Early on Tuesday morning, after rumors had been circulating all night, reports confirmed that former Atlanta Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson had passed away at the age of 29. As someone who grew up a Braves fan and got into writing because of my fandom, his death really hit me hard. Hanson was just two months […]

On Monday, the BBWAA released the 2016 Baseball of Fame ballot, which will result in an endless amount of discussions and chaos for the next two months before the Class of ’16 is announced on January 6th. 15 new players are on the ballot along with 17 holdovers, and the only slam drunk for induction this […]

The winner in the bidding for the services for Korean first baseman Byung-ho Park is a bit of a shocker – the Minnesota Twins, who bid $12.85 million to earn the right to negotiate a contract with Park over the next 30 days. The 29-year old Park hit a ridiculous .343/.436/.714 with 53 homers in […]

The qualifying offer system has been in place since the 2012-13 offseason, and this winter, we saw the most ever free agents receive offers – a whopping 20 players. The previous high was 13 back in the 2013-14 offseason, and 12 received offers last year. Here’s the full list, via MLB Trade Rumors. -Brett Anderson […]

The NL West has a rough year in 2015. The Padres, expected to contend, stunk. The Rockies were awful, which has been par for the course in recent seasons. The Diamondbacks were surprising plucky, but never really challenged for a playoff spot. The Giants dealt with injuries all season. And the Dodgers? Well, they sort […]

We now move on to the AL East, which sent a pair of teams of teams to the Postseason only to see both fall short. The division wasn’t its usual bloodbath in 2015 – the Orioles, Rays, and Red Sox were all erratic and never really contended, while the Yankees were up and down before […]

This week, we’re kicking off our coverage of the three-plus months of the chaotic MLB offseason. Over the next three days, we’re going to look at each division in baseball and break down the impending free agents for each side and what each team will need this offseason. Without any further ado, we’ll start with […]

The Washington Nationals have their new manager, as rumblings seemed to indicate on Monday night – it’s Dusty Baker, the former Giants, Cubs, and Reds head man. The spin on Baker’s hiring? Well, experience, of course. Via the Nationals’ Curly W blog… “We were looking for a manager to help us achieve our ultimate goal of competing […]

Last week, it looked like the Washington Nationals were nearing an agreement with Bud Black to be their new manager. Well, those initial reports were a bit preliminary, and it’s now being reported that the Nationals *won’t* be hiring Black. Their focus is now shifting towards…Dusty Baker. Jon Heyman of CBS Sports also reported that […]

On Monday, Don Mattingly was named the new manager of the Marlins. He’s the…11th? full-time manager in team history, and will be the 15th man to manage the team at all (which includes a pair of one-game interim managers, Brandon Hyde and Cookie Rojas). If that seems like a lot for a team that has only […]

The clock is close to striking midnight for the New York Mets. On Saturday night, the Mets blew a 3-1 lead and fell 5-3 to the Kansas City Royals in Game 4 of the World Series, giving the Royals a 3-1 lead in the series and putting them one win away from their first World […]

There will be no sweep in this year’s World Series. The New York Mets won Friday night’s Game 3 9-3 over the Kansas City Royals, cutting Kansas City’s lead to 2-1 and ensuring that a Game 5 will be played on Sunday at Citi Field. The early innings of this game were chock full of […]