For the second straight year, Jake Peavy has been moved from a struggling team to a contender. The San Francisco Giants acquired the 33-year old from Boston for pitching prospects Edwin Escobar and Heath Hembree. Like most of the Red Sox, Peavy has been disappointing
The 2014 New York Yankees have been running on Masahiro Tanaka and fumes. While their 45-43 record is less than what their fans have come to expect, it’s actually pretty impressive considering the state of the current roster. C.C. Sabathia and Alex Rodriguez are out
The rosters for the 85th All-Star game were announced Sunday, and as usual there were a handful of deserving players left out of the starting lineups, and another bunch of should-have-been All-Stars left off of the teams altogether. Over in the American League fans made
It’s July 1, meaning we are exactly halfway through the baseball season. Here are Lineupforms.com’s midseason individual award winners for the American League. American League MVP: Mike Trout Saber-oriented folks will tell you Mike Trout should already have at least one, if not two, MVPs
Last week, baseball legend Tony Gwynn died at 54 after a long fight with salivary gland cancer. It’s a rare disease, only affecting a few thousand a year in the United States. It also has a pretty nasty survival rate. Since doctors don’t really know
After missing most of 2013 with Tommy John Surgery, Atlanta Braves right hander Gavin Floyd was enjoying the best season of his career. And last night, the 31-year old was enjoying his best start of the season, shutting out Washington through six innings with six
Last night, Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was a Hanley Rameriz throwing error away from tossing a perfect game against Colorado. Instead, he settled for a 107 pitch no-hitter with a career-high 15 strikeouts in the 8-0 win. Nolan Ryan holds the record for most strikeouts in
Flashy defensive plays have been the name of the game during the series between the AL West leading Oakland A’s and the second place Anaheim Angels which ended yesterday. On Tuesday, A’s left fielder Yoenis Cespedes made what some people are calling the greatest throw
Free agents and Scott Boras clients Ervin Santana, Stephen Drew and Kendrys Morales all struggled to find a team this off-season after being tendered a qualifying offer by their previous squad — meaning any team which signed them would have to surrender their 2014 first round
During the celebration for Josh Beckett‘s no-hitter Sunday, Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis rolled his ankle and has been placed on the disabled list. Ellis wasn’t behind the plate for the gem and actually hurt himself tripping over his backup Drew Butera‘s mask, which had been