By Kelly: I look forward to Mariners FanFest weekend every year. In fact it’s one of my favorite weekends of the year. My family and I head down to Seattle and make it to the Caravan event Friday night. This year it was in Lynnwood, WA at the Alderwood Mall, Mike Zunino, James Paxton and…
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…
By Josh: When a lot of the ‘professional’ writers grade out how teams did over the offseason they look to determine just how much of an impact the moves made by each team will affect them during the next season. That is a perfectly valid way to grade teams but for me I’m going to…
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…
(Kelly’s Thoughts) Everyone here in the Pacific Northwest knows that Edgar Martinez belongs in the Hall of Fame. Will he ever get there I don’t know but I asked a friend of mine who is a big supporter of Edgar to write a little something on why he thinks he is a Hall of Famer. By Aaron…
I hope everyone had a great Holiday season and a Merry Christmas. With New Year right around the corner Pitchers and Catchers begin reporting February 18th. Teams still have a lot of work to do with January and February beginning where teams add depth and many important pieces. Here’s to your team adding the player…
By Kelly: Big changes to the 2014 Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects. First of all they changed the name to just Bowman Draft. Another one of the big changes is that there are no more rookie cards in the set. It now focuses more on the latest draft picks just beginning their journey to a…
9 Inning Baseball Talk MLB Winter Meetings Recap Show Were you hoping for some action at this year’s MLB winter meetings? Well you then you should be happy because there were dozens of moves that happened and many of them involving big name players. Monday night Josh and Kelly looked at which Chicago team improved…
NEWS The MLB Hall of Fame is considering expanding max votes per ballot from 10 to 12. Carlos Martinez of the Cardinals will wear #18 next year to honor good friend and former teammate Oscar Taveras who died in a car accident in October. The Rays have reached a deal with St. Petersburg that will…
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