How the Yankees, Red Sox, Rays, Jays and Orioles looked to improve this winter. Read more »
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Grading The Offseason: AL East
Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide 2018
Mike Trout, Jose Altuve, Nolan Arenado, Mookie Betts and Paul Goldschmidt comprise our top-5 fantasy baseball players for 2018. Read more »
Grading The Offseason: AL Central
On how the Indians, White Sox, Twins, Tigers and Royals tackled their winter business. Read more »
Grading The Offseason: NL Central
On the moves the Cardinals and Brewers made to close the gap on the Cubs while the Pirates began their rebuild and the Reds did virtually nothing. Read more »
Grading The Offseason: AL West
On the moves the Angels, A's, Mariners and Rangers made to close the gap on the Astros. Read more »
Grading The Offseason: NL West
On the moves the Giants, D-Backs, Rockies and Padres made this offseason to try to catch up with the Dodgers. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Eric Hosmer Finally Finds A Home With Padres
Eric Hosmer is a healthy, younger-than-normal free agent who has had some excellent years and some not-so-excellent years and plays a non-premium defensive position. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Yu Darvish Finally Gets Deal With Cubs
While the Cubs didn't necessarily need to make a move as big as Yu Darvish, they did need to do something as they've failed to develop pitching internally. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Mets Sign Todd Frazier To Two-Year Deal
The Mets' ability to sign a player who could quite easily provide three wins worth of value next season for such a low-cost, short-term deal speaks volume about how awful this offseason is for the players. Read more »
Grading The Deals: Brewers Go All-In With Yelich, Cain Moves
The Brewers acquired Christian Yelich and Lorenzo Cain mere hours apart. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Pirates Trade Andrew McCutchen To Giants
The Giants have now given up significant chunks of their (already hurting) farm system to procure a couple of stars in decline in Andrew McCutchen and Evan Longoria. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Houston Aims To Repeat With Gerrit Cole Trade
The Astros traded away a number of moderately useful players for a singular pitcher. A pitcher who has Cy Young potential, but also has question marks. Read more »
Dog Days Of Winter: On MLB's Most Stagnant Offseason
There are a multitude of factors involved in how slow-moving this offseason has been. Read more »
2017 Year-End MLB Team Portfolio Rankings
The Astros, Dodgers, Yankees, Indians and Cubs comprise our top-5 as we enter 2018. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Marlins Trade Giancarlo Stanton To Yankees
While you could certainly make an argument that New York should have held out for next year's premium quality free agent bumper crop, the Yankees are hedging their bets at worse in trading for Giancarlo Stanton. Read more »
Grading The Deal Roundup: The First Moves Of The Offseason
While we wait for resolutions with Shohei Otani and Giancarlos Stanton, the hot stove has been very lukewarm allowing us to look at Doug Fister, Brad Boxberger and the Angels' trade for Jim Johnson and international bonus funds. Read more »
A (Relatively) Simple Summary Of The Shohei Otani Situation
Shohei Otani is known as the Japanese Babe Ruth, which ought to be enough to whet your appetite for his arrival in MLB. Read more »
The Morning After: On The Houston Astros' World Series Win
We should appreciate the Astros emerging victorious from the melee that is MLB's postseason for what it is: a glorious convergence of luck and design that was a very long time in the making, and one that couldn't have happened to a better city at a better time. Read more »
2017 World Series Preview: Houston Astros Vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
The Dodgers and Astros are a pair of juggernauts meeting in the World Series. We dig in with a full breakdown and position-by-position comparison to take our best guess on who might win. Read more »