FLB: Rookie Starters

Tristan Cockcroft discusses rookie starting pitchers and their effectiveness.

Story | Conversation | May 25, 2006

FLB: Week 8 Forecast

Tristan Cockcroft looks ahead and notes strong two-start and offensive matchups.

Story | Conversation | May 19, 2006

Hamels ready to deliver

Phillies general manager Pat Gillick watches Cole Hamels pitch and is reminded, he said Wednesday night, of another left-hander: Jimmy Key. Hamels, su...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 11, 2006

Conspiracy against Bonds?

Moises Alou plays conspiracy theorist, suggesting that all the walks Barry Bonds is getting are tied to a desire to prevent him from getting Hank Aaro...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 30, 2006

Diversity report reflects reality

...when the Yankees and Red Sox refrained from fielding blacks. If a kid can really play these days -- whether he's Latin American or white or black -- someone is going to find him. They're...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 22, 2006

FLB: Week 4 Forecast

Tristan Cockcroft looks ahead and notes strong two-start and offensive matchups.

Story | Conversation | April 21, 2006

Lincecum to be No. 1 pick?

A staggering list of injuries in the links below, but first: The Kansas City Royals are long overdue for some good news, but in a year in which they ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 20, 2006

What Selig should've said

When the dust settles, when baseball's belated investigation into steroid use ends, I bet Bud Selig is going to wish he had taken a different course o...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 31, 2006

The last days of irrelevance

...gone, as he fights off the effects of a late-season concussion. • The Rockies' Zach Day received great news: His mother and sister are OK, after his mother donated a kidney for...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 05, 2006

...power to both of them. It's also fine that Early Wynn hung on, far beyond his days as a good pitcher, to get his 300th victory. He wanted a chance to achieve a goal...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2005

Franchises' direction at stake

With the trading deadline approaching, GMs will determine -- for better or worse -- the course of a franchise's future.

Story | July 24, 2005

Peter Angelos is not the kind of owner who secretly wants to become a player personnel director. He's not scanning box scores and hitting his general ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 20, 2005

...Nats did for fantasy: Kudos to Washington for finally unloading a pitcher it didn't want (Zach Day, and now you don't ever want him, either) for a legit power hitter. I have...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 14, 2005

GMs on prowl for bargains

Whether you are a buyer or a seller, it's an active and exciting time in all 30 major-league front offices.

Story | Conversation | July 05, 2005

Burden of hype weighs heavy

Some promises go unfulfilled, but these players are still trying to live up to great expectations.

Story | Conversation | January 28, 2005