(This is the first in a series of periodical trade deadline breakdowns.) The Phillies were the best team in baseball between 2007 and 2011. However, they have struggled since their 102 win season in 2011, and General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. has been roundly criticized
Derek Jeter turned 40 today. The Yankee legend and Hall of Famer has been struggling this year, suggesting his decision to retire at the season’s end was a prudent one. However, there have been a handful of big league stars who continued to produce into
There was a nice moment in Philadelphia last night when Tony Gwynn Jr. came to the plate for the first time since his father‘s death last week. The fans at Citizen’s Bank Park gave Gwynn, who had been on bereavement leave, a standing ovation which brought
After a slow start, the defending National League champion St. Louis Cardinals have been playing better baseball and would find themselves in the wild card play-in game if the season ended today. The Redbirds league-best pitching has been key for their turnaround, however the team just
There hasn’t been any political-style attack ads in the American League campaigning for the All-Star game, like there has been over in the Senior Circuit. However there are a few interesting races. Are voters sending the correct American League starters to the July 15 match
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
There are all sorts of neat and unique things about Joey Votto‘s game. The 2010 National League MVP went through that entire season without hitting an infield pop up. During his Major League career he’s only once pulled a foul ball into the stands. He
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
We’re about half way through the voting for the 2014 All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis. Things are starting to get nasty in the fight to represent the National League at catcher with the Milwaukee Brewers launching a political-style attack ad against incumbent All-Star
It wasn’t quite an inside-the-park home run. But a few seconds after Colorado Rockies left-fielder Charlie Blackmon made a mess of a Dee Gordon line drive into the corner that should have been a double, the speedy Dodgers second baseman found himself rounding third base and heading