Yesterday, the Kansas City Royals traded for Josh Willingham. They also moved into first place in the American League Central after winning their eighth straight game. The Royals success in 2014 is a continuation of what they were able to accomplish in 2013; a 86-76
Bryce Harper has been struggled at the plate this year. And that’s when he’s been healthy enough to play. But one thing the still-just-21-year-old) hasn’t had a problem with is getting his name in the paper. Whether it’s been his new physique, controversial comments from
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
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
July 31 has come and gone and some pretty big names have new addresses. The winners and losers of the trade deadline are below. Winners Oakland A’s: For all of the A’s moneyball success, they don’t have a title in the Billy Beane-era and Beane