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Does Roy Oswalt Make Sense For The Cardinals?

Rumors are flying around that free agent starting pitcher Roy Oswalt is close to choosing his 2012 team, and that the top suitor right now is the reigning World Champion St Louis Cardinals, who are ahead of the Tigers, Red Sox, and Astros in the race for Oswalt. But does the starter make sense for […]

2012 All Prospect Team: Pitchers

We took a look at the hitters earlier this week, now it’s time to look at the all-prospect team pitchers. Rotation1. Matt Moore (Tampa Bay Rays) Is there anyone out there that doubts Moore is the best pitching prospect in baseball?  Some dreamers might say Yu Darvish, but he’s not a rookie.  Not only is […]

Ranking The Top National League First Basemen

Albert Pujols? Gone. Prince Fielder? Gone. Hell, even Carlos Pena is gone. Combine those three departures with that of Adrian Gonzalez last winter, and the crop of first basemen in the National League is looking very different than it did two years ago. However, there is still one elite player, and a bunch of other […]

Digging In: Is Tim Lincecum Worth A Long Term Investment?

(“Digging In” will be a feature at The Outside Corner that will take a closer look at some of the major issues going on in baseball today using a detailed sabermetric approach that will look to uncover things not normally mentioned when it comes to things like player contracts, team performance, trends and much, much […]

Blue Jays Shore Up Bullpen With Cordero Signing

On the heels of giving starter Brandon Morrow an extension, the Blue Jays struck again, signing free agent reliever Francisco Cordero to a one year, $4.5 million contract. After spending the last eight years closing for the Rangers, Brewers and Red, Cordero will be heading to a set-up role for newly acquired Toronto closer Sergio […]

Prince Fielder Signing Fallout

The dust is still settling on the Prince Fielder signing, and we’re still learning and digesting a lot of information about the signing. We’ve just learned, that contrary to my earlier post immediately after the signing happened, that Fielder will in fact be the primary first baseman for the Tigers, and that Miguel Cabrera will […]

Prince Fielder Signs With….The Detroit Tigers

After an afternoon of tweets from fake accounts and wrong teams, free agent first baseman Prince Fielder has finally signed, with the Detroit Tigers. Tim Brown of Yahoo initially reported the signing, and CBS’s Jon Heyman confirmed the deal. The terms are nine years, and a whopping $214 million, or an average of $23.7 million […]

Blue Jays Solidify Rotation By Extending Morrow

The Toronto Blue Jays took another step towards retaining their core players, extending starting pitcher Brandon Morow for three years today. The deal is worth $20 million and goes through the 2014 season. There is a club option for 2015 worth $10 million. This deal really helps the Jays, with Morrow starting at arbitration raises […]

The 2012 All Prospect Team

Catcher – Devin Mesoraco (Cincinnati Reds) Some may wonder why not Jesus Montero.  The answer is simply because Montero is a not a legit catcher.  I understand Seattle intends to play him over there part time, but that’s essentially an open invitation for teams to steal bases at will and pitchers will be cognizant of […]

Rockies, Red Sox Complete Scutaro Deal

Troy Renck of the Denver Post is reporting that a deal between the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies that would send shortstop Marco Scutaro to Colorado has been completed. Pitcher Clayton Mortensen is heading to the Red Sox in the deal. The Rockies have been hunting an infielder all winter. They were closely tied […]

Ten Young Hitters To Keep An Eye On In 2012

On Thursday, I wrote about ten young pitchers to keep an eye on in 2012. The same caveats apply for this list as for the pitchers list: all hitters must be under 25, and none of them can have been traded this offseason. Let’s take a look. 1. Jason Heyward, Braves. In his rookie season […]

Nationals Extend Mike Morse, Fall Out Of Fielder Race?

The Washington Nationals today announced a two-year extension for first baseman/left fielder Mike Morse, buying out his final two arbitration years. Morse will still become a free agent after the 2013 season as he was initially able to, but does the signing take the Nationals out of the running for free agent first baseman and […]

Former Rays First Baseman Pena Re-Signs With Tampa Bay

Apparently, one year with the Chicago Cubs was too much for Carlos Pena, who signed with the Tampa Bay Rays, his former team, today. The deal is for one year and $7.25 million.  Tampa Bay got a year of solid production last season out of former top Angels prospect Casey Kotchman, who had a .306/.378/.422 […]

The Oakland A’s Have Become A Disaster

The Oakland Athletics are currently in talks with free agent outfielder Jonny Gomes. If they sign Gomes, I think will have officially hopped off the Billy Beane bandwagon, because the team’s offense right now is an absolute horror show. Assuming Gomes is in the fold, Beane has four outfielders to play the corners alongside Coco […]

Indians’ Carmona Arrested For Identity Fraud

Cleveland Indians starter Fausto Carmona has been arrested in the Dominican Republic for identity fraud. It’s being reported that Carmona, whose real name is apparently Roberto Hernandez Heredia, was arrested after renewing his visa in the Dominican earlier today. It’s unknown at this time whether or not Carmona has lied about his age in addition […]

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