Eight options for the Mets, post-"Baywatch"

For the Mets, there are already legitimate questions about whether Jason Bay is the right investment for their ballpark. He is a below-average defende...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2009

The internal trade deadline

In the hours after Alex Anthopoulos was named as general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, he returned to his hotel room in Baltimore and just absorbe...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2009

Seattle Mariners Edgar Martinez rounds 3rd base after a solo home run in the first inning against the Texas Rangers...

Seattle Mariners' Edgar Martinez hits a three-run home run against the Kansas City Royals in the third inning Tuesday...

BP: Best and worst teams of the '00s

Baseball Prospectus brings the heat with a controversial idea: the best team ... of the entire 2000s ... was the 2001 Seattle Mariners. Wait, what? They lost in the ALCS. Ah, but you can prove it with metrics. To explore, come inside.

Story | Conversation | December 17, 2009

Will DH Be Designated For Assignment?

...to get rid of the DH? Did you know that Toronto's Adam Lind won the Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award? We're still awaiting word of the NL winner. Did you know...

Blue Jays' Lind wins DH award

Adam Lind of the Blue Jays won the Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award.

An Open Letter to Chone Figgins

...Howard Schultz/Sonics thing up there. Play it cool and they'll never forget you, like Edgar Martinez in this beloved hardware commercial. Thanks, Team SportsCenter.com

Revisiting Edgar Martinez

Just when I thought I'd finally figured out Edgar Martinez, that pesky Dan Rosenheck comes along and pokes holes in a few of my assumptions ... One...

Manager Herzog a Hall of Famer

Manager Whitey Herzog and umpire Doug Harvey are the newest members of baseball's Hall of Fame.

Should Edgar be Hall's first DH?

...belongs in the Hall of Fame. With that out of the way, let's talk about Edgar Martinez. He was of course a devastating hitter. Since 1900, there are 47 players with at least...

Why Dale Murphy is still waiting

Today I was going to write about Edgar Martinez, but then I got all carried away with rumors of the Mariners going after Jason Bay...

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 6: Edgar Martinez #11 of the Seattle Mariners runs to first base during a baseball game against the New...

The annual Hall of Fame question

It's December, and that means another baseball Hall of Fame ballot for Jim Caple to agonize over.

Fisking the Crime Dog's candidacy

...who aren't obvious (to me, anyway) ... There are four other candidates who give me pause: Edgar Martinez, Fred McGriff, Mark McGwire, and Dale Murphy. The first three of those were excellent, immensely strong...