American League East

MLB Rumors: Multiple Teams Interested In Jorge De La Rosa

Jul 10, 2014

Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, National League, National League West, Rumors

Trade rumors are stirring more and more as the trade deadline grows closer. The market started off with the blockbuster deal of Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel heading over to Oakland for the stud prospect Add...

Should the M’s “Pay the Price”?

Baseball Essential

Jul 7, 2014

American League, American League West, Opinions & Predictions, Rumors, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays

The Oakland Athletics have recently acquired Jason Hammel and Jeff Samardzija from the Chicago Cubs while the Los Angeles Angels have acquired Joe Thatcher from the Arizona Diamondbacks--is it now the Seattle M...

Do We Still Dig The Long Ball?

Baseball Essential

Jul 7, 2014

American League, Colorado Rockies, Headlines, National League, Opinions & Predictions, Toronto Blue Jays

The home run. It is the one thing that captivated us as baseball moved from the Dead Ball Era into arguably the "game that Ruth built". We've been told that chicks dig it and so should we. The question: is the ...

James Russell, Aaron Hill drawing trade interest

Baseball Essential

Jul 7, 2014

American League, American League East, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs, National League, National League Central, National League West, Rumors, Toronto Blue Jays

James Russell and Aaron Hill are drawing a considerable amount of trade interest, according to Peter Gammons; however, it is unclear which teams have interest in these two players. There has been one team linke...

Chase Headley may be “Head”-ing to the Toronto Blue Jays

Rachel Chisholm

Jul 6, 2014

Headlines, Opinions & Predictions, Rumors, San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays

With Edwin Encarnacion on the disabled list for the next two to four weeks after sustaining a right quad strain in Saturday’s game against the Oakland A’s, the Toronto Blue Jays are looking to keep their team s...

Top Trade Suitors for David Price

Baseball Essential

Jul 6, 2014

American League, American League East, Headlines, Tampa Bay Rays

As the Tampa Bay Rays continue to heat up, it seems like talks for their southpaw ace do as well. While we're still weeks away from the Major League Baseball trade deadline, David Price remains a hot topic to s...

Encarnacion leaves game with quad soreness

Baseball Essential

Jul 6, 2014

American League, Injuries, Toronto Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays' star first baseman, Edwin Encarnacion, went down due to injury Saturday night. Encarnacion left with right quadriceps soreness. #BlueJays — Gregor Chisholm (@gregorMLB) July 6, 2014 ...

Looking at the Midwest League

Niklas Jarvinen

Jul 4, 2014

Detroit Tigers, Minor League Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays

I’ve attended a few Midwest League games this year featuring the Lansing Lugnuts and West Michigan Whitecaps. Both teams have some promising prospects on them. Lansing plays their games in the beautiful and i...

Instant Challenges and Protests

Baseball Essential

Jul 4, 2014

American League, Headlines, Oakland Athletics, Opinions & Predictions, Toronto Blue Jays

Instant replays equal instant challenges. The moment you ask for an instant replay, you open yourself up to everyone's interpretation of what they have seen. You don't necessarily ask for different points of...

David Price: Still Great

Baseball Essential

Jun 23, 2014

American League, American League East, Headlines, Opinions & Predictions, Tampa Bay Rays

The Rays are terrible, David Price is not. In fact, David Price might be better than ever. You have to completely ignore his Win-Loss record (as you should always do, in any case, with any pitcher), his ERA doe...