In 2007 the New York Yankees were eliminated by the Cleveland Indians in the American League Divisional Series. That year the Boston Red Sox went on to win the World Series. The next season saw the Yankees miss the playoffs for the first time since the strike shortened year of 1994 which led to changes [...]
Several years ago outfielder Matt Kemp was the centerpiece for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2011, Kemp finished second in the National League Most Valuable Player Award voting as he led the NL in home runs (39) and runs batted in (126). After the 2011 season the Dodgers rewarded Kemp with an eight-year, $160 million [...]
Since 2010, the San Francisco Giants have won two World Series Championships primarily on good starting pitching and timely hitting in the Major League Baseball Playoffs. This season it didn't work our for the Giants as they suffered their first losing season since 2008. San Francisco entered this season with the sixth highest payroll in [...]
For the third time since 2008 the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the National League Championship Series, but they were once again denied their first trip to the World Series since 1988; this time at the hands of the St. Louis Cardinals. With a new ownership group in place and a payroll exceeding $223 million [...]
Now that the 2013 Major League Baseball season has concluded for the Tampa Bay Rays it is time to speculate. The Rays 2013 payroll of $58 million was the third lowest in MLB and as they play in one of the smaller markets they must always sell high in trading players and buy low in [...]
In 2012 the marriage between former Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine and the team was a modern day version of the RMS Titanic as this team was doomed from the start of spring training. Valentine rubbed some of his veteran players such as designated hitter David Ortiz and second baseman Dustin Pedroia the wrong [...]
After the 2011 Major League Baseball season the Los Angeles Dodgers invested $160 million dollars in outfielder Matt Kemp. In the past two seasons since Kemp signed his 8-year extension with the Dodgers he has only appeared in 168 games. In that time he has totaled just 28 home runs with 96 runs batted in. [...]