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Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Roy Halladay began Sunday owned in 100 percent of ESPN standard leagues, but that number is going to drop precipitously in the coming days. Halladay owners trusted him Sunday against the awful Miami Marlins, despite...

Blog | May 06, 2013

Eric Karabell discusses Roy Halladay's value now that he's admitted to shoulder woes, and ranks the top players currently on the disabled list.

Blog | Conversation | May 06, 2013

Tristan H. Cockcroft lists his top 75 starting pitchers for next season and previews other potential options for 2013.

Every week, we post power rankings that reflect the won-loss records and the overall numbers during the long season. The Texas Rangers and New York Yankees have consistently been stacked near the top of the rankings all year, because they've won...

Blog | August 13, 2012

The Tampa Bay Rays have gone unnoticed for much of this season, but as the postseason nears, Buster Olney writes that Tampa Bay could be baseball's most dangerous team.

Blog | Conversation | August 13, 2012

Jesus Montero homered twice off major league ERA leader Jered Weaver, and Jason Vargas outpitched his former Long Beach State teammate to give the Mariners a 4-1 win Sunday over the Angels.

Pinch-hitter A.J. Pierzynski tied a White Sox record by homering in his fifth consecutive game, a go-ahead, two-run drive in the seventh inning off Jason Isringhausen that led Chicago over the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 Sunday.

With the trade deadline now five days away, some executives spent part of Wednesday digesting the deals that took place late Tuesday night and continuing their assessments of their own teams and the market. The number of shopping days is dwindling...

Blog | July 26, 2012

With the trade deadline five days away, Buster Olney goes through the biggest holes to fill, beginning with the Los Angeles Angels and their starting rotation.

Blog | Conversation | July 26, 2012

AJ Mass updates his Top 100 points league rankings and discusses pitchers whose numbers are friendly after the All-Star break, as well as those whose aren't.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Josh Hamilton has 18 homers in the Rangers' first 34 games, something nobody has ever done in the history of baseball. But here's another number that is a little stunning: Hamilton has just 13 walks, with five of those b...

Blog | May 13, 2012

Josh Hamilton is doing things we've never seen before, and yet opposing pitchers continue to feed him pitches to drive. As Buster Olney writes, it's time to try one last option before walking him: expand the strike zone.

Blog | Conversation | May 13, 2012

Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses his top starting pitchers from the season's first half, and what to expect from them the rest of the way.

The Angels are sending Howie Kendrick and Jered Weaver to the All-Star Game.

Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez only won 13 games in the regular season, but that was enough for him to beat the Tampa Bay Rays' David Price and the New York Yankees' CC Sabathia for the AL Cy Young Award. Hernandez had the fewest number of w...

Torii Hunter drove in two runs to back Jered Weaver's solid pitching and the Los Angeles Angels beat Texas 7-4 on Monday night, keeping the Rangers' magic number at six for clinching their first AL West title since 1999.