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With Chapman gone, Yankees fans are free to enjoy the ninth inning again
As a lifelong Yankees fan, people have been asking me my thoughts on the trade, which can basically be summed up thusly: For a team that had three top relievers in Chapman, Andrew Miller and Dellin Betances, the Yankees sold high on Chapman, who is set to hit free agency at the end of this […]
Continue readingStephen Drew traded to Yankees
It marked the first time the Yankees have made a trade with Boston since 1997, when they acquired catcher/first baseman Mike Stanley. “It is a unique set of circumstances,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said of making a trade with the Red Sox. “One of our two teams has to be in the playoff mode, […]
Continue readingYankees hope to find impact from RHP Luis Severino after eschewing trade
General manager Brian Cashman, after being shut out in efforts to bring San Diego Padres closer Craig Kimbrel to the Yankees, announced on Friday he will promote Luis Severino, a 21-year-old right-hander who is the top pitching prospect in the Yankees organization, to the big league club. “Severino will, I think, be making his next […]
Continue readingWay-too-early World Series preview: Who can beat the Dodgers?
While the top six are the same, their order has shuffled quite a bit. And no team’s aspirations have been more validated than those of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who currently have about a 1-in-3 shot at winning it all by these figures. That’s about as good as you’re going to do in the random […]
Continue readingWhat does this weekend showdown mean for the Red Sox and Yankees?
Jump to what the series means for: Red Sox | Yankees Only 20 days ago, after the Boston Red Sox fell 10 games under .500 and a season-worst 10 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East, it appeared a given that the next meaningful game at Fenway Park would come in […]
Continue readingRest-of-season projections for Carlos Correa and other contender call-ups
One of the most important lessons that the Moneyball mindset has spread around baseball has little to do with statistics, but simply with the basic rules of how MLB finances are structured. Namely, that prospects are incredibly valuable. While this was always known, modern franchises place even more value on prospects, with blockbuster-type trades, such […]
Continue readingFarrell: Xander, Will, JBJ ‘our guys’
That’s the loudest message resonating these days from Yawkey Way, communicated here by Red Sox manager John Farrell this week in a way that left no room for mistaking the meaning. It wasn’t, “These are our guys for now.” Or, “These are our guys until someone better comes along.” Or, “How did I get stuck […]
Continue readingPower and bullpen carry Orioles
When informed of the reasons for skepticism surrounding his team, manager Buck Showalter responds with a furrowed eyebrow and a disarming brand of common sense. “What are you supposed to do?” Showalter said recently. “Build a team for the postseason and then not make it?” Now that the Orioles have won 96 games and captured […]
Continue readingMLB September predictions: Playoff races, awards, more surprises
Which of the current contenders will be headed to the playoffs come October? Which teams will have narrowly missed the cut? How will the division races shape up? Who will reach the Fall Classic? Who are the favorites to win the MVP and Cy Young awards? At the end of his historic season for the […]
Continue readingThe new CBA was supposed to help fix tanking in MLB — here’s why it hasn’t
FOR MONTHS DURING the lockout, Major League Baseball players had a consistent gripe about the system they were attempting to change — a gripe to which fans, too, could relate. At issue is a strategy that has become commonplace in baseball: Tanking. Popularized during World Series title runs first by the Chicago Cubs and then […]
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