It isn’t surprising news, but it’s at least official now — Derek Jeter will be returning to the New York Yankees in 2014. The Yankees are giving Jeter a one-year, $12 million deal for next season, giving the soon-to-be 40-year-old shortstop a raise over the $9.5 million he would have earned by executing his player […]

While the Red Sox and Cardinals play in the World Series, it's the offseason for the rest of Major League Baseball. The offseason breeds optimism for next year, and when you're feeling optimistic, sometimes you say crazy things. Especially if you happen to be team president of the Miami Marlins. Not only did David Samson […]

Just like their regular season series, the NLDS matchup between the Cardinals and Pirates was as close as could be, with St. Louis needing the full five games to advance to the NLCS for the third consecutive year. Here are five observations from the five-game set. 1. You don't want to face Adam Wainwright in […]

Remember back in June, when Ian Kennedy started a huge brawl between the Diamondbacks and Dodgers by hitting Zack Greinke near the head? It turns out Arizona GM Kevin Towers wants to see more of that. Speaking to Arizona Sports 620 yesterday, Towers recalled a September game in which the Dodgers hit six home runs […]

Carlos Beltran tied the game in the eighth inning with his second home run of the series, but the Pirates responded with two runs in the bottom half to regain the lead for good and take a 2-1 lead over the Cardinals in the National League Division Series. The atmosphere at PNC Park was predictably […]

David Ortiz homered twice against David Price and Jacoby Ellsbury went 3-for-4 as the Red Sox beat the Rays 7-4 in Game 2 of their American League Division Series. Boston now holds a 2-0 lead in the series as it heads to Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay needed a good start from David Price after Matt […]

If Alex Rodriguez is going to go down in his fight against Major League Baseball, he's going down swinging. As his appeal of his 211-game suspension continues, Rodriguez has filed a separate lawsuit against Major League Baseball, claiming the league has overreached its authority in a "witch hunt" to take down Rodriguez. Rodriguez and his […]

Just how evenly matched were the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates this season? The Pirates won the season series, 10-9. The Cardinals scored 87 runs in those games. The Pirates scored 85. Now they meet in the postseason, for the first time since the Cardinals swept the Pirates in early September in a […]

This is going to come as a huge shock, but Alex Rodriguez is claiming he didn't know the products he was getting from Biogenesis were performance-enhancing drugs. The New York Daily News reports that Rodriguez is pleading ignorance as part of his suspension appeal, saying he thought they were just legal (and, apparently, very expensive) […]

With all of the attention focused on the Mariano Rivera Retirement Tour, it's easy to forget that another longtime Yankee is reaching the end of his career. According to the New York Post, Andy Pettitte will be announcing his retirement this afternoon. His final regular season start at Yankee Stadium will be Sunday against the […]