Insiders suggest the Texas Rangers might make significant moves this offseason to reduce payroll. That era already began Friday evening when the team non-tendered World Series hero Adolis Garcia and catcher Jonah Heim. The Dallas Morning News went even further on their suggestion: Trade prized shortstop Corey Seager and ace Jacob deGrom. Elsewhere, Anthony Volpe’s […]
The Cleveland Guardians are a team that seems to take a shoestring budget and make it work into a near-Cinderella playoff run. In the last four years, Cleveland held a total payroll of around $100 million each season, consistently near the bottom of the league. The team reached the playoffs in three of those years, […]
The Saitama Seibu Lions of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league posted right-handed starter Tatsuya Imai to free agency on Monday. He becomes the third player posted from Japan behind first baseman Kazuma Okamoto and third baseman Munetaka Murakami. Imai joins a relatively weak starting pitcher market for the 2026 MLB offseason, which includes Chris Bassit, […]
Pittsburgh Pirates right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes is on an early Hall-of-Fame trajectory with his career. Through his first two seasons in the majors, Skenes’ earned run average is under two, his WHIP sits under the golden number of one, and he struck out nearly 400 batters in over 300 innings of work. His walk rate […]
Japanese slugger and coveted free agent Munetaka Murakami was posted by the Nippon Professional Baseball league early Friday morning. The window, open from Nov. 8 to Dec. 22, allows teams a 45-day period to negotiate and sign with the Japanese league MVP. Several teams, most of them big-market names and World Series contenders, will aim […]
Currently, the Boston Red Sox are settled and entirely secure with their non-conventional and unorthodox front office configuration. Following their dominant 2018 World Series win over the Dodgers, manager Alex Cora saw a steady decline of direction and consistency in the front office, which eventually reduced the available talent on the field. Cora maintained the […]
Buster Posey has been cited and sought after for inspirational quotes throughout his baseball career. On the field, he was a 3-time World Series Champion and the 2012 National League MVP. Presently, he awaits his possible first-ballot induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Buster Posey could be enshrined, as early as 2027. […]
The Toronto Blue Jays have been underachieving these past couple of seasons. Their front office has recently worked to address some pressing needs, signing and adding power hitter Anthony Santander and some high-leverage relief pitchers. The lineup continues to boast young sluggers Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who will be looking to have career […]
Justin Verlander has indicated that he has plenty left in the tank. Recent news has confirmed his signing of a one-year, 15 Million Dollar Deal with his fourth team, the San Francisco Giants. JV To The Giants This comes just two full seasons after his 3rd Cy Young Award and redemptive World Series performance in […]
The top-tier division in Major League Baseball for the 2024 season was the National League West. The World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers were only marginally better than the San Diego Padres, who were taken out in a five-game thriller of an NLDS series. Not far off from these two powerhouse clubs were the Arizona Diamondbacks, […]
