Somebody had to break the ice in this offseason’s “Cold” Stove and it wasn’t the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox or even the Chicago Cubs to do it. It was the all of a sudden aggressive Milwaukee Brewers. The Brew Crew traded for uber-talented outfielder Christian Yelich and then signed all-star outfielder […]
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The Catbird Speaks 1.26.18 – Roster Construction
We’re less than one month from pitchers and catchers reporting, so Collin and Nick got together to talk about what the White Sox roster looks like, as well as reactions to the latest Hot Stove dealings and the 2018 Hall of Fame class. Among the talking points: -The Brewers’ acquisitions of Christian Yelich and Lorenzo […]
A Few Ideas as Hot Stove Season begins
I am told that the World Series is over and the offseason has begun. Indeed, it seems the Angels agreed to a 5-year arrangement with Justin Upton within mere moments of Carlos Correa proposing to his girlfriend. After a 2015-16 offseason that commenced with two exciting additions and then deteriorated into a death march of […]
What the hell happened to the Royals?
The past four years have been high times for the Kansas City Royals. It’s hard enough in baseball’s modern era to make consecutive World Series appearances, much less actually win the whole thing. 2013-2016 also marked the first four year stretch for the Royals in which they did not have a sub-.500 season since 1977-1980. […]