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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]