The Indians outfield is already considerably improved over the beginning of 2015, but they look to make a more significant improvement this week as both Lonnie Chisenhall and Michael Brantley are expected to return from the disabled list. Last year, it was Brantley in left, Michael Bourn in center, and Brandon Moss in right, and […]

When the Astros blasted off in the AL West last year, ultimately winning the AL Wild Card game before falling to the Royals in five games in the ALDS, it surprised many who didn’t think they would be a contender until 2017. This didn’t keep the expectations of the Astros from exploding heading into 2016 […]

While a recent report by comedian John Oliver has shown the Yankees to be as elitist as ever off the field, they were actually fairly conservative in their offseason strategy this year. Despite losing Greg Bird to offseason shoulder surgery and fielding a starting rotation that will strike fear in the heart of no one, the […]

There’s only one way to go from the top, but the Royals will be trying to maintain their success in 2016 rather than falling back after achieving the ultimate victory in 2015. While there have been a few changes to the roster, Kansas City will be bringing back almost their entire roster of slap hitting, […]

No one expected anything from the Twins last year, but the scrappy bunch of rookies and a couple underrated veterans (Trevor Plouffe and Brian Dozier in particular) put together a late run at the Wild Card in 2015. The question now is whether they will continue to progress or will their largely inexperienced roster find […]

The Indians were extremely disappointed by their finish last year, just one game above .500 and their second straight without a playoff appearance. With three of the best starting pitchers in baseball now established at the top of the Indians rotation, they look to make a deep run into the Postseason this year for the […]

The Marlins hold an interesting combination of some of the best players in all of baseball (Stanton, Fernandez and Gordon) and some of the worst. This turned into 71 wins in 2015 and a third place finish, well ahead of the Braves and well behind the Nationals. Because of the stars, this version of the […]

Michael Brantley played most of the 2015 with a sore back and after injuring it further on a dive late in the season, he ultimately had to have arthroscopic surgery on his shoulder. Because he played through the end of the season, then tried to rehab the injury for a month after, he didn’t have […]

There are few things repeated more often during March than that the stats don’t matter. You need go no further than to look at the future Hall of Famer Kendall Graveman and the illustrius superstar Taijuan Walker’s numbers from last year. The two Cactus League pitchers allowed a total of three runs combined while throwing […]

If you’re looking for a train wreck, the Queen City is a good place to start. Not only did the Reds lose quite a bit of talent through trades since last July, but they arguably weren’t able to get rid of enough as both Brandon Phillips and Jay Bruce had deals fall through after it seemed […]

In 1947, Bill Veeck and Horace Stoneham created the Cactus League when they moved their teams, the Indians and Giants, out of Florida and into the desert Arizona with Cleveland playing in Tucson and New York playing in Phoenix. For five years, these teams played a limited schedule against each other, local teams, and MLB franchises […]

Since the signing of Justin Upton by the Detroit Tigers, the general consensus has been that the Central Division has become a two team race, reminiscent of 2014 with the Royals and Tigers fighting for the title with the Indians and White Sox dark horses for a Wild Card. What everyone has forgotten in this […]

On Monday, Mike Ilitch and the Detroit Tigers made their second free agent signing worth over $100 million this offseason, signing Justin Upton to a six year, $132.75 million deal which equates to 4,425,000 Hot-N-Ready Little Caesars pizzas per season. In addition to Jordan Zimmermann, who was brought in for five years and $110 million, the Tigers already had Miguel […]

The rookie class of 2015 may have been the best in baseball history and it is fair to say that the prospect prognosticators at Baseball Prospectus called it. At least it would seem so. There is always much fanfare when top prospect lists are created as top draft picks are lauded and baseball fans learn […]