0 comments by Charlie Saponara on 2/19/2013
Well, the big-name free agent thing didn't work out this time. This offseason, the Marlins basically stripped the big league club down to its bare bones are once again in rebuilding mode. While the basbeall forecast is for rough weather in Miami this summer, there is some serious young talent at both the major league […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 2/18/2013
At some point, you have to start wondering what Mat Gamel did to tick off the baseball gods. The Brewers first baseman will miss the entire 2013 season after re-tearing his right ACL during the team's first full-squad workout this past Saturday. Gamel was pulled from that workout after "tweaking" his knee once while stretching […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Former Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton is throwing fire at his former home, saying that the Dallas Fort-Worth area isn't a good baseball town in an interview with the Dallas Fort-Worth CBS affiliate. "There are true baseball fans in Texas, but it's not a true baseball town," said Hamilton. "They're supportive," Hamilton said about the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
How does one really be an x-factor on a team as depressing as the Miami Marlins? You've got the superstar in Giancarlo Stanton, you have the past their prime veterans in Juan Pierre and Placido Polanco, you have the youngsters who might not be ready for primetime in Rob Brantly, Adeiny Hechavarria, 60% of the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman, the fourth overall pick in the 2012 draft, has a bizarre ritual during games – he eats powdered donuts. Specifically, Gausman eats one donut before taking the mound, and four between each inning. Gausman's preferred brand of powdered donut was Hostess, and he was distraught when the company shut down […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
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. Coming up with a nightmare scenario […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Before fracturing his ankle in game one of the ALCS against the Tigers last October, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was told he had a stress fracture in his foot. Yankees GM Brian Cashman said that the team only knew about a bone bruise, and manager Joe Girardi agreed with that statement. But during a media […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Continuing from our season preview of the Miami Marlins earlier today… What should you expect from a very young Marlins rotation? Aside from Ricky Nolasco, this is a very inexperienced batch of pitchers. You've got Henderson Alvarez (251 career innings), Wade LeBlanc (362 career innings), Nate Eovaldi (154 career innings), and Jacob Turner (67 2/3 […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
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. Jeffrey Loria's master plan has worked: the Miami Marlins are World Champions for the third time in […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Boston Red Sox reliever Alfredo Aceves is at it again. This time, Aceves starting lobbing pitches to the plate during batting practice instead of pitching the ball normally. Red Sox manager John Farrell wasn't pleased when talking about the situation afterwards. "The one thing I'll say about that is that he didn't go through the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
What do you get when your team goes hog wild in the free agent market, loses 93 games, and then proceeds to sell off all of those awesome free agents they spent a ton of money on the prior offseason? The 2013 Miami Marlins, of course. It's essentially Giancarlo Stanton and a bunch of others […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Our first week of previews is in the books, and we're moving on to week number two today. This week's featured division is the NL East, and we're going to kick things off today with the Miami Marlins. We'll be rolling out the usual schedule today with the Marlins, and I hope you all enjoy […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/17/2013
The 2012 rookie class across MLB was perhaps one of the best ever, highlighted by the Rookie of the Year winners in each league: Bryce Harper and Mike Trout. But past Harper and Trout, there were a lot of rookies who had great years. Seven rookies put together three win seasons, and an additional 15 […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 2/15/2013
This morning, Ryan Braun reported to Spring Training. For the second straight year, he faced a throng of reporters and gave a statement — a sort of "State of Ryan Braun" speech — and he went to work. Everybody probably figured that'd be the last Ryan Braun item we'd hear about today. Then Outside the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The 2012 A's were filled with players that were x-factors. Did anyone think that Brandon Moss would stake a claim to the first base job and become one of the best sluggers in the league? Did anyone think that Josh Reddick, a guy who was a part-time player in Boston in 2011, would become one […]
