It was no surprise that the race for the AL East pennant was a close one, but who made it close wasn't necessarily what baseball fans expected.  Sure, the Yankees are about as close to a shoe-in...

With Opening Day quickly approaching and 25-man rosters starting to take shape, it seems as good a time as any to start to preview the upcoming season. For a change of pace, I’m going to run with...

It is that time, once again, to start taking a look at each of the major year end awards. As I did last year, I will be submitting a ballot here on the blog for each of...

Just over seven months ago the Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays completed one of the bigger trades of this past offseason. The deal sent starting pitcher Matt Garza along with outfielder Fernando Perez and minor league...

We’re a week into the month of June and the biggest news of the week thus far continues to be the ongoing MLB Draft (of which I’ll have some thoughts on later in the week). However, it...

Once again, courtesy of Buster Olney’s latest: Highest Average Fastball Velocity (among starters, 2011 season) Michael Pineda – 95.9 MPH David Price – 94.5 MPH Alexi Ogando – 94.2 MPH Josh Johnson – 93.9 MPH Justin Verlander...

One of the many goals of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance is to bring some of the many baseball bloggers together in an effort to collaborate on ideas and share insights. As President of the BBA’s General Chapter...