Would trading pitcher Justin Masterson make the Indians a better team in 2014? Considering how starting pitching wasn't a strength this past season, it's difficult to see how trading the staff's best arm helps matters.  Yet according to F

Rajai Davis has joined the parade of fourth outfielders signing multi-year deals, inking a two-year pact with the Tigers worth between

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It wouldn’t be the Winter Meetings without trade rumors. For the past few days, the trade winds have been swirling around the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Angels. The Diamondbacks need power and the Angels need pitching (what’s new?) so we’ve been hearing of a potential deal involving slugger

Nearly a year to the day that the Arizona Diamondbacks traded away slugging outfielder Justin Upton, GM Kevin Towers has spent the first day of the Winter Meetings pursuing, you guessed it, an outfielder! In 2013, Arizona actually got a fair amount of value out of their outfielders. Gerardo Parra posted a 4.6 fWAR season, […]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The challenge of writing a “Highlights of the Joe Maddon Press Conference” story is that pretty much everything that Joe Maddon says during his press conferences can be considered a highlight. Yeah, Joe Maddon is that awesome. But since you probably don’t want to read 6000 words of quotes from […]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Amidst the trade rumors, free agent signings and schmoozing that characterizes baseball’s annual Winter Meetings (taking place this year at the Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel in Orlando), former Blue Jays and Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay announced his retirement at a press conference on Monday morning. The Blue Jays announced that […]

One of the more intriguing arms available on the free agent market appeared to be Roy Halladay. But the 36-year-old right-hander decided to announce his retirement on Monday, signing a one-day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays to ensure that his career would end with the same team as which it began.  During a press […]

The Chicago Cubs have made no secret of their desire to trade starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija if an agreement on a contract extension is unable to be reached. To this point, the two sides haven't made much progress on such an extension, and Shark very well may be changing area codes by the time the […]

The Baltimore Orioles have watched some of their competition in the American League East make some pretty significant moves so far this offseason. The Boston Red Sox have retained the players they've needed to, while the New York Yankees have a clearly better roster than they sported in 2013. The Toronto Blue Jays are hovering […]

The Baseball Hall of Fame announced part of the class of 2014 on Monday morning as part of the Expansion Era ballot. Former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox, former Oakland Athletics and St Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, and former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre were elected unanimously by the committee. None of […]

The Washington Nationals saw what should have been a promising 2013 season derailed by injuries. The moves they've made so far this offseason indicate that they aren't going to let that happen again. After adding to an already-deep rotation by trading for Doug Fister on Monday, the Nats added some outfield depth on Friday, signing […]

Carlos Beltran is heading back to New York, but Queens isn't his destination: Beltran is heading to the Bronx, agreeing to a

The Boston Red Sox have rewarded first baseman Mike Napoli with a two-year deal worth