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Seattle Mariners: Landing Spots for Players on the Trade Block

Jun 8, 2019

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Seattle Mariners

The Seattle Mariners blew up their roster -- which won 89 games in 2018 -- in the offseason, trading away Robinson Cano, Edwin Diaz, James Paxton, Jean Segura, and Mike Zunino while losing designated hitter Nel...

DBacks’ Descalso Is Due for a Breakout at the Plate

Joe Jacquez

Apr 18, 2018

Arizona Diamondbacks, Statistics

Daniel Descalso is a great example of why batting average is a flawed way of evaluating a hitter's performance. The 31-year-old Arizona Diamondbacks infielder and pinch-hitter extraordinaire was a key part o...

Miami Marlins Trade Dee Gordon to the Seattle Mariners

Joe Jacquez

Dec 7, 2017

Breaking News, Headlines, Miami Marlins, Seattle Mariners, Transactions

The Miami Marlins have traded All-Star Dee Gordon to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for right-hander Nick Neidert, two other prospects, and international slot money, the Mariners have officially confirmed. ...

Miami Marlins Wish List for 2017

David Marcillo

Nov 4, 2016

Features, Miami Marlins, Offseason

The Miami Marlins had a really, really difficult 2016 season. The team started off with playoff aspirations and played well enough in stretches to where a Wild Card berth seemed more than just a dream. Dee Gord...

Exploring the Marlins Improved Offense

Hawkins DuBois

Jun 24, 2016

Miami Marlins, Opinions & Predictions

At the beginning of the year, if you had said that Dee Gordon would miss half the season and that Giancarlo Stanton would be an approximately league average hitter, it would probably have been pretty damn safe ...

Dee Gordon Suspended 80 Games After Positive PED Test

Ryan Blake

Apr 28, 2016

Breaking News, Headlines, Miami Marlins

Miami Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon has received an 80-game suspension from MLB after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs, according to multiple reports. Gordon, who led the National League ...

MLB’s Top Stolen Base Threats: A Dying Breed

Adam Piede

Apr 21, 2016

Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball

Gone are the days of Rickey Henderson annually racking up over 100 stolen bases. As baseball transitioned from the pitcher friendly 1980’s, through the steroid era of the late ’90's and early 2000’s, the art of...

Miami Marlins Manager Don Mattingly Announces Opening Day Lineup

David Marcillo

Apr 4, 2016

Miami Marlins

After a Spring Break full of tinkering with the everyday lineup, Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly has settled on and announced Tuesday's Opening Day lineup. The Marlins will send Wei-Yin Chen to the mound ag...

Will Dee Gordon Continue his 2015 Success?

Evan Marinofsky

Mar 19, 2016

Miami Marlins, Opinions & Predictions

In most players' first season with a new team, they usually have a lot of trouble acclimating to their new team and therefore do not produce to their full potential. But not Dee Gordon. In 2015, Gordon ju...

Comparing the Offseason’s Major Contract Extensions

Matt Wojciak

Mar 4, 2016

Contract, Features, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

Every offseason, the biggest news and the most exciting moves are those that involve star players changing teams and earning huge amounts of money in their new contracts. This offseason, that included David Pri...

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