“Getting in last night and getting the chance to get in there, it’s like reality that it’s about to start. I think we’re all excited to get going this year.” The Astros have more jobs up for grabs than any camp in recent memory. The top three spots in...

The team is coming off a 106-loss season—a club record. Wandy Rodriguez, Brett Myers and Bud Norris will most likely begin the season as one, two, three in the rotation and Carlos Lee, JD Martinez, Jose Altuve and Jed Lowrie all will probably be in the...

Zach Duke has had a mighty fall since being deemed the future of the Pirates starting rotation. His most recent struggles have been caused due to injury, but as a lefty entering his prime at the age of 28, the Astros figured they'd give him a chance as...

A team-by-team look at the National League entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, and dates of the first workout for pitchers and catchers, and the full squad: EAST Philadelphia Phillies Manager: Charlie Manuel...

Downs is probably better suited for second base but you can't ignore that offensive production at the third base position, even if it regresses a bit this season. The only sure things in the rotation are that Wandy Rodriguez, Brett Myers and Bud Norris...

Win or lose, it’s great to have baseball back again. 2011′s first game resulted in a victory as the Phillies opened the season with a bang, indicating that there were many more great moments to come. From 2007 to 2009, Brett Myers was the Opening Day...

Ray was preceded in death by Thelma, his loving wife of 57 yrs, two sons, Laurence and Rick Skapik, a grandson, Glenn E. Smith and all nine of his siblings. He is survived by his daughters, Lynn (Glenn) Smith, Lauretta (Butch) McDaniel, Anna Luedtke...

The rest of the players, barring further moves, will be pre-arbitration and make something close to the newly elevated minimum salary of $480,000. For estimation purposes, we’ll call those 17 an average of $500,000. Values include prorated portions of...

He returned to the Phillies in December as a Special Consultant to the baseball operations department. During his time as GM in Philadelphia, Wade's staff drafted Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Pat Burrell, Cole Hamels, Ryan Madson and Brett Myers, all of...

Since the winter meetings there has been less and less trade chatter involving both players, and it is starting to look more and more likely that both will be Astros to start next season. Assuming this is the case Brett Myers, Wandy Rodriguez, Bud...

The more publicized include Matt Garza of the Cubs; Wade Davis and James Shields of the Rays; Gavin Floyd of the White Sox; Brett Myers, Wandy Rodriguez and Bud Norris of the Astros; A.J. Burnett of the Yankees; Jeremy Guthrie of the O's; Ervin Santana...

New Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow participated in his first online chat with Astros fans. For those that don't want to read the entire transcript, one fan asked whether he would be trading Wandy Rodriguez and/or Brett Myers. Luhnow gave the standard

Wade served as the Phillies’ general manager from 1998 to 2005. Although he was roundly criticized for not taking the team to the postseason, Wade oversaw a scouting department that drafted and developed the likes of Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Cole...

He was the general manager in Philadelphia from 1998 to 2005 and hired manager Charlie Manuel in his final season. In addition to acquiring Jim Thome, Shane Victorino, and Billy Wagner, his staff drafted Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Pat Burrell, Cole...

Wade served as the Phillies general manager from 1998 to 2005. Although he was roundly criticized for not taking the team to the postseason, Wade oversaw a scouting department that drafted and developed the likes of Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Cole...

He was fired last month after the Astros posted a franchise-worst mark of 56-106 this year. During his time as GM in Philadelphia, Wade's staff drafted Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Pat Burrell, Cole Hamels, Ryan Madson and Brett Myers, all of whom were...

He also brought manager Charlie Manuel on board. You can't argue with that. Wade, 55, served as general manager for parts of 13 years for both the Phillies (1998-2005) and the Houston Astros (2007-11), where his

During his tenure with Philadelphia, several impact players were drafted on Wade's watch, including Pat Burrell, Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Brett Myers, Cole Hamels and Ryan Madson. Several of Wade's players played a crucial role in leading the Phillies...

While Wade was heavily critized during his days as the Phillies GM for his failure to make the "big deal," the Phillies did draft Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Pat Burrell, Cole Hamels, Ryan Madson and Brett Myers under his watch, and he also plucked Shane...