John Watson - Baseball Analysis

With an epically bad farm system preventing the possibility of trading for decent starting pitching and the current state of the staff, there's not much the Angels can do other than take some chances, cross their fingers and hope for the best. Read more »

The Mariners are in first place in the AL West despite having the third lowest BABIP in all of baseball. With even a little more luck, they're a good bet to get a little more separation and to end their playoff drought. Read more »

Even if there's a little bit of early-season mirage going on somewhere here, we've seen the upside of the Phillies young rotation now and it looks like they could be around for their next competitive team thanks to how young they are. Read more »

If the Astros can get some more luck offensively and not have all of their starters underperforming at once, they're going to be winning way more games than they are right now to dig out of the hole of their slow start. Read more »

The White Sox paint pretty much the same picture that we were expecting to see before the season started, with a great front of the rotation but some holes in the lineup. Latos and Rollins are probably going to regress, but there's plenty of room for optimism when it comes to Abreu and Rodon. Read more »

The injuries to Robinson Chirinos and Shin-soo Choo over the weekend are certainly big news down in Arlington and could have big ramifications going forward. Read more »

If Brandon Belt stays healthy and keeps on doing what he's doing, it's already a win for the Giants, but if Belt improves a bit and reaches toward his ceiling, this deal could look like an absolute steal. Read more »

While it's obviously ridiculous to come out and say "blow the whole thing up" after a measly three games, the Padres' record-breaking really put a magnifying glass over just how feckless their offense looks to be in 2016. Read more »

When you have consistently have one of the lowest payrolls in baseball, you have to get creative in order to stay competitive, and this move certainly seems to be the right amount of risk versus reward. Read more »

Losing a player of A.J. Pollock's ability is going to hurt any team, but it's a big loss for Arizona, who seemed to base their offseason strategy around the continued contributions from Paul Goldschmidt and Pollock. Read more »

The Red Sox start the season with Pablo Sandoval and his remaining $75M on the bench, which speaks to just how bad he was last year, but also to how good Travis Shaw has been in his limited time. Read more »

Continued development from some players and improving health from others should have been enough for the Dodgers, but they've suffered a run of injuries to their everyday players this spring. Read more »

It would have made sense for the Halos to make a trade out of their starting pitching depth to try and upgrade the offense, but thankfully for them they didn't, as they're already using all of the depth before the season even begins. Read more »

The Dodgers went for quantity over quality this offseason with their rotation, building it with injuries in mind and spreading the risk around. Read more »

The qualifying offer system will be undergoing changes when the current CBA expires. Here are some of the options and alternatives. Read more »

Players are waiting months to find a team. Players are getting paid way less than they would be otherwise. Big market teams are using the QOS to undercut the market value of their free agents and end up with them back in the fold on cheap deals. Read more »

On how the Tigers, White Sox, Indians and Twins tried to close the gap on the defending champion Royals in the offseason. Read more »

On the outstanding offseason by the Cubs and everything the Cardinals, Pirates, Reds and Brewers did to try to keep up. Read more »

Breaking down the moves made by the A's, Rangers, Angels, Mariners and Astros. Read more »

Breaking down the offseason moves of the Giants, Dodgers, Padres, Rockies and D-Backs. Read more »