John gives his annual report on outfield arms. We find some new names at the top of the list and some familiar ones at the bottom.

In this article, I’ll talk about which players are worth more in Rotohog relative to other fantasy baseball formats.

How and why is as important as what when it comes to finding out a player’s true worth.

ESPN has published Keith Law’s annual organizational rankings, and on the top of the list is the Texas Rangers. Keith says that the Rangers have done it every which way, including the draft, the international free agent market and, of course, via trades: And the Rangers have worked the trade market to add prospects, cashing […]

I was never a big Jeff Kent fan, but even I can see that the man is clearly qualified for the Hall of Fame. That said, I suppose there are reasonable, if ultimately unpersuasive arguments against Kent’s candidacy. The New York Daily News’ Bill Price, however, doesn’t make one of those: But I say Kent […]

The majority of minor leaguers aren’t bonus babies — they’re jobbers like you and me — and things are tough for them too: Most minor league players earn less than $10,000 for an entire season. These paychecks only come during the season, which makes finding a part-time job in the offseason a matter of survival. […]

Because I have some other stuff to do that, you know, might help me feed my family and stuff, we’re looking at a truncated posting schedule today. If this is troubling to you and you happen to own a commercial media company willing to pay a handsome sum for virtually unlimited and uninterrupted blogging, please […]

I’m kind of a sucker for Bill Bryson, who initially made his name writing columns in the U.K. as the fish-out-of-water American. In large part Bryson went native, however, now makes his permanent home in the U.K., holds positions with British universities and, depending on what he’s writing, often comes off more British than he […]

Why is it that we see several times more stories about a guy who hasn’t played for nearly three seasons than we do about scores of guys who are playing right now? Who is Bernie Williams’ press agent? The guy must never sleep.

Reader MooseinOhio hips me to an amazing post from Boston.com’s Buzz blog: According to NESN’s Red Sox reporter Heidi Watney, free-agent catcher Jason Varitek said he was not aware that teams would have to surrender a No. 1 draft pick in order to sign him and he takes full responsibility for his decision to turn […]