Winter Meetings Wednesday Recap
NEWS Ken Harrelson has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting by the Baseball Hall of Fame. He has been calling…
Winter Meetings Tuesday Recap
NEWS The late, great Boston baseball-writing legend, Nick Cafardo, is the winner of the 2020 J.G. Taylor Spink Award given by the BBWAA. The Padres and D-Backs are playing a…
Winter Meetings Sunday and Monday Recap
NEWS Marvin Miller and Ted Simmons both were elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame via the Modern Baseball Era committee. Results of the Modern Baseball Era Ballot (12 votes…
Madison Bumgarner: Whose Buying?
By: David Washburn This offseason, if Zack Wheeler can get paid $118 million dollars for 5 years after being injured for the majority of his career and putting up non-elite…
Hot Stove Week in Review Dec 2-7
NEWS MLB has announced that INF Ryosuke Kikuchi (Hiroshima Carp) and RHP Shun Yamaguchi (Yomiuri Giants) are each formally available through the posting process. TRANSACTIONS The Indians have acquired…
Hot Stove Week in Review Nov 25-Dec 1
NEWS The Pirates have hired Derek Shelton to be their next manager. Sheldon has 15 seasons of experience as an MLB coach including being a bench coachfor the Twins the…
If I Had a Hall of Fame Ballot
By: Mike Carter If I had a Hall of Fame ballot, which I do not, and know I never will, here are the players I would vote for in 2020.…
Hot Stove Week in Review Nov 18-24
NEWS The Yankees have released OF Jacoby Ellsbury even though he has 1 year/$26 million left on his contract. The Dodgers signed president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman to…
Hot Stove Week in Review Nov 11-17
AWARDS NL Rookie of the Year: Pete Alonso (Mets) AL Rookie of the Year: Yordan Alvarez (Astros) NL Manager of the Year: Mike Shildt (Cardinals) AL Manager of the Year:…
Are There 100 Players Who Deserve To Be in the Hall of Fame More Than Harold Baines?
By: William Robinson I hope Harold Baines doesn’t read this article. I really do. Because I’m about to literally destroy him on paper and by all accounts he is a…