The White Sox asked too much for Alex Rios last month, allowing the Rangers to fill a much-needed hole at a discount. Read more »
Baseball Analysis
Grading The Deal: Rangers Swing Waiver Deal For Alex Rios
Grading The Deal: Red Sox Acquire Peavy In Three-Team Trade With White
The Red Sox made the biggest splash by adding Jake Peavy, but the Tigers and White Sox also made out well in this three-team deal. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Orioles Add Norris To Rotation
The Astros let the market develop and got great value for Bud Norris, who the Orioles needed to fight the Red Sox and Rays in the AL East. Read more »
Tigers Take Over MLB Rankings For The Week Of July 30th
The Tigers were without Miguel Cabrera last week, but still surpassed the Cardinals for first place in our rankings. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Soriano Returns To Yankees Via Trade
The Yankees will pay Alfonso Soriano $6.8 million through the 2014 season, hoping he hits left-handers and provides power to their lineup. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Orioles Make Aggressive Move, Trade For K-Rod
The Orioles dealt one of their top prospects to the Brewers to acquire Francisco Rodriguez, who has a strong past of playoff success. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Red Sox Sign Pedroia To $100M Extension
Dustin Pedroia is unquestionably the heart and soul of the Boston Red Sox and while the value of his deal is reasonable, he'll be 38 in the final year of his new contract. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Rangers Finally Get Garza From Cubs
The Rangers are hoping Matt Garza will continue to dominate, while the Cubs got a nice haul for the soon-to-be free agent. Read more »
Cardinals Lead MLB Rankings For The Week Of July 23rd
The Cardinals remain in the top spot, while the Orioles and Brewers made significant jumps. Read more »
McCutchen In Unique Position With Pirates
Drafted by the Pirates eight years ago, Andrew McCutchen has been a part of three phases in Pittsburgh. He will lead them into uncharted territory this fall. Read more »
Domonic Brown Finally Reaches Potential
Domonic Brown was the top prospect in baseball in 2010, three years later he's an All-Star for the Phillies. Read more »
New Faces, Old Places: Young Stars Take Over Baseball
With no Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez or Josh Hamilton in New York, youngsters like Bryce Harper, Manny Machado and Mike Trout shined. Read more »
All-Stars Split On Timing Of Break
Clayton Kershaw is concerned that the All-Star break will hurt the momentum the Dodgers have built up, while Buster Posey thinks it's great for the struggling Giants. Read more »
2013 RealGM All-Star Rosters
David Wright had a great first half, which allowed Major League Baseball to avoid a Citi Field All-Star Game without hometown hitter. Read more »
MLB Team Rankings For All-Star Break
The Cardinals slid into the All-Star break with the top spot in our rankings, followed by the Braves, Red Sox, Tigers and Pirates. Read more »
MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of July 9th
The top five remains the same (Cardinals, Braves, Red Sox, Tigers and Pirates), but the Dodgers have surged up our rankings. Read more »
MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of July 2nd
The Braves and Cardinals remain atop our rankings, but the Pirates are surging towards the top spot. Read more »
MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of June 25th
RealGM's top five remains the same with the Tigers, Braves, Red Sox and Reds following the No. 1 Cardinals. Read more »
MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of June 17th
Justin Upton has experienced a power outage, but the Braves still rank in RealGM's top three. Read more »
MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of May 28th
The Reds have six starting pitchers with sub-3.40 ERAs. Combine those performances with Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips and you have an elite club. Read more »