Study group to examine on-field issues

Managers Tony La Russa, Jim Leyland, Joe Torre and Mike Scioscia have been selected for a committee that could recommend expanded instant replay and playoff format changes.

Multiple avenues for Philly

Dominoes fell rapidly throughout the majors Monday, with deals and trades setting up more deals or negotiations or questions. The Phillies: The prima...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 15, 2009

Projecting a new decade of MLB stars

Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus projects the best MLB players from 2010 through 2019 (the next decade of stars). His tops include Hanley Ramirez, Justin Upton, Joe Mauer and Tim Lincecum; the list goes to 20, though, with surprises.

Story | Conversation | December 14, 2009

Slew of signings lie ahead

Thirty-nine more players were not tendered contracts Saturday night, so as of Sunday, this is the number of free agents who are looking for jobs, acco...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 13, 2009

July 25, 2009 - Detroit, MI Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Bobby Jenks winds...

Where we stand as winter meetings arrive

...2006 from those same Mariners for $12.8 million, Mike Lowell in 2007 from the Boston Red Sox for $12.5 million and Troy Glaus from the 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks for $11.25 million.) The...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 06, 2009

My 2010 Hall of Fame ballot

I don't have a ballot for the Hall of Fame yet -- just nine years to go -- but if I did, my ballot would include: Tim Raines, Mark McGwire, Bert Bl...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009

Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)

...be willing to give up a top pick to sign him. Rival teams assume that the Red Sox will offer Wagner arbitration, meaning that Boston will get two picks in compensation if Wagner signs elsewhere...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

A-Rod is first-rounder but Mauer is not

Tristan H. Cockcroft explains some of the more difficult decisions he made when coming up with his 2010 top 200 for fantasy baseball.

Those who favored King Felix and Verlander

The AL Cy Young Award went more or less as expected, with the very deserving Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals running away with it, nabbing 25 o...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

The market for those coming off injuries

One problem with market inefficiencies is that, once they're identified, it's usually a matter of time before they disappear as more players bid up th...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

...throws a pitch during the Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers Major League...

Chapman kept defection plans from kin

Aroldis Chapman simply left his room at the Domina Hotel in Rotterdam last July and went down to the lobby. The Cuban pitcher's defection during a tournament in the Netherlands lacked any of the drama a movie script writer would want.

Hunter, Ichiro win 9th Gold Gloves

Derek Jeter won his fourth Gold Glove at shortstop, joining Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira among the AL players honored for fielding excellence.

Obstacles to a World Series rematch

...league champions each have hurdles to overcome beyond the Angels and the Braves and Dodgers and Red Sox and Rockies and other teams. Here are eight issues standing between the Phillies and Yankees and a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009