Yankees Home Opener Today

The Yankees have had four days off already this season which is noteworthy since there have only been six games played by the team. They will open their season today at 1PM in the Bronx at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees have one of the tougher opening two-week schedules in baseball with series against the Red [...]

Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins ink blockbuster deal

Let all the rumors cease. Let all the skeptics be silenced. And let all front offices sigh with disappointment. Joe Mauer is staying in Minnesota—for a long time. In a massive eight-year, $184 million deal, the 27-year old catcher is slotted to spend presumably the rest of his playing career in the Twin Cities—the deal [...]

Fantasy Baseball Planning Part II

Last week, I posted Fantasy Baseball Planning Part I, where I laid out some of the tools and methods to use for a fantasy draft. In Part II, I’m going to go a little more in depth. Positional Scarcity If you’ve looked at a list of players at all this offseason, you’ve noticed that there [...]

Best of the Best Winner Take All Tournament: Championship Match

We’ve finally reached the finals of the team of the decade tournament. It’s been an exciting week coming up with the dream match ups, and we hope you’ve enjoyed reading them as much as we’ve enjoyed writing them. As you all know, this decade has seen it’s good and bad with it’s ups and downs, [...]

World Series Preview: Phillies vs Yankees

With the World Series set, it’s time to break down all of the positions to see who has the upper hand in the 2009 fall classic. Catcher Phillies: Carlos Ruiz. Carlos Ruiz is your prototypical defensive catcher whom you don’t really care about offensively, as long as he calls a good game for your pitching [...]