The Giants won the whole shebang in 2012, their second title in three years, and they did it with one bona fide superstar hitter in Buster Posey. San Francisco's roster was largely filled with veteran hitters and a pretty good pitching staff, destroying the narrative that you need a star-laden, dominant team to win the […]

In Thursday night's Nationals-Braves game, new Atlanta left fielder Justin Upton unloaded on an 86 mph Dan Haren cutter, sending the first pitch he saw in his sixth inning at bat out of the park for a homer. But the fact that Upton homered is only half oft he story. Upton's monstrous homer not only […]

Welcome to our final preview day on TOC, featuring the reigning World Champion San Francisco Giants. The Giants have won two titles in three years, led largely by catcher Buster Posey and a pretty solid pitching staff. San Francisco kept their team largely intact going into the 2013 season, and will look to make it […]

In the This Is My Nightmare series, we'll take a look at what the absolute worst case scenario for each team would be in 2013. Think of it as the negative complement to our You May Say I'm A Dreamer series that we'll be running during our preview series. The nightmare has already begun for […]

What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I'm a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2013 title for all 30 teams. The Dodgers came into 2013 with an enormous payroll, and their tremendous expenditures resulted in the desired […]

With a rebuilt roster and a payroll soaring well beyond the $200 million mark, the Dodgers are loaded up to either make a World Series run or become one of the biggest high payroll busts in history. Which will it be? Dodgers on TOC End of Season Postmortem 2013 Season Preview You May Say I'm […]

We now head into our second to last preview day on TOC, focusing on the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers will be heading into the 2013 season with the largest payroll in baseball history, and in a bit of schadenfraude for Dodger haters out there, Los Angeles will start the year with over $45 million […]

The star power of this Diamondbacks team is a little different than in years past. Justin Upton and Chris Young are gone. The team is now populated by "grinders" like Martin Prado, Aaron Hill, Willie Bloomquist, Cody Ross, and Adam Eaton. Of course, there are still some remnants of the old guard in Arizona, and […]

In the This Is My Nightmare series, we'll take a look at what the absolute worst case scenario for each team would be in 2013. Think of it as the negative complement to our You May Say I'm A Dreamer series that we'll be running during our preview series. It is one thing for a […]

What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I'm a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2013 title for all 30 teams. The Diamondbacks completely retooled their roster going into the 2013 season, and it ended in exactly the […]