Something has happened with the Kansas City Royals. The butt of a lot of jokes through the first two months of this season, Kansas City is 8-3 in June and is now just 5.5 games out of first place in the AL Central. They rallied late to beat the Tigers last night, Detroit is still […]

The 2014 MLB season will reportedly begin on Saturday, March 22nd…in Sydney, Australia. The Dodgers and Diamondbacks will play on Saturday and Sunday, likely a week or more before the MLB season begins in full, over 7,000 miles from home. I understand the approach of "growing the game", but it seems silly to me that MLB […]

There was a pretty crazy brawl during the Diamondbacks-Dodgers game last night. The issues erupted in the sixth inning, after Ian Kennedy hit Yasiel Puig in the face. Zack Greinke retaliated by hitting Miguel Montero, and that should have been that after the benches cleared. But in the bottom of the seventh, Kennedy threw at […]

Chicago Cubs third baseman Ian Stewart hasn't lived up to expectations since being acquired from the Rockies prior to the 2012 season. Stewart made $2.2375 million in 2012 with the Cubs, and played in just 55 games after surgery on his left wrist. Chicago nontendered him after the year, and re-signed him for $2 million. […]

We saw some of the weirdest weather of the season on Monday night in the midwest and east coast. The Orioles and Angels had a 2:13 rain delay in Baltimore, which wasn't really out of character. In Chicago, the Cubs and Reds weren't delayed, but the fog that developed over Wrigley Field was simply insane, […]

The fine folks at Deadspin pointed this out tonight. Alex Cobb got the start for the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night against the Boston Red Sox, and promptly allowed six runs on seven hits and a walk in the first inning. Of course, things would only get worse for Cobb off the field as […]

After over a month on the disabled list with a strained hamstring, Giancarlo Stanton has been activated from the DL by the Miami Marlins. Stanton will return to his familiar haunt of right field in tonight's game against the Brewers. Casey Kotchman was placed on the DL to make room for Stanton on the Marlins […]

We're a little over seven weeks away from the trade deadline, and something alarming is becoming apparent: we really don't know which teams are going to be sellers next month. Last year, the A's made the playoffs after being 6.5 games out of the wild card race on June 15th and five games under .500. […]

The American League Central is…not a good division. At 35-26, the Tigers are the class of it. They've got a 5.5 game lead on the Indians, who have lost seven in a row and 15 of 19. The Royals, who closed out May by losing 13 of 15, are a game behind Cleveland for second […]

There were two marathon games yesterday, and quite frankly, both were painful to watch. The Blue Jays blew a 3-0 lead against the Rangers, with Texas scoring a pair in the ninth inning to knot the game at three. That would be the last scoring in the game until the bottom of the 18th, when […]

For the first time since mid-April, the Texas Rangers have fallen out of first place in the AL West. The Oakland Athletics have usurped their position after a 4-3 win in Chicago, and a 6-1 Rangers loss in Toronto. The Rangers and A's definitely are making this a two team race, as the Angels and […]