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The Closing Bell, 2018: National League

Jan 3, 2019

Here is a review of all of the action from the final weeks in 2018 for National League teams. New York Mets While neither the Braves nor Marlins made any moves to close out 2018, the Mets made a few upgrades ...

The Closing Bell, 2018: American League

Joe Orsatti

Jan 3, 2019

American League, Headlines, Offseason

Despite the Winter Meetings having ended a couple weeks ago, the baseball world was treated to a considerable amount of movement in recent days. Here is a round-up of everything that went down by league. Bosto...

Round-Up: Minor Moves for the Thanksgiving Week

Joe Orsatti

Nov 26, 2018

Headlines, Minor League Baseball, Offseason

It was definitely a busy week in baseball, but while the James Paxton trade really made most of the noise, there were a considerable amount of minor moves that went down without much fanfare. Based on the shee...

Crash Course: Trade Deadline Round-Up, Full Prospect Analysis

Joe Orsatti

Aug 15, 2018

Features, Headlines, Opinions & Predictions

The Major League Baseball non-waiver trade deadline has come and passed. Wanna refresh your memory on what went down, and learn more about the prospects sent from club to club? Let's begin. Andre Ethier Retire...

Crash Course: Round-Up for July 17-21

Joe Orsatti

Jul 22, 2018

Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Rumors

This summer has seen the action pick up considerably earlier than it usually does, as four trades went down over the past week. Let's go over them, and the smaller things that may have flown under your radar in...

Crash Course: Rumors, Transactions Over the Weekend

Joe Orsatti

Jul 16, 2018

Headlines, Major League Baseball, Rumors, Transactions

There Goes My Childhood Chase Utley will be hanging up his spikes at the end of the season. My favorite player of all time, and a legitimate hall of fame candidate, Utley currently carries a .231/.313/.331...

Crash Course: Round-Up for July 10 and 11

Joe Orsatti

Jul 12, 2018

Headlines, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The MLB Trade Deadline is like a puzzle with 1,000,000 pieces spread out over the Twitter-sphere. While it is easy to find the pieces, finding places that piece the puzzle together is nearly impossible, especia...

Crash Course: Weekly Round-Up for June 25-July 2

Joe Orsatti

Jul 4, 2018

Headlines, Major League Baseball, Prospect Reports, Transactions

Welcome to another edition of Crash Course. With the deadline just over four weeks away, rumors are beginning to pick up, making the news quite a bit more interesting. Here is your chance to catch up on all of ...

Crash Course: Weekly Round-Up for June 19-25

Joe Orsatti

Jun 27, 2018

Major League Baseball, Prospect Reports, Rumors, Transactions

Welcome to another edition of Crash Course! We are now just over a month away from the trade deadline, and should see rumors and news ramping up over the next week or so. As always, hat tip to FanGraphs, Baseba...

Crash Course: Weekly Round-Up for June 11-18

Joe Orsatti

Jun 18, 2018

Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, Prospect Reports, Transactions

Welcome to another edition of crash course! We are nearing the trade deadline and rumors should start to begin flying soon, however, we had a relatively slow week, mainly centered around injuries. My updated pr...

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