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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. [...]

“Well to all teams that didn’t make the playoffs, the Yankees have set the precedent on how to bounce back and win the World Series… Spend $500 million on the best Free Agents available…. Wait.. Your team cant do that???  Sorry, thanks for playing.” I found this post the other day as I was browsing [...]

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 [...]

As the Hot Stove season starts to come to an end with pitchers and catchers due to report to camp within a few weeks, it is now time to start taking a look at the 2010 season. Last week, Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com and Keith Law of ESPN.com released their top prospects list for the [...]

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 [...]

It’s time to round out the infield in the next installment of the MLB Network’s Top 9 players of the decade. We shift gears to third base where there are a few interesting names on the list. Here is the list: 9. Ryan Zimmerman – The current face of the Washington Nationals starts off our [...]

With some surprising non-tenders this past week the free agent relief pitching options have become even more robust. With most teams pretty much set at the closer position, some of these players are going to have to settle for setup positions or even middle relief. Raphael Soriano is looking like a genius for accepting arbitration [...]

Tim Dierkes of mlbtraderumors.com provides us with the list of players that have under six years of service time that were not tendered contracts and are now free agents. Non-tenders such as Matt Capps (RP), Kelly Johnson (2B), and Chien-Ming Wang (SP) should rebound from their 2009 injuries and poor performance and could be impact [...]

Day three of the Winter Meetings was filled with plenty of activity. Many rumors and signings were reported on Wednesday as teams started to accomplish things before heading home tomorrow. Here is a rundown from a busy day from Indianapolis. Astros sign Brandon Lyon – Ken Rosenthal tweeted that Brandon Lyon (RHP) has agreed to [...]

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 [...]