We already talked about the big trade that happened today between the Cardinals, Blue Jays, and White Sox, with Colby Rasmus going to Toronto, Jason Frasor going to Chicago, and Edwin Jackson heading to St Louis. The internet reaction to this has mainly been weighted on one side of things: in favor of the Blue […]

The Mets and Giants are very close to completing a deal to send Carlos Beltran across the country to the NL West leaders, according to multiple reports this afternoon,

Big trade news today, as the White Sox, Blue Jays, and Cardinals have swapped a total of 6 players. The primary moves are starter Edwin Jackson going from Chicago to Toronto, and then getting flipped to St. Louis for Colby Rasmus. Who made out with what? White Sox: Acquired: 24 year-old right-handed pitching prospect Zach […]

An epic game was played last night between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Atlanta Braves.  One of those games that you can never predict will be memorable at the start of the evening.  And perhaps, that’s part of the allure of baseball – a random, late July game between the Pirates and Braves can turn into […]

CC Sabathia had himself a hell of a game on Tuesday in the Bronx. He set down the first 19 hitters he faced before allowing a single to Brendan Ryan. He also had 11 strikeouts through six innings, including seven in a row. Sabathia was pulled after walking the bases loaded to start the eighth. […]

This, ladies and gentlemen, is what the worst call in Major League Baseball history looks like. After 7+ hours and 19 innings of baseball between the Braves and Pirates, home plate umpire Jerry Meals either had somewhere better to be or was watching a different game than the rest of us because there is no […]

Sports figures are known to engage in a bit of hyperbole every now and then. We call LeBron James “King” even though he has yet to win a ring. Every hot prospect with a massive amount of potential is billed as “The Next <Fill in the Blank With Position Hall-of-Famer>”. And while many of the […]

The Washington Nationals are 15 games out in the NL East, and nine back of the Braves in the NL Wild Card race. They’re three games unde .500. Thus, it made perfect sense for the team to want to make a move, and they did on Tuesday, acquiring Jonny Gomes from the Reds in exchange […]

Memo to Aramis Ramirez, quit being such a jerk about your no-trade clause. Who do you think you are?  Actually using your no-trade clause so that you can not be traded?  Quit taking it so darned literally and be like everyone else with a no-trade clause and use it to hand pick the team you […]

The Mariners got stomped by the Yankees last night. They’ve now lost 16 games in a row. The final was 10-3. It’s another hapless night for the team, as the only offensive contributions put forth have been by the two hitters on the team worth a damn: rookie Dustin Ackley, and second year player Justin […]

The Rangers beat the crap out of the Twins last night. The final score was 20-6. The Rangers had 27 hits, and every starter aside from Chris Davis had at least two. Hell, every starter aside from Davis and Josh Hamilton had at least THREE. But I’m not here to talk about the offense in […]

When you start looking at prospects, you try to find guys with multiple high-grade tools. The reason is pretty simple. If the player has multiple tools, then he’ll be able to help the team in multiple ways and won’t harm it, and if one of the tools doesn’t develop as previously thought, then at least […]

The AL Central is the worst division in baseball. Only one team has a positive run differential (Cleveland), and they’re a whopping +1. The fourth place team (Minnesota) has a differential 25 runs worse than the last place team (Kansas City). The division leader (Detroit) would be four games out of the NL wild card […]

The NL Central is baseball’s only six-team division, and as July winds down, it’s also the only division that really has four teams in the playoff race. At the 100 game (or so) mark, the Pirates, Cardinals, and Brewers are tied at the top and the defending champion Reds are just three games behnd. So […]

Do a Google Image search for “Adam Dunn” strikeout and you’ll receive approximately 34,300 results…or approximately 32,000 fewer images than Dunn has strikeouts. Since signing a four-year, $56 million contract with the White Sox, Dunn has been more power source than power charge. He’s having a historic season at the plate, although hardly the kind of historic […]