The Yankees and Red Sox were scheduled to play the final game of the first half – how apropos – before giving way to the All-Star break. And there have been plenty of surprises – the Orioles, Pirates, Carlos Ruiz and A.J. Ellis, to name few – there have also been a lot of disappointments […]
My stance on Mark Trumbo a few months ago was quite bearish. Actually, if I were Angels – and I’m just being completely honest right now – I would have dealt him for some bullpen help following the signing of Albert Pujols. The team was in a bit of a numbers crunch – eight players […]
I’m a little confused on this one, I guess. Atlanta Braves right fielder Jason Heyward went from being the game’s top prospect – and arguably one of the more polished 20-year-olds in recent memory, if not of all time – to a mere afterthought last season. In a nutshell, the Braves grossly mishandled him. After […]
