Baseball is a funny game sometimes. The two players who could shape the game for the next decade are ranked at this position…and neither was a full-timer last year. Yes, Mike Trout and Bryce Harper will be playing left field in 2013, and both were center fielders in 2012. Harper's move was justified by the […]

Do you know where the power lies in the infield? Why, it's at the hot corner, of course. Five third basemen put together six win seasons in 2012, more than the rest of the infield (including catchers) combined. And even with those five great seasons in 2012, third base also features immensely talented players that […]

The Washington Nationals have signed free agent reliever Rafael Soriano to a two-year, $28 million deal with a vesting option for a third season, reports

We're a long way from the days of the Rodriguez/Nomar/Jeter/Tejada days at shorstop, where offense was the primary focus of the position and defense took a bit of a back seat. In 2013, defense is becoming the main factor teams look for when choosing a shortstop, and as a result, the overall state of the […]

Buried in this post by Nick Piecoro is a paragraph about the Arizona Diamondbacks having preliminary discussions with second baseman Aaron Hill about a contract extension. Hill, who we ranked as the sixth best second baseman in baseball earlier this morning, will turn 31 in March and is making $5.5 million this year, the second […]

The second base position is…interesting. You have the elite tier of players, but all aside from one had a down year in 2012. So really, it's just a matter of sorting out the mess of players in the second tier of guys, and trying to decipher the best rankings for the top tier of players…aside […]

After stepping into the collective consciousness of America during the 2011 season with the Brewers, outfielder Nyjer Morgan struggled and lost playing time with Milwaukee in 2012 before getting assigned to AAA after the season, an assignment he'd decline in order to test the free agent waters. Well, life just got a little worse for […]

2012 was *not* a good year for first basemen across the league. Only three players topped four wins, and one was a part-time DH (Edwin Encarnacion). In 2011, seven players topped four wins, including three that were over 6.5. Bad years from Adrian Gonzalez and Albert Pujols essentially deep sixed the position as a whole, […]

For years, the state of catching in the major leagues hasn't been too great. But now, we're in a new era. The old guard has retired for the mostpart. Say goodbye to the guys formerly in the top tier like Ivan Rodriguez, Jorge Posada, Jason Varitek, Javy Lopez and Jason Kendall. After a couple of […]

As we begin the final march towards Spring Training, there are still some teams that have plenty of holes to fill. And honestly, there are still some top free agents on the market, with Scott Boras' trio of Michael Bourn, Kyle Lohse, and Rafael Soriano as the prime players left on the market. However, when […]