Category Archives : MLB
Hosmer to miss up to six weeks (hand)
Eric Hosmer is a brilliant defender and one of the Kansas City Royals better bats. He's not an elite hitter (.267 with six home runs this year. although he did ... read more...
Awful Phillies now don’t have Cliff Lee
The Philadelphia Phillies are a sad sack of a baseball team right now. They are old, poor at the plate and have no up-and-coming prospects to hang their hat on. ... read more...
Tigers get Price from the Rays
All the reports about the Tampa Bay Rays and David Price weren't focused on if they would trade him. It was when they would trade him and who would they ... read more...
Cain out for the season?
The San Francisco Giants placed Matt Cain on the disabled list a couple weeks ago retroactive to July 11th. That's when his elbow inflammation was starting to act ... read more...
Mets willing to eat Colon’s salary?
The New York Mets blow. We can all see it. Stevie Wonder can see it. So, when you're 8.5 games back in your division with a 48-54 record, there really ... read more...
Burnett prefers to be sent to Pirates
The Philadelphia Phillies are a sad sack this year. They are good at one thing and one thing only. And that's losing. So, one would have to think that the ... read more...
Giants put Cain and Belt on the DL
On Saturday, San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt got popped in the head with a thrown ball during batting practice. Not long after that, he started to show symptoms ... read more...
Yankees designate Soriano for assignment
Last year, the New York Yankees took a flier on outfielder Alfonso Soriano and it paid off. I know, I had him on my fantasy team. Soriano slugged 17 home ... read more...
A’s acquire Samardzija and Hammel from Cubs
The Oakland Athletics are currently 20 games over .500 and hold a 3.5-game lead over the Anaheim Angels and a six-game lead over the Seattle Mariners. It's early July though ... read more...
Kershaw pushes scoreless streak to 36 innings
This is getting ridiculous. I get that Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw wants to prove that he's worth every penny of that new contract, but this is out of ... read more...
Maybe Pujols is loafing for a reason
When you pay someone $240 million over the course of 10 years, you don't want to see them taking plays off for a variety of reasons. Either he's not busting ... read more...
Mets deny that Young will be cut
There was a report earlier from ESPNNewYork.com that the New York Mets were quite possibly going to release OF Chris Young this week. He's batting just .201 and is making ... read more...
Sabathia still six weeks away?
The good news for the New York Yankees is they are only 3.5 games out of first place in the AL East. Some help with starting pitching would be nice ... read more...
Twins cut Jason Kubel
The Minnesota Twins apparently have grown tired of Jason Kubel's "bad at baseball" act. They designated the veteran outfielder for assignment and Kubel didn't seemed thrilled about that. Kubel refused assignment ... read more...
Tommy John for Dodgers’ Withrow
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Chris Withrow has actually been doing pretty well in the Majors so far. The 25-year old has a 2.73 ERA with 71 strikeouts in 56 innings ... read more...
Phillies “kicking around” idea of calling up Franco
For Philadelphia Phillies fans, there isn't much to be excited about during this 2014 season. It's not that they are awful, ... read more...
Dodgers bench Kemp again
When the season started, the Los Angeles Dodgers had an embarrassment of riches in the outfield. Surely, out of Matt Kemp, ... read more...
Dodgers prospect could miss 5 weeks with ear bite (video)
I couldn't make this up if I wanted to. Los Angeles Dodgers prospect Alex Guerrero could miss up to five weeks ... read more...
More good news for the Phillies, Lee to the DL
Despite winning their last three games, the Philadelphia Phillies are not having a very good season. They are 20-22 and in ... read more...
MLB Network suspends Mitch Williams for being a horse’s backside
Former Philadelphia Phillies closer Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams has been having some issues recently. And when I say "issues," I mean ... read more...
Gonzalez to the DL, Rizzo “not overly concerned”
Washington Nationals lefthander Gio Gonzalez hasn't been great this season, but that doesn't mean that the Nats would prefer to be ... read more...
Collins says Farnsworth still closer
The New York Mets aren't a particularly good baseball team. As such, it doesn't really matter who their closer is unless ... read more...
Michael Pineda suspended 10 games for being stupid (video)
New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda is a lot of things, but smart isn't one of them. ... read more...
Tommy John surgery for Josh Johnson
In 2010, then Florida Marlins pitcher Josh Johnson was so good that he earned some Cy Young votes. Since that time, ... read more...
Brewers’ Gomez suspended three games for role in brawl (video)
I've never seen someone get so upset after hitting a triple. Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez cranked a two-out triple in ... read more...
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