Edgin is an emerging talent within the system Josh Edgin was originally drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 2009, but they didn't sign him and he was drafted a year later by the Mets in the 30th round. In his two seasons thus far, he has pitched in 69 games

AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek Mariano Rivera still has the magic ... but for how long? 25 Questions, 25 Days : Day 24 For the past 15 seasons, it has not even been open to question: If the Yankees take a lead into the ninth inning, Mariano Rivera will safeguar

Billy is pointing up just long enough for the Phillies to kick him square in the nuts. February is a terrible month. The month is a cold, unforgiving time of year deriving its only solace from its brevity and the presumption that you have someone you car

Left-handed pitchers are the cats of Major League Baseball because it seems like they get nine lives. No one put those lives to the test more than Steve Howe. The Dodgers drafted Steve Howe with the 16th overall pick in the 1979 draft, sending him and hi

This post is inspired by Aaron Gleeman’s review of the Johan Santana trade over at Baseball Prospectus earlier this week, as well as Ted Berg’s earlier look back at the same trade. Basically, the idea is that the trade hasn’t worked out ideally for eithe

February 7, 2012 - Appalachian League (ApL) Pulaski Mariners PULASKI, VA - The Pulaski Mariners are excited to announce that they will be holding the first annual Billy Wagner's Second Chance Learning Center Charity Golf Tournament. The event will take p

ATLANTA -- Craig Kimbrel does not intend to rest on his laurels or dwell on the disastrous conclusion to his memorable rookie season. In fact, it does not seem like the Braves' closer has much interest in thinking about what happened last year. "It was f

It was a win, which made it much better than a loss, but for a Mets fan, it was mostly uneasy. The Mets were making their second Sunday Night Baseball appearance of 1998 on ESPN, their twentieth overall. The previous nineteen — beginning with the very fi

Ray Hendrick, known as “Mr. Modified” during his 36-year racing career and a five-time track champion at South Boston Speedway, was elected to the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame on Monday. Hendrick joins a stellar list of auto racing legends already in the

Added to the guest list is former Philadelphia Phillies General Manager Ed Wade. Wade has served in numerous roles for the Phillies including as General Manager from 1998-2005. Wade served as the General Manager of the Houston Astros from September 2007

You fun years of fatherhood are ahead. My former college baseball playing son has a six week old boy. He will be raised with a bat and ball in his hands. Is it too early for draft projections? A post about comps for backup third basemen. It’s a rough off

A year ago, Barry Larkin, the former Cincinnati Reds shortstop, a 12-time All-Star and NL MVP in 1995, came in third in the Baseball Writers' Association of America's balloting for entry into the Hall of Fame. Larkin, the first shortstop to join the 30-3

Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images Lee Smith led his league in saves four times and ranks third all-time with 478 saves. I want to consider Lee Smith's Hall of Fame question fairly. But I keep returning to what I think is the obvious question: Would you really

It's been seven years since the Phillies employed Ed Wade, but the former general manager was never far from the team's recent success. Wade acquired 11 of the 25 players on the 2008 world championship squad. In Houston, he was a trading partner for thre

Updated: December 20, 2011, 3:16 PM ET PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Phillies have hired former general manager Ed Wade as a special consultant. Wade was a GM for parts of 13 seasons for the Phillies (1998-2005) and the Houston Astros (2001-11). He wa

The day after the Phillies held a press conference announcing that shortstop Jimmy Rollins was returning to Philadelphia, the team returned another old face to the franchise - former general manager Ed Wade. Yes, Ed Wade. Not a fan favorite when he was f

Editor's Note: In the wake of widespread reports that the Phillies had allegedly reached out to retired reliever Billy Wagner and his agent about coming back to Philadelphia, The Good Phight received the following top secret dossier from inside sources w

ATLANTA -- Craig Kimbrel has added another Rookie of the Year honor to his impressive collection. The GIBBY Award winners are calculated based on four segments of voters that each account for 25 percent of the total vote: millions of fans at MLB.com;

Just a couple weeks ago, I railed into the Phillies' signing of Jonathan Papelbon on the basis that hard-throwing, max-effort closers like Papelbon simply don't hold up well as they progress into their early-30's. However, seeing D-backs reliever J.J. Pu