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Ten Young Pitchers To Keep An Eye On In 2012

Young pitching is always in demand in the MLB. Young studs Mat Latos, Trevor Cahill, Michael Pineda, and Gio Gonzalez were all dealt this offseason for top 100 prospects. It’s a known fact that teams are in love with cost-controlled, successful MLB pitchers, and they’re not hesitating to give up young, unproven players for them, […]

Rangers Make Darvish Deal Official Just Before Deadline

Yu Darvish is officially a Texas Ranger, as he has signed a six year, $60 million contract that will also offer $10 million in bonuses over the life of the contract. The contract is the largest ever given to a Japanese player, much like the $51.8 million posting fee the Rangers paid the Nippon Ham […]

Why Do The Phillies Hate Domonic Brown?

This tweet from ESPN’s Jim Bowden made me sick to my stomach when I saw it, and I’m not even a Phillies fan. So unless Domonic Brown, a former top five prospect who was slow out of the gates because he broke his hand last season, wows the Phillies in the spring, he’s spending his […]

Ranking The MLB Rotations

After the Yankees acquired Michael Pineda from the Mariners and signed Hiroki Kuroda last week, cries immediately started coming out of the Big Apple that the Yankees once again had one of the most superior rotations in the league, despite still lacking a fifth starter. I began to fall deep into thought and wonder just […]

Giants Lock Up Kung Fu Panda For Three Years

Tuesday was the last day that teams could announce the amount of money they would want to offer their arbitration-eligible players, but it was the San Francisco Giants who ended up making a move that would allow them to not have to worry about what to do with one of their stars on offense. They […]

Tigers Catcher Victor Martinez Tears ACL

Breaking news out of Florida. Detroit Tigers DH/catcher Victor Martinez has reportedly torn his ACL, and will probably miss the entire season. Last season for the Tigers, Martinez hit .330/.380/.470 with a career low 12 homers. Martinez is in the second year of a four year, $50 million deal, and is scheduled to make $13 […]

The Battle For The New York Yankees’ Fifth Rotation Spot

The New York Yankees took a big step towards solidifying their starting rotation, which was pretty middling last year past CC Sabathia. By acquiring Michael Pineda and signing Hiroki Kuroda last week (for the low – in New York terms, at least – cost of their top prospect and $10 million in salary), the Yankees […]

Rockies Deal Seth Smith to the A’s for Pitching

The consistently under-appreciated outfielder Seth Smith has finally been granted his freedom from the grips of an undefined role in Colorado.  While Smith always showed promise, the Rockies maddeningly appeared hesitant to grant him a full time featured role in their outfield.  In 2011 Smith hit .284/.347/.483 with 32 doubles, nine triples and 15 home […]

Does Bartolo Colon Make Sense For The Oakland A’s? (EDIT: Confirmed)

Late late night, a report surfaced that free agent starter Bartolo Colon had signed with an infamous “mystery team”. Earlier in the day, Colon had been linked to the Oakland A’s. Putting two and two together, it seems logical that Colon’s mystery team would be Oakland, but that hasn’t been confirmed yet. Does the former […]

Overpaying For Talent

With a few exceptions, it appears the free agent market has evened itself out when compared to previous years.  Gone are the days of John Lackey and A.J. Burnett landing 5 year $82.5 million deals.  Their relative comparison this offseason is Edwin Jackson, who is without a contract and is expected to sign for roughly […]

Yankees Sign Hiroki Kuroda

THEY’RE NOT DONE! Jack Curry of the YES Network is reporting that the New York Yankees, on the heels of trading for Michael Pineda, have signed former Los Angeles Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda to a one year deal worth betwen $10 and $11 million. The 36-year old Kuroda had a career best 3.07 ERA for […]

Mariners And Yankees Swap Pineda And Montero (UPDATE: Full Deal Announced)

Huge, huge news tonight: the Seattle Mariners have gotten the young hitter they desired, while the New York Yankees have gotten the young pitcher they were looking for. The Yankees have acquired Michael Pineda from the Mariners in exchange for catcher Jesus Montero. Other names are in the deal, but they haven’t leaked out yet. […]

Prince Fielder Is In Dallas, And Meeting With The Rangers

This news comes from a Bob Nightengale tweet, who stated that the free agent slugger and the defending AL champions were meeting at a Dallas-area hotel. Fielder would make a lot of sense for the Rangers, who suffered through Mitch Moreland at first base last year. Moreland had a .259/.320/.414 line last year for the […]

NFL Stars In The MLB

Two sports that are completely different can offer many of the same stories.  Stories depicting tragedy, unexpected success, hype, greatness, and disappointment are transcendent among all sports.  It is in this spirit that we hear at The Outside Corner have put our collective heads together and combined America’s two favorite sports, football and baseball. Who […]

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