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Dugout Digest – officially official

With the announcements of the Cy Young awards on Wednesday and the MVP awards on Thursday, we are officially in full-blown offseason mode. The 2012 season is in our rear-view mirror, and we have nothing to do but look forward to 2013 with the shaping of rosters for each team through trades and free agency. […]

Miguel Cabrera and Buster Posey win MVP awards

Miguel Cabrera has won the American League MVP award, and Buster Posey has won the National League MVP award. Cabrera earned 22 of 28 first place votes and 362 points, along with six second place points, to finish ahead of Mike Trout, who earned the other six first place votes, 21 second place votes, and […]

Braves, Phillies will do battle for BJ Upton’s services

Free agent center fielder BJ Upton is receiving a lot of interest this offseason as the second best center fielder on the market behind Michael Bourn. Upton is being courted by many teams so far this winter, but two have jumped to the forefront as the favorites: the Phillies and Braves, NL East rivals. The […]

Tigers sign Torii Hunter

The seemingly inevitable signing of Torii Hunter with the Detroit Tigers has been completed. Hunter has agreed to a

Dugout Digest – it’s officially the offseason

After yesterday's monster Blue Jays-Marlins trade, I think we can officially say that the offseason has begun. We also have our first major Twitter incident of the offseason involving a superstar (sorry, Todd Coffey), with that involving a very angry Giancarlo Stanton. That wasn't all that's happened so far this week. Scott Baker agreed to […]

Mike Trout and Bryce Harper are the Rookies of the Year

Mike Trout is the American League Rookie of the Year, and Bryce Harper is the National League Rookie of the Year. Trout unanimously won the American League honors, finishing in first place in all 28 ballots cast. Yoenis Cespedes of the Oakland Athletics finished second with 19 second place votes and six third place votes, […]

A breakdown of $100 million contracts

Nine figure contracts are all the rage in baseball over the past few seasons. Of the 36 contracts worth at least $100 million signed in league history, 17 of them took effect in the year 2010 or later, and 23 of them have taken effect in 2008 or later. Massive contracts have a terrible attachment […]

NL Rookie of the Year preview: Bryce Harper is overshadowing the field

When the National League Rookie of the Year award is announced tonight, there is probably going to be a decent bit of outrage surrounding it. One player from each division is represented, and the three players that are finalists couldn't be more dissimilar. Let's examine them, shall we? Representing the NL East is teenage phenom […]

AL Rookie of the Year preview: will Mike Trout sweep the voting?

When the American League Rookie of the Year award is announced this evening, the question isn't "if" Mike Trout will win. The question is "will Mike Trout win the award unanimously?" He really should, because quite frankly, there isn't any much serious competition for the Angels center fielder from Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish and A's […]

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