For their existence the New York Yankees have been one of the most storied franchises in all of professional sports. The Yankees have won 27 World Series Championships which is by far the gold standard in Major League Baseball. The Yankees have had a who's who of Baseball Hall of Famers such as Babe Ruth [...]
It took the Los Angeles Angels some time to get on track this Major League Baseball season. The Angels won 98 games last season en route to winning their first American League Western Division Title since 2009. The Angels were expected to do big things in the playoffs last October, but in the American League [...]
Ben Cherington After finishing the 2014 Major League Baseball season in last place in the American League East with a record of 71-91, the Boston Red Sox had high hopes entering 2015. This past off-season, Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington signed free agent outfielder Hanley Ramirez and third baseman Pablo Sandoval to [...]
Should the New York Yankees be active prior to the MLB trade deadline?
When Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez popped out to San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval to end the 2014 World Series, it symbolized the clock striking midnight for the cinderella Royals. After not making the playoffs since 1985 and enduring 20 losing seasons from 1986-2013, the Royals got hot coming down the stretch [...]
Mike Trout Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout isn't your typical 23-year old. Trout is already in his fifth Major League Baseball season and he has already done what most players don't accomplish for an entire career. In 2012, Trout became the first Angels player since Tim Salmon in 1993 to be named [...]
So close, yet so far is the best way to describe the recent history of the Detroit Tigers. After making the playoffs in 1987, the Tigers were dormant for nearly two decades which included them enduring four seasons in which they lost at least 100 games. But in 2006, the Tigers would turn things around [...]
It's almost as if Jose Fernandez never left.
Chris Sale For Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale, if he didn't have bad luck he would not have any luck at all. In Sale's six-year Major League Baseball career he has made 180 starts, but he has 97 career no-decisions. Sale's lifetime record is 50-33 with an earned run average of [...]
Ruben Amaro Jr. The Philadelphia Phiilies are in the midst of an organizational shakeup. Ryne Sandberg surprised the Phillies last week when he resigned as the team's manager which left Philadelphia scrambling to name Pete Mackanin as their interim manager. This week it was announced that Andy MacPhail would succeed Pat Gillick as [...]