Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports interviewed new MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, and the interview will air on Tuesday’s edition of Fox Sports Live. In this trailer released by Fox Sports, Manfred is already furiously back pedaling on his controversial comments about banning defensive shifts made earlier this week. Well that takes care of that. If hitters […]

Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Maikel Franco is nearly universally thought of as the organization’s third-best prospect, behind J.P. Crawford and Aaron Nola. Franco will be given every opportunity to earn a job on the Phillies’ Opening Day roster this spring, and if the winter that Franco had in the Dominican is any indication, he’s ready. […]

After unexpectedly signing with the Washington Nationals this week, former Detroit Tigers ace Max Scherzer said goodbye to Tigers fans and the city of Detroit with this full-page ad in the Detroit Free Press on Sunday. A version of the ad also appeared on the Free Press website, which is a cool touch I can’t […]

The Seattle Mariners are calling back to the past with their new alternate uniforms for Sunday home games, and they are *awesome*. Well yeah, it’s just their current uniform with a different color scheme…but those stirrups are fantastic. Well done, Mariners. Well done indeed. If only that awesome trident M cap made a comeback… At […]

The Milwaukee Brewers are looking for a closer in the wake of Francisco Rodriguez’s perpetual free agency, and they’re looking at an expensive, well-known name – Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon. Source:

When Pablo Sandoval signed with the Boston Red Sox earlier this offseason, it came as a bit of a shock, considering Sandoval’s history with the Giants and the reports that San Francisco had made him a better offer than what he ended up getting from Boston. On a Tuesday appearance on MLB Network radio, Sandoval […]

This is one of the strangest baseball stories of the offseason. When Darryl Strawberry signed a contract with the Mets in 1985, $700,000 of his $1.8 million club option in 1990 was deferred. Strawberry didn’t pay over half a million dollars in taxes in the ’80s, and as a result, the IRS seized the annuity that […]

One of the easiest ways for MLB to shorten games would be to simply enforce some of the rules on the book. The league has proposed a quick fix to help make games flow just a little bit faster – forcing pitchers and hitters to be ready before commercial breaks end, rather than as the […]

In case you’re wondering how Alex Rodriguez’s bizarre recovery from a year-long suspension and chronic hip issues can get any more strange, don’t worry – it somehow *has*. According to John Shea of SFGate, Rodriguez has been spotted working out with Barry Bonds in Arizona. Bonds’ latest pupil has been out of the game since 2013, […]

Last spring, Max Scherzer turned down a $144 million extension from the Detroit Tigers. Given the absurd contract he got from the Washington Nationals (seven years, $210 million, half deferred), he ended up in a better place. However, the Tigers and owner Mike Iltich never even tried to top their initial offer, per Jon Paul […]

Former Tampa Bay Rays utility player Ben Zobrist paid an emotional farewell to Rays fans with this full-page ad in Sunday’s Tampa Bay Times. Zobrist was traded to the Oakland Athletics (along with teammate Yunel Escobar, already traded to the Washington Nationals) earlier this offseason. Because the picture is a bit small, here’s the text, […]