Gold Glovers of the decade

A little math and a little common sense helped devise a list of the Gold Glove winners of the decade.

Defense highlights offseason moves

Coco Crisp is nearing a deal with the Oakland Athletics, according to late word from MLB Trade Rumors' Tim Dierkes. Presumably Crisp will slot into Oa...

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Selecting the All-Decade team

The 2000s were definitely one heck of a decade. So, selecting the All-Decade team for the '00s wasn't an easy thing to do.

'MLB 10: The Show:' Six things to know

ESPN's Jon Robinson takes an exclusive first look at Sony's "MLB 10: The Show."

At what cost, Holliday?

...There's a top tier of superstars, a tier that includes Pujols and Joe Mauer and Chase Utley and Hanley Ramirez. There's a second tier that includes Evan Longoria and Ryan Zimmerman and...

Since becoming a regular, Chase Utley been the most valuable player in baseball

Top 100 players of the decade

Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez were the clear-cut first two choices for the top 100 players of the decade; after that, the list got a little more difficult.

Will David Wright's power return?

...Making Citi Field more home run friendly will only sharpen the fangs of Met-killers like Chase Utley, who hit nearly as many homers in Flushing last year (four) as Wright (five) and actually...

Offseason Notebook: Braves' new 'pen

Tristan H. Cockcroft mines recent offseason baseball activities for the fantasy implications of each move.

Sox third baseman says he feels great

Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell says he has been unaffected by trade rumors.

Perusing the free-agent bargain bin

Bobby Abreu proved last year that there are bargains to be had on the free-agent market. Starting 9 takes a look at the best deals on the offseason discount rack.

Early Top 200 rankings for 2010

Tristan H. Cockcroft takes a first shot at a top-200 fantasy rankings for the 2010 season.

Wednesday Wangdoodles

...of it seems to mean nearly as much as you might think. Except Chone Figgins and Chase Utley are even better than we thought. * Crashburn Alley suggests that when it comes to J.A...

Much gray area in defensive analysis

When it comes to defensive analysis, should we believe our eyes or the numbers? Perhaps a little of both.

Money talks, but baseball won't listen

Did the Yankees buy a World Series celebration? Their money didn't hurt, but that $207 million payroll is the least of baseball's competitive-balance problems.