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

ESPN RISE All-Decade Baseball Team

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Source: White Sox, Vizquel near deal

The Chicago White Sox are close to signing veteran infielder Omar Vizquel.

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Keith Law discusses the controversy surrounding his NL Cy Young Award ballot. Law believes that Tim Lincecum, Javier Vazquez and Adam Wainwright were ...

Lincecum repeats as Cy Young winner

Giants ace Tim Lincecum has won the NL Cy Young Award, becoming the first repeat winner in the major leagues since Randy Johnson was voted the prize four straight times from 1999-2002.

CAPTION: July 24, 2009; Denver, CO, USA; San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum (55) during the game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. T...

ATH : Lincecum's 2nd NL Cy Young?

Lincecum has become the eighth pitcher in the MLB to win the Cy Young Award in back-to-back seasons.

Video | November 19, 2009

Meet digital Lincecum, 2.0

With another Cy Young (and a drug arrest) under his belt, Jim Caple wonders what the future holds for Tim Lincecum's digital self.

September 19, 2009; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Chris Carpenter (29) delivers a pitch to a Chicago Cubs batter in the sec...

Those who favored King Felix and Verlander

The AL Cy Young Award went more or less as expected, with the very deserving Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals running away with it, nabbing 25 o...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Sep 25, 2009; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum (55) delivers a pitch against the Chicago Cubs in the sixth inning at ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 19: Manager Bruce Bochy of the San Francisco Giants walks onto the field during the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers a...

The market for those coming off injuries

One problem with market inefficiencies is that, once they're identified, it's usually a matter of time before they disappear as more players bid up th...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Chapman kept defection plans from kin

Aroldis Chapman simply left his room at the Domina Hotel in Rotterdam last July and went down to the lobby. The Cuban pitcher's defection during a tournament in the Netherlands lacked any of the drama a movie script writer would want.

...game at AT&T Park on October 1, 2009 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Brad Mangin/MLB Photos via Getty Images