The Kansas City Royals yesterday announced that they signed Zach Greinke to a long-term contract, which will assure some payroll stability for the next few years since Greinke will avoid arbitration.  The Royals have begun increasing payroll, and should reach the league median by next year according to this Sam Mellinger article. While I have long said [...]

The dinner itself was a lovely affair, hosted by Newsday’s Dave Lennon, who is the chairman of the New York Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association.  The Chapter presents the players who won the Cy Young’s, MVP’s and ROY awards, as well as the Manager of the Year awards, so most of those winners were [...]

Quick link to a Chris De Luca piece about the remaining free agents. Really, its just a nice overview of those still out there, though I think it is a stretch to say the Adam Dunn is the best first base candidate.  The article is already a touch out of date, as De Luca’s choice as [...]

So Manny isn’t signed yet, and fans everywhere want him for their team.  Daily in New York someone writes a story about Manny solving all the Mets ills.  The LA Times got a slight diversion while Jeff Kent retired, but now Bill Shaikin is back to writing about the standstill between the Dodgers and Ramirez’s agent, [...]

So Jeff Kent must be a Gemini, no other explanation could possibly fit  to explain why a man with a completely different public persona showed up at his retirement press conference yesterday. This Dylan Hernandez article makes you kind of miss Jeff Kent. Suddenly, he looks like a great fit for the Mets!
In yesterday’s Houton Chronicle, [...]