Even though they won on Sunday, the Texas Rangers are a disaster. Not only were they the first team in baseball to be eliminated from the playoff race, but they also have a whopping five game lead on the Rockies and Diamondbacks for the top pick in next June’s MLB Draft. Their magic number for […]

With so many top-tier starting pitchers changing teams at the trade deadline, it’s no wonder that fans expected the same teams to dominate the playoff standings. But after a little over a month, things haven’t gone too well for the starters that changed teams. John Lackey and Justin Masterson have been a horror show in […]

We can no longer talk about the Oakland Athletics making the playoffs as an inevitability. The A’s are only two games up on the Mariners for the top Wild Card spot in the AL, and just 2.5 games up on the Tigers for either playoff spot. Since winning five out of six against the Rays and […]

In the early hours of Friday morning, Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers was fired after slightly less than four years on the job. His tenure included one division title, a pair of .500 seasons, and a disastrous, sub-.500 season that was spurred by the highest payroll in club history. Needless to say, his firing was […]

We’re getting close to the end of the season, and no one is getting close to unseating Giancarlo Stanton or Mike Trout from either of the yearly charts. With that being said, there were some titanic blasts this week.

The Texas Rangers were supposed to be a World Series contender after trading Ian Kinsler for Prince Fielder and signing top free agent outfielder Shin-Soo Choo. Add those two into an established core that included Yu Darvish, Adrian Beltre, Alex Rios, and Elvis Andrus, and you’re looking at one of the best teams in baseball, […]

The Milwaukee Brewers…man, what a mess. They lost again to the Cardinals on Thursday night, and are now tied with the Braves for the NL’s second Wild Card spot. Milwaukee has lost an incomprehensible nine in a row, and have dropped an unreal 5.5 games in the standings to the Cardinals over that time period. […]

Today, we’re likely to have our first team completely eliminated from the 2014 playoff race – the Texas Rangers. Their elimination number is down to one after their loss in Kansas City, and all it will take to end their season is one more loss or one more win by the Tigers. With both teams […]

Four of the five teams set for the National League playoffs look entrenched in their roles. The Nationals have a seven game lead on the Braves in the NL East. The Dodgers and Cardinals both have two game leads in the NL West and Central divisions, respectively. The Giants have a 2.5 game lead on the […]

As we’re heading down the stretch, several players rose to the occasion and helped out their teams’ playoff causes. A lot of these names won’t come as a surprise to you, but without further ado, here are the best and worst MLB players for August 2014.

Labor Day wasn’t exactly a time of joy for many teams. The Houston Astros fired manager Bo Porter after less than two seasons on the job. The Atlanta Braves got no-hit by four Philadelphia Phillies pitchers in the midst of a pennant race, losing a game in the NL East standings to the Washington Nationals […]