You know, for all the talk surrounding the dominance of Aroldis Chapman and Craig Kimbrel in the National League, the American League currently possesses the reliever with the lowest ERA in all of baseball. He was a free agent signing, but didn't get a lot of money or a lot of years. That reliever…is Fernando […]

Well, this is unexpected and reeks of a desperation move: the

This is actually scary moment from today's Angels-A's game. In the first inning, home plate umpire Bill Miller takes a Zack Greinke 94 mph fastball off of his mask. He shakes the plunking off, but later in the game, punches two A's hitters out on a third strike call…when the pitch thrown was just the […]

Deadspin posted this fantastic video today lamenting the Indians awful last few years of baseball, focusing on the franchise acquiring over the hill players, re-signing the oft-injured Grady Sizemore, and not even making an attempt to lock up CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee with long-term extensions after both won the AL Cy Young award. The […]

This catch might not receive as much publicity as Roger Bernadina's fabulous one from earlier in the evening yesterday, but it was still just as good. In the ninth inning of a 10-2 game, Kendrys Morales of the Angels crushed a ball deep to center field. A's outfielder Coco Crisp immediately began tracking the ball, […]

Pretty much every prospect analyst and scout out there has called Mike Fiers of the Brewers a fourth or fifth starter long-term. But the 27-year old had yet another dazzling start last night, and is shoving his way into the Rookie of the Year conversation (which I'll have more on later today). Last night against […]

Your browser does not support iframes. Let me set the stage for this amazing play in Tuesday's Nationals-Astros game. Bottom of the 12th inning. Nationals clinging to a 3-2 lead. Runners on first and second with two outs for Brett Wallace, who drives a ball deep to left center field at Minute Maid Park. Washington […]

Weird things have long been known to happen in the minor leagues.  Teams adopt bizarre nicknames, hideous logos, oddball mascots and ridiculous ballpark promotions.  But all of that pales in comparison to what the Orem Owlz (see, they spell it with a "z," that's wacky!) just pulled off. This last weekend, the Owlz brought their […]

Your browser does not support iframes. The Houston Astros currently sit with the worst record in baseball at 36-74 and have become one of the laughing stocks in major professional sports.  Videos like the one above are the reason why.  In the 11th inning, with the score tied 4-4 in a home game with the […]

Everyone knows that the Nationals are cruising right along in the NL East, the Reds are dominating the NL Central, and the Rangers and Yankees are the class of the American League. But there's another team lurking in the NL East that's playing some pretty good baseball: the Atlanta Braves. The Braves beat the Phillies […]

You know, the Pittsburgh Pirates aren't necessarily playing *bad* lately…the issue is that the Reds just can't be stopped. After losing two straight to being the weekend, the Pirates needed to win yesterday to attempt to salvage a bid at winning the division. Well, they did that with a 6-2 win, but are still 4.5 […]

With the herd in NL East thinning over the last month, the same appears to be happening in the AL East. The Yankees are, of course, dominating the division. But the other teams in the division are slowly asserting their positions as well, and it appears to be a three horse race between the Yankees, […]

A nightmare season for the Philadelphia Phillies continues, as the team has placed catcher Carlos Ruiz on the 15-day DL with plantar fasciitis in his left foot that will knock him out for four to six weeks. Ruiz missed the Phillies' games on Wednesday and Friday with the injury, and was placed on the DL […]