The five best rotations in baseball

From the mailbag: Q: I'm curious which team you think has the best rotation heading into 2010. What would be your Top 5 rotations? As spring training...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 9, 2010

If baseball doesn't work out …

We are about 12 hours from the Super Bowl as I write this, and I'm sitting here puzzling about who, in major league baseball, might have had the right...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 7, 2010

A question of before and after

Orlando Hudson hit well against fastballs last season, and he should see a lot more of them now that he has signed a one-year deal with the Twins; he ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 5, 2010

Verlander's deal a good prescription for Detroit

I was trying to think of other great right-handers similar in style and stuff to Justin Verlander, who is closing in on a five-year, $80 million deal ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 4, 2010

Familiarity, Manning give edge to Indy

Gene Wojciechowski gives 15 good reasons the Colts will win Super Bowl XLIV.

Of cows, Zenith radios and Harry Kalas

I got the signatures of Willie Davis, Carlton Fisk and Pee Wee Reese on baseballs as a kid, but I really was never much of an autograph hound -- proba...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 3, 2010

Perez tops list of key No. 2 starters

The expectation within the Mets' organization is that the team has finished its winter spending, and this would seem to be confirmed by the Mets' relu...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 2, 2010

Relief update: Marlins' depth lowers Nunez's value

...Orioles 25. Brad Lidge, Phillies 26. Jason Frasor, Blue Jays 27. Matt Capps, Nationals 28. Brandon Lyon, Astros 29. Octavio Dotel, Pirates 30. Leo Nunez, Marlins Check out each team's bullpen depth with our...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 2, 2010

...left) and right fielder Andre Ethier (16) react after the Dodgers' 5-2 victory over the Houston Astros at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE

Would-be Astros buyers miss deadline

Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane is apparently keeping his team.

Tampa's loaded youth movement

The Tampa Bay Rays' entire projected starting rotation will make about $8.2 million in 2010, which is about the same as Scott Kazmir will make for the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 1, 2010

Johnny Damon isn't going to the prom

...sit and wait and hope that Damon came around to their way of thinking -- as the Houston Astros famously did with another Boras client, Carlos Beltran, to the team's chagrin -- or they could...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 30, 2010

The 17-year nightmare is almost over

OK, so the longest-running joke in baseball right now is, in all likelihood, the Pittsburgh Pirates. But as Matt Meyers explains here, behind GM Neal Huntington and a sound strategy, this team could be relevant quite soon.

Story | Conversation | January 29, 2010

Consider these teams officially tortured

In the aftermath of the Vikings' crushing defeat, Bill Simmons re-examines the most tortured franchises in sports.

Top 10 players by organization

Here's a snapshot look at the top 10 prospects in each organization.

Story | Conversation | January 28, 2010