Tis the season for baseball Hall of Fame controversy and remaining one of the biggest complaints is the ten man ballot limit along with the supposed backlog of worthy players. While the Hall of Fame committee in Cooperstown’s move to drop eligibility from 15 years to ten last year did seem to be an intentional […]

Based on the ballots that have been made public to this point, there is a change brewing in the Hall of Fame voting (thanks to Ryan Thibs at bbhoftracker.com for his incredible compilation that makes looking at this possible). Actual and perceived steroid abuse over the years from about 1988 through 2003 has lead to […]

It has been a recurring theme since last July that not only do the Reds need to be rebuilding now if they would like to post a winning record at some point within the next decade, but that they are doing it all wrong. At the trade deadline, only Mike Leake and Johnny Cueto were […]

The Indians have had two primary goals this off-season; to improve the offense and find three adult human beings, preferably with experience in Major League Baseball to play the outfield. They accomplished one of those goals on Wednesday with the addition of first baseman Mike Napoli to a one year, $7 million deal. It was widely known that […]

Heading into each baseball season, there are essentially three different types of teams – those who are legitimate contenders (I count about 12 for 2016 as of now), fringe teams (another nine), and those with almost no chance (about nine). While teams with even the lowest of expectations can surprise any season (think Houston last year), that […]

In this age where pitchers can make $1 million per start and players are being signed to deals nearing $300 million (or more, if you’re Giancarlo Stanton), it’s hard to imagine that a team who can’t afford to offer such deals would be able to compete at all. If the top team salary in the league is nearly four […]

It took a little while for the Winter Meetings to get going this year, particularly considering the lull of activity earlier this offseason, but once the biggest piece, Shelby Miller, fell on Tuesday night, things have started to move. Today, another of the most well known trade block assets was moved when the Milwaukee Brewers sent first […]

Today is the deadline to offer contracts to arbitration eligible players and it seems that may have been the motivation in a deal that went down moments ago between the Athletics and Padres. Oakland is sending Drew Pomeranz, Jose Torres, and a player to be named later to San Diego for Mark Rzepcynski and Yonder […]

These aren’t your father’s Red Sox and just because they finished in last place for two straight years doesn’t mean they are resigning to a long-term rebuild. Boston has already been active this offseason and dropped the hammer (and its wallets) on Tuesday, signing David Price to a seven-year, $217 million deal. The contract breaks […]

The biggest free agent signing to this point in the season happened yesterday and it was a big one. Sources: Jordan Zimmermann’s deal with

With a generally weak free agent class as far as power in concerned, one team owner is taking a personal interest in bringing back the top slugger in the American League, according to Buster Olney. Davis lead the league in home runs with 47 and his 117 RBI were second in the AL behind only […]