At this point, the most shocking part of a Florida Marlins trade is if they go 48 hours without making one. Sure enough, Florida is back at it again, sending reliever Tim Crabtree to the Oakland Athletics for a 1997 third-round pick. And honestly? This feels like one of those trades where everyone involved probably got exactly what they wanted. The Marlins just announced that Crabtree was available, and unlike some players who linger on the...
The Montreal Expos enter this draft in one of the most frustrating positions in baseball. Not because they're bad. Not because they're rebuilding. Not because they lack talent. Quite the opposite. They just finished with the best record in the league and still found themselves watching somebody else play for a championship. Welcome to baseball. A sport where 162 games of dominance can be undone by three cold hitters and one reliever forgetting...
If this offseason has taught us anything, it's that the Orlando Devil Rays have finally accepted reality. Reality, in this case, being that paying large sums of money to aging veterans on a roster isn't good. First it was Jeff Bagwell. Now it's Andy Benes. The Devil Rays have sent Benes to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for a 1997 fourth-round pick, continuing what has become the defining theme of Orlando's winter: converting bad long-term...