Don’t worry, Kansas City Royals fans – your young stud pitcher isn’t going anywhere. The club has agreed to a five-year extension with pitcher Yordano Ventura that guarantees him $23 million. The deal also has a pair of club options that can keep Ventura in Kansas City through his age 30 season. After a solid debut […]

A wild Friday just got a little crazier – Minnesota Twins starter Ervin Santana has been suspended 80 games after testing positive for Stanozolol. The 32-year old Santana signed a four year, $55 million contract with the Twins this offseason after one year with the Atlanta Braves. With the Braves in 2014, Santana had a […]

Opening Day is just about here, and in honor of one of the best days on the calendar each year, MLB has released this video of various MLB stars reciting James Earl Jones’ “baseball” speech from Field of Dreams. Can we start playing meaningful games yet? Please? I’m sufficiently amped.

For the second straight year, Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon wore the jersey of his batterymate Carlos Ruiz when he took the hill for the Phillies last game of the spring at Bright House Field in Clearwater. Mr. Papelbon, you’re an odd man. For the record, the jersey swap didn’t exactly do too much for Papelbon. […]

Justin Verlander has been a work horse in the majors since his rookie year of 2006. Since that rookie season, Verlander has made at last 30 starts in nine straight seasons, and has crossed the 200 inning mark in eight of those seasons. He’s never spent any time on the disabled list. Well, that streak […]

Much of how well the New York Yankees perform this season is tied into the health of stud Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, who missed nearly three months in 2014 because of a torn ligament in his elbow. Tanaka opted for rehab opposed to surgery, and while the choice worked out for the Yankees in the […]

When I think of players that can hit an inside the park homer, I generally think of speedy middle infielders or outfielders. On occasion, maybe a gap hitter will hit an inside the parker thanks to some questionable defense and crazy bounces. So when I saw that Allen Craig, of all people, ALLEN CRAIG, hit […]

We’re days away from Opening Day, and what’s Screech, mascot of the Washington Nationals, up to? Why, he’s paying tolls for commuters on the Dulles Toll Road, of course. Screech was also handing out Nationals caps to those lucky enough to be passing through today. But let’s be honest – to hell with the cap. […]

Every year, Facebook releases a map of MLB fanbases by most popular team in each county. We can draw some interesting nuggets from the map. (click to enlarge so you can actually see some of the counties) -Only two teams aren’t represented, and both are second class citizens in their local markets – the Mets […]

The New York Mets actually spent some money on Wednesday, signing Juan Lagares to a four-year extension through 2019, buying out all of his arbitration years. The Mets also hold a club option on Lagares for 2020, which would be his first free agent year. He’s guaranteed at least $20 million through the life of […]