http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. We're less than a month from the start of spring training, and as one general manager said Monday, we've reached the stage of the winter whe...]]> January 15, 2013 06:45:56 PST We're less than a month from the start of spring training, and as one general manager said Monday, we've reached the stage of the winter where what yo...]]> January 15, 2013 03:45:56 PST The Toronto Blue Jays were the first team to jump into winter with an early hammer, but some general managers and agents say that their sense of the m...]]> November 23, 2012 06:31:03 PST The Toronto Blue Jays were the first team to jump into winter with an early hammer, but some general managers and agents say that their sense of the m...]]> November 23, 2012 03:31:03 PST The view that teams take now is much wider than it was in the past, based on statistical evaluation over years rather than a handful of innings. But i...]]> November 21, 2012 02:24:35 PST When Major League Baseball put its new set of playoff rules in place, nobody knew exactly how the changes would shape the decisions of managers and ge...]]> October 03, 2012 04:50:25 PDT Scouts are scattered all over ballparks these days, preparing for the postseason, looking for weaknesses, forming opinions on which hitters to avoid a...]]> September 25, 2012 05:30:57 PDT Scouts are scattered all over ballparks these days, preparing for the postseason, looking for weaknesses, forming opinions on which hitters to avoid a...]]> September 25, 2012 02:30:57 PDT Buck Showalter will make his way around the field during batting practice before games, and while he'll talk to a lot of players along the way, his pr...]]> September 23, 2012 05:27:03 PDT We have arrived at that time of year when six-month projections no longer matter, and when, in one week, a journeyman call-up like Nate McLouth can im...]]> August 28, 2012 02:45:50 PDT Yesterday, we ranked the second-half schedules for the American League contenders. Here's how our second-half schedule ranking stacks up for the ...]]> July 08, 2012 05:09:07 PDT Yesterday, we ranked the second-half schedules for the American League contenders. Here's how our second-half schedule ranking stacks up for the N...]]> July 08, 2012 02:09:07 PDT Nobody is going to feel sorry for a team with a payroll scraping the luxury tax ceiling, but the Boston Red Sox have the sort of second-half schedule ...]]> July 07, 2012 05:12:47 PDT Nobody is going to feel sorry for a team with a payroll scraping the luxury tax ceiling, but the Boston Red Sox have the sort of second-half schedule ...]]> July 07, 2012 02:12:47 PDT Jayson Stark reported that the Philadelphia Phillies have let it be known to AL teams that they're willing to trade Jim Thome, but that Thome's prefer...]]> June 29, 2012 03:44:21 PDT