The Miami Marlins caught fans offguard on Sunday when releasing their Opening Day roster. Among the roster of castoffs like Placido Polanco, Casey Kotchman, and Kevin Slowey, was a name that no one expected to see: pitcher Jose Fernandez. Fernandez was an early cut in Marlins camp, and the 2011 first-round pick was expected to […]

To add something to the "this really isn't news, but it's a distraction at the very least" category, the wife of New York Mets Opening Day starter Jon Niese revealed in an interview with the New York Post that on Opening Day, and during all of Niese's starts in 2013, she plans on wearing her […]

During Friday's exhibition game at Citizens Bank Park between the Blue Jays and Phillies, CSN Philadelphia cameras caught a glimpse of Phillies Opening Day starter Cole Hamels in the dugout. Hamels, who sported a beard for most of the spring, shaved the beard off…but left his mustache, giving himself a stache that Tom Selleck would […]

Well, the San Francisco Giants have their man locked up. The defending World Champions will go into the 2013 season with reigning NL MVP Buster Posey signed for the next nine years, at a total cost of $167 million. Posey already had agreed to a one-year, $8 million deal for 2013 to avoid arbitration, and […]

Predictions are always fun to look at. Here's what we predicted last April going into the 2012 season. Some are laughably bad, especially mine. With the new season upon us, it's time for another round of staff predictions for the 2013 season.   Joe Lucia Pat Lackey Garrett Wilson AL East Blue Jays Rays Blue […]

Opening Day is Monday. Opening Night is Sunday. The beginning of the season is so close that you can taste it. The 2012 season saw several players burst into the consciousness of fans across baseball, from Mike Trout to Bryce Harper to Chase Headley to Andrew McCutchen to Martin Prado to Aaron Hill. Players break […]

Last month, we brought you the news of former Indians, Red Sox, and Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez signing with the EDA Rhinos in Taiwan. Well, Ramirez made his debut with the Rhinos on Wednesday night, and Busted Coverage broke down the bizarre scenario that unfolded. First off, as you can tell in the above picture, […]

New York Mets starting pitcher Johan Santana may never throw another pitch again. In a conference call on Thursday, Mets GM Sandy Alderson said that Santana has probably re-torn the anterior capsule in his left shoulder. If the capsule is torn, Santana would need a second surgery on the shoulder and would miss all of […]

2012 was an amazing year for catchers in the National League, as Buster Posey and Yadier Molina both put together six win seasons and finished in the top five of MVP voting, with Posey winning the award running away over runner-up Ryan Braun. In addition to those three, a pair of young, rising stars rounded […]

The 2012 MVP race between Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera was one of the more heated we've seen in recent years. It was essentially a new school vs old school battle, and at the end of the year, the old school supported Cabrera and his Triple Crown, and he won the first MVP award of […]