Early National League Postseason Predictions

With spring training right around the corner and all of the major free agents signed and ready to go with their respective teams, I thought it would be interesting to see which teams have positioned themselves for a playoff run in 2012. Obviously things are going to change from now to Opening Day, but it’s [...]

Boston Red Sox Find Their Right-Handed Hitting Outfielder, Sign Cody Ross

Boston Red Sox right fielders were among the worst in baseball in 2012. One of the main reasons why was because they had the Ghost of J.D. Drew manning right field for most of the season. When Drew wasn’t in right because one of his 900 injuries were acting up, the Red Sox had Darnell [...]

Weekend News And Notes

With spending time with family this weekend because of Christmas Eve and Christmas, there wasn’t much time for posting. You combine that with not much going on in baseball, it made for a very slow weekend. However, that doesn’t mean there wasn’t some things going on. Let’s do our version of a weekend update. Jason [...]

St. Louis Cardinals Add Another Piece To The Post-Albert Pujols Puzzle, Sign Carlos Beltran

The St. Louis Cardinals have a lot of work to do if they are going to replace Albert Pujols in the middle of their lineup. They will never be able to replace Pujols, but they can certainly find players who are capable of putting up some decent numbers. They found one of those players last [...]

Winter Meeting News And Notes For December 7

Here is the latest and greatest from Day 3 of baseball’s Winter Meetings… Pittsburgh Pirates Sign Nate McLouth: McLouth couldn’t handle being part of a successful team in Atlanta, so he is going back to the place where he had the most success and is guaranteed to lose — Pittsburgh. The Pirates signed McLouth to [...]

New York Mets And San Francisco Giants Swap Outfielders

As the New York Mets tried to improve their bullpen last night as they acquired Jon Rauch, Ramon Ramirez, and Frank Francisco, they also swapped outfielders with the San Francisco Giants. As part the Ramirez acquisition, the Mets acquired Andres Torres from the Giants in exchange for Angel Pagan. What this trade represents is how [...]