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.
Running the Pacific Coast League is how this third-generation baseball man continues the family tradition of service to the game.
Willie Randolph gets his, while Kenny Williams learns the value of a good lie.
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.
Dan looks into the relationship between triples and body mass index over decades to get a better sense of baseball’s ever-increasing level of play.
A slugging scion or an injury-prone first baseman on the wrong side of 30? Marc investigates.
Joe identifies players who came into 2006 with a lot of hype, and come into 2007 primed to deliver on it.
Maury checks out the gambles taking place on the business side heading into the 2007 season.
A Notre Dame tight end picks the Cubs, general managers consent to multiple interviews, and expectations are raised in Pittsburgh and Kansas City.
MLB appears set to sell the exclusive rights to the Extra Innings package to DirecTV.
Of the players with no prior big league experience, who has the best PECOTA projections for 2007? Jim takes a look at the top newbie at each position.
Glorifying the past is all too common, especially in baseball. Dan looks at a litany of arguments about how the level of play has changed over time.
Arbitration, seen as a pox by management, is a system that encourages negotiation and compromise, as we’ve seen over the past few days.
Marc takes a closer look at the new Red Sox starting shortstop. Is he a good fit for Fenway?