The American League All-Star tallies were released Tuesday and like in all things except the adoption of the DH, the National League wasn’t far behind, coming out on Wednesday. Much like in the AL, we see a small number of teams dominating the field, but here it could be considered a little more legitimate. The […]

The Houston Astros are one of the most disappointing teams in baseball so far in 2016. At 25-29, they look nothing like the playoff team almost everyone had pegged them to be. The trade they made with the Brewers last season has been a disaster as Carlos Gomez looks lost at the plate and Mike […]

Before being absolutely crushed and annihilated by the Seattle Mariners on May 31 (10 ER in 2.2 innings), San Diego Padres’ starter James Shields had put together a very solid first two months of the season. And since I started writing this just before his undoing in Seattle, I began the post like this: James Shields […]

So we’re going to do this again, huh? Kansas City fans Royals flooded the ballot boxes so much during last season’s All-Star voting that Major League Baseball changed the rules this year. Instead of voting 35 times per e-mail address, you are now only able to vote five times per day and 35 times per […]

Pretty soon, we’ll be seeing All-Star vote totals and will be able to argue over whether the leaders deserve their spots, but in general, the best players in baseball are who we thought they would be. Names like Manny Machado, Mike Trout, Kris Bryant, and Clayton Kershaw are already among the best in baseball yet […]

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Not for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the team with the deepest pockets and the smartest front office around. They weren’t supposed to be fighting to keep their heads above water in late May, or be faced with questions on the makeup of their roster. But that’s the reality […]

Heading into the 2016 season, many were down on the Kansas City Royals’ chances. Despite winning the World Series and two straight AL pennants, improvements made by the Tigers, White Sox and Indians during the off-season matched with expected regression and the expected loss of free agents largely lead to the Royals being expected to […]

When the discussion surrounds the Chicago Cubs, it most often veers directly toward their offense. And rightfully so. Not only do the Cubs have a historically impressive stable of former offensive prospects making their presence felt at the big league level, they’ve added pieces like Dexter Fowler and Ben Zobrist in the last couple of […]

In a season that certainly hasn’t lacked for intriguing storylines, one of the more remarkable situations thus far in 2016 has been the not-so-subtle emergence of Jackie Bradley, Jr. While the Boston Red Sox were expected to return to prominence after a noisy offseason, Bradley, Jr. was something of a wild card heading into the […]

It’s been a whole week since Tim Lincecum had his big showcase in Arizona, and so far no team has signed the former two-time Cy Young winner to a contract. It’s unclear as to why: maybe Lincecum’s demands are too high, maybe teams weren’t impressed with what they saw, or maybe teams are bidding $1 […]

There is no real known date that is the Super Two cut off point. It’s not like the last day to protect players before the Rule 5 Draft, where there is an actual known moment in time and often many players are cut or protected hours before that moment. Instead, it is in flux from season to […]

The National League West was supposed to be the division this season. The biggest free agent pitchers all found their way there. The most notable international free agent landed there. There were big trades and big moves made to strengthen already-formidable teams and push them to the playoffs. It was going to be the best […]

No team spent as many free agent dollars on their rotation as the Giants did this past winter, and no team had as many questions about their rotation when Spring Training started either. The guys the Giants spent big for – Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija – both had serious question marks. Talented pitchers, yes, but […]