MLB
MLB, MiLB, and Layoffs
The coincidence was stunning. This week, I was notified that I will be joining the massively swelling ranks of the unemployed, effective July 1. A day later, Jeff Passan of ESPN reported that hundreds of minor league baseball players would be losing their jobs,...
Winners And Losers In The New MLB Labor Deal
These are uncertain times for baseball, for the sports world, and for life in general. When I go out in my neighborhood for walks, I get smiles and waves and polite nods from a safe distance. Run into people I know and I get – and give – offers of help. When I scroll...
Ranking The World Series Champions Of The Last Decade
There are no Major League Baseball games to analyze. No moves to grade. No progress on which to report. As someone who loves baseball, this is a sad development. As a human who values the health of myself and others, it’s also, in my opinion, the prudent course of...
2020 MLB Division Overviews
It’s hard to believe, but we’re already in the thick of spring training. And while most of the discussion around MLB continues to focus on the Houston Astros and their incredible inability to properly apologize, there are some actual games to prepare for, and I for...
The Mess With The Red Sox
Whatever is going on in Boston, the fiasco surrounding the Mookie Betts trade is not the most auspicious start for Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom, not to mention the continuing legacy of General Manager Brian O’Halloran, President Sam Kennedy and the rest of the...
MLB: Technology and Sign Stealing
The sign-stealing scandal surrounding the Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros cropped up again over the weekend, not because of any real new information that has come out, but because of a flood of new reactions to it. First, there was Justin Verlander, who in accepting...
MLB Notes: December 20th
Chance Sisco was long considered the Orioles’ catcher of the future. Apparently, that future won’t be at the start of the 2020 season. Perhaps the future has already passed. Manager Brandon Hyde says Luis Severino will be his No 1 catcher next year. That leaves Sisco...
MLB Notes: December 6th
The Winter Meetings will be held next week at the San Diego Manchester Hyatt and it’s hard to predict what might happen during the four-day event. On the surface, it seems that the meetings could be an action-packed affair. Many key free agents remain unsigned and...