Yu Darvish and Masahiro Tanaka have each lived up to their NPB reputations and more. That hasn’t always been the case with high-priced Japanese imports. Who could forget the late Hideka Irabu, George Steinbrenner’s least favorite “fat toad.” Then there was Daisuke Matsuzaka. The $103
Is Ryan Howard back? Ryan Howard was never all that great of player, from a sabermetric standpoint. But there was a time not so long ago that he was a five category fantasy beast, averaging .274 with 44 homers, 96 runs and 133 RBIs a
From Ty Cobb to Barry Bonds, baseball has a long tradition of jerks. The ten biggest current baseball jerks are below. 10. A.J. Pierzynski Pierzynski used to be baseball’s leading jerk, and has been voted the most disliked player in the game by his peers
Whenever a hitter emerges from the batters box or a pitcher is called to the mound during a home game they have the opportunity to request walk up or entrance music. We’ve compiled a list of our 25 favorite walk up songs from over the
The first week of fantasy baseball is in the books. Here are some of the story lines heading into week 2: Dodger’s outfield situation Los Angeles came into the 2014 with four potentially fantasy relevant outfielders. An unsettled situation for anyone who owns Matt Kemp,
When a baseball player wins a championship or switches teams fans are more likely to buy his jersey. That’s the lesson we can take away from the list of bestselling jerseys at MLB.com from this offseason, which is measured from October 31, 2013 to March
The baseball season is just one day old, but the closer carousal is already spinning. Toronto Blue Jays We’ll start in Toronto where incumbent closer Casey Janssen was placed on the disabled list for a strained left abdominal. The 32-year old had been excellent as the
Here is the latest in Fantasy relevant spring training injuries with timetables for return. Arizona Diamondbacks P. Patrick Corbin — out for the season, likely Tommy John surgery P. Daniel Hudson — to miss at least a couple months. OF. Cody Ross — On DL, may return in
Whenever a baseball team makes a big trade fans hold their breath. “Will this one come back to haunt us?” Here are a collection of trades that certainly have fans wondering what could have been. Read on for the ten worst trades in baseball history.
Some baseball manager are tacticians, whereas others are ego-juggling players’ coaches. Some skippers turned to managing after successful baseball careers, whereas others never even made the major league. There is no formula for what makes a successful baseball manager. We can, however, analyze results and