The Seattle Mariners have made their second move to bolster their bullpen under new GM Jerry Dipoto, acquiring Joaquin Benoit from the San Diego Padres for a pair of class-A prospects. The 38-year old Benoit had an $8 million option for 2016 picked up by the Padres last week, and rumors immediately began to circulate […]

On Wednesday night, an interesting rumor began to surface – the Atlanta Braves were discussing trading shortstop Andrelton Simmons to an unnamed NL West team. Braves Twitter proceeded to go absolutely nuts at trading Simmons, a 26-year old two-time Gold Glove winning shortstop that is signed through 2020 at the relatively fair price of $53 million. Atlanta […]

Marlins team president David Samson has put super agent Scott Boras on blast. The feud between the two heightened when the Marlins sent outfielder Marcell Ozuna, a client of Boras’, to the minors following a slump. When pressed about the topic on Wednesday, Boras told Craig Davis of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel the Marlins were […]

The Cincinnati Reds are having an offseason fire sale. General manager Walt Jocketty let Cincinnati.com know the team is “open for business,” in hopes of rebuilding the club after the Reds finished with a 64-98 record, their most losses since 1982. It was sad that the highlight of their messy season was manager Bryan Price’s […]

So, about that backlog in Minnesota…looks like it’s been taken care of, for now at least. The Twins have traded center fielder Aaron Hicks to the Yankees for catcher John Ryan Murphy. The 26-year old Hicks had a breakout year in 2015 after struggling in both 2013 and 2014. In 97 games, Hicks hit 11 […]

What’s the most variable part of a baseball team? The bullpen. What’s generally the most overvalued position? The closer. So if you’re a 99-loss team with a dominant, pre-arb closer, trading him makes sense…right? Of course. So the news that the Phillies are receiving interest, and apparently listening, on closer Ken Giles shouldn’t come as […]

On Tuesday night, the 2015 Gold Glove winners were announced for both the American and National Leagues, and of course, people were furious that their favorite players didn’t win. The 2015 awards were highlighted by three members of the World Champion Royals, two members of the AL Wild Card winning Astros, two members of the […]

New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman won’t be one the many GMs lining up to sign former New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy. While not specifically addressing reporters questions on Murphy, Cashman made it clear he’s not interested in an offensive second baseman, saying if he addressed the position it wouldn’t be for […]

Traditionalists wrinkle their nose, old-timers gripe and complain, and some writers refuse to vote for them, but the debate over whether closers belong in the Hall of Fame will continue.  This year, the ballot adds two names to the list who were solely closers (zero career starts between them), Trevor Hoffman and Billy Wagner. For […]

Early on Tuesday morning, after rumors had been circulating all night, reports confirmed that former Atlanta Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson had passed away at the age of 29. As someone who grew up a Braves fan and got into writing because of my fandom, his death really hit me hard. Hanson was just two months […]

The current qualifying offer system has been in place for three years now. A qualifying offer is a one year contract worth the average of the top 100 salaries in baseball. This year, that makes the offer worth $15.8 million. If a player turns down the offer, the team that signs them has to forfeit their […]

Here’s some offseason news which you never want to hear. Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife in their hotel room on Halloween night in Wailea, Hawaii, reports Hawaii News Now.