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I'm not quite sure how San Francisco Giants left-hander Barry Zito does it, since his stuff seems pretty average -- OK, perhaps below average -- but there he was on center stage Wednesday afternoon mowing down the Philadelphia Phillies at AT&amp...

Blog | May 09, 2013

Eric Karabell recaps the news and notes from Wednesday, including Barry Zito's pitching gem, Dan Uggla's power display and more.

Blog | Conversation | May 09, 2013

Hail to the Giants, worthy champions again. But even their nifty drive to the title can't disguise the continuing decline of the World Series brand.

Ben Lindbergh of Baseball Prospectus ranks the dozen most untradable contracts in baseball, starting with Alex Rodriguez's deal.

Story | Conversation | October 18, 2012

This is the final weekend before the non-waiver trade deadline, meaning that it's a pretty important couple of days for a number of teams that might not have figured out whether they are buyers, sellers or somewhere in between. Arizona, Cleveland, Ph...

How it happened: Texas Rangers starting pitcher Matt Harrison was outstanding Friday night. He pitched a complete game for his eighth win. Harrison only allowed five hits and all singles. He induced 18 ground outs and struck out four. It was Harrison...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Texas Rangers open a three-game against the San Francisco Giants, the first regular-season meeting for the teams since the Giants beat the Rangers in the 2010 World Series. The opener features RHP Matt Harrison vs. LHP Barry Zito ...

Discussing Daniel Bard, Neftali Feliz and Ozzie Guillen's controversial comments.

• Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish struggled initially in his first big league start Monday, allowing the light-hitting Seattle Mariners to score five runs over the first two innings. Then the Japan native settled down to throw four scorel...

Blog | April 10, 2012

Eric Karabell has the fantasy highlights from Monday's action, including his thoughts on Yu Darvish's big league debut.

Blog | Conversation | April 10, 2012

Three ESPN contributors discuss storylines from the bottom of the top 500 player rankings for 2012.

PHOENIX -- The spring after Barry Zito signed with the San Francisco Giants, he showed up in Arizona with an all new delivery. AP Photo/Darron Cummings C.J. Wilson worked exclusively with a fastball and changeup in his Angels' debut. It wa...

Buster Olney looks at Vernon Wells, Adam Dunn and a number of other players who will lose their job if they don't perform well early in the 2012 season.

Blog | Conversation | February 10, 2012

The Royals traded outfielder Melky Cabrera to the San Francisco Giants for left-hander Jonathan Sanchez on Monday, upgrading their rotation and clearing the way for hotshot prospect Lorenzo Cain to get a chance in center field.

WilsonDespite going 0-3 with a 6.08 ERA in five postseason starts, Texas Rangers ace C.J. Wilson is in a great position this offseason. Wilson is the best starter available on the free agent market, now that CC Sabathia signed an extension with the N...

Dave Cameron of FanGraphs explains why C.J. Wilson's lack of a long track record is exactly the reason why teams should pursue him this winter.

Story | Conversation | September 01, 2011