The Richmond Flying Squirrels will be holding a "Salute to Scandal" night on Thursday, August 1st. The Squirrels, the AA affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, are poking fun at Anthony Weiner and his texting scandal with the promotion. "Scandal night is meant to be a fun, tongue in cheek night and what hotter of […]

Jesse Crain of the White Sox is today's third reliever to get dealt. Chicago is sending Crain go the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for the always nebulous

Chicago White Sox starter Jake Peavy is probably going to get traded in the next three days. that is, if you believe Peavy. And honestly, there are a lot of fanbases out there that want nothing to do with Peavy, damning his contract and injury history. But would Peavy be a huge upgrade for a […]

The Atlanta Braves acquired the left-handed reliever they've been coveting, picking up

The bullpen wheel of destiny has been spun by Detroit Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski, and it's landed on veteran Jose Veras of the Houston Astros. The Tigers

Philadelphia Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon, who signed a four year, $50 million deal with the club before the 2012 season, thinks that the club needs changes. In an interview with Todd Zolecki of MLB.com, Papelbon outlined his issues with the team. "I definitely didn't come here for this," he said. Papelbon carries an influential presence […]

The defending World Champion Giants are in a very odd place after bringing back nearly all of their 2013 roster: they're sellers. San Francisco is 12 games under .500 and is all alone in last place in the NL West. Only the Brewers and Marlins have a worse record among National League teams than the […]

Miami Marlins hitting coach Tino Martinez resigned on Sunday, according to a report from Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald. Martinez was Miami owner Jeffrey Loria's hand-picked choice for the job this offseason, and it was his first professional coaching job. But a controversy soon erupted around Martinez, alleging that he was verbally and physically […]

There are some really great rookie pitchers across baseball this year. Two of them were on display on Saturday. In the Bronx, Chris Archer threw a complete game shutout for the Rays. Meanwhile in Atlanta, Julio Teheran limited a potent Cardinals offense to just two hits over seven innings. Throw in Shelby Miller and Hyun-Jin […]

David Ortiz of the Red Sox did not have a great night in Baltimore on Saturday night. Our friends at

The defending NL East champions are in a bad place right now. Since the All-Star Break, the Washington Nationals are 2-7, with both of their wins coming on walkoff homers. Furthermore, all nine of those games have come in the friendly confines of Nationals Park, *really* not a good look for a team trying desperately […]

The Rays are on a roll right now that is probably unparalleled this season. By virtue of their 10-6 win in New York last night, and the Red Sox 6-0 loss in Baltimore, Tampa Bay has moved into sole possession of first place in the AL East. They also have the best record in baseball. […]

With the deal between Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees that will send Alfonso Soriano back to the Bronx complete, the marriage between Soriano and the North Siders is over. It was a long time coming, as he was a trade candidate the minute that Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer took over in the Cubs' […]