Joe battles a case of writer’s block by reminding us not to underestimate a historic species of fish and defending his allegiance to the King.
The four contenders retool in baseball’s most murderous division, while the Royals and their new GM make perhaps the biggest gamble of the offseason.
If Ensberg can have a healthy 2007, he’ll match the glut of talented third basemen in the National League at a bargain price.
A small change to the CBA had a very large effect on this winter’s free-agent market, and will have one on the upcoming draft as well.
The Phillies did the most to help themselves, while the Marlins’ front office should be rested after a long vacation.
The Orioles forget to look at the sell-by date, the Blue Jays lock up their franchise player, the Devil Rays move stealthily along at the bottom, and those two other teams bring Japanese players to America for Christmas.
Useful regulars at most every position on the diamond? You bet. Impact bats with star potential? Wrong organization.
Running the Pacific Coast League is how this third-generation baseball man continues the family tradition of service to the game.
The once-fallow Bronx farm is primed to churn out some outstanding arms to supplement the Bombers.
Willie Randolph gets his, while Kenny Williams learns the value of a good lie.
Several impressive young arms are primed to join the bumper crop of franchise talents already residing in the Twin Cities.
Jim rescues some extra data from BP’s internal mailing list and takes a look at teams that were shut out more than 10% of the time.