News on the rehabbing Hideki Matsui, the exiting Gary Majewski, and the returning Nomar Garciaparra.
A Pedro-Dontrelle matchup makes for a bonus edition of the Game of the Week.
The D’backs win the Rubber-armed pitcher sweepstakes, and the Nationals end up with two young pitchers to show for it.
Joe looks closer at two sets of recent transactions: the Wright-Reyes contracts in NY, and the Livan Hernandez trade.
Andruw Jones doesn’t appreciate the secrecy around his waiver claim, something’s fishy in Colorado, and Chase Utley’s hitting streak comes to an end.
Post-trading deadline mayhem is now over, but there are still a few transactions going on, including a Baltimore-Boston swap, and a slew of DFAs.
Maury looks at the attendance data for both the Orioles and Nationals to see if there was anything to Peter Angelos’ fears.
Playoff-hopeful teams get injured players back, while others may lose a few.
Dr. Jazayerli dissects the early makings of the game’s best team–your 2006 Detroit Tigers.
Two aging sluggers make an impact in the Bay Area.
Jim uses a Bobby Abreu walk to jumpstart a look at how teams do when they draw more than their share of free passes.
The Transaction Analysis you have been waiting for. Saunders. Izturis. Guzman. Cormier. Hernandez. Reyes. The names are all here, and only Christina can sort out the right from wrong, and the stupid from the just obtuse.
Dan continues his series analyzing baserunner advancement by taking park factors under consideration.
While trade-deadline acquisitions of big-name players make for big headlines, Nate wonders if those trades actually helped their teams the most this year.
Derek tackles a Sheets-Harang duel, and one pitcher gets the better of it in the return of Prospectus Game of the Week.
Will beats the heat and humidity in Chicago with some injury updates on Jason Varitek, Scott Kazmir, Mark Mulder, Octavio Dotel, and others.