Buried in this early autopsy of the 2015 Washington Nationals is an interesting line from Robert Boswell of the Washington Post regarding deposed closer Drew Storen. What you have is demoted, dissatisfied Drew Storen wanting a trade that he will almost certainly get this winter. Storen was dragged from the closer’s role for the second […]

Details on this are still a bit sparse, but it’s tentatively going into the “stupid baseball injury” Hall of Fame. Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt hurt his knee…while he was playing with his kids. I’ll let the AP report take it away. The Giants placed left-hander Jeremy Affeldt on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday after he […]

We see balls get stuck between the pads of the outfield wall every so often, but they usually get stuck after a bounce. On Tuesday night, Paul Goldschmidt hit a screamer of a line drive against the Cardinals that got stuck between the pads without even bouncing. That’s a ground rule double. Goldschmidt would score […]

Boston isn’t punting on Hanley Ramirez quite yet. In fact, the Red Sox intend to change Ramirez’s position in 2016 (after changing it from shortstop to left field in 2015), and will shift him to first base. Mike Napoli held down the position for the Red Sox since signing with the team as a free […]

Carlos Gomez rubs a lot of people the wrong way. On Tuesday, he rubbed some members of the Yankees wrong when he popped up in the sixth inning of a 9-0 game and angrily flipped his bat. Gomez came up an inning later with the Astros’ lead extended to 12-0, and he launched a three-run […]

In Ken Rosenthal’s Monday column for Fox Sports, he had an interesting note about the San Francisco Giants. Specifically, Rosenthal noted that the Giants would likely be interested in impending free agent Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann this offseason. *Add Nationals right-hander Jordan Zimmermann to the list of free-agent starters that the Giants are likely to […]

Following last week’s wildly popular Giants/Full House intro, a Pirates fan has created a Family Matters-themed intro for the team. It’s pretty fantastic. I wouldn’t necessarily say I prefer this to the Full House intro…but it’s pretty, pretty good. The inclusion of the screaming McCutchen kids is a nice detail. Especially this. Yeah, it’s been […]

This homer from Marlins center fielder Marcell Ozuna against the Phillies on Thursday night was impressive. Very impressive. He hit it off the top of the damn foul pole at Marlins Park. Giancarlo Stanton, eat your heart out. Incredibly, this homer was only measured at 434 feet, so you won’t be seeing it tomorrow on […]

Clayton Kershaw and Albert Pujols will captain wiffle ball teams in September at Angel Stadium as part of a charity event benefiting each player’s charity, the Pujols Family Foundation and Kershaw Challenge. And while the prospect of the two players squaring off is an enticing one, fans can actually join in on the fun with […]