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Four of the AL East teams will be facing off head-to-head this mid-May weekend, with the Tampa Bay Rays traveling to Baltimore and the mighty Vernon Wells-led New York Yankees hosting the last-place-but-hot Toronto Blue Jays. The other team is the Bo...

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Amazingly, one-third of the managers in the big leagues don't have a deal that extends beyond this season.

Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum caused a stir the other day by suggesting that first baseman Anthony Rizzo and shortstop Starlin Castro could be sent to the minors if they didn't ... well, I'm not sure what they are supposed to do, because ...

Blog | April 23, 2013

Keith Law looks at a few candidates for promotion and demotion to and from the minors, such as Anthony Rizzo and Nolan Arenado.

Blog | Conversation | April 23, 2013

Among this year's crop of top prospects, some of the bigger, more well-known names are starting the season in the minor leagues. By now Oscar Taveras, Wil Myers and Jurickson Profar are no longer anonymous farmhands but familiar names. Reasons why th...

Blog | April 04, 2013

On paper, teams like the Marlins and Astros have little to play for this season. Mike Petriello of FanGraphs disagrees.

Story | Conversation | March 31, 2013

I've been meaning to run the final poll results from all the offseason report cards we published before and early in spring training. Here are the American League tallies. Keep in mind that the polls were conducted before some recent developments too...

Dan Szymborski projects the AL standings, including each team's odds of making the playoffs and winning the World Series.

Story | Conversation | March 25, 2013

Jim Bowden, Keith Law and Buster Olney bring you the latest installment of the Future Power Rankings.

Story | Conversation | February 25, 2013

GOODYEAR, Ariz. - When the late, great Mike Flanagan served in the Baltimore Orioles' leadership in 2005, the team got off to a strong start, winning 30 of their first 46 games. I called "Flanny" in late May and asked him whether he thought they...

Blog | February 23, 2013

Buster Olney says the Kansas City Royals have the toughest schedule in the American League.

Blog | Conversation | February 23, 2013

OK, now that I've finished all 30 offseason report cards, we can essentially use my final grades to give us Power Rankings (you can get all the report cards at the bottom of this page). Washington Nationals: A Atlanta Braves: A- Cincinnati Reds:...

It was an active offseason that witnessed the trade of a Cy Young Award winner, several large, multiteam trades and an inflated free-agent market. So to evaluate and rank the offseason of all 30 teams, I took into account the following factors: &...

Blog | February 12, 2013

Keith Law ranks MLB teams based on their farm systems, with the St. Louis Cardinals coming out on top.

Story | Conversation | January 31, 2013

In just a few months, Delmon Young went from MVP of the American League championship series to a guy hoping for an opportunity.