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Chicago White Sox May Have Found a Bargain In Lastings Milledge

In 2001, Baseball America had Lastings Milledge listed as the best 16-year-old player in the country. Not even a decade later, he's settling for a minor-league deal and should be thankful for an invite to spring training with the Chicago White Sox...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  February 03, 2011

Cleveland Indians SABR Day: Mike Chernoff's Comment on the Indians

This past Saturday was SABR Day, and Cleveland's Jack Graney Chapter celebrated with a meeting in the press room of Progressive Field. One of the star guest speakers was Mike Chernoff , the new Indians assistant general manager...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  February 03, 2011

2011 Cleveland Indians Season Preview: Tribe Goes With Youth Movement

Three years ago, the Cleveland Indians were one win away from appearing in the World Series before the Boston Red Sox came back to win the 2007 American League Championship Series, four games to three...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  February 02, 2011

Minnesota Twins' Joe Nathan, Justin Morneau Looking To Be Ready for Spring

The Minnesota Twins won the American League Central last season despite injuries to some of their biggest stars...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  February 02, 2011

Cleveland Indians: What If The Tribe Had An Unlimited Budget?

After only 65 and 69 wins in the past two years, it's not a stretch to say that the Indians have not had the best players in the majors of late. Watching some recent members of the Tribe play only reinforces that point...Begin Slideshow
Via Bleacher Report  |  February 01, 2011

Chicago White Sox: How Will Alexei Ramirez's Extention Look in 2015?

ESPN.com is reporting that the Chicago White Sox are signing shortstop Alexei Ramirez to a four-year contract extension worth $32.5 million...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  February 01, 2011

Chicago White Sox: Four More Years For Alexei Ramirez

After exercising Alexei Ramirez 's $2.75 million option in December, according to ESPNChicago's Doug Padilla, the Chicago White Sox have now agreed to a four-year contract extension for the 29-year-old shortstop...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  February 01, 2011

MLB Power Rankings: Rating the 25 Starting Pitchers of the AL Central

The American League Central Division is filled with very good starting pitchers. Starting pitchers can obviously determine where a team goes in the postseason, or if they even go at all...Begin Slideshow
Via Bleacher Report  |  February 01, 2011

Kansas City Royals Keep All Their Talent in the Minors: A Winning Strategy?

"We made it very clear that an area of focus to improve our team this offseason was our outfield. And it became very clear to us that we were going to fill that position with a ...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 31, 2011

Chicago White Sox: Could Freddy Get Sweaty for the Sox Again This Season?

It would have appeared that the Chicago White Sox had parted ways with pitcher Freddy Garcia after the 2010 season. However, a return to the south side may still be in the cards for the veteran right-hander...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 31, 2011

MLB: 5 Over and Under Rated Minnesota Twins

It's getting close. So close, even though there's more than a foot of snow outside my window, I can almost smell fresh cut grass. Pitchers and catchers are set to report in less than three weeks, and after that, spring can not be far behind...Begin Slideshow
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 29, 2011

Armando Galarraga Takes His Befuddling Act to Arizona Diamondbacks

It was one of the most famous newspaper leads in sports history. It came the day after Don Larsen pitched his perfect game in the 1956 World Series. “The imperfect man,” New York columnist Dick Young wrote, “pitched the perfect game...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 29, 2011

2011 MLB Preview: Assessing The Minnesota Twins Utility Options

As the Minnesota Twins prepare to head down to Fort Myers for spring training, they'll be doing so without utility infielder Nick Punto for the first time in seven years. Last week Punto signed a one-year deal with the St...Begin Slideshow
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 28, 2011

Detroit Tigers 2011 Preview: Contenders or Pretenders?

The Detroit Tigers begin the 2011 season with the goal to win a championship. However, if they want to be able to claim their first World Series title since 1984, they have some work to do...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 28, 2011

Detroit Tigers 2011: Imperfect Trade, You're Going to Regret This One Dombrowski

On January 24th the Detroit Tigers traded Armando Galarraga to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a couple of low level prospects...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 28, 2011

Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer: Duo Leads Royals in Top Prospects in MLB

The Kansas City Royals did not have a lot to cheer about during last year's 67-win season, the fifth worst record in Major League Baseball in 2010...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 28, 2011

MLB: Cleveland Indians Get Some Good News Regarding Catcher Carlos Santana

Finally, some news of significance in regards to the Cleveland Indians. I am pretty confident in saying the Indians have had the quietest offseason of any team this winter: Not ...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 27, 2011

2011 Cleveland Indians Lineup By the Book

Last year, Manny Acta made a splash by dropping Grady Sizemore to second in the batting order. This year, he's considering moving him back to leadoff...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 27, 2011

MLB Power Rankings: Jim Thome, Albert Pujols and The 10 Cleanest Active Sluggers

In this day and age, everyone always mentions who has cheated the game of baseball rather than those who followed the rules...Begin Slideshow
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 26, 2011

Fantasy Baseball 2011 Hot Stove Report: Victor Martinez

The Boston Red Sox have been one of the most active teams in the Hot Stove Season of 2010-11, with the signing of free agent Carl Crawford and the trade for Adrian Gonzalez...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 26, 2011

Gordon Beckham: 2011 Fantasy Sleeper

It was a tale of two halves last season for Chicago's Gordon Beckham . Last year, Beckham was coming off a very successful rookie season where he batted .270 with 14 home runs, 63 RBI and seven stolen bases in just 103 games...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 26, 2011

MLB Hot Stove: Kansas City Royals Extend Billy Butler, Building a Contender?

Billy Butler recently signed a contract extension worth at least $30 million with the Kansas City Royals. Butler could be with Kansas City for at least the next four years, one more if the Royals pick up the $12...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 26, 2011

2011 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Alert: Rick Porcello

The goal for every fantasy manager is to find the proverbial diamond in the rough, a player who provides early round production despite being taken in the latter part of the draft...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 25, 2011

Minnesota Twins' Top 10 Minor League Prospects (1-5)

The Twins have a minor league system loaded with good young players. In part one of this series I highlighted players ranked six through ten in the Twins' farm system. 6. Alex Wimmers: RHP 7...Begin Slideshow
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 25, 2011

MLB Power Rankings: 15 Hidden Gems of the 2011 Fantasy Draft

As good as he is, Evan Longoria is not single-handedly winning your fantasy baseball league for you. Why? Because most of the owners in your leagues are getting fairly offsetting numbers out of their first round picks...Begin Slideshow
Via Bleacher Report  |  January 25, 2011
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