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Chicago White Sox Offseason is Spewing Life Into the AL Central

Dec 25, 2019

American League Central, Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The Chicago White Sox are making big-boy moves on the open market this offseason, and it's spewing life into their division, the American League Central. For the longest time the AL Central has been a boring...

Chicago White Sox Agree to One-Year Deal With Gio Gonzalez

Jason Kelly

Dec 19, 2019

Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Transactions

The busy offseason continued for the Chicago White Sox on Thursday afternoon, as they added veteran left-hander Gio Gonzalez on a one-year contract. The deal was first reported by Robert Murray and later confir...

Chicago White Sox Sign Yasmani Grandal

Joe Orsatti

Nov 22, 2019

Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball, Transactions

Very few people have used the free agent market to their advantage as well as Yasmani Grandal. After reaching free agency for the first time last offseason, Grandal was shackled by a qualifying offer. Despite d...

Predicting Who Will Accept and Decline the Qualifying Offer

Kyle O'Neill

Nov 5, 2018

Features, Major League Baseball, Offseason

The 2018-19 free agent class has been highly anticipated for several years. The top of the group remains with superstars Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, but some of the depth of how historic this winter will be...

RECAP: Mets Make Statement, Take 2-1 Lead Over Dodgers

Gabriel Bogart

Oct 12, 2015

Breaking News, Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Postseason

Game 3 of the National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets hadn't even started before the atmosphere became confrontational. In the pregame player and coaching staff ann...

What’s in a name? Unique names abound in MLB

Jeff J. Snider

Jul 2, 2015

Baseball History, Features, History

What do Yasiel Puig, Hyun-jin Ryu, Yasmani Grandal, and Yimi Garcia have in common? Okay, they are all Los Angeles Dodgers, and they're all from outside the United States. Let's throw in Joc Pederson, Paco Rodr...

Five Bold Predictions for the 2015 Los Angeles Dodgers

Jeff J. Snider

Apr 4, 2015

Features, Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, National League, National League West, Opinions & Predictions

The Los Angeles Dodgers were one of the best teams in baseball last year, but they got bounced in the National League Division Series by the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2013, they were one of the best teams in base...

Rooting for Laundry: Players Come and Go, But the Team Remains

Jeff J. Snider

Feb 28, 2015

Features, Los Angeles Dodgers, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

On November 30, 2010, the Dodgers signed free agent Juan Uribe. Two days later, they declined to offer a contract to Russell Martin, making him a free agent. This was hard for me, as Martin was one of my favori...

What Did The Padres Buy This Off-season?

Chris Zolli

Feb 12, 2015

Headlines, National League West, Offseason, San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres added three All-Star level bats, one of the most productive platoon catchers in the MLB, rotation depth, bullpen depth, and an ace to top the staff; by far, they were the winners of the off...

Arthritis in Matt Kemp’s hips holding up deal with Padres

Joe Jacquez

Dec 18, 2014

Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers, National League, National League West, Offseason, San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays, Washington Nationals

The San Diego Padres and new General Manager A.J. Preller are trying to make a big splash this offseason in hopes of competing for a N.L. West division title in 2015. They were able to do that a week ago, ag...

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