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Jorge Posada To Retire; Is He A Hall Of Famer?

Word trickled out yesterday that long-time Yankees catcher Jorge Posada is set to announce his retirement in the next couple of weeks. Posada won five rings with the Yankees as a member of their 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2009 World Championship teams. Discounting the rings, the first conversation that started to be stirred up […]

Is A Milwaukee Return The Best Option For Prince Fielder?

With the Chicago Cubs trading for Anthony Rizzo yesterday, another possible suitor for former Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder has apparently gone by the wayside. Three of the teams rumored to be leading the charge for Fielder, the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, and Washington Nationals, aren’t exactly big markets and contenders (though the Nationals […]

The Coors Field Effect on the Hall of Fame

Self righteous so-called purists who masquerade as baseball writers when they’re not guarding society’s virgin eyes and ears have invested an inordinate amount of time and wasted entirely too much space both on paper and in the digital space to handwringing over whether guys who utilized performance enhancing drugs belong in the Hall of Fame. […]

TOC’s Hall of Fame Ballot

You know the drill. The 2012 Hall of Fame inductees will be announced on Monday. We conducted an informal poll of the staff here at TOC, and we had eight of our writers participate. If you go by the Hall of Fame standards, you need 75% to be inducted….so if you’re on six of our […]

Epstein Gets His Man: Cubs Acquire Rizzo from Padres

The Chicago Cubs were looking for a first baseman, and they got one on Friday, but not one of the ones you were thinking of. The team acquired Anthony Rizzo, along with pitcher Zach Cates, from the San Diego Padres in exchange for pitcher Andrew Cashner and outfielder Kyung-Min Na. Cubs president Theo Epstein and […]

Joe Torre Is Pursuing Ownership of the Dodgers, But Will It Matter?

It was big news earlier this week when Joe Torre announced he had resigned his position with the MLB league office so that he could formally pursue an ownership bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers. This should be great news for Dodger fans.  Joe Torre would bring an instant sense of trust and credibility that […]

Reaping What You Sow: Boston Red Sox Top 10 Prospects

The Boston Red Sox splurged in the 2010-2011 off-season in hopes of dominating the AL East and winning a World Series. They sent top prospects Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo, and Reymond Fuentes to San Diego for Adrian Gonzalez, gave Gonzalez an extension, and then signed Carl Crawford to a big contract. That didn’t work out, […]

Five Bad Moves From Five Defending Champions

After the Cardinals failed to re-sign star first baseman Albert Pujols and watched the star slugger depart for Los Angeles, a lot of fans are calling for failure for the Cardinals in 2012. It got me to thinking whether or not a defending World Champion had ever made a move in the season after their […]

Potential Hall of Famers Under 30 Years Old

Arguing over who should make the Hall of Fame on this year’s ballot is fun.  It is also so passe.  Why spend so much time arguing about the past when we can spend even more time arguing about the present and future?  How about instead of pontificating on the credentials of some over-the-hill has-beens, we […]

Cubs Send Zambrano To Marlins For Volstad

The bizarre saga of Carlos Zambrano has come to a close on the North Side of Chicago, as the Cubs dealt their one-time ace and long-time mental case to the Miami Marlins for 25-year-old starter Chris Volstad. In addition, the Cubs will pay $15.5 million of salary relief for Zambrano this season, the final year […]

Jeff Bagwell Will Make the Hall of Fame… Eventually

The official announcement of who will be inducted into the 2012 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame is not yet official, but things aren’t looking good for Jeff Bagwell.  Despite a career that has led most fans to believe that Bagwell definitely deserves to enter the Hall, the early returns on the writer ballots […]

Reaping What You Sow: Kansas City Royals Top 10 Prospects

Trading away Zack Greinke was a pretty good indication that the Royals were just throwing in the towel on the season, and 71 wins and 91 losses later, we knew they had basically thrown in the towel. That did not mean, however, that they did not utilize the season. Eric Hosmer hit well as a […]

Ten MLBers Who Are Glad to See The Arrival of 2012

Some have feared the arrival of the year 2012, what with the Mayan culture predicting that it would be the end of existence and all.  Most other people though are sane and rational and are welcoming the new year with open arms.  And amongst that vast majority of the world’s population there is a very […]

The 2012 Hall of Fame Vote and Why Bagwell Should Lead the Way

One of baseball’s all-time great debates is who should or shouldn’t be enshrined in Cooperstown, NY and receive the highest honor attainable for a baseball player. Recent inductions and exclusions have only added fuel to the fire. Just this past year, the veterans committee voted to induct Ron Santo, one of, if not thee, best […]

Backloading Payroll, and How It Can Help

In this offseason that has been rife with long-term contracts, two teams stand out above the pack for their spending: the Los Angeles Angels, and the Miami Marlins. Both teams made quite a splash in free agency, with the Angels signing Albert Pujols and CJ Wilson, and the Marlins signing Jose Reyes, Mark Buerhle, and […]

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