The player that would have been at the top of this list won't be, because the Reds made the wise decision to move Aroldis Chapman to the starting rotation. With the flamethrowing lefty out of the picture, these rankings are wide open. Left-handed relievers are typically specialists, and a lot of them don't typically log […]

As part of our continuing coverage of the World Baseball Classic, we're going to take a look at the rosters for each country in each of the four pools today. We broke down the rosters yesterday, looking at the major league talent on each, and now we're going to determine how the teams rank in […]

We've seen our share of silly minor league promotions, but this one might take the cake. The independent Florence Freedom will be having a "Manti Te'o Girlfriend Bobblehead Day" during a game in late-May, making light of the ridiculous scandal in recent days involving Notre Dame's star linebacker. With the promotion, the first 1,000 fans […]

The dominant right-handed starter is a baseball prototype that's been around since the beginning of the sport. But in recent years, lefty aces have started to take hold across the league, and teams are employing a nearly equal blend of lefty and righty studs in their rotation. The overall ceiling among left-handers is probably higher […]

The three year, $39 million contract that the Boston Red Sox and Mike Napoli agreed to earlier this winter has been replaced with a one-year,

Ah, the left-handed starting pitcher. Even in the year 2013, this is still a valuable commodity in the game today. But while the best lefties in the game are elite, the middle ground of lefties can be a little mediocre. The lefthanders to rank 11th-15th in ERA in the league this year were Ross Detwiler, […]

The Texas Rangers and 27-year old left-handed starter Matt Harrison have agreed to a

The Washington Nationals

Right field is the final offensive position we'll be tackling in our TOC Top Ten series before venturing to the pitchers mound on Thursday and Friday. The position is pretty loaded, even with injuries leading to disappointing seasons from Justin Upton, Jose Bautista, and Nick Markakis, among others. There's a lot of young talent in […]

Throughout this TOC Top Ten series we've been rolling out all week, I've had some tough decisions on where to rank certain players. But I think the center field rankings posted this afternoon were the most difficult I've had to do. Mike Trout and Bryce Harper are now left fielders. Josh Hamilton is now a […]

I struggled with this list of center fielders for a couple of reasons. First off is that two players that would have been in my top five, Mike Trout and Bryce Harper, will be playing left field in 2013. Secondly, another top five player (Michael Bourn) is still unemployed, and I have no idea where […]

The Atlanta Braves have largely remained dormant this winter, aside from signing BJ Upton to replace Michael Bourn as the team's center fielder. Aside from filling that hole in center field, the Braves really didn't need to do much this winter. They still haven't replaced Chipper Jones' bat in their lineup, but aside from that, […]