Newly minted Atlanta Braves GM John Coppolella has rubbed plenty of Braves fans the wrong way during his brief time in charge of the team, trading shortstop Andrelton Simmons, reportedly entertaining offers for first baseman Freddie Freeman, and then going on a defiant rant about the Braves rebuilding and/or tanking. However, one thing Coppolella said […]

Cy Young award winner Jake Arrieta revealed that he was fatigued in the playoffs, after tossing 229 innings in the regular season, according to an ESPN report. Including his 19.2 playoff innings, the 29-year-old hurler threw 248.2 innings, which topped his career-high innings mark, set last year at 156.2. ESPN.com’s Jesse Rogers reported that Arrieta said: “I […]

We close out the 2015 MLB awards season with two more first-time winners, as Bryce Harper and Josh Donaldson claimed the NL and AL MVP awards on Thursday night. The 22-year old Harper won the NL award unanimously, collecting all 30 first place votes and the maximum 420 points. He hit a wild .330/.460/.649 with […]

MLB issued a release today informing the world that next season, Roberto Clemente Day will be celebrated with a two-game set between the Marlins and Pirates in Puerto Rico. Presumably, this has everything to do with Clemente being a former Pirate, and also, a Puerto Rican. Though under the radar in comparison to Jackie Robinson […]

The 2015 AL and NL Cy Young award winners are announced, and a pair of newbies are taking home hardware. Dallas Keuchel of the Houston Astros is the AL winner, while in the NL, Jake Arrieta claimed the award. Keuchel pitched to a 2.48 ERA in 232 innings this season for Houston, striking out 216 and […]

THE DETROIT TIGERS HAVE A CLOSER! (again) Their new ninth inning man is veteran Francisco Rodriguez, who the club acquired on Wednesday from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for minor leaguer Javier Betancourt. K-Rod will turn 34 (really, only 34?) in January, and is coming off a season in which he pitched to a 2.21 […]

The only member of the three most recent Boston Red Sox World Championship teams will be hanging it up after the 2016 season. This will reportedly be David Ortiz’s last year in the majors. Ortiz turns 40 on Wednesday, and will make $16 million this year after a club option vested and maxed out with Ortiz’s […]

Kris Bryant and Carlos Correa were named the 2015 Rookies of the Year in the National and American Leagues on Monday night. Bryant won the NL award unanimously, collecting all 30 first place votes. Correa collected 17 of 30 first place votes to win the AL award. Bryant hit .275/.369/.488 with 26 homers and 13 […]

If you thought the Atlanta Braves would have an uneventful winter following last week’s trade of shortstop Andrelton Simmons to the Angels, think again. While the Braves still look to improve their bullpen and add to their growing horde of young pitching, they could also make moves that further alienate the franchise’s fanbase. According to […]

The Seattle Mariners have made their second move to bolster their bullpen under new GM Jerry Dipoto, acquiring Joaquin Benoit from the San Diego Padres for a pair of class-A prospects. The 38-year old Benoit had an $8 million option for 2016 picked up by the Padres last week, and rumors immediately began to circulate […]

On Wednesday night, an interesting rumor began to surface – the Atlanta Braves were discussing trading shortstop Andrelton Simmons to an unnamed NL West team. Braves Twitter proceeded to go absolutely nuts at trading Simmons, a 26-year old two-time Gold Glove winning shortstop that is signed through 2020 at the relatively fair price of $53 million. Atlanta […]

So, about that backlog in Minnesota…looks like it’s been taken care of, for now at least. The Twins have traded center fielder Aaron Hicks to the Yankees for catcher John Ryan Murphy. The 26-year old Hicks had a breakout year in 2015 after struggling in both 2013 and 2014. In 97 games, Hicks hit 11 […]

What’s the most variable part of a baseball team? The bullpen. What’s generally the most overvalued position? The closer. So if you’re a 99-loss team with a dominant, pre-arb closer, trading him makes sense…right? Of course. So the news that the Phillies are receiving interest, and apparently listening, on closer Ken Giles shouldn’t come as […]

On Tuesday night, the 2015 Gold Glove winners were announced for both the American and National Leagues, and of course, people were furious that their favorite players didn’t win. The 2015 awards were highlighted by three members of the World Champion Royals, two members of the AL Wild Card winning Astros, two members of the […]