Joba heading to the rotation

I suspect that most Yankee fans have never heard of Peter Abraham (I hope I'm wrong). But Abraham, who covers the Yankees for the Lower Hudson Journal...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2008

Players with energy are invaluable

...by GM Kevin Towers, the Padres have been models, as well. Getting Adrian Gonzalez and All-Star Chris Young from the Rangers for Adam Eaton and Akinori Otsuka is a franchise-changer, but when one...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 07, 2007

Yankees on a familiar roll

...Yankees need help in that area, but they have internal options, including the porcine but productive Chris Britton and the indie league find, Edwar Ramirez (the changeup artist has struck out 62 double- and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 14, 2007

O's, Rays and more news

Before we anger Orioles and possibly Devil Rays fans, the news must go on... -The Braves didn't wait long to go find a veteran first baseman in the w...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 19, 2007

D-Backs keep top prospects

...league arms for future trade bait and even some major-league ready arms like Vizcaino and Chris Britton to make someone like Scott Proctor easier to part with. Arizona also will part with 23...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 05, 2007

Wood ready for restart

Kerry Wood's career hasn't gone as anyone thought it would, since that gray May day back in 1998 when the Astros couldn't catch up to his fastball and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2006

Cubs keep Ramirez at bargain price

...weekend, dumping Jaret Wright on his old mentor, Orioles pitching coach Leo Mazzone, in exchange for Chris Britton. Wright was a complete disappointment in New York, up to and including his performance in Detroit...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2006

...slider and a nasty split), but his herky-jerk delivery has led to some command issues. Chris Britton, left to rot in A-ball for all of 2005 even as he dominated the level...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 13, 2006

HGH issue suddenly erupts

The powers that be in baseball claim ignorance about steroid use in the 1990s. We didn't have enough information, they say. Red flags didn't go up unt...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 07, 2006

Friday Mailbag

I'm leading this week's mailbag with some possible rule changes: From Pete in Chicago: With all of the talk that the Big Ten might lobby to have a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 22, 2009