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Tim Kurkjian’s Baseball Fix: Major League Baseball gave us plenty of reasons to despise it, but here are 100 reasons it’s OK to still love it
The past three months, baseball has given us 1,000 reasons to hate it. In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, the players and owners have acted like petulant children bickering over money, settling scores and improving bargaining position for future negotiations instead of understanding that all that mattered this year was agreeing on something and […]
Continue reading60-game MVPs for every recent MLB season and big 2020 names to watch
Major League Baseball is aiming for a 60-game 2020 MLB season as training camps begin in ballparks across the country this week. If they do play, that means we’ll have pennant races and a postseason and MVP awards to hand out. I thought it would be fun to go over the past decade and see […]
Continue readingBaseball’s top 60 storylines for a 60-game MLB season
There is going to be a baseball season after all, one of 60 games, following a month of ugly public negotiations between the players and owners over how to navigate through the money of the shortened season. In the words of Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer, “COVID-19 already presented a lose-lose-lose situation and we’ve somehow found […]
Continue readingHow Major League Baseball can save itself beyond 2021
This is the how baseball’s destructive standoff needs to end: The owners, with greater wealth and with the lasting stewardship of the game, need to emerge from their bargaining bunker and extend themselves into the middle ground with an offer of a significant concession. Maybe a season of 81 games — a number of significance, […]
Continue readingRed Sox pitcher Chris Sale wants to prove nothing’s ‘better than getting a brand-new elbow for my birthday’
Before baseball shut down for the coronavirus pandemic, the news that ace Chris Sale had elbow trouble had already cast a pall over spring training for the Boston Red Sox. In the wake of the shutdown, he and the team decided he had to have Tommy John surgery, which he went through on March 31 […]
Continue readingIs the Astros’ title tarnished? Is Jeter overrated? We settle the biggest debate for all 30 MLB teams
No matter which MLB team you root for, there’s that one big debate that is sure to get your fan base fired up. What if a different decision had been made in that crucial spot that went horribly wrong? Which icon is truly the biggest star in franchise history? Just how should the rest of […]
Continue readingWhat the MLB deal with players means for 2020 season and beyond
Following round-the-clock negotiations since the coronavirus outbreak postponed the beginning of the season, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association struck a deal Friday that outlined how the sport would proceed in the coming months. The players gained certainty that even in a lost season they would be granted full service time. The league […]
Continue readingLions give CB Desmond Trufant 2-year, $21M deal, source says
Trufant became a free agent after the Atlanta Falcons released him with three years and $35.25 million left on his contract. The move saved the Falcons $4.95 million against the salary cap. Trufant, who turns 30 in September, was a first-round pick in 2013 and named to the Pro Bowl in 2015. Injuries derailed his […]
Continue readingMLB teams pledge $30M to help cover lost wages for ballpark employees
“The individual clubs will be announcing more details surrounding this support effort in their local communities. The timing of these announcements will vary because of the need to coordinate with state and local laws as well as collective bargaining obligations in an effort to maximize the benefits realized by each group of employees. I am […]
Continue readingWhen — and if — play resumes, MLB must be careful
When the Major League Baseball season is restarted in 2020 — that is to say, if it’s restarted, because it’s foolhardy to assume anything under the current circumstances — the run-up to the first games could be fast and furious, with everyone pushing to get back on the field and open the ballparks. If the […]
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