0 comments by Joe Lucia on 11/4/2014
Monday evening was the deadline for teams to hand out qualifying offers to teams, and one offer really stood out from the bunch – the Rockies offering Michael Cuddyer. Cuddyer was the 2013 NL batting champion, but he played in just 49 games in 2014 thanks to three different DL stints because of three different injuries. […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 11/3/2014
Monday (Nov. 3) at 5 p.m. ET was the deadline for MLB teams to extend one-year qualifying offers to their free agents. This year, the qualifying offer is $15.3 million, which is based on the average annual salary of baseball’s top 125 contracts. Last year, the qualifying offer was extended to 13 players, all of […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Welcome to the offseason! Technically, baseball’s winter hiatus began as soon as Pablo Sandoval caught Salvador Perez’s pop-up in foul territory for the final out of the 2014 season. But shopping season begins on Tuesday (Nov. 4), when free agents are free to sign with any MLB club. The 2015 free agent market has been […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 11/1/2014
The Milwaukee Brewers have moved quickly to fill their hole at first base this offseason, acquiring former Blue Jay Adam Lind in exchange for long reliever Marco Estrada. Toronto just picked up a $7.5 million option on Lind for 2015, and the Brewers will now have him at that salary. Milwaukee also has an $8 […]
0 comments by Tim Livingston on 10/31/2014
Out of the numerous somewhat undermining narratives that a World Series will produce, perhaps the biggest one from this particular Fall Classic is whether or not the San Francisco Giants are now a dynasty having won three titles in the last five seasons. The answer is yes. I almost want to end the article right […]
0 comments by Dave Tobener on 10/30/2014
For the third time in five years, the San Francisco Giants raised the World Series trophy in spite of virtually nobody thinking they would. It was an incredible season for this team, filled with amazing highs and soul-crushing lows before sneaking into the playoffs and going on a run for the ages once they got […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
The Royals won the AL pennant, lost in Game 7 of the World Series and are apparently made of magic. What else do you really need to know? Preseason Prediction: Realistically, the Royals should be neither appreciably better nor appreciably worse. On one hand, the offense should be more efficient with Aoki and Infante giving them an […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The 2014 season is now in the rear-view mirror following a phenomenal Postseason. This October, we saw close games and we saw blowouts. We saw games won on throwing errors, and games won on dramatic home runs. The second part of that sentence is what we’re most interested in – those dramatic home runs that […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The trophy is heading back to the Bay Area once again. The San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in a thrilling Game 7 to win the World Series, their third title in the last five years. Madison Bumgarner won the World Series MVP award and got the save on Wednesday night after tossing […]
0 comments by Tim Livingston on 10/29/2014
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0 comments by Garrett Wilson
Throughout the World Series, we’ll be keeping an eye on the race to win the World Series MVP. After each game we’ll rank the top candidates for the award based on their performance and intangible worthiness for the big honor. Well, it looks like this series might have been all for naught. With the World Series […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Tonight, the Royals and Giants will square off in the final MLB game of the 2014 season. It’s a winner take all Game 7 between the two clubs, and there’s a ton at stake for both teams. For the Royals, they have a chance to excise all the demons that have plagued their club for […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/28/2014
Last December, Carlos Beltran signed a three-year, $45 million contract with the New York Yankees to be their right fielder and designated hitter. Among the final bidders for Beltran was his former team, the Kansas City Royals. The Arizona Diamondbacks reportedly made the best offer for Beltran, but the 36-year-old ultimately wanted to play for […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Every time the MLB Postseason rolls along, people start talking about ways to improve it (as if it really needs to be tweaked anymore). But the amount of teams to make the Postseason has increased by 150% over the last 20 years, and if that pace holds (which I doubt it will), we’re looking at […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/27/2014
Friday’s bombshell announcement that Joe Maddon opted out of his contract with the Tampa Bay Rays sent tremors rippling throughout baseball. Widely considered the best manager in MLB, Maddon immediately became the top candidate available for any team looking to upgrade in the dugout. The problem is that the Minnesota Twins are currently the only team […]
