2011 wasn’t a great year for the Cubs by any stretch of the imagination, and as large market teams tend to do when they get into that situation, the Cubs retooled. A new manager in Dale Sveum, a new president in Theo Epstein, and a new general manager in Jed Hoyer are in the process […]

Oh, the White Sox. 2011 was pretty much a lost year for the team, highlighted by struggles nearly everywhere on the team. Despite all of the downslides, the Sox only finished four games under .500. GM Kenny Williams responded by pretty much blowing up the team, which leaves Chicago with a brand spanking new White […]

From my Nationals season preview earlier today… Burning QuestionIs Jayson Werth going to live up to his massive contract this season, or continue to struggle? As soon as the ink was dry on Werth’s seven year, $126 million contract in December of 2010, fans from all across the country were crucifying the Nationals for overpaying […]

Phillies outfield prospect Domonic Brown has seemingly fallen out of favor with management after a hand injury delayed the start of his rookie season last year, and then the season itself didn’t go well, which led to a demotion to AAA in midseason. Well, things are about to get a little worse for Brown. He’s […]

From my season preview of the Blue Jays earlier this morning… Burning QuestionEveryone knows about the talent that Colby Rasmus possesses, but he was pretty awful after coming over from the Cardinals last July. Is this going to be the year where he finally turns into a superstar? Ramsus’s first two years with the Cardinals […]

Remember Salvador Perez, the Royals catcher who the team recently signed to a long extension for seven figures total? Well, Perez underwent surgery this morning to repair a torn meniscus in his knee, and he’s expected to be out 12 to 14 weeks. This is a huge blow for a youthful Royals team. While Perez […]

This is a shocker: the New York Yankees have signed their former great Andy Pettitte to a minor league deal. The 39 year-old Pettite (will be 40 in June) retired after the 2010 season with the Yankees. Aside from a three year stint with the Astros in the middle part of the last decade, Pettitte […]

The Washington Nationals continued to claw and scrape towards respectability in 2011, finishing just one game under .500 for the season. They retooled their team for the 2012 season, bringing in a pair of experienced starters in Edwin Jackson and Gio Gonzalez. The Nationals might not win the NL East in 2012, but they’re at […]

Led by MVP candidate Jose Bautista, the Toronto Blue Jays bashed their way to an 81-81 record, their third season in the last four years at or above .500. All those .500 seasons have gotten them…a permanent spot in fourth place in the highly competitive AL East. But the Blue Jays fine tuned their team […]

From my season preview of the Phillies earlier today… Burning QuestionIs the Phillies offense going to be as disappointing as it was last season, or will they rebound and be above average again? To call the Phillies offense last year anything but a disappointment would be an injustice. The team had a .718 OPS, down […]

From this morning’s season preview of the Tampa Bay Rays… Burning QuestionCan BJ Upton rebound to become the player he was in 2007 and 2008, or is he just a completely different player now? In 2007 and 2008, BJ Upton looked like the player the Rays envisioned he would become when drafting him second overall […]

The Phillies finished with a franchise record 102 wins in 2011, but it ended up not mattering at the end of the day, with the team losing in five games to the eventual World Champion St Louis Cardinals in the NLDS. Furthermore, the team suffered a huge blow at the end of the NLDS, with […]

The Tampa Bay Rays mounted a furious comeback in the final month of the 2011 season, and ended up in the playoffs for the third time in four seasons after a complete and utter collapse by the Boston Red Sox. The rally ended up being for naught, as the Rays lost in four games in […]

New York Mets third baseman David Wright, who missed 60 games last year with a stress fracture in his back, has been diagnosed with a torn rectus abdominis muscle. Despite the injury, he claims he’ll be ready for Opening Day. Wright initially was hurt before games started this spring. He thought the injury was a […]