Jacob Turner just turned 23. Before the 2012 season, the big right-hander was a consensus top 20 prospect for the Detroit Tigers. He was traded to the Marlins mid-season in the Anibal Sanchez/ Omar Infante deal and put on the big club. Although his win-lose record doesn’t
Troy Tulowitzki is “sick and tired of losing” and he thinks “Something needs to change” with the Rockies. But he says he doesn’t want to be traded. Those were the big takeaways from an interview the All-Star shortstop, currently on the DL with a hip
As predicated earlier today, a Phillies pitcher is headed to Los Angeles. However, we had Jonathan Papelbon and/or Cole Hamels going to the Dodgers, when the moved hurler was in fact Roberto Hernandez. For the services of the artist formally known as Fausto Carmona (and
Last week, we declared Jonathan Papelbon “a lock” to make through waivers. Yesterday, we got word that the closer did make it through, and now the Phillies can trade him to any team in either league. Papelbon’s performance this year has been quite good; a
Yesterday, the Feds arrested controversial Biogenesis founder Tony Bosch on conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. Six others also went down, including Alex Rodriguez‘s cousin Yuri Sucart, and Juan Carlos Nunez, who worked for ACES, the agency which has already had ten-Biogenesis-tied players suspended. According to
Over his 14 year career, Adam Dunn has a hit a lot of home runs (457) taken a lot of base on balls (1307) and struck out more times (2336) than anyone in Major League history besides Reggie Jackson and Jim Thome. One thing he
Matt Thornton and Jim Johnson, two fairly big-name relief pitchers, are both on the move. Thornton, until earlier today a New York Yankee, was claimed on waivers by the Nationals. It is unclear at this point if New York then worked out a deal with
Justin Verlander is not having a very good year. With the addition of David Price to the Tigers rotation, one could make the argument that the former Cy Young winner and MVP, who’s in the middle of a $220 million contract, is now the team’s
In sports, rule one is keep your eye on the ball. Baseball fielders have an additional, pretty important rule that they always need to follow: keep your eyes on the base runner. Yasiel Puig received an important lesson in following this rule from willy veteran Albert
The non-waiver trade deadline has come and gone. However, teams still have to midnight of August 31 to acquire a player and still have him be eligible for their playoff roster. The difference now is that a player would have to pass through the waivers before