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AP Photo/Al BehrmanJose Fernandez has been one of just a few bright spots for the Marlins this season Last season, we saw Bryce Harper and Mike Trout represent the small segment of Major League players unable to legally purchase alcoholic be...

With Twitter questions on how a couple of SEC and Big Ten teams are doing, plus what goes into writing evals, Tom Luginbill answers them all.

Story | Conversation | June 14, 2013

From Buster Olney's blog yesterday, discussing Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado: NL executive: "I'd have Machado at No. 1 because he is more graceful, with flowing athletic skills -- poised and athletic easy-action skills are able to make ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State needs offensive linemen. That's no secret. With four senior starters departing from the trenches after this season, the Buckeyes need to upgrade the unit, which is the most important part of the 2014 recruiting class. ...

One of baseball's most popular debates in the past year has involved two players: Mike Trout or Bryce Harper? Harper is perceived to have more power, Trout more speed. Trout is thought to have more range, Harper the better arm. But it's time t...

Blog | June 12, 2013

Yasiel Puig's amazing start with the Dodgers has been fun, but sustainability is the key.

Another fun and interesting chat session included some heated debates on Mike Trout's defense, Manny Machado's WAR versus Miguel Cabrera's, whether the Rangers are worse than the four best teams in the AL East, the hype over Yasiel Puig, Jason Heywar...

As the summer camp season kicks off, Ohio State has nine commitments in the Class of 2014. It's a class that should really reveal itself in a few weeks, when six pledges head out to The Opening in Oregon. BuckeyeNation looked at each individual an...

Neil Paine of Sports-Reference calculated a Fair Salary for athletes based on what they should have been paid for their performance for the most recently completed season and compared it to their Actual Salary. Behold, the most overpaid players in sports.

Story | Conversation | June 11, 2013

The Los Angeles Angels have activated outfielder Peter Bourjos from the 15-day disabled list, a move that will shift All-Star Mike Trout to left field when Bourjos is in the lineup.

Ohio State football had its first June camp this week, but the big commitment of the week came in basketball. As always, it was a week full of action. Here's what went down in the last seven days: On Sunday, the Buckeyes had their first senior adv...

BOSTON -- The top of the seventh inning was ugly for the Red Sox. Franklin Morales, pitching for the first time in nine days, lost total contact with the strike zone, ultimately walking three straight batters with two outs, the last two of which r...

Joy Absalon/USA TODAY SPORTS We haven't seen many of these types of catches from Mike Trout in 2013 ... yet. If you were to go to Baseball-Reference.com and generate a list of the players with the worst defensive runs saved totals this season, you'd...

This month is very important for Ohio State, as the staff is set to host its senior advanced camp on Sunday. Hundreds of prospects will be in attendance, including several top targets. Here are five storylines to watch this week: Big arm, bigger a...

I've long been of the opinion that only boring people like athletes and teams just because they're good. If you're going to spend precious words praising Mike Trout, come up with something better than "He's the best player in the game." Praise him fo...

BuckeyeNation continues to hit the road in search of budding Division I talent who should catch the eyes of Ohio State fans. Here's what we came up with this week: This week's targets: BuckeyeNation as well as RecruitingNation headed to Columbus, ...