Jim checks in with tidbits on the Red Sox bullpen, Cincinnati’s Jason LaRue, NL catchers, and eight guys named Cabrera.
We take a look at a few recent DFAs in Seattle and Boston, and check up on the first-place Nationals.
In the long history of the All-Star Game, there have been some really marginal players who have made the cut. Here are the worst.
Prospectus Notebook goes west to check out the young Brewers and the injured Dodgers.
Will Carroll laments Lou Piniella’s decision to back down from his reliever-starts-the-game idea. Plus news on Keith Foulke, Mike Sweeney, Milton Bradley and more.
Keith Woolner, Steven Goldman, Jonah Keri and Neil deMause reach into the mailbag to address questions on using stats, pitching performances, stadium financing, and local broadcasters.
Nate continues to forecast the future by tracing the influx of Latin American baseball players, and what we can expect about their numbers going forward.
Updates on J.D. Drew, Derrek Lee, Josh Beckett and more.
Jim Baker wonders why, if “This Time It Counts!”, All-Star Game managers keep managing as if it’s a grade-school affair.
No matter how depleted they look in the offseason, the Atlanta Braves always seem to be positioned for a run come July. This year is no different.
The Yankees are in the news with some roster shakeup, some trade rumors, some bad luck and a quote about…elephants? We also hear from the Twins’ Matt LeCroy, and get the word about some veteran players moving on.
Jonah enlists former BPer Derek Zumsteg to help him find choice seating at Safeco Field. Oh, and the Mariners lost again.