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The baseball season is amazing at its quarter point and it’s time to hand out some awards. Let’s start at looking who has been the MVP of the American and National League.

American League
Candidates: Adam Jones, [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays have officially signed DH Hideki Matsui to a minor league contract. Matsui spent last season with the Oakland A’s and hit a pedestrian .251/.321/.375 with 12 HR’s in 517 AB’s.

At first I was a little surprised the Rays would sign Matsui [...]

It’s now time to get into the big boy awards. Today we will look at our predictions for the American League and National League Cy Young award winners and tomorrow, we will get into predicting the MVP award winners.

Let’s get right into it. [...]

On Friday, we took a very early look at some National League postseason predictions, so it’s only fitting that we take a look at some early American League postseason predictions. American League East 1. Z – Tampa Bay Rays: A full year of Matt Moore and Desmond Jennings and Evan Longoria, B.J. Upton, and David [...]

The Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t have much going on this offseason in terms of signing any high priced free agents, however that might change next offseason when they will most likely have a new ownership team in place. According to Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times, there are at least eight potential buyers still in the game for the Dodgers. [...]

Gio Gonzalez is only 26-years-old, considered one of the best left-handed pitchers in the game, and yet in 2012, he will be pitching for his fourth organization in six years. That’s amazing to me. Gonzalez was traded today to the Washington Nationals for four minor league prospects. RHP Robert Gilliam also went to the Nationals. [...]

After making the postseason for the first time in 15 years in 2010, the Cincinnati Reds had big aspirations for 2011. Unfortunately things didn’t work out for the Reds in 2011 as they slumped to a 79-83 record and a third place finish in the National League Central.

One of the main reasons for the Reds’ [...]

Update: The Marlins have come to terms with Reyes according to Buster Olney. The deal is for six years and $106 million. The Marlins have now reeled in Heath Bell and Reyes this offseason. I guess the whole “The Marlins aren’t serious players” nonsense has officially come to an end. And it doesn’t appear the [...]

Sorry I didn’t get to this yesterday, but last night was a rough one. I was watching the PAC 12 Championship Game at an University of Oregon bar in NYC.

Since I have readers across the country, let me ask you something: what is in the water at the University of Oregon? Every girl that goes or went there is extremely attractive. It’s ridiculous.

If you are a male in high school, let me [...]

According to ESPN’s Karl Ravich, sources are saying that Gene Lamont is no longer a candidate to manage the Boston Red Sox. Ravich also then went on to say that Bobby Valentine has not been offered the job yet, but it appears “imminent.”

I wish the Red Sox would just end this already and pick a guy. This has been way too long of a process. [...]