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Trading Mitch Moreland Is in Best Interest for Texas Rangers

Jan 12, 2016

American League West, Features, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Texas Rangers

Studying at the Texas Rangers roster, their starting nine appears set with Prince Fielder, Josh Hamilton, and Adrian Beltre providing punch in the middle of the order and youthful middle infielders Elvis Andrus...

Can the Angels win the West in 2016?

Diego White

Dec 21, 2015

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The 2015 season was a very strange one for the Los Angeles Angels. It started off with the whole Josh Hamilton predicament, then there was Jerry Dipoto departure in July, and then the Angels looked dead a...

Oakland Athletics’ Offseason Wishlist

Jesse Foster

Nov 10, 2015

American League, American League West, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics, Offseason

Credit: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The baseball offseason is here. The time of the year where the leaves are falling and Billy Beane is turning tricks. Famous for his "Moneyball" method, Beane has been one of t...

How good are the Houston Astros?

Joshua Sadlock

Sep 17, 2015

American League, American League West, Features, Headlines, Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

After spending 139 days in first place, the Houston Astros have spent the past two days in second place. They have lost three straight games to the red-hot Texas Rangers and have fallen 1.5 games back in the di...

Will The Texas Rangers Overtake The Houston Astros For The AL West Title?

Gabriel Bogart

Sep 10, 2015

American League West, Features, Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers are coming for the Houston Astros. They trailed Houston by one game for the division lead entering Wednesday night's action. Though the Rangers fell to the Seattle Mariners while the Astros be...

Will Robinson Cano Be A Mariner In 2016?

Brian Danuff

Aug 28, 2015

American League, American League East, American League West, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, New York Yankees, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions, Rumors, Seattle Mariners

The Seattle Mariners, picked by many to not only make the playoffs, but to win the World Series, came into the 2015 season with expectations arguably as high as ever in the history of the franchise. Followin...

Astros top prospect Carlos Correa is waiting for the call, is he ready?

Ray Mileur

Apr 29, 2015

American League, American League West, Features, Houston Astros, Major League Baseball

The Houston Astros have placed shortstop Jed Lowrie, on the 15-day Disabled List with a ligament tear in his right thumb. The tear will require surgery and will sideline him until after the All-Star Break. The ...

Josh Hamilton to Rangers: Latest Details

Joshua Sadlock

Apr 27, 2015

American League, American League West, Breaking News, Features, Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball, Texas Rangers

As the dust begins to settle on Josh Hamilton's return to the Texas Rangers, more details surrounding the trade which shipped the troubled outfielder from the Los Angeles Angels back to the place he called home...

The Elephant in the Room: Josh Hamilton is Old

Jeff J. Snider

Apr 20, 2015

Features, Headlines, Los Angeles Angels, Opinions & Predictions

I really like Josh Hamilton. His performance in the 2008 Home Run Derby kind of stole my heart. Since then, my wife and I have both been big fans. So everything that has been going on with Hamilton the past few...

George Springer: Small Sample, or Sophomore Slump?

Matthew Hutcheson

Apr 17, 2015

American League, American League West, Features, Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Troy Tulowitzki, Chris Coghlan, and Jason Heyward are just a few names that have suffered from the controversial, much-debated "sophomore slump." Coming into 2015, the big name on everyone's radar of regression...

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