Teams, start your engines ...

Will Roy Halladay be traded? Will Bay, Holliday or Lackey sign? Those are among the top five plotlines heading into next week's winter meetings.

The Yankees' case for Halladay

The Yankees, Mets and Red Sox have spent more money in free agency over the past decade than any other teams, as ESPN's esteemed Mark Simon notes: Bi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2009

A-Rod is first-rounder but Mauer is not

Tristan H. Cockcroft explains some of the more difficult decisions he made when coming up with his 2010 top 200 for fantasy baseball.

Early Top 200 rankings for 2010

Tristan H. Cockcroft takes a first shot at a top-200 fantasy rankings for the 2010 season.

Hoyer sure has opportunity in San Diego

Recently hired Padres general manager Jed Hoyer is now the leading man in San Diego after spending the last several years in the background in Boston.

Hunter, Ichiro win 9th Gold Gloves

Derek Jeter won his fourth Gold Glove at shortstop, joining Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira among the AL players honored for fielding excellence.

Shuffling the deck

White Sox GM Kenny Williams' move for Mark Teahen -- and moving of Gordon Beckham -- is puzzling.

What's the best seat in the city?

I attended more than 10 Blackhawks games last season and have already been to the United Center for two wins this season. Can't wait until this team i...

Money ball

...with the Cubs' Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Marmol. The Sox rotation is set with Mark Buehrle, Jake Peavy, John Danks and Gavin Floyd. Veteran Freddy Garcia, whose contract was picked up Tuesday, will battle...

Sep 25, 2009; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jake Peavy delivers a pitch during the second inning against the Detroit Tigers at US Cellular Field. The...

Cleveland, Washington should consider Valentine

Bobby Valentine's first full season as manager of the Mets was 1997, a year in which I took a job with The New York Times, and I covered him for just ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 04, 2009

Running through some end-of-the-year observations

Mark Cunningham/Getty Images Toss out everything from this Mets season -- except the uniforms they wore Sunday. Keep those. By Steve Berthiaume, E...

A "Major League" move by the Padres

...Randy Wolf nor Greg Maddux, who had been dealt during the year. He tried to trade Jake Peavy, but while those talks stalled, Towers had managed to get the payroll number down to $43...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2009

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Sources: Padres fire GM Towers

A person familiar with the decision says Kevin Towers, the longest-tenured general manager in the major leagues, is being fired by the San Diego Padres.