The Devil Rays have never been in playoff contention, never have had a winning season or even played a meaningful game past April, but someone has to be their general manger. Read more »
Baseball Analysis
The 30 GM's: Andrew Friedman Of The Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Be The GM: Elite 8 Results, Final Four Schedule
We started this competition with 32 of the best ballplayers in all of baseball and now we're down to just four names: Johan Santana, Jose Reyes, Albert Pujols and Roy Oswalt. Read more »
Why Some Second Generation Ballplayers Use Performance Enhancers
Barry Bonds, Jerry Hairston Jr., David Bell, and Gary Matthews Jr. have all thrived at one point in their major league career. They all also have grown up watching their fathers play. And they all have been involved in performance enhancing scandals. Read more »
The 30 GM's: Jim Bowden Of The Washington Nationals
Two division titles in your first three seasons as a general manager make you an instant star in the game, which is exactly what Jim Bowden experienced with the Cincinnati Reds. Read more »
Sosa Will Be Required To Take A Urinalysis Test Before Every At-Bat
A new clause from former Chicago Cubs? slugger Sammy Sosa?s new contract with the Texas Rangers has recently been made public. In accordance with new MLB and Rangers standards, Mr. Sosa will be required to take a urinalysis test every time he steps up to the plate. Read more »
The 30 GM's: Dayton Moore Of The Kansas City Royals
John Schuerholz began his career as a GM in Kansas City and now his prot?g?, Dayton Moore, has been asked to bring the Royals back to a competitive level after many years of failure. Read more »
The 30 GM's: Tim Purpura Of The Houston Astros
Houston Astros general manger Tim Purpura inherited a very talented roster in his first opportunity to run a ballclub. Read more »
The 30 GM's: Bill Bavasi Of The Seattle Mariners
In Seattle, where he was tabbed to replace a star in Pat Gillick, Bill Bavasi?s time has been marked by high-priced signings with underachieving results. Read more »
Ten Fantasy Sleepers
Between Rich Hill, Ryan Shealy and Julio Lugo, there are bargains to be had later on in the draft. Here are seven other players that should be on your fantasy draft cheat sheets. Read more »
Be The GM: Second Round Results, Elite 8 Schedule
We are down to the elite eight and are looking to find our final four players to determine who RealGM's users would like to start a franchise with. Starting things off is a match-up between Santana and Wells. Read more »
The 30 GM's: Omar Minaya Of The New York Mets
Winning in New York is like none other in sports, which is exactly what Omar Minaya has found out in just two seasons with the New York Mets. Read more »
How To Fix Falling Playoff Ratings
The World Series has seen its ratings falling fast. We have a few proposals to help, which would include shortening the regular season, starting the playoffs earlier and adding more teams to the fray. Read more »
Current Major Leaguers Feeling Threatened By Japanese Players?
The recent wave of Japanese-born players entering Major League Baseball is causing some resentment amongst the American born players. Buster Gunning breaks this hard-hitting story. Read more »
Rockies Right In Pulling Back Helton
The Rockies have battled to become more than a Coors Field circus act since their inception in 1994, but they continued to remove this image by pulling out of talks and for right now, holding onto the most proven player in franchise history. Read more »
Be The GM: First Round Results, Second Round Schedule
Close contests between A-Rod and D-Mat, Crawford and Sizemore, Howard and Wright and the closest of them all, Jeter verses Reyes made up a great first round. Who will make it out of the second round? Read more »
The 30 GM's: Mark Shapiro Of The Cleveland Indians
Mark Shapiro is one of the GM wiz-kids, only 39 years old, and has made a name in this industry for being able to stock an unfair amount of great young talent through the draft. Read more »
Utley Cashes In On Phillies? Future
Over the past few seasons, the Philadelphia Phillies have been on the cusp of reaching the playoffs, but have been just short enough on talent to be left watching in October. Now, after agreeing to a seven-year, $85 million contract with second baseman Chase Utley, they hope to have booked October trips for the next decade, but have they done more harm than good? Read more »
The 30 GM's: Mike Flanagan Of The Baltimore Orioles
After heavy spending winters that saw the additions of Miguel Tejeda and Javy Lopez, the Orioles now seem ready to entrust the franchise to Tejeda and their prospects coming up through the system. Read more »
Be The GM: Cain Or Billingsley
Matt Cain and Chad Billingsley both 22-year old pitchers who their franchises hope will become the Juan Marichal and Sandy Koufax of their generation. Read more »
Be The GM: Oswalt Or Peavy
Roy Oswalt and Jake Peavy are two of the best starting pitchers in the National League. They combine excellent stuff with impeccable mental makeups. Read more »