Nine reasons this NYY-BOS series is pivotal

The Hype Meter runs at the highest level whenever the Red Sox and Yankees play, a 10 on a scale of 10 even when it's just a three-game series in April...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 06, 2009

Buster's ten first-half surprises

...is loaded with players who have been excellent at one time or another in their careers: Victor Martinez, Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee, Fausto Carmona, Travis Hafner, Jhonny Peralta, Rafael Betancourt, and Kerry Wood are among...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 14, 2009

Josh Johnson's quiet dominance

It was midway through Marlins pitcher Josh Johnson's latest piece of dominance Saturday night when Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano turned and men...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 21, 2009

Deals that might work for the Mets

The Mets have been blasted by an injury tsunami during the past month, and players seemingly have dropped by the hour, from Carlos Delgado to Jose Rey...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 16, 2009

Spring Training Blog: March 14

...Justin Duchscherer because of a sore elbow. Giambi belted a two-run homer against minor leaguer Joe Martinez in the first inning. Giambi started the spring 1-for-17, but has four hits in six...

Spring Training Blog: March 13

HAMPTON TOSSES FOUR SCORELESS INNINGS (10:44 p.m. ET) Houston's Mike Hampton had his best outing of the spring on Friday in Kissimmee, Fla. He loo...

Spring Training Blog: March 12

MARINERS SIGN RHP CORDERO (10:41 p.m. ET) The closer-needy Seattle Mariners have signed veteran right-hander Chad Cordero to a minor league contact a...

Spring Training Blog: March 4

MEXICO ROUGHS UP WEBB (11:25 p.m. ET) Good thing for the Arizona Diamondbacks that Mexico isn't in the NL West. Fueled by a chanting, flag-waving cr...

Sheets hurt again, Pedro's prognosis

First-timers and familiar faces head to the disabled list this week as the injuries continue to rack up in baseball, especially in the pitching depart...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 19, 2008

Mets get best pitcher on the planet

C.C. Sabathia's wish list for 2008 is first, for the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series, and second, for the New York Yankees to miss the playo...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 02, 2008

Recapping: Mets, Phils, Braves

...keeper league. Tremendous! Just hours after I lost a league by a half point, ostensibly because Pedro Martinez pitched horribly down the stretch, someone was asking for him in a deal! Sure, I think...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2006

Reyes the great

...t expect he'll remain No. 1 all year (I predict it's Johan Santana first, Pedro Martinez second, then Pujols), but for all the talk of Carl Crawford being not just that 30...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 26, 2006

Early-season team developments

...in the majors in OPS. New York Mets The Mets have had two significant developments: First, Pedro Martinez is back pitching as a top-of-the-rotation guy, and and with a hint of...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 21, 2006

NL East questions

As a baseball fan first, I have a lot of questions about the upcoming season concerning the team I root for, the perennially underachieving Phillies. ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 06, 2006

...the post-season this year. 5. New York Mets The progress started with the signings of Pedro Martinez and Carlos Beltran, an outlay of $170 million that started to change the perception of the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 28, 2005