As 1,500-odd candidates for future UTKs get drafted into pro baseball over the next two days, Will provides his call on the top ten picks. Also, updates on Clint Barmes, Milton Bradley and Johnny Estrada.
The top spot remains the same once again, while the Cubs take a big step forward and the Yankees a comparable one backwards.
Justn Upton or Alex Gordon? Craig Hansen or Mike Pelfrey? Easy decisions compared to finding the right guy on Day Two.
The White Sox have the best record in baseball thanks to a terrific defense. But are they really a small-ball team?
Some current and former major leaguers sound off on Tommy John surgery, Chicago’s mayor has some advice for the White Sox, and Chuck LaMar doesn’t understand the draft.
The Yankees look for the Next Big Thing, the Padres wonder if they’ve already found it, and the Red Sox take the measure of Kevin Millar.
A wild-goose chase comparing two great shortstops illustrates an important lesson about evaluating recent performances.
A recent spike in injuries suffered in mid-June leads Will to an interesting question…and an even more interesting answer. He also has updates on Chipper Jones, Kerry Wood and Willy Taveras.
College pitchers are the best bets to provide quick help to the teams that draft them. This year lacks a Mark Prior shooting star, but has some interesting talent nonetheless.
Which hitters should you be hoping your favorite team snags in Tuesday’s draft? Boyd runs down the biggest boppers available on the board.
The A’s lose Octavio Dotel for a year or more, and injuries start piling up in the AL Central.
The Minnesota Twins are on pace to allow the fewest walks of any team in more than a century.
We debut our Prospectus Notebook with a look at LaTroy Hawkins’ recent arrival in San Francisco, the new-look Kansas City Royals, and a cautious introduction to Braves rookies Kelly Johnson and Kyle Davies.
Is the common National League strategy of pitching around the eighth-place hitter the right move? James breaks down the numbers.
Having established that there is no longer any difference between high schoolers and collegians in the draft, the question now is, “why not?”
The Orioles are no fluke: they’re a legitimate .600 club and they haven’t had everything go right so far.