Mail: What's next for Sox?

Can Casey Kotchman play first every day? That's one question in the mailbag.

Miguel Cabrera reaches into the stands to make the catch

Miguel Cabrera blasts one of his 34 2009 home runs

Projecting a new decade of MLB stars

Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus projects the best MLB players from 2010 through 2019 (the next decade of stars). His tops include Hanley Ramirez, Justin Upton, Joe Mauer and Tim Lincecum; the list goes to 20, though, with surprises.

Story | Conversation | December 14, 2009

Top 100 players of the decade

Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez were the clear-cut first two choices for the top 100 players of the decade; after that, the list got a little more difficult.

Sox, Tigers talked about Granderson

...Ellsbury to acquire Granderson. The source also all but ruled out the Tigers trading first baseman Miguel Cabrera to Boston, saying he could not see that happening. Red Sox prospect Casey Kelly had a...

Back to work on Day 2 of the winter meetings

...be loads of speculation regarding the Detroit Tigers' and possible trades involving Curtis Granderson, Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera and Edwin Jackson. The guess here is that at week's end, Jackson will be the...

Seattle balances cash with caution

A year ago, it was the Yankees who began the winter with their pockets full of cash, ready to spend on the best free agents, and after locking up CC S...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2009

Lobby scuttlebutt

...A Tigers source said that while Red Sox owner John W. Henry retains great fondness for Miguel Cabrera, signed by Florida when Henry still owned the Marlins, he didn't think the Sox had...

Prospect Kelly to focus on pitching

Kelly to focus on pitching; little other news at Day 1 of meetings

Miguel Cabrera

Edes still emptying Sox mailbag

Thoughts on Miguel Cabrera, Roy Halladay and getting younger.

Giving thanks with a mailbag

Bill Simmons kicks off the holiday season by giving thanks to the readers with a big ol' mailbag.

Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)

So many teams are sitting back and waiting for the completion of the Type A free-agent and possible non-tender markets that there probably won't be a ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Steve Berthiaume: Voting For The Games

...what Mauer did this season. One voter decided that even that wasn't enough to deny Miguel Cabrera the award. You look at numbers long enough, you can let them talk you into anything...