Last winter, the Orioles signed Ubaldo Jimenez to a four-year, $50 million contract. This winter, they’re reportedly looking to get rid of Jimenez and the $38.75 million he’s still owed. Via MLB.com’s Tracy Ringolsby… Right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez, who made only two starts and three relief appearances in the final 41 games of the regular season and […]

Late San Diego legend Tony Gwynn will be immortalized in beer form. Alesmith Brewing Company out of San Diego will be releasing San Diego .394 Pale Ale, which will feature Gwynn’s likeness on the packaging and is colored in old school, 1980s Padres colors. The .394 in the title was Gwynn’s batting average during the […]

The Chicago Cubs apparently aren’t going to wait around for Jon Lester to make a decision, or for the Phillies to lower their price on Cole Hamels – they’re going in on an elite pitcher right now. The team is reportedly discussing a deal that would result in them acquiring NL All-Star Jordan Zimmermann from […]

I’ve never really known anyone to get too excited about the Manager of the Year awards in either league, but the 2014 winners were announced on Tuesday. The awards won’t be leaving the mid-Atlantic region, as Buck Showalter of the Orioles and Matt Williams of the Nationals earned the honors. One factoid about this year’s winners – […]

This would have been something else – according to a report from Adam Rubin of ESPN.com, the New York Mets attempted to bring over long-time rival Jimmy Rollins from the Phillies in a trade. Of course, the trade was blocked. The Mets, in need of a shortstop, spoke with the Philadelphia Phillies about acquiring Jimmy Rollins in a trade, […]

In addition to the seemingly 800 things that the Atlanta Braves need to do this offseason, the club is reportedly looking for a left-handed platoon partner for third baseman Chris Johnson, whose three-year contract extension starts in 2015. Johnson slumped to a .263/.292/.361 line with ten home runs in 2014, and hit a putrid .231/.256/.314 […]

The Philadelphia Phillies desperately want to move Ryan Howard, even if they have to eat the large majority of his contract and get not much of anything in return. They may have found a suitor – the 2014 AL champion Kansas City Royals. DH Billy Butler is a free agent this winter, and Kansas City […]

We’re going to need another year to see whether or not a player will accept their one year qualifying offer. Every player that earned an offer this year declined it, continuing a three year trend since the implementation of the qualifying offer following the 2012 season. These are the players that declined. Melky Cabrera, Blue […]

The Minnesota Twins are rolling out a new, gold-accented home uniform for the 2015 season, and it looks pretty nice. The pinstripes that took over the uniform in recent years are gone, banished to a home alternate jersey. The Twins’ road uniforms remain unchanged (so far) from 2014. Check out this mammoth infographic released by the […]

Could the heir apparent to Derek Jeter be a Texas Ranger? Well, maybe. According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the Yankees are “intrigued” by Texas shortstop Elvis Andrus, who is still owed $120 million through 2022. The Yankees would have to feel Andrus is a buy-low candidate whose downturn on both sides […]

The New York Yankees have made the first significant free agent signing of the winter, re-signing outfielder Chris Young to a one-year deal worth a reported $2.5 million, plus incentives. Young started 2014 with the Mets, and was pretty awful in 88 games, hitting .205/.283/.346 with eight homers and seven stolen bases, especially when you […]

The future of 41-year old Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki hangs in the balance this offseason. Suzuki only received 385 plate appearances in 2014 with New York, and posted a dreadful .284/.324/.340 line, barely better than how he performed in 2011 and 2013. But Suzuki is just 156 hits from 3,000 in the majors, and he doesn’t plan […]

This Friday morning, the Internet is ablaze at the revelation at San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval is seeking a six-year contract in free agency. Pablo Sandoval is seeking at least a six-year free-agent contract, with the length of the deal more important to the third baseman than the dollars, his agent just told […]

The 2014 National League Silver Slugger award winners were announced on Thursday, in case you were curious as to whether or not they were still a thing. Several players won their first Silver Slugger this year – Jose Abreu, Jose Altuve, Michael Brantley, Madison Bumgarner, Yan Gomes, Anthony Rendon, Giancarlo Stanton, and Neil Walker. We’ve […]

The Tampa Bay Rays released an early short list of managerial candidates, and one name immediately jumps out – former Kansas City Royal (and Seattle Mariner, and Philadelphia Phillie, and New York Yankee) Raul Ibanez. Craig Counsell and Kevin Cash are also interesting names that you don’t see too often in managerial discussions. As for […]