On the heels of extending Matt Cain at the beginning of the month, the San Francisco Giants have given another one of their pitchers a contract extension…not Tim Lincecum, but Madison Bumgarner. The deal is for five years, and has two option years covering the 2018 and 2019 seasons. The contract will buy out all […]

This series spotlight features a pair of teams that have a lot in common. Both teams have a dynamic pitching staff, though one is on the younger side and one is on the older side. Both teams are largely devastated by injuries, with one not having their closer and starting second baseman, and one lacking […]

The Atlanta Braves have announced this morning that on June 8th, they’ll be retiring the #29 worn by starter John Smoltz, and inducting him into the team’s Hall of Fame. Smoltz spent 20 seasons with the Braves, with only his final season away from the team (which was split between the Red Sox and Cardinals […]

Minor League Top 10 1. Mike Trout – OF, Triple-A Salt Lake City (LAA) – .435/.491/.652, 1 HR, 3 3B – Mike Trout not only does “Blue Steel” really well, but he has started out the season with a 10-game hit streak, is 4-for-5 in stolen bases, and doesn’t belong in the minor leagues anymore. […]

In an interview with WHDH on Sunday night, Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine thinks Kevin Youkilis isn’t “into” the game as much as he’s been in the past. “I don’t think he’s as physically or emotionally into the game as he has been in the past for some reason. But [on Saturday] it seemed, you […]

Through the first ten games of the year (which by my calculations, is about 6% of the entire season), the kings of baseball reside in Los Angeles. Not in Orange County, like many expected coming into the year, but at Chavez Ravine, where the Dodgers are 9-1. Featuring stars like Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw, […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers walked off on Sunday against the San Diego Padres, but they got a little help from one of the oddest triple plays you’ll ever see in the top of the 9th inning, as if triple plays weren’t weird enough. Take a look at the most disastrous sacrifice bunt unfold as Vin Scully […]

Sunday, April 15th. First place in the NL East….is one of the more hyped sleeper teams this offseason, the Washington Nationals. The Nats are 7-2 on the season, including 4-2 on the road and a perfect 3-0 at home against the Reds, and have won five straight. In second…the New York Mets? The Mets have […]

The San Francisco Giants were dealt a bit of bad news on Saturday, when they learned that closer Brian Wilson has structural damage in his right elbow, and could require Tommy John surgery. He’ll visit Dr James Andrews in the near future to determine whether or not the surgery is the best course of action […]

It has really not been a great week for one of the most hyped teams in the league, the Los Angeles Angels. The Angels have lost three straight, including two to the woeful Twins, and have allowed at leave five runs in each of those three losses. Over those three games, Los Angeles’s bullpen has […]

It’s a story that will be told to generations of Oakland A’s fans who populate the right field bleachers. Well, at least until they move out of Oakland. Jeff Francoeur has been a sabermetric whipping boy for quite a while now, as after his time sucking up right field for the Atlana Braves, Frenchy took […]

When you think of dominant pitchers who have the ability to strike out nine batters in a row, I bet one of the last names that would pop up into your mind is Aaron Harang. Yet last night, as the Dodgers took on the Padres, Harang struck out nine Padres in a row, and a […]

Earlier tonight, I briefed you all on an injury Jacoby Ellsbury suffered against the Rays. More information has come in, and it’s not good for the Red Sox: Ellsbury reportedly has a dislocated shoulder, and will miss a minimum of six weeks. This is awful for the Red sox, who are already without Carl Crawford […]

During this afternoon’s 12-2 Red Sox victory over the Rays, star Boston center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury left the game in the fifth inning with an injury to his right shoulder. Ellsbury was able to walk off the field under his own power, and underwent tests at an area hospital after the game. Red Sox manager […]