The trade that we all assumed would happen at some point is finally going down on this Monday afternoon, with the Chicago Cubs officially set to send Matt Garza to the Texas Rangers. The two sides had nearly agreed to a deal towards the end of last week, before medicals on one of the prospects […]

Every summer, we start hearing about how (insert superstar here) is going to get traded and boost his new team into favorites to win the World Series. I started thinking about that, and wondered how often it's actually happened that way. We've been through so many of these midseason blockbusters, and off the top of […]

The Texas Rangers are scuffling, and I'm not even talking about their failure to complete a trade for Matt Garza. Texas has lost four straight games, and has fallen to three games back of Oakland in the AL West, the second-largest deficit between a first and second place team in baseball. The Rangers aren't even […]

I really hate leading with the same team to start off the DD in back to back days, but something…interesting happened in Houston last night. The Astros struck out 15 Mariners hitters, allowed just one hit…and lost the game 4-2. Erik Bedard threw 6 1/3 no-hit innings before being pulled, and got saddled with the […]

Brandon Barnes of the Astros hit for the cycle last night, and you probably didn't even know that he did. But of course you didn't know: the Astros lost to the Mariners 10-7. Barnes, Houston's seven hitter, drove in just a pair of runs in his excellent performance. And not only did the Mariners end […]

Last season, we saw the Baltimore Orioles call up Manny Machado in August. The top prospect, despite not playing his natural position at shortstop, helped key their playoff run and has joined right up with the rest of the league's top young talent. This season, we're all wondering who could be this year's Machado. That […]

Oh, the Royals. There has been a lot said about this team this season by people much more passionate and knowledgeable than myself after Kansas City GM Dayton Moore said he's not going to be selling at the deadline. The article I linked above pretty much outlines exactly what the Royals need to do at […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks

Heading into the second half of 2013, the New York Yankees are in an unfamiliar position: in the middle of the pack in the American League. New York has a 51-44 record, good for fourth place in the AL East, six games behind the first place Red Sox. The Yankees are also three games out […]

Baseball returns from the All-Star break on Friday, beginning the unofficial second half of the 2013 season. With the resumption of the regular season, we can get back to the business of games that matter, along with rumors and speculation leading up to the July 31 trade deadline. Teams can make deals now without having […]

Tuesday night’s MLB All-Star Game may have been a bit of a disappointment for fans of offense, but my experience at Citi Field provided plenty of thrills and chills. The evening at the Mets’ home ballpark during the AL’s 3-0 win had a little bit of everything — big strikeouts from Matt Harvey, a hit […]