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I had a thought process. Early this morning, I was reading about the Nationals’ trifecta of relative youngsters: Paul Toboni, their new head of baseball ops, is 35. Newly-hired manager Blake Butera is 33. And now, Toboni has added Ani Kilambi to do the day-to-day stuff as GM, and Kilambi is 31. You add any […]
No Joe, no goals, no clear future. Eric and Chip take a hard look at why the Rangers lack elite talent—and why that might doom them to purgatory.
The Orioles acquired a legitimate ace for the 2024 season when they traded for Corbin Burnes. Baltimore did its best to keep Burnes around for 2025 and beyond, but the former free agent eventually signed with the Diamondbacks. Burnes departure left the O’s banking on Zach Eflin and Grayson Rodriguez to lead the rotation last […]
It didn’t come as much of a surprise, but earlier this week Dave Dombrowski confirmed what many were thinking in the wake of the Adolis Garcia signing. The Phillies plan for the outfield, at least for now, will be Garcia in right field, Justin Crawford in center, and Brandon Marsh/right-handed batter platoon in left field. […]
Offense gets fans in the seats, but defenses win championships. Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon is a defensive-minded. He brought over his strategies that worked well when he was the DC for the Philadelphia Eagles, who had just lost the Super Bowl. The Cardinals were in need of some defensive changes, and Arizona owner […]
Prior to the start of each season, the Draysbay community takes part in an excercise in which the top prospects in the Tampa Bay Rays system are ranked by popular vote. This season, the Draysbay community ranked the top 25 prospects in the Rays system with several others receiving votes but just falling shy of […]
Harrison took an early stab at predicting the Opening Day 26-man roster yesterday, and it got me thinking about something that’s come up in conversations lately, and that’s whether the Brewers will have any left-handed pitchers in their starting rotation. That also led to the question of whether or not it actually matters whether there […]
Meet the Mets The Mets are reportedly signing former-Yankee Luke Weaver to a two-year deal worth $22 million. Weaver should help solidify the back end of the bullpen along with Devin Williams. They also claimed catcher Drew Romo off waivers, and DFA-ed Brandon Waddell as the cooresponding move. Both Nolan McLean and Clay Holmes will […]
It’s been a slow week since for the Dodgers since their signing of Edwin Díaz, and although their names have been attached to marquee outfield names, they have yet to pull the trigger. While the Dodgers have been linked to players such as Kyle Tucker and Cody Bellinger, they have also been in the mix […]
We come back to a former Blue Jays player. Well, a sort of former Jay. He played 60 games for us. It is Omar Vizquel’s ninth time on the ballot. He hit a high of 52.6% in 2020. In 2023, he dropped to 19.5%; the last two were 17.7 and 17.8% (so we know exactly […]
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Good morning, baseball fans! Earlier this week, the San Francisco Giants announced that they had signed RHP Adrian Houser to a two-year, $22 million deal. Bryan covered it more in-depth yesterday, which you can check out here. But I wanted to check in and see what the community thinks about this signing. Personally, I didn’t […]
Hear from J.J. Picollo and Maikel Garcia on the latter’s recent contract extension: Craig Brown at Into the Fountains analyzes the adjustments that fueled Maikel Garcia’s breakout season: Honestly, there’s not much of a difference between the two seasons other than the space between his feet and straightening of his front foot. Everything else is […]
The past couple of weeks, I’ve been grading out how the Mizzou football team performed throughout the 2025 regular season. First, I took a holistic view of the team and graded out all three sides of the ball. Last week, I dug a bit deeper into the offense and graded out the offensive position groups […]
The Cardinals mostly chose to sit out doing anything last offseason, but they did do one thing. They signed Phil Maton in the middle of spring training to a 1 year, $2 million deal. He pitched well enough that, at the deadline, they received left-handed starting pitching prospect Mason Molina, right-handed reliever Skyler Hales, and […]
Brad Keller and Luke Weaver signed identical-money deals, with the Phillies and Mets, respectively, sources indicate. Pedro Strop is selling his former home, Bowden is bullish on Bregman to Chicago. *means autoplay on, (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome). {$} means paywall. {$} means limited views. Italics are often used on this page as sarcasm font. The powers that be have […]
2025 was a weird year on a lot of levels. Personally, I started the year sitting on my couch, hoping I wouldn’t have to evacuate due to the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles. Yesterday, I wrote this article from my couch in Scottsdale after moving back in July. Last week, I recapped the Colorado Rockies’ […]
Braves History 2004 – Two days after trading pitching ace Tim Hudson (17-8, 4.43 ERA) to the Braves, the A’s deal Mark Mulder to the Cardinals for starting pitcher Dan Haren, reliever Kiko Calero and minor league catching prospect Daric Barton. Five of the six players obtained by giving up two-thirds of the team’s “Big […]
There is perhaps no pitcher who has seen his name surface in trade rumors more over the last five years than Sandy Alcantara. Practically from the day he inked his five-year, $56 million extension, speculation swirled as to when the miserly Marlins ownership group would look to get out from under the rest of the […]
Ignoring the fact the Red Sox don’t do guaranteed long-term free agents contracts anymore (they literally have not handed a deal to a free agent for more than two years guaranteed with no opt outs under Craig Breslow), I’d like to pause for a moment and pretend they’ll actually get serious. Simple question: Who would […]
Hello, friends. There are now 98 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2026. We’ve made it down below the triple digits! After a flurry of activity around the winter meetings, the pace of big baseball news has slowed somewhat. Signings are still happening, particularly teams that are looking for relievers who didn’t jump early in […]
The Athletics inaugural season at Sutter Health Park is behind us and it’s time to look at the field and then look forward. Yesterday, Martín Gallegos (@MartinJGallegos), broke the story in his ‘Athletics Beat’ newsletter that the A’s will be making some changes at the ballpark for year two of what is likely a three-year […]
It has been mentioned that this Arizona Cardinals roster is just a few pieces away from being a playoff contender. Apparently, those media folks haven’t seen any actual games. “On paper” isn’t a reality. RELATED: SHOULD THE CARDINALS FIRE GANNON AFTER THE SEASON? Cardinals’ fans know all too well what is happening. Double-digit loss seasons […]
The Phillies seem to love last minute shopping, as they made another signing the week before Christmas. This time, they reportedly agreed to a two year deal with former starter-turned-reliever Brad Keller who had a career year out of the bullpen for the Cubs in 2025. He’ll join a strong bullpen mix that includes Johan […]
We’re one day closer to the weekend, folks. And hopefully it’s a good weekend for all of you. Before we get there, though, there’s still a couple of shifts to put before we can officially call it the weekend. Let’s get to some links. Just a couple of 10s cuttin’ it up So close Here’s […]