On the trade of Corey Kluber from Cleveland to Texas, Madison Bumgarner signing with the D-Backs, Blake Treinen joining the Dodgers and Wade Miley going to the Reds. Read more »
Baseball Analysis
Grading The Deal Roundup: On Kluber, Bumgarner & More
Grading The Deal: Anthony Rendon Joins Angels & The Offseason Is Drunk
Three days. Three Boras clients. The top-three free agents off the board. 23 years. $814 million. That’s enough to make us all forget about a whole mess of terrible baseball things in the news. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Yankees Embrace Their Inner Yankee, Sign Gerrit Cole
Even if Gerrit Cole's deserving of the accolades sent his way over the last couple years, this sort of mammoth contract to a pitcher still might seem crazy at first glance. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Stephen Strasburg Re-Signs With Nats On $245M Deal
It should come as no surprise that Stephen Strasburg will be back with the Nationals in 2020. The only surprise here is the magnitude of the contract. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Mike Moustakas Finally Settles Down In Cincinnati
It's refreshing to see teams that are on the cusp of contending like the Reds sign a player who makes their team better to a pretty much totally reasonable contract. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Yasmani Grandal, White Sox Sign Four-Year, $73M Deal
The price is a completely sensible one for one of the best catchers in the game, even if Yasmani Grandal is on the wrong end of the aging curve. Read more »
Choose Wisely: The Top-10 MLB Free Agents Of 2019
Behind Gerrit Cole coming off a historical walk year, we have Antony Rendon, Stephen Strasburg, Yasmani Grandal and Josh Donaldson headlining the 2019-20 MLB free agency class. Read more »
A National Treasure: On The 2019 World Champion Washington Nationals
After a truly fascinating and, at times, pretty bizarre series, the Nationals are your 2019 champs. They upset the preseason and pre-series favorite Astros and, in doing so, have lain claim to the first title for the franchise. Read more »
2019 World Series Preview: Houston Astros Vs. Washington Nationals
The Astros have the edge in both their lineup and their bullpen. But it wouldn't be surprising if the Nationals and their ridiculous rotation were able to pull off the upset. The only thing that we're certain about? This is a pitching matchup for the ages. Read more »
2019 ALCS Preview: Houston Astros Vs. New York Yankees
Regardless of who wins it, this should be a great series between the two best teams left in the mix and should go the distance as it did in 2017. Read more »
2019 NLCS Preview: Washington Nationals Vs. St. Louis Cardinals
Washington certainly has the edge on offense and, on paper, the rotation. But their rotation strength is going to be tested by their lack of a bullpen, an area where the Cardinals certainly get the nod. Read more »
2019 ALDS Preview: Houston Astros Vs. Tampa Bay Rays
The Rays make an extremely interesting challenge for the Astros, despite all of Houston's strengths. Read more »
2019 ALDS Preview: New York Yankees Vs. Minnesota Twins
While the Twins are an excellent team, and clearly much easier to root for as a neutral than the Yankees, there's not really any individual area that you can say Minnesota has a clear cut advantage over New York. Read more »
2019 NLDS Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers Vs. Washington Nationals
If there's any team best suited to keeping the Dodgers from pulling off a three-peat of World Series appearances, it's the Nationals. But will they? Read more »
2019 NLDS Preview: Atlanta Braves Vs. St. Louis Cardinals
These are two extremely evenly matched teams even if their strengths and weaknesses lie in slightly different areas and may just cancel each other out. Read more »
RIYL: A Cinematic Rooting Guide To The 2019 MLB Playoffs
Before we dig deep into the statistics, let's help out the fans who are not fortunate enough to have their team playing past this weekend make up their minds about who to cheer for in the coming weeks. Read more »
Marginally Vociferous Predictions: Thoughts On MLB's MVP Races
It's been a rough September over here in the land of predicting MVP awards, with two of the leading candidates, one for each league, suffering injuries that could take them out of the running. Read more »
Perfect Pitch: 2019 Cy Young Award Predictions
With the regular season quickly winding down, we've got taut Cy Young races in both leagues. Read more »
Rookie Regalia: Predictions For Fledgling MLBer Awards
On why Pete Alonso and Yordan Alvarez are the favorites to win Rookie of the Year. Read more »