The concept of “finalists” for awards is stupid, because it essentially means “these are the players that finished in the top three/five of the voting” rather than “here are the top three/five we arbitrarily decided you can vote on”. Anyway, Rawlings announced the finalists for the 2015 Gold Glove awards on Thursday, and of course, […]

On Monday night, Minnesota Twins outfielder Torii Hunter announced his retirement after 17 full seasons in the majors with the Twins, Angels, and Tigers. Hunter has a reputation of being an above average hitter and excellent defender in center field, and a player who could receive some support for the Hall of Fame when he reaches […]

The Kansas City Royals clinched their second straight AL pennant on Saturday night after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 in Game 6 of the ALCS. The Royals came up one win short of a World Championship last year, and will look to claim their first title since 1985 against the Mets in this year’s World […]

The Kansas City Royals are going back to the World Series, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 in Game 6 of the ALCS and winning the series 4-2. The Royals got off to a hot start against David Price. Ben Zobrist started the scoring with a solo homer in the first inning, and in the […]

Following Don Mattingly’s mutual departure from the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday and Scott Servais’ appointment by the Seattle Mariners on Friday, there are four open managerial jobs across the league – Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, and Washington. None of these jobs guarantee success, and all have both good and bad aspects to them. But […]

The Toronto Blue Jays aren’t dead just yet. They won Game 5 of the ALCS 7-1 over the Kansas City Royals, forcing the series back to Kauffman Stadium, trailing three games to two. Starting pitcher Marco Estrada was the saving grace for the Jays on Wednesday, pitching 7 2/3 strong innings and allowing one run […]

Going into the ALCS, one of the main stories was the Blue Jays offense versus the Royals bullpen. Could Toronto put enough runs on the board early on to render Kansas City’s dominant bullpen an afterthought? Well, as the 3-1 series lead for the Royals may indicate, that really hasn’t happened. The Jays have scored […]

The Toronto Blue Jays are down to their last breath. The Jays lost Game 4 of the ALCS 14-2 to the Kansas City Royals, pushing Kansas City to the brink of their second straight AL pennant. Toronto didn’t have a chance in this one from the get go. Alcides Escobar led the game off with […]