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
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
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
Today the Cleveland Indians flipped Justin Masterson to the Cardinals for outfield prospect James Ramsey, and if the latest rumors are correct the surprisingly bad Red Sox are trading surprisingly solid John Lackey to the surprisingly almost-average Marlins. Here nine other players, besides Lackey, who should be
Today, six very worthy candidates will be inducted into Cooperstown’s hallowed halls. Tony La Russa, Joe Torre, and Bobby Cox enter as managers — and they are each among the best skippers in baseball history. But for the purposes of this article, we’re going to
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
Since winning 92 games in 2010, the Padres have been a non-factor in the National League East. Their poor play cost GM Josh Brynes his job in June, and this year’s deadline sell off will be conducted by the three-headed interim co-GM beast of A.J.
Your browser does not support iframes. Last night, White Sox slugger Adam Dunn incorrectly thought he had his 455 home run. Twice. On the same play Actually, at first it looked like Astros leftfielder L.J Hoes was going to scale the wall and catch the drive
On Thursday night, Clayton Kershaw had his scoreless innings streak snapped at 41 innings. It was a home run by Padres third baseman Chase Headley that broke the two-time Cy Young winners string of zeros. The sixth inning blast was one of only three hits
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