Almost there… Almost there… Though the last couple of weeks have certainly represented a lull on the baseball scene (though that “lull” has been largely much the entire off-season for Tribe fans), the glorious news that pitchers and catchers are reportin

February 17, 2012 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) Everyone in New England, if not Baseball, is familiar with the lure of the 2004 Boston Red Sox Curse-Busting World Champion team: the Bloody Sock. Cowboy Up. The Idiots.

It’s the end of an enigma. Avoiding an awkward spring training encounter, the New York Yankees have sent starting pitcher A.J. Burnett to the Pittsburgh Pirates for two minor league players. Those players are reliever Diego Moreno and outfielder Exicardo

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Click here to view comments in a non-threaded output. With Spring Training approaching the Atlanta Braves claim to have put their historic 2011 collapse behind them. Unlike their brethr

ATLANTA -- Less than 48 hours after his team had completed its epic September collapse, a frustrated Braves general manager Frank Wren sat in a barren home clubhouse at Turner Field and talked about how things might change. He discussed former hitting co

Albert Pujols is leaving his St. Louis home Thursday for spring training, only this time he's heading in the opposite direction, venturing west in a seismic move that still is shaking the baseball landscape. Pujols, who is stopping in Southern California

Albert Pujols is leaving his St. Louis home today for spring training, only this time he's heading in the opposite direction, venturing west in a seismic move that still is shaking the baseball landscape. Marlins' Hanley Ramirez will be sliding over to p

The Cleveland Indians have failed to make much of a splash throughout the 2011 offseason, but all of that may change over the next few days with the rumors of a Travis Hafner trade in the works. According to ClevelandIndians.com, rumors of a potential de

We have a good team. All the pieces are here. Its not like we had to go out and get anybody. The teams talented. Were going to be fine. Weve got a really good clubhouse; thats a big part of having a good team. Im glad we didnt break that up. The Braves p

Burnett will bounce back big time with the Pirates. I can see him being the hottest trade commodity come the trading deadline. What if he out pitches Kuroda? What a disaster that would be. he would be a good pitcher in the pujols and fielder-less NL cent

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 (eigh

Indians pitching coach Scott Radinsky joined Bull & Fox to talk about taking over as the pitching coach for the Indians, talking about Ubaldo Jimenez entering his first full season in Cleveland, expectations for Derek Lowe, Justin Masterson, bullpen ups

It’s been a busy offseason for the Cleveland Indians. They’ve plugged the hole at first base with Casey Kotchman and Russ Canzler. They’ve shored up the rotation with Derek Lowe and Kevin Slowey. And they’ve added depth with almost a whole roster’s worth

Entering the offseason, the Indians' front office set improving their offense among their top priorities. Specifically, adding production from the first-base position was said to be an important objective. They are now much closer to that goal. Prior to

While he pitched for the Pirates in 1992, it is hard not to mention probably one of the finer moments in Wakefield's career. In the 1992 National League Championship Series, Wakefield went 2-0 against the Atlanta Braves. He won both of his games versus T

This is the first in a series of pieces previewing the Indians starting rotation options heading into 2012 Derek Lowe was not a well-liked man in Atlanta, which is part of the reason the Braves were willing to pay $10M just to see him leave. This, despit

It's been often repeated this off-season, and will likely be repeated even more as the season nears: the didn't add a single new Major League player via free agency or trade. The only "moves" the team made were moves of subtraction, by trading away Derek

Kotchman's addition to the Indians fulfills the Tribe's need to add a bat to their lineup, strengthens the first base position and fills a need the team was seeking to fill. Although the Tribe was looking for a right-handed power bat to strengthen their

But the Atlanta Braves manager said he might be more anxious this season after the way 2011 ended. The Braves appeared to be a lock for the National League playoffs