0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/31/2013
With the Boston Red Sox being crowned World Champions on Wednesday night, here are five observations from their World Series win over the St Louis Cardinals. 1. John Lackey is this year's Barry Zito. Remember last year, when the highly-paid yet extremely disappointing Zito went 2-0 in the Postseason for the Giants, pitching to a […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
After losing Josh Hamilton and Mike Napoli to free agency, failing to sign Zack Greinke from the open market and striking out on a Justin Upton trade, a setback for the Rangers in the American League playoff race seemed inevitable. In the AL West, the A's had improved and the Angels had added some big […]
0 comments by Amanda Rykoff
The Boston Red Sox beat the St Louis Cardinals 6-1 in Game 6 of the World Series, winning the series 4-2 and capturing their eighth World Championship. The Dropkick Murphys perform the National Anthem accompanied by an accordion. It was as bad as you’d expect. Oh man, I hope this gets better…
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/30/2013
Where were the Yankees last winter? While names like Josh Hamilton, Zack Greinke and Justin Upton were being shopped around, general manager Brian Cashman sat quietly. With principal owner Hal Steinbrenner mandating that payroll be under the $189 million luxury tax threshold for 2014, the Yankees were handcuffed. That left them to settle for one-year […]
0 comments by Amanda Rykoff
If history is any indication, tonight’s World Series Game 6 between the Cardinals and Red Sox (8:07 pm ET/Fox) could be one for the ages. Both teams have been involved in some of the most memorable Game 6s in World Series history — from Carlton Fisk’s iconic home run down the left field line in […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Last winter, when the Royals traded Wil Myers for James Shields, it was decried as a short-sighted move by Dayton Moore. The Royals were more than one player away from contention! What would trading for Shields do for them in 2013 aside from making them maybe a .500 team? Well, the Royals had their best […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Following a surprise run to the playoffs in 2012, the Orioles fought to return to the postseason this year but ultimately couldn't hang with the Red Sox and Rays in the AL East and buckled in the wild-card race as well. General manager Dan Duquette and manager Buck Showalter made few changes last offseason, taking […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
This will be the last Dugout Digest of the 2013 season, as our next one will be on Friday – after a possible Game 7 in Boston. The Red Sox could win their eighth World Championship, and just their second at Fenway Park, on Wednesday or Thursday, while the Cardinals look to win their 12th […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The 2013 MLB Gold Glove winners were announced Tuesday on ESPN2, and here are your winners in each league. American League P: RA Dickey (first Gold Glove) C: Salvador Perez (first Gold Glove) 1B: Eric Hosmer (first Gold Glove) 2B: Dustin Pedroia (third Gold Glove) SS: JJ Hardy (second Gold Glove) 3B: Manny Machado (first […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/29/2013
The Seattle Mariners completed their fourth straight below .500 season in 2013, and only the presence of the Houston Astros kept them out of the AL West basement for the fifth time in six seasons. Last winter, GM Jack Zduriencik was quite busy, and whiffed on two of the four major transactions he made. 2014 […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
The Toronto Blue Jays were the champions of the offseason after making two major trades. First was the blockbuster deal with the Florida Marlins that brought shortstop Jose Reyes, pitchers Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson, catcher John Buck and outfielder Emilio Bonifacio up north in exchange for seven players. General manager Alex Anthopoulos also acquired […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The trend of changing minor league team names reached a new low on Tuesday, when the Akron Aeros (AA affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) changed their name to…the Akron Rubber Ducks. That's right – Rubber Ducks. Francisco Lindor, one of the top prospects in all of baseball, is going to be wearing a yellow duck […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
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 Amanda Rykoff
The Boston Red Sox beat the St Louis Cardinals 3-1 in Game 5 of the World Series to take a 3-2 lead in the series. Tonight's National Anthem was performed by Harry Connick Jr, and unlike nearly every other anthem this series, it went pretty well. Mike Matheny has to be pissed about Harry Connick […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/28/2013
2013 was the very definition of "playing out the string" for the Minnesota Twins. The club managed to get out of the AL Central basement, but still lost 96 games, their third-straight season with at least 96 losses. They had just one month of this year at .500, and had a negative run differential every […]
