6 Divisions in 6 Days: AL East
With this being the final week of Spring Training (crazy, right?), I figured it’d be justified to take a look at all 30 clubs and examine where they stand, what they need and where it looks like...
View ArticleSome notable additions to the free-agent pool
All the Hot Stove attention, of course, is drawn towards free-agent targets Cliff Lee, Carl Crawford and Jayson Werth, and possible trade chips like Zack Greinke and Adrian Gonzalez. But not every...
View ArticleBautista a 1-man show —& no 1-hit wonder
NEW YORK – Somehow, Jose Bautista has become a bit of a traveling one-man show. That show marched into the Bronx this week, where Bautista and the team he is now the unquestioned face of – the Toronto...
View ArticleMy AL & NL lineups differ from yours …
… But only slightly. See, I never expect perfection when so many fans from so many different places and with so many different biases vote so many times. But, I gotta say, the 32.5 million of you who...
View ArticleToo many All-Star no-shows? …
PHOENIX – All-Star Game managers Ron Washington and Bruce Bochy took on a tall order leading up to the Midsummer Classic, and it didn’t end when they submitted their roster selections more than a week...
View ArticleThe ASG rosters that should’ve been …
American League Mike Trout, CF (.343 BA, .399 OBP, 23 SB) Rookie of the Year? How about MVP? Trout has elevated himself to that level already. Robinson Cano, 2B (.316 BA, 20 HR, 50 RBI) Best second...
View ArticleTrumbo’s favorite Derby homer? It’s a tie for first …
KANSAS CITY — Mark Trumbo impressed a lot of people with his Home Run Derby showing on Monday night, even though he was eliminated in a tiebreaker swing-off by Jose Bautista. Asked for his favorite of...
View ArticleGame 129: Red Sox-Angels …
Coming off a 4-2 road trip, and back-to-back losses to put a sour end to it, the Angels return home (rather briefly). They’ll play three against the Red Sox team they swept at Fenway Park last week...
View ArticleHow Angels’‘Big 3′ stacks up in 2013 …
I wrote recently about the Angels’ own prestigious “Big Three” of Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton — how they could potentially hold up historically and in this era. But how do they hold up...
View ArticleJosh Hamilton is even hitting lefties …
One of the biggest indicators that Josh Hamilton is finally right at the plate is his recent success against left-handed pitchers. Southpaws have given the Angels’ left-handed slugger fits all year....
View ArticleMike Trout’s jersey cracks Top 20 …
The latest list of most popular jerseys was unveiled on Thursday morning, and Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz ranks first. That’s no surprise, given that numbers are based on sales in the...
View ArticleRichards injures knee, carried out on stretcher …
Your browser does not support iframes. Garrett Richards’ left knee buckled while sprinting to cover first base in Wednesday’s second inning at Fenway Park and had to be carted off the field in a...
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