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Some quick reactions to Monday's fine major league baseball action ... The good news for the Giants: A 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks to snap a five-game losing streak and a win for the first time when Matt Cain started. The bad news: Cain scuffle...

The great DJ Gallo is back with his annual list of the best and worst promotions of 2013. My favorite "worst" promotion: Giancarlo Stanton Arm Sleeve -- June 2 The 17 fans at Marlins Park will find it pretty awkward when they're handed a Gia...

They call this the World Baseball Classic and Sunday's United States-Canada game certainly qualifies as a classic, with a David-versus-Goliath storyline, several questionable lineup and managerial decisions made by Joe Torre, a late-inning rally and ...

Justin Verlander, Prince Fielder, Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout aren't on the United States roster, and their absence means a lot of fans don't care about the World Baseball Classic -- certainly not enough to spend a Friday evening in early March wa...

2012 in review Record: 69-93 (68-94 Pythagorean) 609 runs scored (15th in NL) 724 runs allowed (12th in NL) Big Offseason Moves See below ... Well, that didn't go as planned. The Marlins moved into their new stadium, signed a bunch of high-...

OK, there's no Mike Trout or Buster Posey or Justin Verlander or Andrew McCutchen, but Team USA's provisional roster for the World Baseball Classic looks pretty strong. How about this lineup: RF Ben Zobrist C Joe Mauer LF Ryan Braun DH Gianca...

The World Baseball Classic provisional rosters will be announced later this week and news is starting to slip out on who Joe Torre will be naming to the roster. Giancarlo Stanton has committed to playing for Team USA, but Mike Trout will not, instead...

We've heard the rumors and seen the tweets and gone to bed dreaming: The Miami Marlins will listen to offers for Giancarlo Stanton. Now, listening to offers isn't the same thing as actively looking to make a deal, and assistant GM Dan Jennings told J...

Last weekend, I presented the top 10 teams in my personal power rankings. That was before the Blue Jays officially acquired R.A. Dickey, so I updated my top 10 after that trade, and, to spur on more debate, now present the rest of my rankings. Agree ...

David Samson is president and de facto general manager of the Miami Marlins. (Michael Hill has the official title of general manager, but Samson is the guy who makes the decisions generally associated with that title.) This would suggest he knows ...

Joey Votto may be the best hitter on the planet. The Nationals' rotation is lethal. Young stars such as Bryce Harper, Giancarlo Stanton, Andrew McCutchen and Buster Posey are as exciting as any player in baseball. Clayton Kershaw, Matt Cain, Brandon...

The question is simple: If you were starting a franchise and could pick any player in baseball, who would you pick? Ignore contracts, current or future. Ignore current team. Think only of ability, position and age. Who do you build around? On Thur...

First base: G-G-great. That whole Gio Gonzalez won't pitch as well once he leaves the spacious confines of Oakland idea? I'm starting to think he'll be just fine in the National League. The Nationals kicked off a big week -- road trips to Philly and ...

Baseball lore is full of great scouting stories, like the tale of the scout who was driving through rural Maryland one day and stopped to ask a kid working in a field for directions. The kid -- future Hall of Fame Jimmie Foxx -- raised his plow with ...

Happy Mother's Day? Yes. But I'll throw in this: Happy baseball day. Joey Votto and Giancarlo Stanton hit walk-off grand slams on a day where players wore pink wristbands or pink shoes or used pink bats to celebrate mothers everywhere for br...

Welcome back, Giancarlo Stanton. You too, Jason Heyward. I remember all those years ago when you were the new kids who caught our attention, the phenoms who seduced us with enticing numbers when you were just 20 years old. Einstein once said, "I n...