Talks Heating Up With Sheets

It was reported recently that the Chicago Cubs had put Ben Sheets on the back-burner, despite mutual interest. Well, today Jim Bowden tweets “Ben Sheets negotiations, according to reliable sources, are heating up with teams most interested … the Rangers, Mets, Mariners, A’s and Cubs.” Also, on MLB Live with Bowden and Joe Castellano, Bowden [...]

Does Jason Bay Make the Mets a Contender?

Jason Bay signing with the Mets was a shock and not a shock at the same time. Rumors have been floating around about the Mets interest in Bay since he hit free agency, but I personally thought Jason Bay would just flat out not want to leave Boston so it’s hard to believe in a [...]

Why Aren’t the Cubs (or most teams) Looking at Ben Sheets?

Can anyone tell me why Ben Sheets isn’t seriously being considered by the Chicago Cubs? When healthy, Sheets is dominating. When healthy Sheets is one of the best around. When healthy this and when healthy that. Yes he’s coming off flexor tendon surgery, and yes he’s a risk. But how much more of a risk [...]

Just Say No Jim!

There have been rumors of a trade between the Cubs and the Tigers. The Cubs would be sending 3rd base prospect Josh Vitters and Pitcher Andrew Cashner to the Tigers for Center Fielder Curtis Granderson and pitcher Edwin Jackson. Although Curtis Granderson is one of my favorite players, I hope that this deal does not [...]

The Risky Trio

These three guys perfectly exemplify the idea of high risk and high reward in Major League Baseball. The following players all have the ability and track record to be completely dominant starting pitchers. Weighed against them, however, are their individual injury histories. It seems that they are consistently battling the disabled list almost as often [...]

Sheets to Detroit?

One name to keep serious eye on this winter is free agent pitcher Ben Sheets. If anyone has forgotten, Sheets missed 2009 recovering from tendon surgery in his pitching forearm and yes that is not as serious as the feared Tommy John surgery. Sheets is such an interesting guy for teams to bring in because [...]