We're less than two weeks away from MLB announcing the rosters for the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field. (You have until July 4 to fill out your ballots.)  There might be some surprises in fan voting (such as the number of Baltimore Orioles in the starting lineup, if current vote totals hold), but for […]

Yasiel Puig sure is getting a lot of hype. But you know what? It's deserved. Through 20 games, Puig has collected 1.7 fWAR for the Dodgers to go along with his 1.229 OPS on the season. Yeah, the Dodgers are still a last place team and haven't exactly taken off like rocket since Puig's promotion, […]

This is either a good thing or a bad thing for the Yankees depending on who you ask: third baseman Alex Rodriguez has been cleared by Yankees doctors, and will be able to play in rehab games starting on July 1st, according to the New York Daily News. Rodriguez has been embroiled in the Biogenesis […]

We're nearly halfway through the 2013 season, and with the All-Star Break just three short weeks away, we're beginning to reflect on the first half of the season. There has been lots of wacky stuff that's happened, like the Los Angeles baseball dynasties falling flat on their faces, the NL East completely underwhelming everyone, and […]

Just go ahead and ignore the first two months of the season. The Toronto Blue Jays are back in the playoff picture in the American League. The Jays thrashed the Orioles 13-5 on Sunday to sweep the three game series, their third straight sweep and 11th win in a row. After going into June ten […]

I'm sorry to say this, as a fan of an NL East team, but the division this year is…awful. You can point at our usual whipping boy, the AL Central, but let's face facts for a second: the AL Central has two teams above .500 (compared to the NL East's one and one at .500), […]

Remember the Washington Nationals, chic preseason World Series pick? Well, the Nationals have scuffled thusfar this season, but lately, they're showing signs of putting it all together. Washington has won three in a row, and knocked off the Rockies 2-1 last night in a vintage performance from Stephen Strasburg (and an all too common performance […]

Despite saying he had offers from four teams to play this season, 14-year veteran Carlos Lee officially announced his retirement today. One of the more consistent hitters of the 2000s, the three-time All-Star from Panama finishes his career with a .285/.339/.483 line, with 469 doubles, 358 home runs and an OPS+ of 113. Never the […]

Roy Oswalt started for the Rockies on Thursday night, his first start in the majors since last August with the Rangers. Oswalt got the loss in Washington's 5-1 win, but he showed that he had more left in the tank than last year's ill-fated return with Texas showed. In five innings, Oswalt allowed four runs […]

There has been a lot of rabble going into the All-Star Game next month about Dodgers rookie phenom Yasiel Puig potentially getting named to the team after just 15 games. Bruce Bochy of the Giants, manager of this year's NL squad, said he'd be hard-pressed to add Puig to the roster. And honestly, I can […]

The debut of a top young prospect is becoming a weekly occurrence in MLB, most notably in the National League.  On Tuesday, pitcher Zack Wheeler made his first major league start for the New York Mets. The 23-year-old threw six shutout innings, holding the Atlanta Braves to four hits in a 6-1 victory. Wheeler struck […]