Yankees Vs. Red Sox: Who Is the Team to Beat?

In 2009, the Yankees and Red Sox reached the playoffs for the 9th and 6th time, respectively, since 2000. This year is shaping up to be very similar, leaving the Rays, Blue Jays, and Orioles on the outside looking in. While both teams will likely end up in the playoffs, it still begs the question: [...]

Fifth Starter Battles

All across baseball there are teams with undecided fifth starters. I’m going to give a rundown of the battles to keep an eye on.
Los Angeles Dodgers
Last year’s NL West champs have a bunch of guys fighting for a spot in the rotation. Eric Stults, Charlie Haeger and Carlos Monasterios all pitched in the spring opener, [...]

Damon to the Tigers

Detroit has reportedly signed Johnny Damon to a 1 year 8 million dollar deal. I’m not exactly surprised, but I don’t think the Tigers are going to get the production Damon had in 2009- at least from a power numbers standpoint. The one thing I do see coming in handy is guys feeding off of [...]

Cease your cries for a salary cap

With the winning of their 27th World Series title—and a 2009 payroll just over $215M—the New York Yankees have brought the issue of whether or not success can be purchased back to light this offseason. The lack of a salary cap in professional baseball is quintessentially the most significant difference it has between the major [...]

2010 Offseason Review: AL East

AL East
Baltimore Orioles
Key losses- Chris Ray, Danys Baez
Key additions- Kevin Millwood, Garrett Atkins, Mike Gonzalez
Off-season grade- C+
Justification- Kevin Millwood provides some leadership for the Orioles young staff. He’s also very durable and that should keep the young staff from pitching too many innings. Garrett Atkins is a nice low risk/high reward signing. Mike Gonzalez stabilizes [...]

New York Yankees Top Prospects 2010

1) Jesus Montero-C
Montero is being prepped as the replacement to long time Yankee Jorge Posada. He can definitely hit- the question is going to be calling a game and his recieving ability. He’s as hyped up in their system as anyone they’ve had over the last 10 years.
2) Slade Heathcott- OF
He’s still extremely raw and [...]

Yankees at it Again- Trade for Vazquez Should Pay Dividends This Time Around

The Yankees traded for Javy Vazquez yesterday for Melkey Cabrera and 2 prospects to further strengthen a roster that already was the best in baseball in 2009. It was typical Yankee philosophy to walk into this offseason not content with last years success.
I personally am a big fan of this deal for the Yanks and [...]

Granderson Joins Yankees; Three-Team Deal Finalizing

After the hot stove with all things related to Curtis Granderson was reaching a boiling point, a blockbuster move has finally been reached.
Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated reports that Curtis Granderson will be heading to New York. He will be donning the pin stripes in a gigantic deal between the Tigers, Yankees, and the Diamondbacks.
The [...]

Holliday Season in New York?

Matt Holliday is arguably the top free agent in this year’s class. He is arguably the best left fielder in the game so he would be an upgrade wherever he goes. He has posted an OPS over .900 for four straight seasons and plays excellent defense on top of it. Unfortunately for most, he’s going [...]

Lackey Being Fitted for Pin Stripes?

John Lackey picked a heck of an offseason to become an unrestricted free agent. Being arguably the only ace type starter on the market, it’s pretty obvious he’s going to get an AJ Burnett like package or better, the main question is gong to be….who gives it to him?
There’s a lot of hype out there [...]