0 comments by Randy Holt on 12/1/2014
From the perspective of the Oakland Athletics, the trade that sent Josh Donaldson to the Toronto Blue Jays for a package of players headlined by Brett Lawrie on Friday night represents a much more disappointing picture than for the other club involved in the deal. Despite that this is the typical way in which Billy Beane operates, in addition to the fact that […]
0 comments by Randy Holt
The baseball world was treated to something of a Friday night blockbuster, as the Toronto Blue Jays and Oakland Athletics came together on a trade that featured Josh Donaldson and Brett Lawrie as centerpieces, with three additional prospects heading to Oakland from the Jays. On the Oakland end, there is no shortage of confusion over just what they were trying to accomplish with […]
0 comments by Joe Webb
It has been three long years since the Philadelphia Phillies have made a playoff appearance. Spanning from 2007-2011 the Phillies endured a run of five successive division titles. This run included winning their second World Series in 2008. However, since losing in the 2011 NLDS, the once dominant team has struggled to put together the same caliber of results. […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 11/28/2014
Yoenis Cespedes was moved at the July trade deadline. Jon Lester and Jason Hammel are leaving town as free agents. And now, the Oakland Athletics are moving on from third baseman Josh Donaldson. The club has dealt Donaldson to the Toronto Blue Jays for a package of four players – major league infielder Brett Lawrie, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 11/26/2014
Deep down, I think we all knew that Cuban slugger Yasmany Tomas would end up with a mystery team. Sure enough, the mystery team has won once again. But I think the identity of this year’s mystery team has shocked most of us – it’s the Arizona Diamondbacks, who have agreed to signed Tomas according […]
0 comments by Dave Tobener on 11/25/2014
Pablo Sandoval leaving for the Red Sox is probably a good thing for the Giants, in the long term. Sandoval’s body likely won’t allow him to play third base a few years from now, his stats have gotten progressively worse over the past few seasons, and that’s a lot of money to tie up in […]
0 comments by Randy Holt
At the time of this writing, we’re not too deep into the 2014-15 Major League Baseball offseason quite yet. The Winter Meetings have yet to transpire. There are still multiple marquee free agents available out on the market, and still major trade chips that have yet to move. However, for the Chicago Cubs, it would appear […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 11/24/2014
For now, the headlines in Boston are occupied with the (reported) marquee signings of Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval to free agent contracts. And rightly so. Adding the two best hitters on the open market provides a major boost to a lineup that ranked No. 12 in the AL with 634 runs scored and second to last with […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Holy crap, the Seattle Mariners are doing something good once again. The club is reportedly in agreement with third baseman Kyle Seager on a seven-year contract extension worth $100 million. The contract also contains an eighth year option worth $20 million. The 27-year old Seager has hit .262/.328/.429 in three-plus seasons in the majors. 2014 […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
There are a lot of bad contracts in MLB right now. OK, there are ALWAYS a lot of bad contracts, but it seems like there is an inordinate amount this offseason. All these teams will talk about trying to find a way to dump their bad contracts, but nobody ever really seems to follow through on that. With Thanksgiving […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
After reports began to trickle out on Sunday night that Hanley Ramirez would be signing with the Boston Red Sox, a familiar refrain began to echo throughout the baseball blogosphere – HANLEY’S BACK! Ramirez was signed by the Red Sox way back in 2000 as a 16-year old out of the Dominican Republic, and he rose […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 11/21/2014
The Chicago White Sox have replaced one aging first base/DH type on their roster with another, signing former Washington National Adam LaRoche to a two-year contract worth $25 million. Of course, I doubt the White Sox will play LaRoche in the field all that much because of the presence of reigning AL Rookie of the Year […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
With an exciting, young starting rotation bolstered by the return of Matt Harvey and what appears to be a solid lineup, the New York Mets could be a contender next season in the NL East. Naturally, we’re early in the offseason and don’t yet know what moves each team in the NL East can still […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
One of Andrew Friedman’s main tasks as Dodgers president of baseball ops was to remake a bullpen that had consistently been a disappointment. In 2014, the Dodgers pen had a 3.80 ERA, and totaled just 0.7 fWAR in 489 2/3 innings. Taking dominant closer Kenley Jansen out of the situation, those numbers fall to a […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 11/20/2014
The biggest free agent names and the blockbuster contracts they sign draw the headlines during the offseason. But it’s the players on the lower shelves — the ones you might have to squat down to find and check the labels carefully — that can become the best bargains for MLB teams and thus provide the best values for […]
