This afternoon, eight front office representatives from thirteen teams participated in the MLB's first competitive balance draft lottery. Another of the recent CBA's new implementations, the lottery mechanism is designed to assist the league's poorer teams through an alternate...
The upcoming 2012 MLB Draft, held June 4th through June 6th, marks an exciting time for baseball fans. Every June, unlucky franchises get first crack at the brightest talent, and savor their chance to rebuild their future. The draft offers spectacular athletes with skill sets...
On Saturday, Padres general manager Josh Byrnes completed a blockbuster trade with the Reds, sending ace Mat Latos to Cincinnati in exchange for a star-powered four-player package. For Latos, Byrnes raked in blue chip prospects Yonder Alonso, Yasmani Grandal and Brad...
Following their trade for reliever Koji Uehara on Saturday afternoon, Texas Rangers front office executives (GM) Jon Daniels and president Nolan Ryan added knock-0ut set-up man Mike Adams to the Rangers bullpen this afternoon. Daniels, Baseball America's 2010 Major League...
With Major League Baseball's All-Star break quickly approaching, front office general managers are beginning to view their clubs in one of two ways-- as either buyers or sellers. Contending teams like the Yankees (52-35), Red Sox (54-35), Rangers (50-41) and Phillies (56-34)...
This week's edition of Prospect Buzz features a relatively equal mix of young toolsy athletes and game-savvy polished guys. Exciting young guns like Nolan Arenado and Anthony Gose are propelling their stock into the top-tier while even more toolsy Donavan Tate and Andrew...
Selected 10th overall out of Indian River State College by the San Diego Padres during the recent MLB Amateur Draft that took place early in June, second baseman Cory Spangenberg is off to a hot start to his professional career. Spangenberg was seen as a "stretch" pick by many...
First diagnosed with a torn elbow ligament earlier this week, Joba Chamberlain underwent a dye contrast MRI exam yesterday that confirmed the diagnosis. Dr. James Andrews will perform reconstructive surgery on Chamberlains right medial collateral ligament this thursday,...
The 2011 MLB Draft, with a class marked by a deep class of future stars, is about to come to a close. After an exciting and surprising first 60 picks on June 6th, round 2-30 were completed last night. While this segment of the draft isn't quite as exciting as the first round, at...
Now about 20 games into most full-season leagues, this year's crop of breakout players, top prospects and disappointments is beginning to take shape. While some young players have charged out of the gate with electrifying debuts to their professional career-- Bryce Harper fits...
