NEWS The Marlins have officially announced Don Mattingly as their new manager. He received a 4 year deal. Bud Black had accepted an offer from the Nationals to become their new manager but the two couldn’t reach an agreement. The Nationals reached out to Dusty Baker and they reached an agreement to a multi-year contract.…
By Kelly: This year for the first time I feel like I was ready for the season to be over so the Hot Stove season could get started. So many great free agents and as we all remember from last year there be a handful of trades that come out of nowhere. I didn’t even…
By Josh: One of my favorite things about the Hot Stove is making my predictions as to where players will sign. I don’t have any insider knowledge, just a fan making fun and logical(usually) guesses. I take information from other sites, from twitter and anywhere I can find to help with my guesses. I am…
By Josh: I love watching baseball games; eating the hamburgers, taking photos and just talking with other fans, but I like many other fans also love the offseason. For a few months we all as fans have the ability to dream about what our team could be. With the World Series over the offseason is…
NEWS Dan Plesac of MLB Network will be a guest instructor for the Phillies in Spring Training, Feb 23-27. Plesac played with the Phillies in 2002 and 2003. Josh Hamilton of the Angels will undergo right shoulder surgery. He will be out 6-8 weeks. Victor Martinez of the Tigers suffered a torn medial meniscus in…
NEWS Cuban SS Yoan Moncada is close to being declared a free agent and could be cleared to sign with a Major League club as soon as two weeks from now. The D-Backs have hired Joe Carter to be a Special Assistant to GM Dave Stewart. Carter was a 5 time All-Star and is mostly…
NEWS Long time Chicago Cub Ernie Banks has passed away at the age of 83. He was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977. He was known as Mr. Cub, he spent all his 19 MLB seasons with the Cubs. The St. Louis Cardinals announced that the team will wear patches on its…
NEWS The Kansas City Royals have extended their manager Ned Yost through the 2016 season. Johan Santana is working on making a MLB comeback. He is currently pitching in Venezuelan Winter League. Jamey Carroll has joined the Pittsburgh Pirates as a Special Assistant to the Baseball Operations staff. He had a 12 year MLB career…
NEWS The BBWAA elected 4 new Hall of Fame members and that is the first time that has happened since 1955. Randy Johnson (97.3), Pedro Martinez (91.1), John Smoltz (82.9) and Craig Biggio (82.7). The next closest were Mike Piazza (69.9), Jeff Bagwell (55.7), Tim Raines (55.0), Curt Schilling (39.2), Roger Clemens (37.5), Barry Bonds…
With the Holidays and New Year’s over let’s hope the Hot Stove starts to heat up again. Still a few big free agents left in Max Scherzer and James Shields. Also a few teams still have an overabundance of outfielders and will need to make trades, Padres and Red Sox, just to need a few.…
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