The Tigers enter 2011 with another powerful lineup, the acquisition of Victor Martinez combined with resigning Magglio Ordonez certifies that the Tigers will be sending plenty of balls over the fences. Unfortunately that’s the extent of the good news for […]
Now it’s starting to get hard, but I expected that. The next 10 teams are extremely close together and there is not much separating the eighth best from the 18th best team. However, that’s a challenge you have to deal […]
With rookie manager Don Mattingly at the helm the Dodgers’ days of spending money like they’re the Yankees of the west appear to be over, at least for now. Mattingly has his hands full in his first season as the […]
The St. Louis Cardinals can’t catch a break. Less than a week after 2010 NL Cy Young runner-up Adam Wainwright was lost for the season due to Tommy John surgery, another Cardinals ace went down with an injury. St. Louis […]
257 home runs flew over the fences for the heavy hitting Toronto Blue Jays in 2010. In all likelihood that’s a performance that will not be repeated in 2011 and the Blue Jays will struggle to compete with the best […]
Here’s a quick recap of the bottom 10 teams. 30. Seattle Mariners 29. Pittsburgh Pirates 28. Arizona Diamondbacks 27. Cleveland Indians 26. Kansas City Royals 25. Houston Astros 24. Baltimore Orioles 23. Chicago Cubs 22. New York Mets 21. Washington […]
The team I call the Ratty Nattys will certainly be less ratty in 2011. However, the hype that’s been generated in DC will come to fruition at some point, just not now. Big name acquisitions and young talent are the […]
Philadelphia Phillies fans will have to continue to wait to see star second baseman Chase Utley take the field this spring. According to General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr, Utley had an MRI yesterday on his right knee and has patella […]
The Mets aren’t in a very good situation and quite frankly I’m surprised it’s taken me this long to get to them. They have a new GM in Sandy Alderson, a new manager in Terry Collins, and they probably will […]
The Cleveland Indians have signed relief pitcher Chad Durbin to a one-year major league deal worth $800,000. The deal includes upwards of $1 million in incentives bringing the maximum value of the contract to $1.8 million. Durbin was thought to be […]