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Even though the offseason has only just commenced for the San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers, general managers of 28 other teams already have been pondering their futures for some time. For five GMs in particular, their jobs for the next thr...

Blog | October 30, 2012

With the season winding down, we're starting to get a sense of which teams might have managerial openings. But who might fill those holes? Here are the names that will be discussed most frequently this winter. Ryne Sandberg, manager, Triple-A Lehi...

Blog | September 20, 2012

As you've probably heard by now, the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers have pulled off what might be the trade of the century, with Boston sending Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett and Nick Punto to Los Angeles for a couple of promisi...

Blog | August 25, 2012

Joe Girardi is having perhaps his best season as manager of the New York Yankees, guiding them to the American League's second-best record. In Texas, Ron Washington leads the league's best team with three starting pitchers on the disabled list. Howev...

Blog | June 27, 2012

The trade deadline is more than two months away. However, with all the parity we've seen in the past two decades, most teams will still be buyers come July 31. Few teams outside of the Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres are assured to...

Blog | May 23, 2012

The basement is an unappetizing venue for the Boston Red Sox. At 5-10, they sit at the bottom of the American League East behind a number of excellent teams. But unlike last year, when the club also started 5-10, the 2012 team is not good enough ...

Blog | April 24, 2012

Big league managers have a hard enough time contending with things they can control, let alone things they can't. A 162-game season is never a cakewalk, but when there are distractions and concerns early in the season, it doesn't portend for smooth s...

Blog | April 19, 2012

From a general manager's point of view, April and May are pitfalls. Everything gets magnified at the beginning of the season. You have to be extremely careful because it's much easier to make mistakes in evaluations in April and May than at any ot...

Blog | April 18, 2012

With the midpoint of baseball's 2011-12 offseason upon us, it's a good time to circle back to take stock of the most significant moves made thus far. 1. Los Angeles Angels sign 1B Albert Pujols and LHP C.J. Wilson Angels owner Arte Moreno shocked...

Blog | December 27, 2011

Here is my list of the five most undervalued free agents remaining on the market: 1. Carlos Beltran, RF Age: 34 | 2011 stats: .300/.385/.910, 22 HR, 84 RBI Why he's undervalued: Beltran has been the one free agent on the market who's value ha...

Blog | December 17, 2011

The Boston Red Sox have been trying to acquire a left-handed starter for the back end of the rotation with Oakland's Gio Gonzalez, Arizona's Joe Saunders and the Astros' Wandy Rodriguez garnering most of GM Ben Cherington's attention. If the Sox can'...

Blog | December 12, 2011

It looks like the Boston Red Sox finally have their man. After the drama that surrounded the exit of former general manager Theo Epstein and field manager Terry Francona, the Red Sox chose Bobby Valentine as their next manager with decidedly less ...

Blog | November 30, 2011

Major League Baseball's winter meetings begin next Sunday at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, and there will be fireworks. Make no mistake, general managers are savvy enough to take advantage of being in a spotlight under which they can get their clu...

Blog | November 26, 2011

• The New York Yankees have been reluctant to move top pitching prospects Manny Banuelos and Dellin Betances for all the right reasons. However, if Oakland shops southpaw Gio Gonzalez, who has one of the best left-handed breaking balls in the AL...

Blog | November 22, 2011

The search for a new manager has not gone as smoothly as the Boston Red Sox would have liked. They've seen a whole host of candidates come through Yawkey Way, including Gene Lamont, Pete Mackanin, Sandy Alomar Jr. and Torey Lovullo. New Boston ge...

Blog | November 21, 2011

I come across daily tidbits on possible personnel moves straight from the front offices of all 30 clubs. Here's what I'm hearing today. Possible trades and signings • There is a trade brewing between the Atlanta Braves and Detroit Tigers cen...

Blog | November 15, 2011