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             The Tampa Bay Rays have acquired C Mike Zunino, OF Guillermo Heredia and LHP Michael Plassmeyer from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for OF Mallex Smith and OF Jake Fraley.              For the Rays, I like this trade a lot. Zunino is a catcher with above average pop for his position, and won WilsonContinue reading “MLB trade review: Rays acquire Zunino, Heredia for Smith”

             It\’s Cy Young time again, as the finalists for both leagues have been announced. This year, it\’s half familiar faces, half new stars. In the AL it\’s Rays\’ LHP Blake Snell, and two RHPs in the Indians\’ Corey Kluber and the Astros\’ Justin Verlander. In the NL it\’s three RHPs in the Mets\’ JacobContinue reading “2018 MLB Cy Young predictions”

          It\’s that time of the year again. The finalists for National and American league MVP have been named, as the GM Meetings start. In the AL, it\’s Red Sox OF Mookie Betts, Indians 3B/2B Jose Ramirez and Angels OF Mike Trout. In the NL, it\’s Brewers OF Christian Yelich, Rockies 3B Nolan Arenado andContinue reading “2018 MLB MVP predictions”

From Philly.com           Ah, it\’s MLB free agent season. And for the third consecutive season, I\’ll be predicting where these free agents will sign, in what will be a record breaking offseason. Oh, and all credit to the players stats when you click on their names goes to baseball-reference.           SS/3B Manny Machado, Philadelphia PhilliesTheContinue reading “Predicting where these MLB free agents will sign”

From MLB.com          The Oakland Athletics have extended executive vice president of baseball operations Billy Beane, general manager David Forst and manager Bob Melvin.           The terms of Beane\’s deal isn\’t known, but the San Fransisco Chronicle reported that Melvin\’s deal runs through 2021 at about $3.5 million a season, making him a top fiveContinue reading “MLB news: A\’s extend Beane, Forst and Melvin”