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I have the Nationals as the team to beat in the National League, but give the Braves a fighter's chance of winning the NL East. No, I don't really know what fighter's chance means either, other than "anything can happen." I do believe the Braves h...

Well, that was insane. Fans of the new system will say this is exactly the kind of excitement baseball needs. Critics will suggest this game sums up everything that's wrong with a one-game playoff series. One bad throw (or three), one mental er...

Stuff ... Baseball America has lists of the 10 youngest players in each full-season league. Mariners pitcher Erasmo Ramirez was the youngest player to make a major league roster, with a May 2, 1990 birthdate. Giancarlo Stanton is still one of the...

This is back-of-the-napkin stuff ... but fun back-of-the-napkin stuff. As we wait to see if Prince Fielder does land in Washington, let's check out the state of the NL East. We'll go position by position and rank the players. Then we'll come up with ...

It was a sickening way for the Atlanta Braves' season to die, with Hunter Pence's cracked-bat blooper that didn't even escape the infield but forlornly fell in no-man's land between first baseman Freddie Freeman and second baseman Dan Uggla. There...

A quick preview of the week ... and a little confusion over what the Marlins are trying to accomplish by sending Logan Morrison down to the minors. SERIES OF THE WEEK Rangers at Angels, Monday through Thursday Monday: Alexi Ogando (11-5, 3.2...

I wouldn't go so far as to call it the mismatch of the century, but John Lannan trying to beat Roy Halladay in Philadephia was kind of like Mondale in '84: Not a chance. Halladay was brilliant with 10 strikeouts and no walks and Lannan was the opp...

I have a feeling the NL East is going to be one rollicking division. The 2011 NL East preseason All-Stars: Catcher -- Brian McCann, Braves. A solid, dependable player who has made the All-Star team all five of his full seasons. And he's still only...