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One stat that will shape 2020 for every American League team
Former manager Bobby Bragan once described baseball statistics like this: “Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you should be perfectly comfortable.” Good one. Nonetheless, baseball is a numbers game. As we peel away from the Astros’ cheating scandal and […]
Continue readingMookie Watch: What we’re hearing as Betts-to-Los Angeles Dodgers (or San Diego Padres) trade rumors swirl
The Mookie Betts trade rumors, after festering all offseason, have reached new heights in recent days, with speculation that a deal between the Red Sox and Dodgers — or maybe the Red Sox and Padres — is inching closer to completion. While free agency moved rapidly this offseason, it has been a slow market regarding […]
Continue readingWhere a Mookie Betts, Nolan Arenado or Francisco Lindor trade would rank among winter blockbusters
The initial task here was to arrive at a list of the 10 best players traded during an offseason, but I quickly realized that would be a frustrating assignment — the list of candidates was much deeper than you would think, and how do you rate the player at the time of the trade? Lindor, […]
Continue readingJ.D. Martinez confident Red Sox will be cleared in investigation, as ‘there was nothing going on here’
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Boston Red Sox designated hitter J.D. Martinez believes Major League Baseball’s investigation into the 2018 World Series champions will not reveal sign stealing. “I’m excited for the investigation to get over with, just so they can see there was nothing going on here,” Martinez said Saturday at the team’s Winter Weekend fan […]
Continue readingMLB All-Decade Team: Who made our squad of baseball’s best from 2010-2019?
Picking a 2010s all-decade team is fun, and everyone has been doing that. You know what’s even more fun? Picking an all-decade team for every decade since 1900! What goes into an all-decade team? It’s some amorphous mix of decade-long value, peak-level dominance and iconic status. Some might factor in postseason performance or World Series […]
Continue readingThe best and worst free-agent signing of the decade for all 30 MLB teams
What we can do is check back on the 2010s on how free agency worked — or didn’t work — for all 30 franchises. For each team we’ll list the total dollars committed in free agency (starting with new contracts for the 2010 season, not including money carried over from previous deals), where they ranked […]
Continue readingGerrit Cole watch, big spenders and more: Passan answers 20 winter meetings questions
Editor’s note: This story published on the morning of Monday, Dec. 9 before Stephen Strasburg agreed to a seven-year, $245 million deal to return to the Nationals. SAN DIEGO — The winter meetings, once the domain of blockbuster trades and megabucks free-agent signings, have in recent years gone into the sort of hibernation typically associated […]
Continue readingWinter meetings takeaways from the San Diego spending spree
This year’s winter meetings wind down having delivered a historic explosion of expenditures. With contenders having paid top dollar, we asked Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez, Jesse Rogers and David Schoenfield for their takeaways from the industry-shaking events in San Diego. Schoenfield: Let’s not get carried away here. Cole is an amazing pitcher coming off a […]
Continue readingRangers try to gain series split with Red Sox
Texas Rangers have been playing better of late despite a rash of injuries and having to rely on unproven players and an unsteady bullpen.” The Texas Rangers have been playing better of late despite a rash of injuries and having to rely on unproven players and an unsteady bullpen.The Boston Red Sox have had their […]
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