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MLB Rumors: Why The Oakland A’s Need to Go After Chase Headley Instead of Hanley Ramirez
There’s only one week left until the 2012 MLB Trade Deadline comes and goes – and until that day – we will still hear plenty of MLB Rumors regarding some of baseball’s biggest stars. The Oakland A’s – who are normally a seller at the deadline – are looking to buy this season, most notably Chase [...]
TweetMLB Rumors: Buyers and Sellers of the American League
It is July 18th, just under two weeks away from the non-waiver trade deadline in Major League Baseball. There is no two week period with as many MLB rumors flying around as these two weeks. Just like when attending a game, you can’t know the players without a program (actually, you can now, sorry program [...]
TweetMLB News of the Day: Liriano, Kemp, Ethier, Teixeira, Trumbo, Ransom
There are a lot of things that happen in a day in Major League Baseball. It’s tough to keep track of all of them. In this space my goal is to pull out the three or four MLB news stories or events of the day that are the most interesting from around the league. This [...]
Tweet2012 MLB All-Star Game Snubs: Five Snubs From Each League
The 2012 MLB All-Star game roster was finally released today. Thanks to TBS, they took what would be a 10-minute process into a one-hour show. That’s something that would make LeBron James proud. As always, there were plenty of mistake made with some roster selections. Two observations I made from this are: it’s obvious Tony [...]
TweetFinding The Next Ernesto Frieri
At the beginning of the 2012 season, very few baseball fans would recognize the name Ernesto Frieri. Fewer would be able to tell you what team he pitched for. In hindsight, this makes little sense. Between 2009 and 2011, Frieri was 2-3 with a 2.33 ERA, striking out over 11 batters per 9 innings and [...]
TweetMLB Rumors: Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians Are Potential Landing Spots for Manny Ramirez
Manny Ramirez is a free agent… again. After the future Hall-of-Famer (if it wasn’t for steroids) requested his release from the Oakland A’s yesterday, rumors will circulate where Manny Ramirez’s next destination will be. To me, there’s only two options that make sense for Manny. Those two options are the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers. [...]
TweetMLB Rumors: Is Brandon McCarthy The Most Valuable Pitcher Available At The Trade Deadline?
For teams in need of a starting pitcher for the stretch run, the popular names mentioned in our MLB Rumors include Zack Greinke and Cole Hamels. However, there is another pitcher that could be just as valuable as Greinke and Hamels that would come without the high price tag. That pitcher is none other than [...]
TweetAL All-Star Team: The What Should Be 40-Man Roster
We are under a month away from the mid-summer classic, and we aren’t short of positional races when it comes to All-Star game. As we all know, the fans are pretty dumb in regards to selecting the right guys, so I decided to make my own 40-man roster of American League All-Stars. And as the [...]
TweetRyan Cook Earns First Career Save For Oakland Athletics
Ryan Cook had quietly been one of baseball’s best relievers for the Oakland Athletics, now he’s one of fantasy baseball’s biggest pickups. Cook got his first crack at closing last night, tallying his first career save against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Oakland manager Bob Melvin has said the team is going to go [...]
TweetAmerica’s Pastime: Revolutionized; Sabermetrics Analysis
2000: $107,588,459. 2001: $112,287,143. 2002: $125,928,583. 2010: $213,359,389. Those numbers are clearly astonishing. If you guessed that those are what the U.S. Military spends annually, then you weren’t far off. The above numbers represent the Opening Day payroll of the New York Yankees in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2010. The New York Yankees have dominated [...]
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