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The calendar is quickly approaching the month of December. During this time of year, teams will start to reach out to one another in hopes of landing a player, or players to bolster their roster for the following season. The Texas Rangers are one of the teams that are getting an early start on 2022. […] READ MORE
The Texas Rangers have made their first splash of the 2021 offseason. It was announced on Friday afternoon that the Rangers have signed manager Chris Woodward to a contract extension that runs through 2023. The deal includes a club option for the 2024 season. He had been signed with the Rangers through 2022 prior to […] READ MORE
Ben Verlander broke the news Wednesday afternoon that his brother Justin Verlander would be returning to the Houston Astros on a one year deal. The deal is worth $25 million and it has a player option for 2023. The two-time Cy Young award winner missed all of 2021 recovering from Tommy John surgery. Verlander had declined […] READ MORE
Per Jon Heyman, Billy Eppler is heading to the New York Mets. The former LA Angels GM is reportedly finalizing a deal with New York. Eppler got his start in baseball as a scout for the Colorado Rockies in 2000. He then proceeded to join the New York Yankees organization after the 2004 season. Eppler rose […] READ MORE
2021 was another great season for the Houston Astros, even if they fell short of the ultimate goal of a World Series Championship. Fortunately for Houston, they have the majority of their core intact as they head into the offseason. They have already addressed some of the questions that were surrounding the team this offseason. […] READ MORE
The Atlanta Braves are World Champions. There’s something so surreal about those words. They haven’t left mouths across Braves Country for a week or more, depending upon when this is published. Baseball in the south is grand once more as Braves fans from all over celebrate this amazing accomplishment. First baseman Freddie Freeman, during his […] READ MORE
The 2021 season did not end as planned for the New York Mets. Into the middle of the summer, a deep October run seemed possible, but this hope quickly faded down the stretch. Now that we’re in the offseason, it seems appropriate to reflect on the positives and negatives of this year’s squad. And what […] READ MORE
Why the 2021 MVP Finalists Truly Were the Most Valuable MLB Network announced the awards finalists — the top three vote-getters in each league’s award category — Monday night. Each announcement provoked passionate discussion. The Most Valuable Player (MVP) finalists, heavily discussed every year, provoked unusually intense discussion. Most surprising (to some) is that none […] READ MORE
The Qualifying Offer is a one-year deal provided by teams to their free agents. What makes a player eligible to receive it is if they played the entire season with one team and have never received it before. For example, Javier Baez is one of the marquee free agents this winter, yet he was ineligible […] READ MORE
For the first time since 2015, all three NL MVP finalists were eliminated from playoff contention. Bryce Harper, Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis Jr. were the leading vote getters, all of whose teams had a disappointing 2021. There is a case to be made for each, with pros and cons to each candidate. Bryce Harper I’ll […] READ MORE
