Wade Boggs retired from Major League Baseball in 1999 with 3,010 hits, a career batting average of .328, 12 All-Star appearances and one World Series title during his 18-year Major League Baseball career. Boggs won five batting titles with the Boston Red Sox but didn’t win his first (and only) World Series championship until he […]

Atlanta Braves rookie Julio Teheran came four outs from a no-hitter on Wednesday. He threw 7 2/3 hitless innings against the Pirates before Brandon Inge lofted a single down the left field line to break up his attempt at immortality. It would have been the first no-hitter by a rookie since Clay Buchholz in September […]

We haven't done one of these roundtables in quite awhile, but I figured all of the hubbub surrounding ESPN's report about the Biogenesis clinic, and MLB's plan to suspend 20+ players tied to the clinic would be a great way to bring it back. I asked the TOC staff to respond to the below question, […]

Despite the Brewers beating the A's 4-3 in ten innings on Tuesday night, they're still 22-35 this season. They're coming off of a 6-22 month of May, tying the record for the worst month in franchise history. They're in last place in the NL Central, 15.5 games behind the division-leading Cardinals, who happen to have […]

Kansas City lost again last night, falling 3-0 to the Twins. The Royals have now lost 11 in a row at home, and are nine games under .500 on the season. Furthermore, their record is better than just the Astros (of course) and Blue Jays (by a half game) in the American League. Yet, the […]

The MLB witch hunt involving the Biogenesis clinic may be nearing an end. According to a tweet from

The Washington Nationals, one game under .500 and seven games behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL East, swapped three players on their major league roster for two in the minors and one on the disabled list. Per

As the calendar turns into June, and we get into the true dog days of summer, it's the question that everyone is asking themselves. After an unexpected playoff run in 2012, did we all overestimate the capabilities of this Washington Nationals club? It's a fair question. The Nationals were not expected to contend last year. […]

Yasiel Puig has arrived in Los Angeles, AND EVERYONE IS FREAKING OUT. Well, not really, but I digress. But Puig's debut last night went pretty damn well for the Dodgers, who beat the Padres 2-1. He went 2/4 with a pair of singles in the victory, but it was his game-ending throw to double Chris […]

When a baseball player faces retirement, the natural impulse is to look at his overall career and measure his achievements. But the snap judgment, the rush to render a final verdict has almost become a cliché among baseball fans, writers and analysts. Is he a Hall of Famer? Sometimes, that question is asked jokingly — […]

Several teams have called up a bunch of players to make their major league debuts in 2013. In the American League, the Astros, Mariners, Red Sox, Twins, and the Yankees have all had five players see their first major league action this year. In the National League, the Marlins have also had five. But the […]