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Who Is the Face of Each American League Franchise?

Mar 7, 2016

Major League Baseball fans were treated to an extra-special dose of smartphone technology last season, as team- and player-specific emojis continued their rise to prominence. Yes, it's a little gimmicky to blas...

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...

Good for the Royals in Restructuring Salvador Perez

Joshua Sadlock

Mar 1, 2016

Features, Kansas City Royals, Opinions & Predictions

With one of the team-friendliest contracts in all of Major League Baseball, the Kansas City Royals could have paid Salvador Perez $21.75 million to play for them for eight years. Perez signed a five-year, $7 mi...

Top 10 Catchers going into 2016

Jamey Vinnick

Jan 22, 2016

Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Credit: Jason O. Watson / Getty Images North America Historically, the catcher has not been asked to do as much offensively as the rest of his teammates. It is a demanding position that beats up a body. Mos...

Understanding the injustice of Salvy Perez’s Contract

James E. Clark

Jan 8, 2016

American League, American League Central, Contract, Features, Headlines, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

In this day and age of $100- and $200-million baseball contracts, there is one particular contract that is the absolute worst in the modern game of baseball. It is not the contract of Melvin Upton Jr. or Homer ...

Major League Baseball’s 25-and-under postseason All-Star team

Joshua Sadlock

Nov 2, 2015

American League, Features, Major League Baseball, National League, Opinions & Predictions, Postseason

Source: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images North America I knew this day would come. I've feared it for quite some time. I am old. Growing up, one of my favorite things to do while poring over my massive baseb...

2015 World Series: Position by Position Breakdown

John Czech

Oct 26, 2015

American League, American League Central, Headlines, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, National League, National League East, New York Mets, Opinions & Predictions, Postseason

As October's cold wind blows and fall's chill is in the air, baseball is in its final stanza as the swan song for the 2015 season begins to play. On Tuesday night, the Kansas City Royals will welcome in the ...

The Yankees need to start having more fun

Cory Fallon

Sep 19, 2015

American League, American League East, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, New York Yankees

“Man this is baseball. You gotta stop thinking, just have fun.” This phrase was uttered in the classic baseball movie, The Sandlot, from Benny the Jet to Scotty Smalls. While its message is simple and concise, ...

Why Royals dominating All-Star Game voting isn’t bad for baseball

Joshua Sadlock

Jun 8, 2015

Contract, Features, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Let me premise what I am about to write with the following statement. If you have not voted for the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, you have no right to bellyache over the fact that after today's most...

A Perplexing Call: The Leadoff Bunt (Attempt)

Gabriel Bogart

Jun 7, 2015

American League Central, Chicago Cubs, Features, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central, Opinions & Predictions

On Friday May 29th, in the bottom of the 6th inning at Wrigley Field, Anthony Rizzo came to the plate to begin the Chicago Cubs' turn at bat. He faced Edinson Volquez, staked to a 3-run lead. Volquez ...

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