The rosters for the 85th All-Star game were announced Sunday, and as usual there were a handful of deserving players left out of the starting lineups, and another bunch of should-have-been All-Stars left off of the teams altogether. Over in the American League fans made
CLast week it was reported that Texas Rangers GM Jon Daniels will listen to trades for anyone on the team. A retool would be prudent in Arlington. The Rangers had a nice half-decade run which included two World Series appearances, but this year find themselves
There been over 350 sets of brothers to play Major League baseball. Current brother combos include the Atlanta Uptons, BJ and Justin, and catchers Yadier and Jose Molina. (Third catching Molina brother Bengie retired in 2010.) The Molins and the Uptons still have a long
Like we did with the American League, we’ve selected a midseason MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year winner for the Senior Circuit. Read on to see who would win the hardware if the National League season ended at its
It’s July 1, meaning we are exactly halfway through the baseball season. Here are Lineupforms.com’s midseason individual award winners for the American League. American League MVP: Mike Trout Saber-oriented folks will tell you Mike Trout should already have at least one, if not two, MVPs
(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
Last week, baseball legend Tony Gwynn died at 54 after a long fight with salivary gland cancer. It’s a rare disease, only affecting a few thousand a year in the United States. It also has a pretty nasty survival rate. Since doctors don’t really know
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