0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 12/4/2013
On the heels of their puzzling trade of Dexter Fowler to Houston, a trade seemingly done to clear payroll space, the Rockies have announced that they signed first baseman Justin Morneau to a two-year, $13 million contract. Though the Rockies had been in pursuit of Morneau for a few weeks now, one can't help but […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
On a day full of trades, the Colorado Rockies might have just pulled off the biggest headscratcher of them all by trading outfielder Dexter Fowler and a player to be named later to Houston for outfielder Brandon Barnes and pitcher Jordan Lyles. Dexter Fowler has never lived up to the star potential that he has […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 12/3/2013
Every year Christmas comes a little bit early for teams with roster spots to fill as the free agent market gets flooded with a crop of players who are non-tendered by their teams. These are hardly the kind of Christmas gifts that people line up at midnight on Black Friday to get their hands on […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 11/22/2013
There's a funny thing happening in Major League Baseball. More and more big contracts keep getting handed out and as those contracts invariably turn into regrettable albatrosses that fans and media deem untradeable, they go and get traded. Either we fans and media have misconceptions about the state of finances in today's game or MLB […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 11/19/2013
The Colorado Rockies have signed veteran reliever LaTroy Hawkins to a one-year, $2.25 million contract with second-year option worth $2.25 million. That unto itself is not that noteworthy. Hawkins is a solid reliever and that contract is perfectly reasonable given his track record. What makes this either headscratchingly stupid or sneakily brilliant is that when […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 11/15/2013
MVP voting is always one of those things that no matter how the voting goes, people are going to be outraged over the way a someone voted. Bashing reporters for their voting choices has almost become a new sport, especially since the BBWAA chose to make all of the ballots public. One of the cardinal […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 11/12/2013
Baseball season is associated with certain smells: fresh cut grass, the dirt of the infield, pine tar on bats and so on and so on. These are smells we all know and love. But the baseball offseason has a certain smells as well. It is that time of year where a few teams begin to […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 11/8/2013
With a roster full of big names and an astronomical payroll, the Dodgers had justifiably lofty expectations. They overcame a slew of injuries and a slow start to salvage a division title from their season but ultimately fell short in the NLCS. While they couldn't buy themselves a World Series in 2013, there is no […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 11/5/2013
The Rockies appear to be on of the MLB teams that is stuck in the middle. Despite a hot start to 2013, they wound up winning just 78 games. With a core of Troy Tulowitzki, Carlos Gonzalez and Dexter Fowler, the team has youth and talent, but the results just aren't there. With some savvy […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 10/29/2013
The Angels have drawn a lot of attention to themselves the last few winters thanks to some significant and arguably reckless spending on big time free agents like Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton. Unfortunately for them, they have draw even more attention, this time of the unwanted variety, because their massive investments have blown up […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 10/25/2013
Welcome to TOC's offseason primers! We haven't officially reached the offseason yet, but it's never too early to look at the best players on the free agent market. Today, we take a look at the best free agent left-hander relief pitchers available. It may not be the sexiest segment of the free agent market, but […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 10/24/2013
The St. Louis Cardinals have the best fans in baseball. Go ahead, just ask a Cardinal fan and they will gleefully tell you that. In fact, you probably don't even need to ask them. If you've so much as had a casual encounter with one, they probably volunteered that "fact" themselves, probably multiple times. With […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 10/21/2013
Here we are, folks: the End of Season Post-Mortem series. If you're new here (which about 50% of our reader base is in comparison to last year), here's a brief explanation: after a team is eliminated from playoff contention, we're going to put their season under a microscope and look at just what the hell […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 10/17/2013
One of the many myths about the post-season is that you need a "proven closer" to have any kind of success. As with most myths, it only takes some cursory research to reveal that it is all just a pack of lies. Look no further than the 2013 post-season for that research you need to […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 10/15/2013
Give it enough time and every team in the National League will whine about the Dodgers and their celebratory antics. The latest team to lodge a complaint against the Dodgers is none other than their current NLCS opponent, the St. Louis Cardinals. It would seem that Adam Wainwright and Carlos Beltran are none too pleased […]
