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For the fifth straight offseason, BtBS is looking back on some of the biggest trades from years past. Check out all the entries here. The Red Sox were very busy at the 2014 trade deadline. […]

If nothing else, the Cincinnati Reds will be more competitive than they were in 2019. Hell, according to Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA projection system, they might be the team to beat in the National League Central […]

FanGraphs | Jay Jaffe: Due to the recent outbreak of COVID-19, which is expected to only accelerate, the catalyst being NBA player Rudy Gobert getting infected and subsequently infecting his team and every arena he […]

Update: MLB announced that all Spring Training games are cancelled and Opening Day will be delayed by at least two weeks. Good. It should be clear now that baseball is not immune from the novel […]

For the fifth straight offseason, BtBS is looking back on some of the biggest trades from years past. Check out all the entries here. In December 2014, the Red Sox executed yet another trade that […]

Two years ago, the Major League Baseball Players’ Association filed a grievance against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Miami Marlins, Oakland Athletics, and Tampa Bay Rays, arising out of those teams’ spending – or lack thereof. Specifically, […]

For the Brew Crew, it’s been a strange offseason. The core of the team remains intact, with Milwaukee doing well to lock up franchise player Christian Yelich long-term. At the same time, the Brewers have […]

A topic that is at the heart of baseball, Major League baseball specifically, is fan loyalty. To some, this may be a nebulous concept, but it’s not actually that hard to pin down and define. […]

Clayton Kershaw is baseball royalty. He deserves that status; years of being the best pitcher in the game have granted him that status. He’s not perfect royalty though, and his playoff blemishes have seen to […]

One of my favorite parts of baseball writing is my annual “Ken Phelps All-Star Team,” in which I revived the greatest idea Bill James ever had and created a team of career minor leaguers who […]