National League
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3.2KFrancisco Rodriguez Well on His Way to a HOF Career
Before current free agent Francisco Rodriguez got his groove back in 2014, the closer had very little chance at a Hall of Fame career....
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1.8KHall of Fame 2015: The Official OTBB Ballot
Max Frankel: Let’s make this puppy bark. Sean Morash: Ruff! Is our ballot for the baseball bloggers association due today? Max Frankel:...
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1.7KPadres Land Upton, Braves Wave Flag on 2015
On Friday, I was in transit to New York to reunite with some friends from my time in Germany and a few old college...
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1.7KHow ‘Bout Them Padres: Kemp, Myers, Now Upton with More to Come
As of this morning, the San Diego Padres have acquired The Good Upton to go along with their other new toys Wil...
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1.4KDaniel Descalso Signs with Rockies: Takes Their Second Base Situation All The Way to ‘Not Terrible’
Max Frankel: I demand 500 words on the Daniel descalso signing! We can do it together but OTBB readers expect 500 words...
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1.9KMarlins Add Dee Gordon, Mat Latos and Hope for 2015
The Miami Marlins made some promises to Giancarlo Stanton in the negotiations to complete the $325 M deal that the powerful right...
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1.9K1Red Sox, Seemingly Intent on Rotation of Number 2’s, Improve; Tigers Solidify Solid Lineup- Get Alfredo Simon in Follow up Move
In the last 24 hours, the Red Sox starting rotation has gone from Clay Buchholz, Joe Kelly, Rubby De La Rosa, Alan...
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1.6KSand Diego Splash: Matt Kemp Dramatically Improves Pad’s Lineup
This morning news came through that the San Diego Padres have acquired Matt Kemp and Tim Federowicz from the Dodgers in exchange...
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1.2KSpitballin’: An off the cuff Off The Bench Conversation
Every so often, Sean and Max have a running text conversation and post it on Off The Bench. Today’s text talk was...
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1.6K1Jon Lester Makes Right Decision, Moves on to Chicago Cubs
Disclosure: I am a lifelong, die hard Boston Red Sox fan. That said, I don’t blame Jon Lester one bit. You can...
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1.3K1Yankees Find Their Shortstop of the Future, But What Future Is It?
First things first, I intended to write about this yesterday when it happened but I was working all afternoon and last night...
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1.6K1Red Sox’ Glut is Met’s Gold: Trades That Make Sense
The New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox are both despised by Yankee fans everywhere. However, that’s about the only thing...