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From hotstove.com, a shocking (and almost unbelievable) report: Heard this from a major league exec: The Phillies are evaluating the trade market for outfielder Jayson Werth. Was told he's the best bat that could be dealt by July 31st. Surprised me ...

Today's links are better served late than never (I hope) ... • Lynn Henning is right, of course: the Tigers simply can't keep running Dontrelle Willis out there every five days. This was obvious even before the latest debacle, and woul...

It's funny, what gets turned into news. You've no doubt heard about Raul Ibanez's war with a previously obscure blogger who recently had the temerity to suggest that maybe, just maybe Ibanez's big numbers this season might have benefi...

Today's links were discovered while thinking about the things I love about the game ... • From our story about Bob Melvin's demise: Melvin made an immediate impact in the desert. He led the 2005 Diamondbacks to a 77-85 record, a 26-wi...

Baseball Tonight reviews the top defensive plays from Sunday....

Not much blogging yesterday (or today) because I foolishly left my wireless card at home, which left me stuck on a train to Seattle for four hours with no Internet access (back to "normal" tonight). On a happier note, I spent some of those ...

So what do the recent signings mean for the biggest whale still swimming? Eric Seidman: Things are finally beginning to shape out. After Raul Ibanez signed a somewhat ludicrous contract well before the glut of corner outfielders felt the constraint...

The Seattle Times' Geoff Baker asked Raul Ibanez about his defense (and ask yourself if you would have read this in a newspaper even two or three years ago) ... I broached the topic of Ibanez's defense with him and some of the newer metrics that...

What are they saying in Seattle about officially losing their longtime left fielder? The Phillies gave Raul Ibanez a 3 year, $30 million deal to replace Pat Burrell today. It was pretty much a lock that the team that signed Ibanez was going to be a...

How players perform with respect to their quality of competition doesn't seem to be that important after all.