winner...
• 5/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Masterson Trumps Detroit Ace and Helps Sweep Series; Indians 2, Tigers 1: By Craig Gifford If the Cleveland Indians were looking to make a statement in their three-game series with the Detroit Tigers,...
• 5/24 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Roy Oswalt Watch: Roy Oswalt hath descended from the mountaintops to declare himself available to pitch for the right team and presumably, the right...
• 5/23 Baseball Musings: NL Roundup: The Marlins beat the Rockies in a close, high-scoring game 7-6. Ricky Nolasco gave up four runs in six innings, but walked one...
• 5/22 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 43: Win Over Pirates: Mets 3 Pirates 2 When two offensively challenged teams face each other, the level of drama of a game and its outcome are often...
• 5/22 60ft6in.com: Bedrock or Rock Bottom?: For twenty-five years, this baseball enthusiast has wondered if the BBWAA made a colossal blunder in voting Steve Bedrosian the...
• 5/22 NY Baseball Digest: Kerry Wood: What If?: Kerry Wood announced his retirement this past weekend. It’s more of a Chicago story, although Wood briefly played for the...
• 5/21 Full Spectrum Baseball: Jamie Moyer is Old: At age 49, Moyer seems relatively old by Major League Baseball standards. As such, the jokes and one-liners aimed at Moyer have...
• 5/18 Baseball Musings: Verlander in the Eighth: Justin Verlander strikes out the side in the eighth, keeping his no-hitter intact. He threw pitches that hit 98, 99, and 100 MPH...
• 5/18 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 6: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 5/18 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Hudson, Orioles, Draft: On this date in 2004, 40-year-old Randy Johnson threw a perfect game against the Braves. He joined Cy Young, Jim Bunning, Hideo...
• 5/18 Phillies Nation: Don’t Get Excited Over Five Straight Wins: The Phillies are now over .500 for the first time since April 5, 2012. We should not be excited. The Phillies have strung together...
• 5/18 The Daily Catch: They Left Their Mojo In San Francisco: This article is courtesy of our friends at C70 At The Bat Technically, they didn’t leave anything in San Francisco, or at...
• 5/17 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tribe Offense De-Thrones The King; Indians 9, Mariners 3: By Christian Petrila The Indians offense didn’t care that it was going up against a former Cy Young winner, and Ubaldo Jimenez...
• 5/15 Baseball Musings: Zeroes for Zack: Zack Greinke wins Mr. Three True Outcomes for the night, shutting out the Mets for seven innings. He did not walk a batter nor...
• 5/14 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 2004: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 5/13 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Andy Pettitte returns to major league baseball as he starts for the Yankees against the Mariners. This is about as good as the...
• 5/12 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 5: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 5/11 The Daily Catch: Jon Lester’s Weak Early-Season Strikeout Rate: This article is courtesy of our friends at Over The Monster Written by: Matt Sullivan Starting pitching is a major weakness for...
• 5/10 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Big Inning Paces Chicago Past Tribe; White Sox 8, Indians 1: By Craig Gifford According to an old song, “Mama said there’d be days like this.” Mama must have been talking...
• 5/10 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Tigers Finally get to the Mariners: The Detroit Tigers had lost four straight to the Mariners prior to tonight’s contest but with the 2011 Cy Young winner Justin...
• 5/10 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 2003: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 5/8 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: Washington baseball fans go after O’Day: On August 20, 1895 the Cleveland Spiders defeat the Washington Senators 8-7. This game features two well known players. Win Mercer...
• 5/7 High Heat Stats: Good control, low strikeouts: A baseball rarity: A fellow baseball blogger, Sky Kalkman wrote something interesting this morning. In a post exploring the relationship between...
• 5/7 Baseball Musings: Stone Cold Hamels: I just lost respect for Cole Hamels. He intentionally hit Bryce Harper. Hamels drilled the Washington Nationals phenom in the...
• 5/5 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rays Game 28: A former Cy Young Award winner in Bartolo Colon takes on a potential future winner and last year’s American League Rookie...
• 5/4 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 4: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 5/4 Tyler's Think Tank: Around the Horn: April Recap (NL): A continuation of yesterday's post. All stats current through April 30th. Scorching Hot Matt Kemp (.417/.490/.893) The...
• 5/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Soriano Should Replace Rivera: Mariano Rivera was likely lost to the Yankees for the season after tearing his knee—NY Times Story. A decision will have...
• 5/4 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: First place teams collide in Cleveland as the Rangers and Colby Lewis take on the Indians and Jeanmar Gomez. Lewis posted a great...
• 5/2 Tyler's Think Tank: Around the Horn: April Recap (AL): It was a wild first month of baseball in the American League.  Philip Humber tossed a perfect game, Albert Pujols failed...
• 5/1 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 23: Loss to Astros: Astros 4 Mets 3 So far, it’s shaping up to be a season of many one-run games — low-scoring, one-run games, that is....

• 4/29 Kings of Kauffman: Royalman Report: Alan Jaeger and Pitching Development – 7 p.m. CST Sunday: The Royalman Report - logo by @AHairOffSquare Tonight, we’re going to catch up on some of the latest about the Royals and...
• 4/27 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 3: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 4/26 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1999: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 4/23 Tyler's Think Tank: MLB All Decade Team 1900s: Bear with me, for the Dead Ball era is not my area of expertise.  Please call me out if I've made some glaring omission C...
• 4/20 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 2: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 4/20 Baseball Musings: Western Roundup: Freddie Freeman hit two home runs and a double as the Braves crushed the Diamondbacks 10-2. Freeman is Mr. Extra-Base Hit this...
• 4/19 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1995: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 4/17 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1994: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 4/16 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Rays and Red Sox play the annual Patriots Day game at 11 AM EDT in Boston, with James Shields facing Daniel Bard. Shields’s...
• 4/13 60ft6in.com: Did 2005 Cy Young Voting Cost Johan Santana the HOF?: Bartolo Colon, if you’re a fan of this website, you may want to avert your eyes.  The 2005 F12 Rating was released today...
• 4/13 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 1: Aroldis Chapman dominated National League batters during the first week of the regular season.  The Cincinnati Reds’ flame-thrower...
• 4/11 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Cardinals go for a sweep of the Reds as Jaime Garcia faces Johnny Cueto. Garcia dominated Cincinnati in his career, 6-1 with...
• 4/9 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1992: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 4/8 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Mariners Overcome Another Cuban Missile Crisis to Beat the A’s 8-7: The Mariners completed a sweep of the Oakland Athletics in a  two game mini-series tonight by holding on to a 8-7 lead in a game...
• 4/7 Baseball Musings: Pitching and Support: Zack Greinke pitched great and the Brewers generated more than enough runs for him as they defeated the Cardinals 6-0. Zack stuck...
• 4/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #2 – Toronto Blue Jays (1-0) at Cleveland Indians (0-1): By Matthew Van Wormer The Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays made history on Thursday, setting the record for the longest...
• 4/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Brandon Morrow and Ubaldo Jimenez face off in Cleveland as the Blue Jays battle the Indians. Morrow pitched extremely well in...
• 4/6 The Daily Catch: Phillies After Game One: The article is courtesy of Anderson Good The Philadelphia Phillies’ first game on Thursday against the Pittsburgh Pirates shed...
• 4/6 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1991: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 4/4 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: League Park’s Long History Looks To Add New Chapters: By Vince Guerrieri Cy Young opened it – twice. Babe Ruth hit his 500th home run there, and it was the site of the only unassisted...
• 4/4 MetsToday.com: Mets vs. Yankees Brief Notes: Ike Davis ended the game dramatically with a prodigious solo blast over the batter’s eye in the bottom of the ninth to give...
• 4/4 Pitchers Hit Eighth: These Are Predictions, Wrapped In A Burrito, Inside An Eminem: Wrapped in misdemeanor, inside an enemy?  No. Rapped in Miracle Whip, inside an enema?  No. Never mind. The point here is that...
• 4/3 Dropped Strike Three: 15 Bold (and Likely Inaccurate) Phillies Predictions for 2012: 94 Wins, 6th straight NL East title… and it’ll be easier than you think.Juan Pierre will steal 30 bases… and get caught...
• 4/3 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Donald’s Versatility Gives Tribe Value Off Bench: By Craig Gifford If Jason Donald could play only one position, there likely would not be a spot for him on the Cleveland Indians’...
• 4/3 60ft6in.com: The Factor12 Rating: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 4/3 MetsToday.com: Price of Pitching Just Went Up: If you haven’t yet heard, the San Francisco Giants have signed pitcher Matt Cain to a 5-year, $112M extension — which...
• 4/3 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1990: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 4/3 Baseball Musings: NL East Preview: The 2012 division previews continue with the NL East. I’ll use 2011 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) from FanGraphs for the...

• 3/30 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tomlin’s Consistency Necessary For Tribe Rotation: Each week through Spring Training the DTTWLN staff will profile and break down the players in camp for the Indians at Goodyear,...
• 3/30 C70 At The Bat: UCB Prediction Week, Part V: Postseason And Awards: OK, we've spent all week figuring out how the divisions are going to go.  There's no doubt that every one of those posts...
• 3/30 C70 At The Bat: UCB Prediction Week, Part IV: National League West: We continue the March project of the United Cardinal Bloggers by taking a look at the last of our divisions, the NL West.  This...
• 3/30 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1989: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 3/30 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1988: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 3/22 El Maquino: > CARP’S INJURY COMPLICATES THINGS: The newness of the baseball season shattered by a bulging cervical disc in Chris Carpenter’s neck. The Cards’ Opening Day...
• 3/22 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1987: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 3/21 MetsToday.com: Mets vs. Nationals Notes: A few random notes pertaining to Tuesday’s spring training contest between the Mets and Nationals … Dillon Gee‘s...
• 3/21 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 MLB Predicted Standings, Playoffs, World Series and Award Winners: American League American League East Wins Losses GB 1. New York Yankees 94 68 — 2. Toronto Blue Jays 87 75 7 3. Tampa Bay...
• 3/21 Baseball Musings: Parnell Passes: Pitcher Mel Parnell died on Tuesday: Parnell spent his entire 10-year career with Boston, from 1947 to 1956. He was 17 years old,...
• 3/20 The Writer's Journey: Cincinnati Reds IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom by Tucker Elliot and Joe Soriano (2011): Cincinnati Reds IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom by Tucker Elliot and Joe Soriano Black Mesa Publishing, 2011 132 pages Much...
• 3/15 El Maquino: > THE ROYALS AND THE NEW ART OF WINNING AN UNFAIR GAME: During the Glass family’s stingy reign over the Kansas City Royals, defeat could be expected every single year and for the...
• 3/15 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: March 15, 1983: Compiled by Jason Kaminski Cy Young Award winner Pete Vuckovich is  found to have a torn rotator  cuff in his pitching shoulder...
• 3/14 Phillies Nation: Dom Brown, Left Field: Why it Works: At age 24, Domonic Brown has already seen just about everything a player can see. Brown produced an awesome year (.299/.377/.504,...
• 3/14 The Daily Catch: Three Reasons Why the Philadelphia Phillies Must Resign Cole Hamels!: This article is courtesy of our friends at BigESportsTalk Written by: Eric Jacinto Starting left-handed pitcher Cole Hamels is...
• 3/13 High Heat Stats: Graphs of 300-game winners: Following up the Halladay/300-win discussion, here are two age-based graphs of the 18 modern* 300-game winners: wins by seasonal...
• 3/12 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Milwaukee Brewers: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
• 3/12 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1984: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 3/11 22gigantes.com: Angels 9, Giants (ss) 5: Aubrey Huff hit his second home run of the spring, but it wasn’t enough as the Los Angeles Angels beat a San Francisco Giants...
• 3/11 Baseball Musings: Zito in the House: Barry Zito worked with Tom House this winter, and House believes Barry can be a good pitcher for a long time: “The skepticism...
• 3/9 C70 At The Bat: That's Our First Winner!: I don't think there were any champagne celebrations or any Gatorade showers, but Mike Matheny is now the proud owner of a...
• 3/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Stephen Strasburg Book Excerpt: Below is an excerpt from my new book, Paul Lebowitz’s 2012 Baseball Guide. This section is about Nationals’ star Stephen...
• 3/8 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Los Angeles Dodgers: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
• 3/8 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1983: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 3/7 MetsToday.com: As Goes Johan, So Will Mets: Remember when the theory was that the Mets would go as far as Jose Reyes would take them? I.e., “as goes Reyes, so goes...
• 3/7 PaulLebowitz.com: Santana’s Return and Enthusiasm: During his Cy Young Award years with the Twins, Johan Santana was so good because he had an exploding fastball that reached 95-96...
• 3/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: March 5, 1982: Compiled by Jason Kaminski Former Cleveland Indians Cy Young Award winner **** Perry signs a  one-year contract with the Seattle...
• 3/6 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1982: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 3/1 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1981: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...

• 2/29 MLBTradeRumors: Leap Day In Transaction History: Like the rest of you, I resent leap years. An extra day of winter, an extra day of waiting for Opening Day, an extra day before...
• 2/26 Baseball Musings: Changes, St. Louis Cardinals: Carlos Beltran returns to Missouri to fill the shoes of Albert Pujols. Photo: Tony Medina/Icon SMI The St. Louis Cardinals finished...
• 2/24 Baseball Musings: Terry Mathews Passes: Former pitcher Terry Mathews died today, Friday, at the all too young age of 47. Evan Grant remembers him: Mathews was part of...
• 2/23 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Boston Red Sox: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
• 2/21 22gigantes.com: Spring training recap—Day 4: Position players aren’t supposed to show up to spring training until later this week (the first full workout is scheduled...
• 2/20 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Fans Have Excitement and Reservation As Tribe Reports To Camp:   By Mike Brandyberry The sun is just beginning to rise in Goodyear, Arizona on the first day of Spring Training. Pitchers...
• 2/20 Bus League Baseball: The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 1978: The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared...
• 2/19 High Heat Stats: Who takes the baton from Wakefield?: Tim Wakefield announced his retirement last week, joining Chuck Finley and George Uhle as pitchers who finished with exactly...
• 2/18 Bus League Baseball: Sports Memories I’ll Tell My Grandkids About: Tim Wakefield, Fenway Park, and My First Red Sox Game: This originally appeared at One More Dying Quail on November 5, 2006. With Tim Wakefield‘s retirement announcement yesterday,...
• 2/17 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 24 (Picks 1151-1215): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 2/17 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 23 (Picks 1101-1150): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 2/17 Baseball Musings: Floating into Retirement: Tim Wakefield decided to call it quits: After 19 seasons, including the past 17 with the Red Sox [team stats], the veteran knuckleballer...
• 2/15 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 22 (Picks 1051-1100): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 2/15 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 21 (Picks 1001-1050): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 2/13 High Heat Stats: More complete games than wins?! (It’s not only possible–it used to be commonplace): Back in the old days of baseball, pitchers complete most games that they finished. In 1904, for example, 88% of games started...
• 2/13 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 20 (Picks 951-1000): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 2/12 PaulLebowitz.com: Oscars Invitations—Lost In the Mail: With Billy Beane attending the Oscars to support Brad Pitt and Moneyball and their nominations—link—I thought it would...
• 2/12 WasWatching: WHIP It Good: Pitchers since 1901 to qualify for the ERA title while posting a WHIP of 1.09 or less, at least four times in their career - Rk...
• 2/10 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 19 (Picks 901-950): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 2/9 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 18 (Picks 851-900): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 2/9 Baseball Musings: Boyd’s Nose: Via Hardball Talk, Oil Can Boyd talks about his cocaine use in advance of his soon to be released biography: “Oh yeah, at every...
• 2/7 Baseball Musings: Kershaw Ka-ching: The Dodgers avoided arbitration with Clayton Kershaw, signing him to a two-year contract: The Los Angeles Dodgers have avoided...
• 2/7 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 17 (Picks 801-850): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 2/6 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 16 (Picks 751-800): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 2/4 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Countdown To Pitchers And Catchers: #17 Wayne Garland: Today continues our countdown to the start of Indians pitchers and catchers reporting to Goodyear, Arizona on February 20. We’ll...
• 2/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: FIP’ing The Birds: Pitching wins championships.  Defense wins championships.  The best defense is a good offense.  A watched pot never boils....
• 2/3 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 15 (Picks 701-750): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 2/2 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 14 (Picks 651-700): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 2/1 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 13 (Picks 601-650): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...

• 1/31 60ft6in.com: The Perfect 20: Every 10,000 MLB games perfection happens. Since 1876, there have been 200,070 games played in major league baseball and on only...
• 1/31 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 12 (Picks 551-600): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 1/30 60ft6in.com: Time Travel: Mark Mulder: I’m reminiscing about Mark Mulder this afternoon. Thanks to today’s retirement of Pat Burrell, who was selected one...
• 1/30 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 11 (Picks 501-550): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 1/27 The Daily Catch: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 10 (Picks 451-500): This article is courtesy of our friends at Bus Leagues Baseball Written by: Brian At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an...
• 1/27 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 10 (Picks 451-500): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 1/26 The Daily Catch: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 9 (Picks 401-450): This article is courtesy of our friends at Bus Leagues Baseball Written by: Brian At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an...
• 1/26 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 9 (Picks 401-450): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 1/26 Bay City Ball: Lincecum and Cain: Heart versus Head:   I assume I have your attention. On Tuesday, Tim Lincecum and the Giants came to an agreement on what he’ll be paid...
• 1/25 The Daily Catch: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 8 (Picks 351-400): This article is courtesy of our friends at Bus Leagues Baseball Written by: Brian At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an...
• 1/25 The Daily Catch: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 7 (Picks 301-350): This article is courtesy of our friends at Bus Leagues Baseball Written by: Brian   At least a year ago, maybe longer,...
• 1/25 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 8 (Picks 351-400): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 1/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Tim Lincecum and the Giants Rewrite the New Age Rules: Tim Lincecum has never been a conventional pitcher. From the way he and his stage-father dictated to teams that were interested...
• 1/24 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 7 (Picks 301-350): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 1/23 The Daily Catch: Ranking the Top 5 Seasons by a Nationals Player: This article is courtesy of our friends at The Nats Blog Written by: Patrick Hilley Here’s a countdown of the best seasons...
• 1/23 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 6 (Picks 251-300): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 1/22 The Daily Catch: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 5 (Picks 201-250): This article is courtesy of our friends at Bus Leagues Baseball Written by: Brian At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an...
• 1/22 The Daily Catch: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 4 (Picks 151-200): This article is courtesy of our friends at Bus Leagues Baseball Written by: Brian At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an...
• 1/20 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 5 (Picks 201-250): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 1/19 PaulLebowitz.com: Carmona’s Story is the American Way: I’m shocked by the fact that others are shocked that players from the Dominican Republic use fake names to get themselves signed...
• 1/19 The Daily Catch: The Texas Rangers and the Quest for a Cy Young: This article is courtesy of our friends at Nolan Writin’ Written by:  Phillip Livingston Finally, the waiting is over and...
• 1/19 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 4 (Picks 151-200): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 1/18 The Daily Catch: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 3 (Picks 101-150): This article is courtesy of our friends at Bus Leagues Baseball Written by: Brian At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an...
• 1/18 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 3 (Picks 101-150): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 1/15 Baseball Musings: Darvish Details: SportsDayDFW has the details of the contract offer to Yu Darvish uses Matsuzaka’s contract as a model for Yu Darvish’s....
• 1/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Oswalt to the Tigers? The $8 million question: Thank you Buster Olney. Finally. Something worth thinking about. On Friday, Olney posted new information on Twitter that created...
• 1/13 The Captain's Blog: A Closer Look at First Ballot Hall of Famers: Although the reasons have varied over the years, the BBWAA has long placed importance on the notion of a first ballot Hall of...
• 1/11 High Heat Stats: WAAS for Pitchers: (For an explanation of the Wins Above All-Star Level method, as well as position-player values, see previous post.)The following...
• 1/5 Fire Brand of the American League: The Front of the Rotation: So much of the offseason has been spent awaiting the Red Sox moves to sure up the back of the rotation with so far only Daniel...
• 1/4 The Daily Catch: What Should The Cubs Ask For In Return For Matt Garza?: This article is courtesy of our friends at Cubs Billy Goat Blog Despite Theo Epstein’s comments that Matt Garza is “exactly...

• 12/27 WasWatching: Best Pitching From Age 36: Since 1901, which pitchers put up the best numbers after age 35?  Here’s one way to slice it - Rk Player WAR G From To...
• 12/26 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: > #50: This will be the last of the Retired Numbers posts that actually feature numbers, but there are a couple more posts to follow,...
• 12/24 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: #45-#50: Only Gibson has been elected to the Hall of Fame so far, though Glavine will no doubt be inducted also. Ron Guidry, New York Yankees...
• 12/22 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: #41 & #42: Everyone knows that #42 is retired league-wide for Robinson, and will probably be retired by the Yankees when Mariano Rivera hangs...
• 12/21 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: #36 & #37: **** Perry, San Francisco Giants Perry is best known for his spitball, though he was not ejected for throwing the illegal pitch...
• 12/21 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: #35: A Hall of Fame pitcher, a future Hall of Famer slugger, and a guy who has awesome hair. Randy Jones, San Diego Padres Jones led...
• 12/19 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: #31: This is an interesting one. Three guys are honored…one of them (Maddux) twice. Three teams are represented…one of...
• 12/18 High Heat Stats: Readers' Research: Only Career HR Off of a Hall of Famer: A week ago there was the following  comment was posted on our  suggestions page by Psychump  :I am currently collecting...
• 12/18 PaulLebowitz.com: Analyzing the Reds-Padres Trade: The Padres traded pitcher Mat Latos to the Reds for a package of four players—top prospect first baseman/outfielder Yonder...
• 12/17 Kings of Kauffman: The Cautionary Tale of the 1990 Royals: If you were a Royals fan in 1989, things looked good. George Brett, even at 36 years old and still injury-prone as ever, put up...
• 12/14 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Prospect Review: Jake Odorizzi: When the Royals were shopping Zack Greinke last winter, they sought a strong starting pitching prospect. In getting Jake Odorizzi...
• 12/9 RoxPile: Conversations with the Enemy: 2012 Rockies/Padres Preview: Today we begin a new series in which I will have a friendly conversation with a writer or writers for other teams within the National...
• 12/4 MetsToday.com: Pedro Martinez and the Mets: Two years after he threw his last pitch, Pedro Martinez plans to announce his retirement from major league baseball. There’s...
• 12/4 Baseball Musings: Bowing to Reality: Pedro Martinez, after two seasons out of baseball, decided to officially retire. It’s rare that a player retires on his...
• 12/2 El Maquino: THE HALL’S SLIPPERY SLOPE: > The Hall of Fame’s list of 2012 candidates came out a couple days ago; none of whom belong in the Hall of Fame.  We’ll...
• 12/2 i70baseball.com: P1ay1ng Wi7h Numb3r5Since 1964, only 5 men have held the career saves record for longer than one year....

• 11/23 The Writer's Journey: This must be voodoo.: That’s the only way to explain it. How else could an American League player, who has never played a single game for a National...
• 11/22 Baseball Musings: Braun over Brains: Ryan Braun wins the NL MVP vote, as my post from this morning noted that Matt Kemp might not get his due, and voters placed more...
• 11/22 Baseball Musings: NL MVP Day: The Awards season ends with the announcement at 2 PM EST of the NL Most Valuable Player Award by the BBWAA. Here’s how I...
• 11/21 El Maquino: UTTER NONSENSE: VERLANDER WINS MVP: > Pitcher Justin Verlander won the AL MVP as a result of possibly the biggest baseball media farce ever.  Where it started,...
• 11/21 60ft6in.com: JV is MVP: Justin Verlander is your 2011 AL MVP. The 28 year-old right-hander became only the second player in MLB history to win the ROY,...
• 11/19 El Maquino: PROPOSAL: AN EASY NEW AWARDS SYSTEM: > The AmLeague MVP is announced on Monday.  Five players in that League hit over .320, three hit 39 or more homeruns, and...
• 11/17 Chicken Friars: Congratulations Padre-Killer: Clayton Kershaw was just announced as the National League Cy Young winner today.  Congratulations to him, but you’ll forgive...
• 11/17 Baseball Musings: Kershaw or Halladay?: The BBWAA announces the NL Cy Young Award results today at 2 PM EST. Rob Neyer makes the case for Roy Halladay over Clayton Kershaw....
• 11/14 El Maquino: MANAGER MIKE MATHENY: > “Putting the birds on the bat on my chest is something that I know is not to be taken lightly and it’s something...
• 11/11 Pitchers Hit Eighth: UCB Awards – Dennis:    It’s time.  Yes, it’s time for the UCB (United Cardinal Bloggers) members to pat each other on the back...
• 11/7 Baseball Musings: Players A to Z, Felix Hernandez: Felix Hernandez helped break the connection of wins to the Cy Young Award. Photo: Icon SMI Felix Hernandez pitched for the Seattle...
• 11/4 Baseball Musings: Forsch Passes: Bob Forsch died suddenly Thursday night: Bob Forsch, one of a handful of pitchers to have two no-hit games and the third winningest...
• 11/4 WasWatching: Long In Tooth & Arm: Since 1901, how many pitchers had 3+ seasons at age 36 or older with at least 20 starts and an ERA+ of 115 or better?  Here is...
• 11/1 PaulLebowitz.com: The Yu Darvish Free Agency Profile: Name: Yu Darvish — Position: Right handed pitcher. — Vital Statistics: Age-25; Height-6’5″; Weight-185....

• 10/30 AndyPatton.net: 2011 MLB award predictions!: The MLB season has ended (congratulations to the Cardinals) and now it is time to make my award predictions! 2011 AL MVP: Justin...
• 10/29 i70baseball.com: Baseball’s Offseason Survival GuideThe off season drives baseball fans crazy. Here is how to survive until pitchers and catchers report....
• 10/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Farrell’s Choice: It’s not as painful as Sophie’s Choice, but has the potential to be as tragic. Blue Jays manager and former Red Sox...
• 10/18 PaulLebowitz.com: MLB Rumors And Strangeness: If this is what we have to look forward to as the off-season beckons, you’d better get yourself a raincoat and a gas mask...
• 10/18 The Captain's Blog: Plan B As in Buehrle: In 2011, the Yankees’ starting rotation posted the fifth lowest ERA (4.03) in the American League. However, most of the season...
• 10/17 Fire Brand of the American League: Building the 2012 Rotation: There has been a lot of talk about how bad the September pitching was and a lot of blame has been placed on the “fried...
• 10/17 Baseball Musings: Flinching Catcher: Former Cy Young award winner and perennial person in trouble Denny McLain has a theory about Alex Avila’s injuries: “I...
• 10/15 PaulLebowitz.com: Shifting The Moneyball Goalposts Yet Again: As much as Moneyball tried to paint the picture that “this is the way to build your team and if you ignore it you’re...
• 10/14 The Captain's Blog: Plan B As in Buehrle: In 2011, the Yankees’ starting rotation posted the fifth lowest ERA (4.03) in the American League. However, most of the season...
• 10/14 YankeeAnalysts.com: Plan B As in Buehrle: (The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog). In 2011, the Yankees’ starting rotation posted the fifth lowest...
• 10/8 Baseball Musings: NLCS Preview, Cardinals Versus Brewers: The St. Louis Cardinals take on the Milwaukee Brewers starting Sunday afternoon at Miller Park. The Brewers finished 96-66, first...
• 10/8 PaulLebowitz.com: Managing Like Mauch: Billy Martin said (it was in one of his books that he’d had ghostwritten) that when he managed against Gene Mauch, all he...
• 10/8 Baseball Musings: ALCS Preview, Tigers Versus Rangers: The Detroit Tigers take on the Texas Rangers starting Saturday (tonight) in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers finished 96-66, first...
• 10/7 Baseball Musings: IBWAA Cy Young: The Internet Baseball Writers of America announced their AL Cy Young award winner, Justin Verlander: The Internet Baseball Writers...
• 10/5 Baseball Musings: IBWAA NL Cy Young Vote: The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America selected Clayton Kershaw as the NL Cy Young award winner. Los Angeles –...
• 10/2 Bleeding Yankee Blue: ONE GAME AT A TIME: (Photo: AP)The Yankee Stadium crowd was hushed today by Max Scherzer, doing his best Cy Young impersonation. Look, Scherzer is...
• 10/1 El Maquino: CARDS BLOW EARLY LEAD, LOSE GAME ONE: > The first inning was as good as it got for the Cardinals in their first playoff game in two years.  Lance Berkman hit a...
• 10/1 Baseball Musings: NLDS Preview, Cardinals Versus Phillies: The St. Louis Cardinals take on the Philadelphia Phillies starting Saturday night in Philadelphia. The Phillies finished 102-60,...

• 9/30 Baseball Musings: IBWAA NL MVP: Matt Kemp wins the IBWAA NL Most Valuable Player award: Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA)...
• 9/30 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The 2011 MLB Playoffs get underway with the Rays sending rookie Matt Moore against the Rangers and C.J. Wilson. Moore pitched...
• 9/29 PaulLebowitz.com: My 2011 MLB Award Winners (And They Should Be Yours Too): Here are my 2011 Award Winners along with the other contenders listed 1-5. Also my pre-season picks are included. American League...
• 9/29 Baseball Musings: That’s Right, There are Going to be Playoffs: The playoffs will have a tough time living up to the last day of the season, but I hope the drama of Wednesday night brings in...
• 9/29 Baseball Musings: Stone Cole Gillespie: The Diamondbacks lost their final game of the season, although by the time they were down 4-0 to the Dodgers it no longer mattered...
• 9/27 60ft6in.com: The Winningest Pitcher Alive: Three Hundred and Fifty-Five Wins. On this date in 2008, Greg Maddux started the final regular season game of his Hall of Fame...
• 9/27 YankeeAnalysts.com: “Who would you rather face?”: I hate this question. However, it’s an inevitable one that baseball fans will continue to ask because until you know who...
• 9/26 i70baseball.com: The 10 Most Disappointing Cardinals Losses – The Top Five: On Thursday afternoon, a ninth inning meltdown by the Cardinals bullpen may have cost them a playoff spot. Where does this this...
• 9/26 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Red Sox send Josh Beckett against Baltimore and Tommy Hunter as Boston tries once again to stop the epic collapse short of...
• 9/25 22gigantes.com: D-backs sweep Giants: Remember the good old days when Tim Lincecum used to own the Arizona Diamondbacks? Timmy entered the 2011 season with a career...
• 9/25 Baseball Musings: Infamous List: Tim Lincecum joined a great list of unlucky pitchers: He gave up five runs in five innings Sunday at Arizona to finish the season...
• 9/25 Baseball Musings: Pitching Triple Crown: Clayton Kershaw will win the pitching triple crown. We’ll see if that’s enough to get him the Cy Young award. I would...
• 9/24 My Pinstripes: AL Playoff Rotations Forming: The Yankees' Joe Girardi knows he has CC Sabathia to start Game 1 of the ALDS against either the Detroit Tigers or Texas Rangers...
• 9/24 PaulLebowitz.com: The AL/NL MVP Dichotomy: On one side, you have a pitcher who has to deal with the dogmatism of the self-involved voters who feel as if they’re the...
• 9/24 YankeeAnalysts.com: Recent study suggests sabermetrics are connected to root of all evil: Typically, I dismiss most articles in my RSS feed produced by the mainstream media.  Generally with a raised brow and a quick...
• 9/24 Baseball Musings: Clinch Friday: The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Giants 3-1 on Friday night to clinch the NL West championship. Joe Saunders kept the ball...
• 9/22 WSJ Daily Fix: Should Triple Crown Equal Cy Young?: The Count: The Dodgers ace is leading in wins, strikeouts and ERA but could be the first triple-crown winner to lose a Cy Young...
• 9/21 B-R Blog: The Claw and The Freak: If the Giants are indeed done -- pending their own Wednesday outcome, they trail Arizona by 6 full games, and Atlanta by 4 for...
• 9/21 El Maquino: PUJOLS FOR MVP? DEPENDS ON WHAT “V” MEANS: > There’s another misguided MVP discussion gaining steam; this time in the NatLeague.  He’s my favorite player,...
• 9/20 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Rays open a three-day, four-game series in New York with Wade Davis facing Ivan Nova. Tampa Bay moved back into the wild card...
• 9/20 Baseball Musings: Is Ian the One?: Ian Kennedy held the Pirates to two hits Monday night, walking one and striking out 12. He needed to pitch that well as the only...
• 9/20 B-R Blog: Recapping relevant games of Monday, 9/19/2011: -- Marlins 6, Braves 5: With 2 out in the last of the 9th, Omar Infante drilled a tailing-in fastball from Craig Kimbrel for...
• 9/19 El Maquino: TWO AND A HALF…: > In a major upset, Kyle Lohse beat Cy Young-contending Roy Halladay to give the Cardinals the three-of-four series win against...
• 9/18 Baseball Musings: Will Kiefer Sutherland Play Him in the Movie?: Justin Verlander collected win 24 as the he out-dueled Guillermo Moscoso 3-0. Verlander allowed just three hits during his eight...
• 9/18 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Jered Weaver tries to keep the Angels in the playoff race as he faces the Orioles and Alfredo Simon. Weaver goes for his 18th...
• 9/16 Baseball Musings: James and Justin: Adam Dupont writes: With all the talk about Verlander getting Cy Young and possibly MVP, I’m wondering how much better he’s...
• 9/15 60ft6in.com: Is Justin Verlander the 2011 AL MVP?: Justin Verlander should win the 2011 AL Cy Young with a unanimous selection.  This is not earth shattering news considering the...
• 9/14 Baseball Musings: The Amazing Roy Halladay: Roy Halladay came into Wednesday afternoon’s game against the Astros with 29 starts and 210 2/3 innings under his belt....
• 9/14 NY Baseball Digest: Morning Digest: A Night of Milestones Driven by Failure: Let’s start with Mariano Rivera‘s 600th save. The “Great One” needs two more to break the all-time record...
• 9/14 Baseball Musings: Milestone Night: In addition to Tim Wakefield earning his 200th win, Justin Verlander became the first pitcher since 2002 to win 23 games in a...
• 9/13 My Pinstripes: Yankees Overthrow The King: The Seattle Mariners have a promotion this season for the fans of star pitcher "King" Felix Hernandez. Those who join the King's...
• 9/10 Bay City Ball: Cy Youngs, MVPs and moving on: I think  we’ve been trying to prepare you for the inevitable for a while now here at Bay City Ball: The Giants are not...
• 9/10 B-R Blog: Recapping games of Friday, 9/9/11: -- Angels 2, Yanks 1, on the 16th game-ending sac fly this year (3rd by the Halos). Angels remain 2.5 GB the Rangers, Yanks 2.5...
• 9/9 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Tampa Bay Rays host the Boston Red Sox as the teams open a three-game series in what could be the last gasp of the AL Wild...
• 9/9 Baseball Musings: Arizona Awards: Ian Kennedy and Justin Upton improved their award credentials Thursday night as the Diamondbacks downed the Padres 4-1. Kennedy...
• 9/7 PaulLebowitz.com: Santana May Come Back As A “Crafty” Lefty: When a pitcher has been a gunslinger—even a thoughtful, strategic gunslinger—it’s not an easy transition to...
• 9/6 Baseball Musings: Complete Wilson: C.J. Wilson shows the Rays he can complete a game, too, as he pitches a five hit shutout in the Rangers 8-0 win over Tampa Bay....
• 9/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Great AL Playoff Rotation Cluster F: For months now, the acrimony over the Yankees playoff rotation has been deafening. Despite the best effort of the sunshine fans,...
• 9/5 Baseball Musings: Consecutive-Lee: Cliff Lee extended his streak of consecutive scoreless innings to 29 2/3 with a shutout of Atlanta Monday night. He last allowed...
• 9/5 B-R Blog: Labor Day notes: Lee’s 6th shutout; rook’s near-perfect game: -- Cliff Lee, who was lifted after 8.2 scoreless innings in last start, got his 6th shutout of the year Monday, stopping Atlanta...
• 9/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Waiting (Hoping?) For The Breakdown Of Tim Lincecum: Tim Lincecum got knocked around by the Diamondbacks in the Giants’ 7-2 loss last night. The Diamondbacks’ broadcasters—I’m...
• 9/3 PaulLebowitz.com: Justin Verlander And MVP “Rules”: I went into the reasons that Justin Verlander should be considered for the MVP last week but the story has now morphed into something...
• 9/2 i70baseball.com: Edwin Jackson or Chris Carpenter?The Cardinals have a tough choice to make on their 2012 starting rotation....
• 9/1 60ft6in.com: Five Month Cy Young Awards: As the pitching in Major League Baseball continues to improve, or the hitting continues to decline, a number of pitchers have...
• 9/1 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Carp Delivers Another Blast to give Felix win over Haren: Tonight’s game pretty much highlights the difference between the 2010 Mariners and the 2011 crew. Last year it would be...

• 8/31 Baseball Musings: Close-Lee: Cliff Lee was one out away from a shutout of the Reds when he loaded the bases, prompting Ryan Madson to come in and record the...
• 8/31 Cubs Stats: Matt Garza: Chicago Cubs Ace: This, right here: In the case of Matt Garza, [xFIP] tells us something far more encouraging, with a better team around him,...
• 8/30 Baseball Musings: Roy Roars: Roy Halladay improved his Cy Young credentials as he pitched seven shutout innings against the Reds. Roy allowed just two hits,...
• 8/30 Baseball Musings: Kershaw Makes his Bid: Clayton Kershaw pitched a complete game as he held the Padres to one run in the Dodgers 4-1 win Monday night. That put Kershaw...
• 8/29 B-R Blog: Selective summary for Sunday 8/28/2011: -- David Price went 7 innings and set a Tampa Bay record with 14 strikeouts, breaking the mark shared by James Shields and Scott...
• 8/28 Baseball Musings: Experiment Fails: Jered Weaver started on three days rest for the first time in his career, and the experiment failed for the Angels. Weaver was...
• 8/28 PaulLebowitz.com: Don Mattingly’s Al Davis Compact: No matter how this season ends for the Dodgers (75-87 looks about right at this point), manager Don Mattingly should get a pass...
• 8/28 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 Starts Now For The Blue Jays: The Blue Jays can and will contend for a playoff spot in 2012 if they make smart personnel decisions this winter. Here’s...
• 8/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Verlander’s MVP Chances, Hurricanes And Hackery: A confluence of events are bringing back a controversy from 12 years ago as the borderline incoherent ramblings of a writer with...
• 8/25 PaulLebowitz.com: Blaming Peter Angelos For Mike Flanagan’s Suicide Is De****: Former Orioles star pitcher, Cy Young Award winner, executive and broadcaster Mike Flanagan committed suicide yesterday. One reason...
• 8/25 Baseball Musings: Well Pitched Wins: Jered Weaver lived up to his new contract as he threw seven shutout innings and the Angels defeated the White Sox 8-0. Jeff allowed...
• 8/24 Bay City Ball: Tim Lincecum is still great: A  lot of our posts are just depressing right now. It’s not our fault–the Mariners passed the Giants in runs scored...
• 8/24 Baseball Musings: Flanagan Passes: Pitcher Mike Flanagan passed away. Via Rob Neyer, this report from Baltimore: A Major League Baseball champion and award-winning...
• 8/24 i70baseball.com: Just What Do You Get With $30 Million?$30 million a year can go a long way to making a team better, but will the team spend it correctly?...
• 8/24 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The day starts with one Cy Young winner and ends with another. Felix Hernandez tries to help the Mariners play spoiler to the...
• 8/23 C70 At The Bat: No Words: There comes a point in this season where you just become numb to it all, doesn't there?  While I don't think the fan...
• 8/18 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Ian Kennedy takes on rookie ace Vance Worley as the Diamondbacks and Phillies play the rubber game of their series. Ian tries...
• 8/17 Baseball Musings: Cueto Outstanding Again: Johnny Cueto pitched eight shutout innings before giving up a lead-off home run to Ryan Zimmerman in the ninth. His eight innings...
• 8/14 Baseball Musings: Cole’s Arm Cold: Cole Hamels had trouble warming up for Friday’s action. The Phillies believe it’s fatigue: Following Friday’s...
• 8/13 PaulLebowitz.com: Who’s Making The Decisions With A.J. Burnett?: One unnoticed aspect of Yankees’ GM Brian Cashman’s defense of A.J. Burnett is that it’s quite possible that...
• 8/11 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Rockies and Reds offer a nice afternoon pitching matchup as Jhoulys Chacin takes on Johnny Cueto. Chacin’s season is...
• 8/7 My Pinstripes: CC's Boston Beatdown: Putting everything else aside (his prior starts against Boston) and his red hot streak, I expected CC Sabathia to limit Boston's...
• 8/7 i70baseball.com: Albert And CarpHow many times have the two superstars matched up......
• 8/6 Baseball Musings: Who’s Your Daddy?: The Boston Red Sox continued to own CC Sabathia Saturday afternoon, scoring seven runs against him as they even the AL East race...
• 8/6 PaulLebowitz.com: The Bourn-Lidge Trade Revisited: After the 2007 season, the Phillies needed a legitimate closer and traded for Brad Lidge; the Astros GM Ed Wade had drafted Michael...
• 8/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: We all know CC is great, but is he … the BEST?: You either know that CC Sabathia may be on his way to the best season of his career, or you don’t follow the Yankees (and...

• 7/28 Bay City Ball: Letters to Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy: In the exquisite film The Shawshank Redemption, “Andy” Dufresne (Tim Robbins) wrote a letter per day to the State, requesting...
• 7/27 PaulLebowitz.com: Soxfinger, Tony Tantrum And Another Casualty Of Moneyball: Let’s do this in order. First the White Sox traded Edwin Jackson and Mark Teahen to the Blue Jays for veteran righty reliever...
• 7/25 60ft6in.com: Is This Really Happening?: Bartolo Colon: Bartolo Colon earned his seventh win of the season Sunday afternoon, adding to his campaign for American League Comeback Player...
• 7/22 PaulLebowitz.com: The Defensive Equation With The Brewers And Rangers: Neil Paine writes a piece in the NY Times about the Texas Rangers recent hot streak, how their defense has contributed to winning...
• 7/21 Baseball Musings: Good Day for the Cy Young Candidates: Justin Verlander finishes a day of great pitching for American League Cy Young candidates. Verlander lasts eight innings against...
• 7/20 NY Baseball Digest: Nova the Answer, Learning from Bagwell, LA Cashman, I-95 Beltran: The Ubaldo Jimenez rumor mill continues to turn as teams like Boston and Cincinnati are now connected to the Colorado ace. We...
• 7/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Dayton Moore’s Strengths Are Su**** By His Weaknesses: Baseball’s lower-echelon is inhabited by a “genius” (Billy Beane‘s Athletics are dreadful); an “Amazin’...
• 7/12 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: The Worst Franchises in Modern Proffesional Sports (Mariners made the list): I have posted the article below from http://sportsgreed.com I belong to a group called Feed Crossing wherein we share and repost...
• 7/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: “Live Blogging”: Mariners @ A’s Game 88: 2:48PM PDT: Andrew Bailey ends this one gets the save and salvages at least a win in this series. Mariners put up an Oaklandesque...
• 7/12 PaulLebowitz.com: Brandon Webb’s Flash Of Greatness: Brandon Webb‘s career may be over. An examination of Webb’s surgically repaired right shoulder revealed “changes”...
• 7/12 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Some Numbers Don’t Lie: 46 home games with a total attendance of 1,698,759.  If you divide B by A, carry one on the small toe of the left foot to the...

• 6/26 B-R Blog: Saturday Snippets: -- After 238 career starts, Jake Peavy made his first relief appearance Saturday, and picked up a win with 4 dominant innings...
• 6/25 Baseball Musings: Three Rodriguez Lunch: James Shields continued to make a strong case for his Cy Young candidacy Friday night, giving up just one run as he pitched a...
• 6/20 The Writer's Journey: How magical are “magic numbers”? (part 1): Hall of Fame elections are tricky. In the past, if a player had reached certain milestones, or “magic numbers,” he...
• 6/19 B-R Blog: Record pace for Al Alburquerque: Al Alburquerque is currently on pace to break Eric Gagne's records for batting average and slugging average allowed in a season...
• 6/19 Baseball Musings: New Manager, Old Story: The Marlins changed managers on Sunday but it didn’t matter as they lost another one-run game, falling to the Rays 2-1....
• 6/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Injured Extensions: Here’s an unexplored area of low cost value: young, injured players. Years ago it was on base percentage that was unappreciated;...
• 6/15 Bay City Ball: The Unlikely Aces: Usually, through the beginning of June, a team with exceptional starting pitching — including a two-time Cy Young award...
• 6/15 Wahoo's Warriors: Verlander dominates Tribe: The Tribe bats were silent (again) on Tuesday, but this time through no fault of their own. Justin Verlander was simply dominant,...
• 6/10 NY Baseball Digest: Gen K Legacy Lives on in Somerset: Every Friday, I take a look at an interesting story from independent baseball. Today, I catch up with former Mets prospect Bill...
• 6/3 PaulLebowitz.com: Yeah, This Makes Sense: I can see this. It’s perfectly reasonable and without over-the-top lunacy that would get a talk show caller shouted off...
• 6/2 Baseball Musings: **** Beats Beckett: Jeremy **** won the AL Pitcher of the month for May, beating out Josh Beckett. **** finished with a 1.36 ERA to Beckett’s...
• 6/2 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: First place teams collide in Cleveland as the Rangers take on the Indians. Dave Bush faces Carlos Carrasco. Cleveland’s...

• 5/29 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yanks tag Felix for more than one earned run for first time since 2008; still lose: I’m not going to delve terribly deeply into this one since I’d been expecting a Yankee loss in this game since last...
• 5/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Jordan Zimmermann is pitching much better than both his W-L record and ERA. Photo: Icon SMI The Padres and Nationals offer two...
• 5/23 The Writer's Journey: Gypsy Queen – Don Gullett: In 1975, Don Gullett was the ace of the Reds pitching staff, despite missing all of July and parts of June and August. His 15-4...
• 5/22 AndyPatton.net: Bret Saberhagen and the Hall of Fame: I am doing a series on different major league baseball players and their case for induction into the Major League baseball hall...
• 5/19 Baseball Musings: Jeez Jhoulys!: Jhoulys Chacin pitches another great game, holding the Phillies to one run in his seven innings of work as Colorado takes home...
• 5/16 Bay City Ball: Lincecum closing in on 1,000 strikeouts: Tonight against the Rockies, Tim Lincecum will pitch game 132 in his young but already illustrious career which began on a warm...
• 5/16 B-R Blog: Leading the League in Complete Games, Shutouts, and … Saves?: B-R reader Nash noticed something interesting about Mordecai Brown's black ink this weekend: "Everyone talks about unbreakable...
• 5/11 The Writer's Journey: Gypsy Queen – Kent Tekulve: Once an All-Star, twice a top-5 finisher in Cy Young voting, thrice the league leader in games finished, four times in games....
• 5/11 Baseball Musings: Smokin’ With Timmy: Ian Kennedy matched Tim Lincecum last night as the starters for Arizona and San Francisco each pitched eight shutout innings,...
• 5/10 Baseball Musings: Greinke’s Real Return: Zack Greinke pitched more like the Brewers expected Monday night as he walked none and stuck out nine in six innings, holding...
• 5/9 My Pinstripes: FullCountPitch - Is There A Market For Carlos Zambrano?: The season is barely over a month old, but it’s never too early to speculate on who will be moved during the 2011 trade deadline....
• 5/6 MLBTradeRumors: From Glory To Goodbye: No-Hitter, Then Traded: Earlier in the week, we showed how no-hit pitchers arrived at their place of immortality. But when Francisco Liriano pitched...
• 5/6 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Wheeler, Doumit, Relegation: The legendary Cy Young threw a perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics on this date in 1904.  The perfecto was one of...
• 5/5 Baseball Musings: A Whiff of the Citi: Tim Lincecum struck out 12 Mets in seven innings and the Giants staff recorded 16 K in total as San Francisco shut out New York...
• 5/4 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Pirates play an early game in San Diego as they send Kevin Correia against Clayton Richard. The former San Diego starter is...

• 4/29 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Toronto invades New York 3 1/2 games behind the Yankees as Ricky Romero faces Freddy Garcia. The Blue Jays are coming off a big...
• 4/25 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: While Jered Weaver can't lose, Dustin Moseley (above) can't seem to win, despite both posting great ERAs. Photo: Icon...
• 4/24 NY Baseball Digest: Where is the Outrage over the Fixer Era?: Last week, a deposition by Eddie Cicotte, the ace of the infamous 1919 Black Sox, was on display in the Chicago History Museum....
• 4/23 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Brandon Morrow comes off the disabled list as the Blue Jays continue their series with the Rays in Toronto. David Price takes...
• 4/21 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Mariners Game 19: 7:12PM PDT: Last time the A’s faced King Felix, the A’s to a degree beat themselves swinging really early in the count...
• 4/12 Bay City Ball: Lincecum’s slider is a dream, nightmare: It’s a dream for him; it gives him not one, but two strikeout pitches – one for both righties and lefties. For right-handed...
• 4/12 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees vs. Orioles I: The Buck stops here: The Yankees (5-4, tied for 2nd) host the surprising Orioles (6-3, 1st place) for a three-gamer at Yankee Stadium beginning tonight,...
• 4/10 Baseball Musings: Dream Weaver: Jered Weaver continues to be an early season Cy Young candidate as he struck out 15 Blue Jays and allowed one run in 7 2/3 innings...
• 4/1 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Roy Halladay defined "Ace" in 2010. Photo: Icon SMI Nine more opening days are on tap for today, with the Astros and Phillies...

• 3/31 Baseball Musings: Still Weaving: Jered Weaver picked up where he left off 2010. He struck out six and walked two in pitching 6 1/3 scoreless innings against the...
• 3/31 YankeeAnalysts.com: TYA Trivia and Open Thread for 3-30-11: On every night throughout the year, one of the TYA writers will post a trivia question as the nightly open thread. The blog administrators...
• 3/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: TYA Trivia Open Thread for 3-29-2011: On every night throughout the year, one of the TYA writers will post a trivia question as the nightly open thread. The blog administrators...
• 3/29 YankeeAnalysts.com: The TYA Staff’s 2011 MLB Predictions: In honor of the onset of the 2011 MLB season, we’re pleased to present the 2011 predictions of our entire 10-man staff....
• 3/27 Jason's Baseball Blog: Season Preview: Playoffs and Awards: With less than a week until opening day, here’s my predictions for the playoffs and the major awards as well. I already...
• 3/25 Pitchers Hit Eighth: UCB Project – Awards Predictions: I’m usually hesistant to predict individual awards, because there is about a 20% chance of getting any of them correct,...
• 3/18 B-R Blog: Bloops: The Hall of (Peak-Weighted) WAR: Here's a cool link from Adam Darowski: Hall of wWAR: The Hall of Fame Re-Po**** by Peak-Weighted WAR It is exactly what it sounds...
• 3/16 AndyPatton.net: Mike Mussina and the Hall of Fame: I am doing a series on different major league baseball players and their case for induction into the Major League baseball hall...
• 3/12 PAAPFLY: Remembering Giants’ 2006 offseason, ‘7 Rule IV Draft: The 2003 season ended abruptly for the Giants with a baseball tightly clutched in the hand of Ivan Rodriguez, dusty after being...
• 3/10 The Writer's Journey: TTM Success: Jeff Russell: Two-time All-Star and 1989 AL Rolaids Relief Award winner Jeff Russell responded to my autograph request in 31 days. Russell began...
• 3/8 PAAPFLY: Giants trade Catfish Hunter for A.J. Pierzynski: Don’t let the title throw you. Stick around until the end and you’ll see why. ----My better half is a psychologist, so...
• 3/2 PAAPFLY: A toothless threat to Zito: Bruce Jenkins of the San Francisco Chronicle wants to deliver a message to the Giants’ highest paid player, perhaps on behalf...
• 3/1 PAAPFLY: Tim Lincecum, FIP and fungible roster spots: This spring, many clubs will make roster determinations based on how well players play, how well a particular pitcher pitches....

• 2/25 Jason's Baseball Blog: Who are the Faces of the Franchise? NL West: Finishing up with a trip around the NL West, here’s the last of the face of the franchise posts… Arizona – Right...
• 2/24 Call to the Pen: Safety In Numbers: Best New Artist: Not too long ago, the internet nearly exploded from pre-teen angst over the upset victory by Esperanza Spalding over Tiger Beat...
• 2/24 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 1 Card Pickup: Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard the news about Adam Wainwright.  You’ve probably...
• 2/23 Baseball Musings: T.J. Wainwright: It appears Adam Wainwright is headed for Tommy John surgery: General manager John Mozeliak said he believes it is a “significant...
• 2/19 The Writer's Journey: 2011 Reds (1992 Style): Dontrelle Willis: In honor of having completed sorting my Reds cards through 1992, I’ve decided to style my “fun cards” this year...
• 2/18 Cubs Stats: Pessimism Cat: The Cubs 2011 Offseason, Holistically: George Sr., having never heard his charges listed consecutively in one sitting, panicked and ran with great intensity. -Arrested...
• 2/10 Cubs Stats: Y'Know What? Everything's Gonna Be Ooookaaay.: Look fellas, Aramis Ramirez was on fai-yuh at the end of the Cubs 2010 season. Starlin Castro has hit at every level, and our...

• 1/28 Baseball Musings: Ballpark Entrance: Devon Young sends along this link to a beautiful picture of League Park in Cleveland, circa 1910: At the time, the Naps had a...
• 1/21 YankeeAnalysts.com: A different way to look at the performance of starting pitchers: When baseball analysts talk about pitchers they cite a number of familiar statistics: ERA, FIP, WHIP and ERA+, for example. These...
• 1/20 My Pinstripes: BD Hot Stove: No No-No No No No | Baseball Digest: BD Hot Stove: No No-No No No No | Baseball DigestThis morning’s local paper had its daily “What do these three things have...
• 1/18 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Milwaukee’s Strategy Is It Applicable?: There has been a lot of discussion on Athletics Nation about adding David Wright (too many comments to link to). This is simply...
• 1/9 YankeeAnalysts.com: What happened to Ben Sheets?: During the past week and a half we've spent a lot of time discussing various pitchers connected to the Yankees. I wanted to switch...
• 1/5 My Pinstripes: Blyleven Finds An Upsate NY Home At Last: Bert Blyleven has been vocal in his unhappiness over the perceived snub by Baseball Writers Assocation of America (BBWAA) voters...
• 1/1 SocraticGadfly: Who would you vote back OUT of the MLB HOF - pitchers: I have been a strong defender of voting Bert Blyleven into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. I've been at least as adamant...

• 12/31 NY Baseball Digest: A Further Look at Andy Pettitte and the Hall of Fame: After the 2008 season—a season where he pitched better than he had in years—Mike Mussina abruptly retired. Never mind that...
• 12/30 The Writer's Journey: Baseball in December!: They’re not on the field…they’re in the mail! GCRL sent over a nice stack o’ Redlegs, and will be receiving...
• 12/29 NY Baseball Digest: Eckersley’s Five Year Run Might Be the Best Ever: There is no doubt that Mariano Rivera is the best closer in baseball history. Last night the MLB Network was doing a short montage...
• 12/26 Baseball Musings: Webb Spinner: ESPN reports that Brandon Webb agreed to a one-year contract with the Rangers. No terms are available yet, but it’s likely...
• 12/23 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Making It Right…. As In Wainwright: When I talk about “making it right” of course, I’m talking about making it “Wainwright”.  I’m...
• 12/22 PAAPFLY: Baseball Bloggers Alliance day: Well, it’s Baseball Bloggers Alliance day – the first ever, I should tell you – and I’m watching Tim Lincecum’s 31-swing-and-miss,...
• 12/22 PAAPFLY: Is the Phillies’ rotation the best ever? Part II: So, in good fun and with respect, Geoff and I have continued to disagree on this subject. For the record, I enjoy Geoff’s blog...
• 12/22 PAAPFLY: Is the Phillies’ rotation the best ever?: Last night as everyone caught their collective breath and gathered themselves, as if a boxer pulling himself up by the ropes,...
• 12/22 PAAPFLY: The Road to Lincecum's 3rd Cy Young: The Giants have the type of rotation that GM’s and managers dream about. They have Cain, Sanchez, now Bumgarner and Zito –...
• 12/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: What the Brewers are getting in Zack Greinke: Late Saturday night word broke that the Brewers and Royals had agreed to a deal that would send Zack Greinke to Milwaukee. The...
• 12/19 Jason's Baseball Blog: Trade Review – Zack Greinke to the Brewers: After all of the posturing that was coming out about what the Royals were looking for in return for 2009 Cy Young winner Zack...
• 12/19 Baseball Musings: A Beer for Greinke: The Royals traded Zack Greinke to the Brewers: Former Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke has been traded to the Milwaukee Brewers,...
• 12/16 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Brian Cashman on Line 1: You’ve probably heard that the New York Yankees are a team scorned, and they are in search of a top shelf starting pitcher. ...
• 12/15 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Finally Snag Mark Prior: Many forget that Mark Prior was originally drafted by the Yankees in June of 1998, but did not sign, spurning pro ball for USC....
• 12/14 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Plan B Options: We haven’t fully digested Cliff Lee signing with the Phillies, but it’s time to start talking about Plan B for the Yankees....

• 11/8 Giants Nirvana: BBWAA Awards Predictions and Schedule: According to BBWAA.com, the awards schedule is as follows: AL and NL Rookie of the Year: Nov 15 NL Cy Young: Nov 16 AL and...

• 10/21 B-R Blog: Data Dump: Postseason Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio Leaders: B-R user Simmy Cohen noticed that we don't have a K/BB leaderboard on our all-time playoff pitching leaders page, and asked if...
• 10/13 B-R Blog: Cliff Lee and two consecutive post-season starts without allow a walk: In his two starts against the Rays this post-season, Cliff Lee pitched at least 7 innings both times while not walking a single...

• 8/20 Jason's Baseball Blog: Trade Retrospective – Dan Haren to the Diamondbacks: On December 14th, 2007, the Arizona Diamondbacks acquired SP Dan Haren and RP Connor Robertson from the Oakland Athletics for...

• 6/26 B-R Blog: Cliff Lee’s K/BB ratio: Cliff Lee currently has the best K/BB ratio of all time: Rk Player SO/BB Year Age Tm G GS CG SHO W L W-L% IP H ER BB SO ERA ERA+ HR IBB BA OBP SLG OPS 1 Cliff...
• 6/14 B-R Blog: News & notes: Lilly, Floyd, Posada, Young, Greinke: News and notes from Sunday's games: Ted Lilly and Gavin Floyd locked up in a great game yesterday. Floyd didn't allow a hit until...
• 6/8 B-R Blog: Pitching 2800 Innings for 1 Team: In the comments section of another post,  reader rico petrocelli mentioned that Tim Wakefield has now passed Roger Clemens as...

• 5/20 B-R Blog: WAR Data: Best Starting Pitchers Not In the Hall of Fame: Yesterday, I looked at the best eligible position players not in the Hall of Fame by WAR, and you responded with your votes by...
• 5/6 B-R Blog: The 3,000 hit club (but not the one you think): The "3,000 hit club" is one of the most recognizable phrases among baseball fans. It ranks up there with "a .300 hitter", the...