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Quick thoughts on Tuesday's excellent slate of major league action ... A's 1, Rangers 0. Yu Darvish just doesn't know how to win. This is a big victory for the A's as they take the first two of the three-game set. Yoenis Cespedes' home...

Breaking down the needs, desires and impulses of every AL East team in advance of the 2013 draft.

Story | Conversation | May 13, 2013

With the Major League Baseball season getting underway this week, there are plenty of opportunities across the country for you to take in a professional sporting event without emptying your wallet. If you're military personnel, a veteran, first respo...

NASHVILLE -- Good morning from the Opryland Hotel as baseball's winter meetings officially begin. The rumors have already begun churning and it didn't take long for the Boston Red Sox to scratch at least one player off their list: First base...

Rogers, Lake and Linden leading Estrellas Orientales Led by the unlikely trio of Eddie Rogers, Junior Lake and Todd Linden, the Estrellas Orientales swept the two-time defending champion Escogido Leones over the weekend to take over first place in...

Red Sox-Rays Preview

BOSTON -- It didn't take long for Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz to contribute with his bat. He was activated from the disabled list prior to Friday's game and went 2-for-4, including a double and two RBIs. In his first at-bat in the...

Dustin Pedroia hit a tiebreaking homer and drove in three runs to support Clay Buchholz's eight solid innings, leading the Boston Red Sox over the Detroit Tigers 7-3 Monday night for their third straight win.

Red Sox-Yankees Preview

Yes, that's obvious, isn't it? As the Texas Rangers prepare to take on the Boston Red Sox in the first game of a 10-game homestand tonight, they do so with an offense that is still not clicking on all cylinders. Neither is the bat of Josh Hamilton...

Tristan H. Cockcroft has his Top 125 hitter rankings and takes a closer look at some first- and second-round stars who have faced injury or ineffectiveness this year.

It's too soon for the Red Sox to abandon the Daniel Bard experiment.

Boston Red Sox second baseman took batting practice while wearing specially designed brace before Saturday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays. It was the first time he's swung a bat since tearing a muscle in his right thumb five days ago.

Baseball's amateur draft takes place next week, beginning with the first round on Monday. (Check out Keith Law's latest mock draft here.) As a hopefully fun exercise I'd thought I'd research each club's all-time draft team. The draft began in 1965, s...

Keith Law unveils his second mock draft less than a week before the draft, and Mark Appel and Byron Buxton are looking more like locks for the top two spots.

Story | Conversation | May 29, 2012

Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus writes that while it could take a decade to truly evaluate a draft class, the 2011 first round has the potential to produce a historic amount of high-quality starting pitching.

Story | Conversation | April 18, 2012