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    With a record of 89-73, the Baltimore Orioles finished in a tie for 2nd place in the AL East with the Toronto Blue Jays. The O\’s also made the wild card game in the AL but lost to the Jays when manager Buck Showalter made a questionable decision to not put in star closerContinue reading “Baltimore Orioles 2017 season preview”

     The Atlanta Braves were one of the league\’s worst in 2016, going 68-93. GM John Coppollela did some retooling this offseason. Let\’s take a look at what Coppollela did.        Key additions: 2B Brandon Phillips, SPs Bartolo Colon, R.A. Dickey, Jaime Garcia, John Danks, C Kurt Suzuki, RP Blaine Boyer, SS Sean Rodriguez.     Continue reading “Atlanta Braves 2017 season preview”

    In 2016, the Arizona Diamondbacks had a record of 69-93, finishing 4th in the NL West division, 22 games back of the first place Los Angeles Dodgers. They fired GM Dave Stewart, naming Mike Hazen the new GM. Here\’s what Hazen did.             Notable additions: SP Taijuan Walker, SS Ketel Marte, RP Fernando Rodney, CContinue reading “Arizona Diamondbacks 2017 season preview”

The Dallas Stars are rebuilders. They are 8 points out of a playoff spot, with 60 of them (a record of 25-29-10). At the trade deadline, they were sellers. Winger Patrick Eaves was traded to Anaheim. Defenseman Jordie Benn went to Montreal. They also traded defenseman Johnny Oduya back to Chicago. Those trades by GM Jim NillContinue reading “Around the NHL: Stars\’ Roussel out for season”

    The New York Islanders have dealt with some problems this season. They were last in the NHL at one point. They now sit a point out of the second wild card spot in the Eastern conference with 68 of them (a record of 29-22-10). But the real problem is injuries. Center Casey Cizikas will miss aboutContinue reading “Around the NHL: Ho-Sang makes NHL debut”