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The American League Central Division has always been an enigma. There never seems to be a dominant team that can run away with the division title. The Twins put together a consistent product but they aren’t guaranteed to win every year like the Yankees. The Royals are trying to keep their heads above water and [...]

Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants have reach an agreement on a 2 year deal at $23 million just narrowly avoiding an arbitration case. Originally the Giants offered 2 years $21 million and Lincecum’s people countered at 2years $25million so it seems as though they split the difference. Lincecum is arguably the most talented [...]

Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tiger agreed to a 5 year $80 million deal and in turn avoiding arbitration with their staff ace.  Verlander is coming off his best year in the majors posting a 19-9 record with a 3.45 ERA and a league leading 269 strikeouts. It was reported that Verlander was originally seeking [...]

This past week has been filled with news of teams signing their arbitration-eligible players to new deals for the upcoming season or for the long-term in the case of Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners. You might read about all these deals about players avoiding arbitration with their respective teams and wonder what exactly is [...]

Zack Greinke (RHP) of the Kansas City Royals was awarded the 2009 AL Cy Young Award according to mlb.com.  Greinke was 16-8 on the year with a major’s best ERA of 2.16 who also posted 6 complete games and 3 shutouts.  Greinke won the AL Cy Young despite playing on a last place team.  Seattle Mariners’ [...]