Things have changed in the AL, where the biggest series of the week may have been played far away from the Bronx.
Early-season word on two NL East teams, one getting held together by a surprising offseason acquisition, and one with a pleasantly surprising collection of young talent.
Will has some thoughts on the Jason Grimsley situation, and has bad news on Rich Harden and Eric Gagne, among others.
Dan discusses booting a probability, historic comebacks brought back by readers, and discusses the dampening damp of baseball at altitude.
Nate examines a decade’s worth of data to see if there’s anything to a “hangover effect” after playing a VLG. What’s a VLG? Read on…
A new steroid story has broken, and Will’s on it. He also has news on a slew of injured pitchers including Roy Oswalt, Bartolo Colon, Jake Peavy, Kerry Wood and more.
Despite a mediocre pitching staff, the Yankees are in first place. Joe takes a look at the main reason why.
Jay names the Yankees No. 1 on this week’s Hit List, and it shakes out just as well for fans of the Tigers, Snakes, and Dodgers.
Many of the kids taken in today’s draft will never get covered in UTK, Will writes. But there are many current players who will continue to be, including Albert Pujols, Derek Jeter, Carl Crawford, Carlos Zambrano and more.
Two Rodriguezes lead the way on Joe’s AL All-Star ballot.
Jim’s matchups include a “hurry-up-and-wait” sub-battle in New York, a tip of the cap to Nomar, and a look at the three-inning save.
Some teams do temporary solutions better than others, but trying to replace Albert Pujols or Gary Sheffield is no small feat.
Quick hits from around the last week in baseball, including a Jim Leyland on-field tirade, a few ex-Royals saying nice things about their past employer, a tip of the cap to Nomar Garciaparra, and just two (count ’em: two) lines about steroids.
Rany closes out his epic series, identifying the new inefficiency in the market before tomorrow’s Rule 4 draft.
Sunday’s Arizona/Atlanta game featured an unlikely hero and a likely goat.
Albert Pujols hits the DL for this first time in his career, and there are a lot of injuries in Yankeeland. Also: updates on the injured Cubs, Roy Oswalt, Jim Edmonds, and more.