This afternoon, Jon Heyman sent out the following message on Twitter: #Mariners are hoping to be in on Prince (but not Pujols). Unsure if there’s room in budget though. But will give it a run. As Jeff noted in more depth than I’ll get into, this is basically …
In about 10 minutes, the BBWAA is going to announce the winners of the AL and NL Rookie of the Year awards. Odds are pretty good the AL trophy will end up going to Ivan Nova, Jeremy Hellickson, or Mark Trumbo, while Dustin Ackley and Michael Pineda will get a …
It’s that time of the year again. Leaves are dropping, everything is pumpkin flavoured, Christmas music exists prematurely as something for people to either enjoy or loudly complain about, and I come back from the dead to tell you all about setting the 40-man (deadline: Nov. 18th) in advance of …
On Tuesday, we took a quick look at the competitive balance in the MLB, and I made the claim that baseball may have more parity than most leagues, but it also has want of greater balance. During the course of the piece, I made this statement: The NFL has …
So, last week, I laid out my suggestion for an approach the team could take to add the impact bat that everyone wants to see on the roster. Of course, the specific hitter targeted very well might not be available, so I said I’d introduce another plan that worked off …
Yesterday afternoon, Jayson Stark considered the question, “Is the MLB’s competitive balance a joke?” His answer was a rather blunt no: MLB’s competitive balance is NOT a joke. It beats the NFL. It beats the league formerly known as the NBA. And … I can prove it. Stark’s method …
I got a large package of stickers from Giants fan Adam Smith. Adam was fortunate enough to be the first package I received after Chris Harris’ stickah bipping so he managed to complete no less than seven pages. I was going to post these one at a time but what’s …
Why teams pay for wins on a linear scale. We’ll have a Votto-free plan up on Monday, so if you’re in “the Reds will never trade him” camp, sit tight until then. If you want to keep crowing about how stupid I am, well, at least read the link first, …
So, I’ve been rolling these posts out every winter for about a decade now, but this year, I’m actually doing two of these posts. As you’ve probably gathered from my musings over the last few months, I’m of the opinion that the M’s should target a certain first baseman from …
Originally, I was hoping to have my Offseason Plan post done by yesterday. A weekend fever nixed that idea – please return soon, immune system – and I’m now going to push it back to tomorrow. But, in the meantime, I thought I’d link to three posts we did over …
