A series by your favorite esteemed writer Graham Wexler looking at one potential off-season trade per team. PROPOSED TRADE: OAKLAND ATHLETICS TRADE LHP JAMIE MOYER TO ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FOR A 1996 3RD ROUND PICK It’s time for the Oakland Athletics to cash in. Jamie Moyer’s quietly solid 1995 season (12–13, 3.92 ERA, 236.2 IP, 1.09 WHIP, 1.9 WAR) was a throwback to his earlier Seattle form. After years of turbulence—including a 4–24...
Two weeks ago, he was the unlikely hero. Mike Stanley’s grand slam off Pedro Martinez in Game 5 of the Division Series became an instant entry in Senators folklore. It capped a storybook upset over the 110-win Expos, ignited a fan petition to build a monument in his honor, and briefly turned a trade rumor into a redemption arc. But baseball rarely offers clean endings. And for Stanley, October ended not with a parade, but with four hitless...
Well… that escalated quickly. What was billed as a gritty, grind-it-out World Series turned into a four-game demolition derby courtesy of the Kansas City Royals, who steamrolled the Washington Senators in a sweep so brutal it might require congressional review. The Royals didn’t just win the series—they issued a formal statement: the Federal League is baseball’s top flight, and it’s not close. For all the noise about...
The Kansas City Royals came east and finished what they started. With a commanding 6–1 victory in Game 4, the Royals completed a four-game sweep of the Washington Senators and secured their fifth championship in franchise history. Rheal Cormier was sensational on the mound, going the distance in a complete-game four-hitter. The lefty struck out seven and allowed just one run—a harmless RBI triple from Robert Rivera in the 8th inning—long...
Mark Guthrie did exactly what a veteran postseason arm is supposed to do: shut out the noise, hit the edges, and keep his team moving forward. The left-hander silenced a packed RFK Stadium crowd on Thursday night, tossing 7.1 innings of one-run ball as the Kansas City Royals beat the Washington Senators 6–3 in Game 3 of the World Series. With the win, the Royals take a commanding 3-0 series lead and stand one victory away from their first...
The box score says 10-2, but it was closer than that — until it wasn’t. For seven innings, Game 2 of the World Series followed a tight script. Then Chris Hoiles tore the whole thing up. The Kansas City catcher, batting just .152 in the postseason entering the night, erupted with a 4-hit performance, two home runs, and four RBIs, helping the Royals blow open a close game and push their World Series lead to 2-0 with a decisive win over the...
KANSAS CITY — In a tense and dramatic World Series opener, the Kansas City Royals walked it off in the 10th inning as Jim Thome crushed a solo homer to lift the Royals to a 5–4 victory over the Washington Senators at Royals Stadium. Kevin Brown delivered a World Series performance to remember, pitching 9 gritty innings and striking out 10. Though he lost a late lead in the eighth and ninth innings, Brown’s effort kept Kansas City in...
The World Series is here—and no one could’ve predicted this matchup in April.The 113-win Kansas City Royals were expected to contend. The 89-win Washington Senators? Not so much. But after shocking the Expos and outlasting the Giants in a grueling NLCS, the Senators have stormed their way into October's biggest stage, eager to prove that grit, power, and just enough pitching can conquer anyone—even a juggernaut. Kansas City bludgeoned...
It’s a headline fit for a tabloid, but the Toronto Star’s recent piece — “Big Bats, Bigger Egos” — strikes at something very real: the Toronto Blue Jays are at a crossroads. The clubhouse chemistry is fizzing like a shaken soda can, and Carlos Delgado — the most dangerous young bat on the roster — is suddenly on the chopping block. Let’s be clear. Trading Delgado would be a seismic move — not just because of what he brings...
In an exclusive only found here at Diamond Chronicle, we have obtained a highly confidential memo from Giants leadership to the Commissioner’s office about not only a sale of the team but a move as well? Read for yourself and draw your own conclusions; San Francisco Giants Ownership Group Internal Memorandum To: DBL Commissioner’s Office Subject: Ownership Exploration of Strategic Opportunities In light of recent developments...