0 comments by Joe Lucia on 11/5/2014
The NL East is a very cyclical division. The Braves ran roughshod over the division during its first ten or so years, then the Phillies took over after a brief interlude where the Mets played well. Now, it’s looking like we’re in the Nationals era, despite Atlanta’s 2013 division crown. How the division will shake […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 11/4/2014
The Gold Glove winners for the 2014 season were announced on Tuesday night during a ceremony on ESPN. The AL champion Kansas City Royals cleaned up, winning three awards out of a total of four nominations. In addition to Kansas City’s three winners, Baltimore also had three players win, while Atlanta, Colorado, and Los Angeles […]
0 comments by TOC Locker
For a couple of seasons now, the BBWAA has been releasing the “finalists” for the MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, and Manager of the Year awards a week before the announcements on MLB Network. This year, that day was today, and the BBWAA released the finalists for those four awards in both the […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Since the qualifying offer system became a part of MLB free agency after the 2013 season, no player has accepted the one-year contract instead of testing the open market. During the past two offseasons, 22 free agents were extended qualifying offers — the amount of which is determined by the average annual salary of baseball’s top […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
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. […]
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The Philadelphia Phillies got a break on Monday when A.J. Burnett declined his $12.75 million option for 2015, making him a free agent. Yes, the Phillies have one more rotation spot to fill, but they save eight figures by not paying a guy who had a 4.59 ERA in 213 2/3 innings last season. But Burnett’s […]
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 TOC Locker
Go ahead and pull one name off of the free agent market – Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez has exercised his half of a $14 million mutual option for 2015. The 36-year old Ramirez hit .285/.330/.427 with 15 homers in 2014 for Milwaukee. After the acquisition of Adam Lind this weekend, and Ramirez’s announcement […]
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During the San Francisco Giants’ World Series parade in San Francsico on Friday, World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner wanted to ride a horse during the parade. The San Francisco Police Department denied his wish, but made a compromise with him. At which point, Bumgarner looked over at the line of police horses and said, “Anything? […]
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 Garrett Wilson
Another managerial vacancy looks to now be filled. In one of the worst kept secrets of the offseason, the Twins are going to name Minnesota legend Paul Molitor as their new manager: A Minnesota native who spent the final three seasons of his Hall of Fame career with the Twins, Molitor was a very obvious choice. His […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 10/31/2014
Everyone loves those Taiwanese animation videos that pop up after every major world news and sporting event. Good news! They’ve released one covering the 2014 World Series, and it’s awesome! So much to love. Tim Hudson in a Hoveround! Jeremy Guthrie with a walker! Pablo Sandoval as a baseball-eating panda! Hunter Pence doing yoga and […]
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In the least surprising news of the week, the Cubs have officially fired manager Rick Renteria: The move was made in lieu of the forthcoming hire of Joe Maddon as manager. It’s a pretty unfair situation for Renteria to have been put in, a sentiment not lost on the Cubs organization. In fact, Theo Epstein released a statement […]
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Hunter Pence of the World Champion San Francisco Giants got a gift from former WWE champion Daniel Bryan – a WWE title belt. Post by San Francisco Giants. With all of the love that Daniel Bryan is getting around AT&T Park this season, I wonder if Lou Seal is in trouble for the 2015 season.
