Early this year we ran down baseball biggest jerks. Yesterday, there was a discussion on the baseball sub-reddit about the “nicest/coolest baseball player that you’ve met?” No surprise that the famously friendly Torii Hunter and Jim Thome were mentioned multiple times. Here are some of
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
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
Last night we broke down baseball’s trade deadline winners and losers. We didn’t mention Toronto as winners or losers, but perhaps that was an oversight, as a couple of the team’s own players have given GM Alex Anthopoulos the big thumbs down for not making
The “Hot Stove League” refers to baseball’s winter off-season when general managers get together, presumably around a hot stove, and make deals. But there is another just as important hot stove league that forms in the weeks before July 31, the last day teams can
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
Former closer Mitch Williams is taking a leave of absence from the MLB Network, where he serves as an analyst, after eyewitnesses reported bizarre and aggressive behavior from “Wild Thing” during a ten-and-under Cal Ripken Baseball tournament last weekend. Williams, who coaches the team, was
During Sunday’s Washington Nationals loss to the Oakland A’s starting pitcher Gio Gonzalez got into it with shortstop Ian Desmond after catcher Jose Lobaton and third baseman Anthony Rendon allowed a pop up to drop between them. Although he reportedly had to be restrained, the