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Outfielders Ryan Braun of Milwaukee, Giancarlo Stanton of Miami and Adam Jones of Baltimore and Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey headline the United States' provisional roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic.

Ben Lindbergh of Baseball Prospectus ranks the dozen most untradable contracts in baseball, starting with Alex Rodriguez's deal.

Story | Conversation | October 18, 2012

Ozzie Guillen has heard the rumors that his job may be in trouble.

Heath Bell is close to getting his job back as the Miami Marlins' closer.

Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg will pitch in September and October. Let's get that out of the way up front. Entering the weekend the right-hander is the No. 10 pitcher on ESPN's Player Rater and one of the most coveted individua...

Blog | July 27, 2012

Eric Karabell looks ahead to the final two months of the season and lays out a handful of bold predictions for pitchers, including thoughts on Stephen Strasburg, Tim Lincecum and R.A. Dickey.

Blog | Conversation | July 27, 2012

AJ Mass unveils a system that shows which closers are the safest and which are the riskiest going forward.

US Presswire/Tim FarrellJohan Santana's June 1 no-hitter certainly was cause for celebration.Here's a ranking of 10 memorable moments from the first half of 2012, with write-ups largely as they appeared on those days. Obviously, Johan Santana's hi...

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Drew Stubbs came off the disabled list Monday and had two hits, stole his 14th base and scored two runs. Stubbs missed three weeks dealing with an oblique injury, and he's available in nearly 20 percent of ESPN standar...

Blog | June 26, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses the most interesting fantasy tidbits from Monday's action, including Drew Stubbs' return to action after a DL stint.

Blog | Conversation | June 26, 2012

Can you even see the outfield fences from home plate at Marlins Park? At Petco? AT&T? What's a slugger like Giancarlo Stanton to do? The debate intensifies over ballpark dimensions.

Tristan H. Cockcroft looks at teams that have setup men who could take over for struggling closers sooner rather than later.

Ozzie Guillen is going to give the struggling Heath Bell every opportunity to keep the closer job for the Miami Marlins.

The rest of baseball is starting to catch up with the big spenders.

Last year, You Can't Predict Baseball came up with bold predictions for the year. We had a lot of fun coming up with them, and then laughing at how hilariously wrong they were at the end of the year. This year, we're bringing these predictions to Swe...

To say baseball's landscape has shifted this offseason is an understatement. The gap between the top and the bottom isn't as vast in the NL as it is in the AL, but this offseason was a time of reckoning for some teams with ownership troubles (Dodgers...

Blog | February 17, 2012