Unlike the acquisition of Cliff Lee from Cleveland last summer, the Phillies won?t simply be renting Roy Oswalt. Read more »
Baseball Analysis
Grading The Deal: Phillies Trade For Oswalt
Grading The Deal: Angels Acquire Harren, Callapso
Regardless of how legitimate their chances are to make the playoffs, the Angels completed two aggressive trades. Read more »
MLB Power Rankings At The All-Star Break
The Yankees are ranked first in Opsera at the All-Star break, but the Rays and Red Sox are third and fourth respectively. Read more »
MLB All-Stars Talk About 'The Decison' From LeBron James
Ryan Braun and Troy Tulowitzki talked to RealGM about LeBron James and starting their own big three. Read more »
MLB Power Rankings After Week 12 (July 2)
The Red Sox have charged ahead and are ranked third behind the Cardinals and Yankees. Read more »
Yanks Pay Their Respects To Torre, Then Beat Him
The Joe Torre Love Fest began Wednesday and continued through Friday when his old players paid their respects, Godfather-style, by the batting cage. Read more »
MLB Power Rankings After Week 10 (June 14th)
The Yankees are back on top of our rankings, ahead of the Cardinals, Rays, Giants and Rockies. Read more »
A Creative Rotation
Buster Posey is getting at bats, but he needs to get behind the plate more often to maximize his defensive potential. Read more »
How The Angels Can Replace Morales
After a painful start to the Angels season, a season highlighted by an accumulation of injuries and players struggling offensively, the Angels were dealt their biggest blow in the form of a broken ankle to their best player. Read more »
MLB Power Rankings After Week 9 (June 7)
The Cardinals have retained the top slot in the power rankings for another consecutive week, trailed by the Yankees, Rays and Giants, who recently called up Buster Posey. Read more »
The Play Could Stand For Change
Bud Selig shouldn't have reversed Jim Joyce's bad call, but the incident should pave the way for change. Read more »
Two Special Pitching Performances
Matt Cain and Ubaldo Jimenez each delivered highly impressive performances this weeked at AT&T. Each start provided a different example of how a pitcher can have a great game. Read more »
MLB Power Rankings After Week 8 (June 1st)
The Cardinals have reclaimed the first overall slot in the rankings, while the Rays very narrowly are ahead of the Yankees for second. Read more »
MLB Power Rankings After Week 7 (May 24)
With a +102 run differential, the Rays are ranked first in Opsera for the first time this season. Read more »
The Perils Of Poor Run Production
San Francisco is an excellent 20-6 in games where they score three or more runs (partially aided by the 5-1 record in games with eight or more runs scored). Read more »
MLB Power Rankings After Week 6 (May 17th)
The Yankees have surpassed the Cardinals in the top slot. Read more »
What Perfect Game Means For Braden
Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden became the 19th pitcher in Major League history to throw a perfect game on Sunday. Read more »
MLB Power Rankings After Week 5 (May 10th)
The Cardinals are ranked first for the second consecutive weeks, narrowly ahead of the Yankees, while the Rays, Giants and Twins round out our top-five. Read more »
How Important Is Fielding?
The influence defense has on a team?s success may be becoming overblown. Looking at various metrics, hitting and pitching still outweigh fielding by a clear margin. Read more »
Unearned Run Cost
The goal of Unearned Run Cost (URC) is to show how many extra runs a team gives up due to their errors or how successful the team is in not allowing those errors to cost them on the scoreboard. Read more »