Bill Dwyre writes a timely piece today explaining (somewhat) the rules surrounding options.  Actually, his piece explains what happens when a player is out of them.  In terms of options, I believe, the rule is that once a player has been added to the major league roster- the 40-man- he uses an option in each [...]

I love Monday mornings.  Well, not always.  But during the baseball season, it seems there is always fresh content- big stories to knock around. Like 14 runs by the Diamondbacks  in the fourth inning of yesterdays game against the Pirates. (Good thing there probably weren’t many Pirate fans at that game!)
But then there are some [...]

Those folks at Baseball Prospectus never tire of trying to get it right, and even though they are taking some heat for releasing poorly checked information, they are doing a nice job of working to keep updating it.  I mentioned a few things that seemed suspect in their PECOTA standings for 2010- like the Nationals [...]

Very sweet story about Nick Adenhart’s younger half-brother who is also a budding pitcher for his high school.  Lyle Spencer speaks with Henry’s coach about the young man, and how gracious the Angels have been to him.  Worth a read on this cold morning.

Interestingly, Hideki Matsui’s agent, Arn Tellum has written a short piece for the Huffington Post, basically explaining the one year contract Godzilla signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim this week.  The piece is very pollished, and without sharing any blame clearly explains how hard it was for Matsui to leave the Yankees, but [...]

I wish these sorts of days came on Monday, but I guess that’s when most of the reporters are gathering all these tidbits after watching football all day Sunday.  Nonetheless, here are a few tidbits from around the league, with links to deeper stories and details.
The Angels and Dodgers are in the hunt for Roy [...]