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Baseball is like no other sport in terms of its fans embracing their favorite teams young talent making an impact in the big leagues. Already in this brief season, Jason Heyward of the Atlanta Braves and Ike Davis of the New York Mets have sent their teams fans into a frenzy over their successful debuts. [...]

Whether you like him or hate him, I think we can all agree that the Yankee’s Alex Rodriguez is the best third basemen in baseball. I think we can also agree that Rodriguez is going in the top 5 picks in most fantasy drafts. If you are planning on drafting a third basemen in the [...]

The Arizona Diamondbacks and right fielder Justin Upton have agreed to a 6-year $51.25 million deal.  This deal is the second largest in club history. The contract buys out Upton’s arbitration years and his first two eligible years of free agency.  Upton said he considered going year by year in arbitration and eventual free agency [...]

After taking a look at the bounceback candidates in the AL last week, it’s time to take a look at the NL, where some quality names are in line for bounceback seasons in 2010. Brandon Webb (RHP) Arizona Diamondbacks – The former 2006 NL Cy Young winner made only one appearance last season after experiencing [...]

Yesterday, I took a look at some potential breakout candidates in the American League for 2010. Today, I want to focus on the National League, where the chances for some breakout performances are great. Last season, such names as Jayson Werth, Matt Kemp, Justin Upton, Mark Reynolds, and Adam Wainwright had breakout seasons that have [...]

It’s that time in free agency where the unsigned are left scrambling to find a new team in time for Spring Training or have to settle for a one-year deal with the hopes of establishing value for a bigger payday next off season. Over the past few days some quality free agents have found new [...]

Like last offseason, we are seeing a late developing free agent market as there are still many names without homes. However, recently there have been a few prominent players that have decided on their futures for next season and beyond.  Here is a recap from the last few days and holiday season. Jason Bay to the [...]

The second installment of the MLB Network’s Prime 9 players of the decade list focuses on starting pitchers. In my opinion, this list contains a few obvious omissions and one pitcher that shouldn’t find his name on the list. Here are your top 9 starting pitchers of the decade in descending order: 9. Javier Vazquez [...]

Business picked up in Idianapolis on day two of the Winter Meetings. One blockbuster trade is all but completed and more rumors and signings were announced along the way. Here is a recap of Tuesday’s news: 3 Team Blockbuster Completed – The rumored 3 team deal between the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, and Arizona [...]

Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated tweeted that the Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, and New York Yankees have agreed on a trade that would have Curtis Granderson (Detroit Tigers, CF), Edwin Jackson (Detroit Tigers, SP), and Max Scherzer (Arizona Diamondbacks, SP) switching teams. Tyler Kepner of the New York Times explained earlier that Austin Jackson (Yankees, CF), Phil Coke (Yankees, [...]