The Cubs’ Felix Pie shows up in center, but when will Soriano return? Plus updates on Jason Schmidt, Jered Weaver, and Freddy Garcia.
Rotation’s going somewhere toasty in a handbasket? As Joe notes, the Yankees have been here before, and made the playoffs just the same.
Will tries to read the tea leaves, but the leaves are getting an MRI tomorrow. Plus reports on Blue Jays, Cubs, and whiffing Will Leitch.
It’s early, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have some fun tabbing the All-Stars on the basis of what’s happened in the early going.
As Joe explains, the real problems with the schedule don’t involve the weather.
Jackie Robinson Day gets rained on, the King rolls over the Dice, Johan Santana’s stellar endorsement deal, and the rest of the quotables.
Maury gets his hands on a little Black Book of payroll data for major league baseball.
Will checks in with updates on rotations–the discombobulated Yankees, the unsinkable Angels–and the mounting problems in Toronto.
With almost 30 years of major league scouting experience, Cubs scouting director Tim Wilken has plenty of wisdom to dispense. He spoke with BP’s David Laurila about draft philosphy, Jeff Samardzija, and how Nomar got away.
Offensive struggles in our nation’s capital, early turnover among closers, and Mike Scioscia’s penchant for ending games on the basepaths.
In a new regular slot, Christina runs through the roster turnover around the majors.
Hit List moves to its new time slot, and Jay’s got results that are sure to start a few arguments.
Nate tries to quantify the trade-off in scheduling cold weather games.
We saw some more volatility on the mound this week, as some former closers settle into less glamorous roles, and some starters hit some early-season turbulence.
Jim has the results of his reader architecture poll, with a few surprising results, and a few not-so-surprising ones.
Will ponders the latest development in the sad Prior saga, and provides some reassurance for Yankees and Orioles fans.