A promising young lineup and deep rotation have the Diamondbacks set up to contend in the NL West, but Jim thinks their season could come down to containing an old division foe.

TUCK! toons goodness every week!

Via Jason, news that nobility, appropriately enough, is joining the Royals rotation: It doesn’t matter, it seems, that veteran right-hander Sidney Ponson gave up seven runs in five innings Tuesday in a 7-2 loss to the Oakland A’s. The Royals seem ready, regardless, to anoint him as the fourth member of their rotation — albeit […]

The Tigers have handed the fifth starter’s job to Rick Porcello: The Tigers told rookie right-handed pitcher Rick Porcello on Wednesday that he has earned a spot in the starting rotation. The news follows an impressive outing Tuesday by Porcello, 20, who allowed two hits over five innings in a 7-2 loss to Washington. By […]

I like the way Aubrey Huff thinks: Huff did very little over the winter to get ready for the 2009 season, but that wasn’t necessarily because he was tending to [his newborn] Jayce. Actually, Huff was following an offseason regimen he stumbled upon a year ago after undergoing surgery to repair a sports hernia. “Last […]

The promise of the new stadium craze — at least from the fan’s perspective — was that it meant the end of seats behind I-beams and other viewing obstructions. In New York, well, not so much.

The Phillies are said to be interested in Gary Sheffield and/or Andruw Jones. Signing either of those guys would likely require the release of postseason hero Matt Stairs. Which is something you only do if the player coming in actually has a good shot at bringing something more to the table. Signing Sheffield (bad shoulder, […]

RJ reflects on a great 2008 and what’s to come for the Rays in 2009.

Those poor Orioles. They didn’t know what the Curse of Jeffrey Maier was going to bring them. But lo! Hope arrives on the horizon.

If everything goes right, they could surprise