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
In April, when Major League Baseball last released a list of top selling jerseys, it was David Ortiz‘s name and number which had moved the most merchandise. The popular slugger was still basking in the afterglow of leading the Red Sox to a World Series
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
Saves and steals will always be the stepchildren of five category fantasy baseball, and there are ways to win a league without paying much too much attention to either of them. However there are more ways to win when you are mindful of the categories.
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
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
Fantasy owners who gave Lonnie Chisenhall a Monday spot start yesterday have spent the morning patting themselves on the back . That’s because the Indians third baseman went nuts during his teams 17-7 victory over the Texas Rangers, finishing 5 for 5 with 3 home
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
Yesterday’s game between the Texas and Detroit was not close. In fact, it was such a blow out that the Tigers pitched shortstop Danny Worth in the bottom of the eighth of their 9-2 loss. While that could have been comic relief, Worth actually pitched