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.

Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols will miss the next four and a half months after having surgery last week on his right foot. It’s a tough blow for the Angels, as the injury will keep the 35-year-old out of Spring Training and could extend into the start of the regular season. The slugger […]

The Cleveland Indians were already looking for some outfield help this offseason, but things just got worse as their top hitter over the past two seasons, Michael Brantley, had right arthroscopic shoulder surgery today to repair a slight tear in his right labrum. NEWS: Michael Brantley had right shoulder surgery today. He’s expected to be […]

On Monday, the BBWAA released the 2016 Baseball of Fame ballot, which will result in an endless amount of discussions and chaos for the next two months before the Class of ’16 is announced on January 6th. 15 new players are on the ballot along with 17 holdovers, and the only slam drunk for induction this […]

The winner in the bidding for the services for Korean first baseman Byung-ho Park is a bit of a shocker – the Minnesota Twins, who bid $12.85 million to earn the right to negotiate a contract with Park over the next 30 days. The 29-year old Park hit a ridiculous .343/.436/.714 with 53 homers in […]