Cleveland Indians Steal Edwin Encarnacion
The Cleveland Indians found their power bat, signing Edwin Encarnacion for far less than anyone expected two months ago. The biggest power bat on the free agent market finally found a home Thursday night as the Cleveland Indians agreed to terms w...
Indians Sign Edwin Encarnacion To Three-Year, $65 Million Deal
According to Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports on Twitter, the Cleveland Indians have struck a deal with free agent stud Edwin Encarnacion on a three-year deal with an option. Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports also tweets that the deal is worth a guaranteed ...
Indians to Sign Edwin Encarnacion, Cubs First Round Pick Moves Up a Spot
And good on the Indians for going hard after a need in order to stay at the top.
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Cleveland Indians Sign Edwin Encarnacion
The reigning American League champs just got even stronger, as the Cleveland Indians have signed Edwin Encarnacion to a thr...
Edwin Encarnacion signs with Indians; Orioles fans pack his bags out of AL East
Edwin Encarnacion has hit 193 home runs in the last five years and now he’s out of Toronto’s lineup. That’s good for the Orioles. The free agent market got a little bit more interesting a few days before Christmas as one big name slug...
2016 Bowman's Best Baseball - All the Dodgers Cards
Officially released yesterday, below is a look at all the Dodgers cards found in packs of Topps 2016 Bowman's Best. Go here for a complete checklist. Base#24 Julio Urias ...
Todd Kalas and Geoff Blum to take over Astros television broadcasts
Houston announces new TV Broadcast team. The Houston Astros have spent much of the offseason filling holes in the lineup and pitching staff. A few of the biggest holes remaining in the Astros organization — who would be the calling Astro...
A sample of Astros new play-by-play broadcaster Todd Kalas
Two innings of Todd Kalas broadcasting as Rays game in 2013. Todd Kalas is the new face and, more importantly, voice of the Houston Astros television broadcast. Kalas spent nearly 20 years with the Rays broadcast, spending much of that tim...
Astros minor league pitcher Brendan McCurry suspended 50 games
MLB suspends McCurry after testing positive for Methamphetamine. MLB has suspended Houston Astros minor league pitcher Brendan McCurry 50 games without pay after testing positive for Methamphetamine on Thursday — reports Houston Chronicle...
Rays Invite 18 To Spring Training
Rays start filling out their spring training roster. The Rays have announced eighteen invites to spring training for players not on the 40 man roster.
Invitees:
Dana Eveland, LHP (33) Returned on MiLB deal after spending 2016 between the R...
MLB: Jonny Gomes Plans to Play in 2017
Despite not playing in the majors since 2015, Jonny Gomes intends to play in the 2017 season, as reported by Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com. While Jonny Gomes has never excelled at one aspect of the game, he has always found a role in MLB as a belove...
Washington Nationals Top 10 Prospects for 2017
The Washington Nationals finished short of their pursuit of the World Series in 2016. After some big offseason moves, what is left on the farm to help in 2017? An Introduction Our minor league top 10 series is coordinated by Benjamin Chase, one o...
Should Miami Marlins Make A Run At Edwin Encarnacion?
Just last week, the Miami Marlins were making a strong run at landing one of the two premier free agents of the 2016-2017 class. Just last week, the Marlins came up just short on acquiring either one of them. Should the Marlins shift gears to off...
Javy Baez’s Improvements in 2016, the Quality of His Contact, and Questions About Selectivity
We know that Baez's offensive results last year were much better than the two partial years that came before, but will it carry forward?
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Tigers Den Roundtable: Which player would you want for Christmas?
The BYB staff asks Santa Paws for a Christmas miracle. It’s the most wonderful time of the year! At least... it should be. The Detroit Tigers have been unnervingly quiet during this year’s Hot Stove season — don’t sleep on those Rul...
Home Alone and Xmas Vacation are my favorites, with a traditional viewing of A Christmas Story annually. I saw White Xmas for the first time last year, and found it dry as dust. Just reeking of a "who the hell cares" quality...fake importance. I ...
Hi Al, A couple big upsets highlighted week 15. Kansas City losing to Tennessee on paper shouldn’t have happened but Tennessee is playing better football than most people realize. Washington getting beat bad by ...
Will Clay Buchholz work for the Phillies? FF #82!
In Episode 82 of The Felske Files, host John Stolnis breaks down the Phillies acquisition of former Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz. Joining the show to discuss Clay, Hall of Fame voting, and which current free agents should be worried they're stil...
Back when I ran retail stores, the busiest day was always the SAT before Xmas or the 2nd SAT before Xmas, depending on weather and when Xmas fell (if Xmas was on a SUN-TUE, many people celebrated with one side of the family on the SAT before, so t...
Marlins on National Cable in April
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