The reasons a lot of teams like to spend money on proven closers (with a capital C!) is so their games can end in peace once the ninth inning rolls around, and they don’t need to worry who’s finishing things off. It’s funny though, because blown saves seem to be quite in vogue so far […]

Despite an offense that is surging two games into the season, the Detroit Tigers have taken a hit, as starting pitcher Doug Fister will be heading to the DL after leaving today’s game with a pulled muscle in his left side. The exact injury is being deemed a “left costochondral strain”. Fister went 3 2/3 scoreless […]

During yesterday’s Orioles-Twins game, Batman invaded Camden Yards. The fan who ran on the field dressed as the caped crusader made his way around the outfield, with a legion of security guards slowly incoming towards him. Since they weren’t running, he figured that he should milk it a little more, and just kept running around […]

Coming into the spring, the Boston Red Sox had an internal debate between general manager Ben Cherington and manager Bobby Valentine on who the team’s starting shortstop should be. Cherington preferred veteran Mike Aviles, who has a heck of a bat, but isn’t a very good fielder. Valentine was more partial to prospect Jose Iglesias, […]

This is Braves prospect Todd Cunningham. Baseball America ranked him as the 16th best prospect in the organization this offseason. And here he is starring in a music video called “Rock Yo Jock”, which features Cunningham in his Lynchburg Hillcats hat, wearing a bedazzled jock strap around his neck. In an interview with MiLB.com’s Benjamin […]

Remember yesterday, when I talked about aces dominating the landscape of Thursday? That uh, didn’t happen on Friday. Giants ace Tim Lincecum only went 5 1/3 and allowed five runs. On the bright side, he only walked one while striking out seven. On their faux Opening Day in Oakland, A’s ace Brandon McCarthy allowed five […]

The New York Mets have started an interesting promotion for Sunday’s home game against the Braves. The team tweeted out a link that entitles fans to a free ticket in Citi Field’s Promenade level, just for following @Mets and @SNYtv. Actually, upon using the link for the free tickets, a prompt to enter your Twitter […]

The first blow of negativity for the New York Mets has already struck, as center fielder Andres Torres will be placed on the DL after straining his calf yesterday against the Braves. The injury happened in the seventh inning, with Torres chasing a fly ball hit by Braves rookie shortstop Tyler Pastornicky. Torres pulled up […]

Nationals starter John Lannan, who didn’t make the team’s Opening Day roster and was demoted to AAA Syracuse to start the year, has demanded a trade after not making the roster. One team that apparently has interest is the Chicago Cubs, but my major question about the Cubs interest in Lannan is “why?” The Cubs […]

Yesterday’s games featured an extreme overabundance of fantastic pitching. Of the seven games, only two teams (Toronto and Los Angeles) scored more than four runs. The Marlins, Pirates, and Braves were all shut out, and the Mets, Phillies, and Cubs all only scored one run. I’m sure this is going to be a “well duh” […]

Going into the 2012 season, two of the most talked about teams are the Nationals and the Cubs. The Nationals took a step closer to contention by signing Edwin Jackson and trading for Gio Gonzalez, while the Cubs revamped their front office by adding Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer, who proceeded to come close to […]

Last night, the MLB officially kicked off the season….well, barring those two silly games in Japan last week. The Cardinals defeated the Marlins 4-1, with St Louis starter Kyle Lohse no hitting the hometown bunch through six innings. The Marlins would finish with just four hits, two by Jose Reyes, and no walks. Some initial […]

The Miami Marlins are a franchise known for bottom of the barrel tactics, such as being the sole team in the MLB to not honor Bobby Cox in his final season, demoting outfielder Logan Morrison to the minors for being outspoken on Twitter, and gouging the city of Miami out of money for a new […]

The season starts FOR REAL tonight in Miami, as the Marlins will be taking on the defending champion Cardinals. The rest of the league will either kick off on Thursday or Friday. It’s baseball season, dammit! I polled the staff of The Outside Corner to see who we all were favoring for the playoffs and […]