After finishing in the bottom of the NL East six times in seven seasons from 2004-2010, the Nationals began a slow climb up the standings with a third- place finish in 2011. And though that 80-81 record wasn’t much to […]
Bobby Valentine started the season off on the wrong foot by questioning the commitment of third baseman Kevin Youkilis. The Red Sox would later trade Youkilis to the White Sox about a month before the trade deadline. Right around that […]
That deal came on the heels of Toronto signing outfielder Melky Cabrera to a 2-year, $16 million deal. Of course, Cabrera comes with some baggage, as he sat out most of the final two months serving a 50-game suspension for […]
How’d they get there? By winning the close ones. The Orioles finished the season with a stunning 29-9 record in one-run games. Even more remarkably, the O’s rattled off 16 straight wins in extra innings. No other team finished with […]
To make matters worse, injuries have swept New York much like the Detroit Tigers did in the 2012 ALCS, taking out Curtis Granderson with a fractured forearm, Mark Teixeira with a strained wrist and Alex Rodriguez with a torn hip […]
The patience paid off as Atlanta won five more games than it did in 2011, with the 94 victories marking the most for the club since posting 96 in ’04. That was good enough to get the Braves into the […]
Though New York did not land a big-name free agent for a third straight winter as it continues to emerge from the rubble of the Bernie Madoff fraud scheme, it feels it replaced Dickey with an adequate arm in Shawn […]
A’s general manager Billy Beane was once again responsible for turning his expensive assets into valuable young players, just like he did in trades of Mark Mulder and Dan Haren in the past. He received lefty Tommy Milone (13-10, 3.74 […]
Rookie Mike Trout put up video game numbers (.326, 30 HR, 83 RBI, 49 SB), Jered Weaver threw a no-hitter and Albert Pujols was brilliant from May 1 on (.297, 31 HR, 101 RBI after hitting .217 in April). Now […]
Things had been looking so good for Derek Jeter. After breaking his ankle on October 13 of last year, it was unknown how long the injury would keep him from the Yankees’ lineup. He has been consistent in saying that […]