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First: You know first, it's the base you're supposed to go to initially, to get on base. Or to throw to when the opposition obligingly gives you an out on a sac bunt. It's also sometimes a bit of a tricky target, as the Cubs' Geovany Soto found out i...

Bartolo Colon reportedly took a one-year offer Sunday from the Oakland Athletics. This is another win-win move in a down market for a team and a starting pitcher who need one another. The A's need warm bodies, even ones as well-insulated as Colon's, ...

Now in its last year of existence, baseball's short stack will get rounded out to five teams when the Astros enter the American League in 2013. But in the meantime, it's another four-way wrestling match. However, it's also a starkly segregated divisi...

Hot Stove season's already fired up, and we know that the big-name guys are going to get top dollar. However, the vast majority of players aren't going to get contracts longer than a year or year plus an option, and when the arbitration-eligible play...

As MLB comes out of the All-Star break, 'Dr. BP' (Baseball Prospectus) looks at every division and what the clubs within them need. Here now: the AL West. Texas looks strong; for the Angels to catch up, they need a 3B. Ty Wigginton could be the answer.

Story | Conversation | July 15, 2010

Looking for the cure to fix what ails the Angels, Rangers, Mariners and A's? Baseball Prospectus has all the right prescriptions for the AL West, including one team that should be getting another Doc on the phone, ASAP.

Story | Conversation | July 15, 2009

The Mariners are close to the AL West lead, but should they go for it now, or later?

Story | Conversation | June 26, 2009

Seattle's start could shake up team's thinking on rebuild.

Story | Conversation | April 27, 2009

Teams can find a good fit for their open jobs through free agents like Manny Ramirez as well as their farm system.

Story | Conversation | February 04, 2009