Conceptualizing a Noah Syndergaard trade to the Padres

There’s been a lot of talk lately about the Padres looking to add a front-end starting pitcher, specifically Noah Syndergaard of the New York Mets.  With a new general manager in Queens – one carrying no track record in this role that we can base potential moves on – along with the unpredictable AJ Preller…

2017 MLB Trade Deadline Coverage – Complete List

Can’t keep track of all the moves? This trade deadline was an active one so we have you covered with the complete list of every trade starting with the Tigers/Diamondbacks deal on July 18 all the way up to the non-waiver deadline of 4pm EST on July 31. Not sure how these trades will affect your…

How Bartolo Colon influenced the 2016 World Series, the most recent Nationals/A’s trade + more

It’s always a fun time to waste hours (thanks to Baseball-Reference.com) going back and analyzing past trades.  But what’s also fun is seeing how one trade can influence so many teams and their maneuvers beyond that initial transaction. In honor of Bartolo Colon getting another chance tonight with the Twins (not to mention the calendar…

Trade Candidates Ranked w/ Possible Landing Spots

The guys over at Yahoo! Sports put a great piece together identifying the 25 best possible trade candidates. You can read that article here. We are going to take it a step further by using the players from their list and arranging them to the order we see the likelihood of them getting moved plus…

Re-Making The White Sox

Last year we had fun re-making the Padres.  This year we’ll take a look at the White Sox since all signs point to rebuild on the South Side. Unlike with the Padres scenario who needed prospects at the time, for the Sox we are going to focus on ready or near-ready talent for the major…

Re-Making The Padres (Again) – 5 Deals That Make A Ton Of Sense

As we wrote last year (here), San Diego Padres GM, AJ Preller, is a madman (or at least he was last offseason). Preller dominated headlines with his bold moves to rebuild a Padres team that under-performed in 2014. Fast-forward to this offseason and Preller’s Padres are coming off a worse record than ’14. Whatever reason…

AJ Preller is a Madman, And You Love It

After years of small market, bottom-fifteen payroll chatter, something has changed in San Diego. Apparently, all that was needed was a General Manager with the vision and gumption to make moves. After all, the ownership group cannot necessarily still be considered new. So with that, recently ousted GM, Josh Byrnes, seemingly could have gone for…

Hamilton In… Bourjos out?

Josh Hamilton and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have agreed to a reported five-year, $125 million contract. The signing not only keeps Hamilton off the division rival – and Hamilton’s former team – Texas Rangers, but also greatly strengthens an already potent lineup that features Albert Pujols, Mike Trout, Mark Trumbo, Kendrys Morales and…