The Royals made some big, showy moves two offseasons ago to finally allow themselves to return to the land of the winning, but this last winter their machinations were much less flashy. If they really want to complete their master plan and achieve a post-season berth they are going to have make sure those moves […]

2013 was a great season for the Kansas City Royals, at least relative to what their standards have been over the last few two decades. With a young roster coming off the most successful season for the franchise in over 20 years, the Royals have the look of a team on the rise. However, if […]

They say there are no moral victories in sports, but the Royals finally finishing over .500 and somewhat justifying some of the more maligned moves they made the previous offseason is about as close as you can get. Of course, they won't have that same kind of leeway this year. Whether they've done enough to […]

One of the best traditions of spring training is team photo day. Why? Because so many MLB players are so very bad at posing for photos. Allow us to share with you some of the best, and by "best" we clearly mean "worst," from this year's stock of photos. Shelley Duncan seems very distressed to […]

Questions? After having one of the most befuddling offseasons in the league, you be we have questions for the Colorado Rockies. What's the big plan? After two straight last place seasons, it isn't clear that the Rockies are away of their lot in life in the NL West. They had a perfect opportunity to trade […]

The Colorado Rockies have problems, this is well known. Constantly having to deal with playing in such an extreme environment is and always will be a major complication for anything they do. Headed into the franchise's 22nd season of existince, they still haven't fully figured out what they need to do in terms of roster […]

After two straight seasons of dwelling in the NL West cellar, the Rockies are hoping to turn their fortunes around. But an offseason full of head-scratching moves once again has put into question whether or not Colorado is headed in the right direction. Rockies on TOC End of Season Postmortem 2014 Season Preview Two Biggest […]

When we came up with this "four horsemen" series, it was really just meant as a clever framing device to talk about the four key players on each team and kept with out incremental counting gimmick (two weaknesses, three questions, you get it). However, with the Angels, the reference to the four horsemen of the […]

As you can imagine, the Angels have some 'splaining to do after falling short of expectations and the playoffs four seasons in a row. A novel could be written about the many open questions they will have to address if they want to return to contention. Alas, there is only so much time at our […]

Despite all the big signings and trades of the last few offseasons, the Angels find themselves in limbo. They aren't a bad team, but they probably aren't that good either. At best, they are a fringe playoff contender that need to avoid having their biggest weaknesses exploited in order to actually have a shot at […]

Four consecutive seasons and counting without a playoff appearance for the Angels has patience wearing thin in Los Angeles (of Anaheim). While they may have resisted the urge to make big, splashy moves this offseason, they also may not have done enough to break their post-season drought. Could the Halos really be on the verge […]

Spring Training hasn't even started yet and already Don Mattingly is making, or at least thinking about making, lineup decisions that are going to raise some eyebrows. According to Mattingly, he is leaning towards using wunderkind Yasiel Puig as the leadoff man for the Dodgers in 2014. That is certainly a controversial choice, but it […]

Just when all the "play the game the right way" moralists thought they could take it easy for the winter, Yasiel Puig had to go and get himself arrested. According to the Naples Daily News, Puig was arrested in Florida on Saturday morning on charges of reckless driving. The report states that Puig was allegedly […]

Oh, Colorado Rockies, what are we going to do with you? Your already befuddling offseason just got a whole lot more befuddling. boone logan gets $16.5M fr 3 yrs.

Nearly a year to the day that the Arizona Diamondbacks traded away slugging outfielder Justin Upton, GM Kevin Towers has spent the first day of the Winter Meetings pursuing, you guessed it, an outfielder! In 2013, Arizona actually got a fair amount of value out of their outfielders. Gerardo Parra posted a 4.6 fWAR season, […]