Available players, Teahen, Harang and more
• Some of the players being dangled because of roster space and economics: Geoff Jenkins, Phillies; Brian Giles, Padres; Gary Matthews Jr.,…
Insider Trade to A's was best thing for Holliday
Matt Holliday's new Oakland teammates speak in reverential tones about his work ethic and his modesty. One general manager, who has known him since he…
Cubs building a superpower on and off the field
MESA, Ariz. -- The sale of the Chicago Cubs to Tom Ricketts still is more than two months away. But the team that won the most regular-season games in…
Insider AL East becoming a pitching division
There are variables in every case, such as the health of Alex Rodriguez, Jorge Posada, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell, as well as B.J. Upton's…
Lester extension makes good business sense
One can make the case that of all the left-handed pitchers younger than 26 years old, Cole Hamels and Jon Lester would have the most value on the open…
Meet the next big Fish at Marlins camp
JUPITER, Fla. -- I have seen the future, and he is Giancarlo Cruz-Michael Stanton. The 6-foot-5, 240-pound right fielder is coming off a season in whi…
Manny, Dodgers both winners in the end
We know what Manny Ramirez means to the Dodgers beyond the half-run per game they added to their offense after he created his opt-out and left Boston …
Healthier Tigers eyeing better times in '09
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Brandon Inge's point is about expectation and reality. "Last year, we were being talked about as a World Series team," Inge said of…
Words from decades ago sum up PED problem
I don't pretend to know the truth, or what Angel Presinal did for Juan Gonzalez or anyone else. Or what the coaches at some of the nation's biggest hi…
Phillies comfortable in role as defending champs
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- One of the most unfortunate things about the 2008 World Series is that it was drowned and delayed, with weather and the hubbub of …