The Yankees bowled everyone over after the 2008 season by signing Sabathia, Teixeira and Burnett, but the more subtle moves for Granderson and Vazquez gives them an excellent opportunity to repeat. Read more »
Baseball Analysis
2010 Season Preview: New York Yankees
2010 Season Preview: Tampa Bay Rays
With Longoria, Crawford, Pena, Zobrist and potentially Upton, the Rays will be able to hit with anyone and they have enough arms, particularly in the bullpen to be in the conversation with anyone, even if it is the Yankees and Red Sox. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: San Francisco Giants
With Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain, the Giants have the kind of front end pitching to be dangerous in the playoffs. But they will need a big improvement from everyone in their lineup not named Pablo Sandoval in order to get there. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: Oakland Athletics
The A's have the least talented roster in the AL West, but Billy Beane is hoping that they are better than the sum of their parts in what will be a transitional year for the franchise. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: Chicago Cubs
Unquestionably, the Cubs have enough talent to reach the postseason for the third time in four years, but they'll need more offensive production to support Derrek Lee. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Twins Keep Mauer With $184M Deal
Joe Mauer gets to stay in his hometown, where he is comfortable and beloved, but he didn't exactly give the Twins a hometown discount. Read more »
New Faces, But Angels Still Contenders
A rollercoaster of deadline deals, crafty offseason moves, inspired prospect play, free agent departures, bad contracts, injuries and even death of loved ones has made the Angels one of the more intriguing yet enigmatic baseball teams today. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: Toronto Blue Jays
JP Riccardi and Roy Halladay are out. Alex Anthopoulos is in and though the Jays absolutely won't be in the playoffs, their rebuilding efforts may be shorter than expected. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona's excellent young core has gone from 'darlings on the verge' to 'loaded with question marks' in a span of about 550 days. The 2010 season can become their return. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: Florida Marlins
If the MLB were a superstar-driven league the way the NBA is, the Marlins would be in excellent shape to compete with the presence of Hanley Ramirez, Josh Johnson and Ricky Nolasco. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: Texas Rangers
The Rangers should be competitive again and also better offensively with a healthy Josh Hamilton and Vladimir Guerrero, but their pitching staff is probably one season away. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: Atlanta Braves
There are a lot of fragile pieces that need to stay healthy, but the Braves truly are loaded with a great balance of talent to give Bobby Cox a legitimate run in his final season. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: Philadelphia Phillies
Many people expect the Phillies to have elevated themselves to death, taxes, playoffs status, but the Braves and Marlins have enough talent to actually give them at least a small run for their money. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: Detroit Tigers
The Tigers could be a dangerous postseason club due to pitchers like Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello and even Jeremy Bonderman, but getting there will still be difficult. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: Toronto Blue Jays
JP Riccardi and Roy Halladay are out. Alex Anthopoulos is in and though the Jays absolutely won't be in the playoffs, their rebuilding efforts may be shorter than expected. Read more »
Welcome Back, And Goodbye, Nomahhh
Nomar batted like a fidgety four-year-old boy, impatient for every pitch, rarely waiting for the right ball to swing at. It wasn?t a Moneyball approach that?s so popular today. It was a backwards approach to hitting like the name Ramon. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: Detroit Tigers
The Tigers could be a dangerous postseason club due to pitchers like Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello and even Jeremy Bonderman, but getting there will still be difficult. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: Boston Red Sox
The Red Sox would be the clear favorites in any other division, but the playoffs are probably only a 75% likely scenario because of the Yankees and Rays. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: Minnesota Twins
The Twins had an impressive offseason, acquiring J.J. Hardy and Orlando Hudson to add to the M&M Boys and the rest of that lineup. The only thing standing between Target Field and postseason baseball in its first season is the Minnesota pitching staff. Read more »
2010 Season Preview: New York Mets
The Mets had a completely disappointing 2009 to open Citi Field, filled with injuries. Their offseason created more questions than it solved and competing in the NL East in 2010 looks like a long-shot. Read more »