Sports From the Basement

4 Starters Who Could Be On The Move This Winter

The MLB Winter Meetings are over, but that doesn’t mean the free-agent market is over. In fact, we could be just starting to see the first dominoes fall. Several starters have been made available via trade, and we could see several movements in the coming weeks. Here are four quality arms that could be wearing… Continue reading 4 Starters Who Could Be On The Move This Winter

MLB September Call-Ups That Must Happen

The baseball season is grinding towards the playoffs. But while October will only see two handfuls of teams play, the month prior will see rosters expand. September is when most clubs will see their favorite prospects trotted out for the first time. Even a few will make playoff rosters and play a huge role in… Continue reading MLB September Call-Ups That Must Happen

Jose Reyes Designated For Assignment

The Jose Reyes era in Colorado came to an end yesterday. His unceremoniously short tenure with the Rockies came to a close with a designation for assignment. The main return in the Troy Tulowitzki trade didn’t even last a full year at Coors Field. An offseason domestic violence saga can have that effect. But where… Continue reading Jose Reyes Designated For Assignment

2016 Breakout Candidates: American League

We are just a month away from meaningful baseball and I don’t know about you but I am ecstatic. Spring Training always ushers in an air of renewed expectations, whether those be good or bad. One begins to comb their team’s 40 man roster looking for that next contributor from the farm system. They do… Continue reading 2016 Breakout Candidates: American League

American League East Division Race Is Not Ugly At ALl

Embed from Getty Images The American League East is not the flock of ugly ducklings some baseball analysts are calling them. While the division has been labeled as the worst in baseball due to its lack of a runaway favorite, the standings don’t suggest there’s as large of a gap as advertised between the AL East and… Continue reading American League East Division Race Is Not Ugly At ALl

Grady Sizemore Puts an Exclamation Point on his Remarkable Return to MLB

As he rounded the bases at Tropicana Field Monday night, you couldn’t help but feel like this is the way it always should have been for Grady Sizemore. In the seventh inning of the Tampa Bay Rays’ matchup with the Cleveland Indians, Sizemore smacked a 1-2 pitch from Indians pitcher Cody Anderson a couple rows over the right field… Continue reading Grady Sizemore Puts an Exclamation Point on his Remarkable Return to MLB