If you take a gander at the standings today, you'll notice a familiar name right under the two wild card leaders in the American League – that's right, it's those pesky New York Yankees again, just 3.5 games behind the Rays for the second wild card spot. New York finished off a 16-12 August with […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have traded for Phillies third baseman Michael Young, according to

The Pittsburgh Pirates are all-in. Mere days after acquiring Marlon Byrd and John Buck from the Mets, Pittsburgh has acquired Twins first baseman Justin Morneau in exchange for outfielder Alex Presley, according to

We're at the point in the season where every loss by postseason contenders is crucial towards their playoff hopes. On Friday, the big winners were the Pirates, who beat the Cardinals 5-0 to move into a tie for the NL Central lead. In addition to the Pirates' win, the Reds, Nationals, and Diamondbacks all lost, […]

The six-year, $48 million contract that the Phillies agreed to with Cuban pitcher Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez has been substantially modified, and is now a three-year, $12 million deal according to

After being stuck in DFA limbo for just a couple of days, Jason Kubel has a new home: the Cleveland Indians. Arizona dealt Kubel to the Tribe for a player to be named later and will be picking up nearly

On Wednesday, we had our first team get eliminated from the playoff race, as the Astros' elimination number fell to zero. The Astros and Marlins have both clinched losing records for the year, already notching 89 and 83 losses respectively. On Thursday, we had our first team get to the magic number of 81 wins […]

Pittsburgh Pirates left fielder Starling Marte is currently on the 15-day DL with a sprained finger. Marte has been one of the key components to the Pirates' success this year, and has become quite a fan favorite in Pittsburgh as a result. Before Thursday night's game with the Brewers, Marte noticed a fan with a […]

Ladies and gentlemen, our first team has been eliminated from playoff contention: it's the Houston Astros, of course. You know what that means: the end of season post-mortem series and hope for the hopeless series will be back today! WOOOOHOOO! PIC OF THE DAY Marlon Byrd celebrates his first homer as a Pirate (Charles LeClaire-USA […]

On ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball this week, the Mets will take on the Nationals. It's not really a marquee matchup to begin with, but these things happen. But the Mets' recent misfortunes have placed ESPN in a tough position. Check out the above screengrab from Chase Hughes of CSN Washington. That's right: Eric Young Jr […]

When the Diamondbacks signed Jason Kubel for two years and $16 million prior to the 2012 season, we laughed. Kubel was an awful fielder with some ugly platoon splits, and he'd be expected to play left field every day for the Diamondbacks? That'll end well. On Tuesday, the Diamondbacks