Saying that the Giants "fell off" in 2013 is misleading. The Giants didn't just fall off, they cratered. Sure, the club finished in third place in the NL West, but they were just two games ahead of the last place Rockies. Really, the most positive thing to say about the 2010 and 2012 World Champions […]

Everything went right for the Giants in 2012, and not much went right for them in 2013. Actually, let me rephrase that – not much went right for them on the mound in 2013. The only starters to have an ERA under 4.00 were Madison Bumgarner and Chad Gaudin, who made more appearances out of […]

For all intents and purposes, the 2013 MLB offseason is over. Sure, there are still three marquee free agents on the market, but Stephen Drew, Kendrys Morales, or Ervin Santana probably won’t change much in the way of grades. At the beginning of the month, I looked at the winners and losers of this winter, […]

Mike Minor was one of the few young Atlanta players that didn't get a contract extension this winter. While a deal still may get done this spring, Minor may not be too active during Spring Training, because this winter, he underwent…urethra surgery. Oh. Mike Minor is a few weeks behind because he had to rest […]

The AAA Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs are rebranding, and their new alternate logos are very heavy on…bacon. The cap with a bacon strip on it will be worn during all Saturday home games. The bacon strip t-shirt you see above is a scratch and sniff t-shirt that smells like bacon. And the piping on those […]

In your "incredibly creepy" tidbit of the day, MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince is reporting (and I use that word loosely, considering the subject matter) that a fan has sent Phillies starting pitcher Cliff Lee their fingernail clippings. Tidbit from

New York Mets first baseman Ike Davis had a disastrous 2013 season. He played in just 103 games, hit just .205/.326/.334 with only nine home runs in the majors, earned a midseason vacation to AAA Las Vegas, and saw his season end in August followed a strained oblique. While talking to Mike Puma of the […]

Preview day number eleven. Today's victim? The Colorado Rockies, who improved from 64 to 74 wins from 2012 to 2013, but still couldn't escape the NL West basement. In 2014, the Rockies will be without a franchise legend in Todd Helton, who retired after last season, but will look to once again improve on their […]

The New York Yankees once again spent money on a player Sunday, but instead of dishing it out on a free agent, they retained one of their own. Outfielder Brett Gardner agreed to

The Los Angeles Dodgers will kick off their 2014 season a week before nearly the entire rest of the league, playing a two game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. One of the players who isn't too pleased with this turn of events is Dodgers starting pticher Zack Greinke, who may start one of the games […]

The Baltimore Orioles continued their fancy offseason spending, agreeing to a one-year contract with Nelson Cruz for $8 million. The contract's details were reported by ESPN's Enrique Rojas, and as always, the completion of the deal is pending a physical. Cruz is reportedly going to serve as Baltimore's designated hitter, and I'd expect that Cruz […]