The early spring training injury bug has reared it’s ugly head again. This time, it struck Seattle Mariners’ CF Franklin Gutierrez. Gutierrez has been diagnosed with a torn pectoral muscle and will miss at least four weeks. Gutierrez hurt the pectoral during throwing drills on Tuesday. The odds of Gutierrez starting the season on the [...]
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On Friday, we took a very early look at some National League postseason predictions, so it’s only fitting that we take a look at some early American League postseason predictions. American League East 1. Z – Tampa Bay Rays: A full year of Matt Moore and Desmond Jennings and Evan Longoria, B.J. Upton, and David [...]
The New York Yankees were having such a quiet offseason that some of their nonsensical fans were complaining they were being complacent. Well, I guess Yankee fans will stop complaining now because the Yankees just pulled off a blockbuster trade to bolster their rotation. The Yankees acquired RHP Michael Pineda and RHP Jose Campos from [...]
One of the aspects I love about baseball’s offseason is when the most random player becomes a hot commodity on the open market. Latest case in point: Michael Cuddyer. Cuddyer has a career 14.6 WAR in eight full Major League seasons, but yet he has been one of the more popular players this winter. Right [...]
A couple of weeks ago, we ran a poll that asked our audience “Where will Prince Fielder sign?” After a record number of votes, here are the results… 37.5 percent of you think Fielder will end up with the Chicago Cubs. I don’t know. If Fielder [...]
