Jon Methven sent us this deeply analytical review of each team’s trade deadline needs. We thought you might enjoy it. Boston Red Sox: Starting pitching; right-handed bat. Atlanta Braves: Pitching; utility infielder. Washington Nationals: Corner outfielder; backup catcher; utility infielder who can snap people in the buttocks with towels, play grab ass, liven up the […]

Major League News for July 30 Player News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Top Minor League Performances You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ Player News Player Headlines are courtesy of Rotoworld According to the New York Times, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003.The now-infamous […]

In a head scratching move the Pirates sent 31-year old injury prone second baseman Freddy Sanchez in return for former Giants first round pick Tim Alderson. Sanchez is in the final year of his contract (with an eight million dollar option for 2010) and really does only one thing well and that is hit for […]

A few big deals went down today, including Freddy Sanchez to the Giants for Tim Alderson, Ian Snell and Jack Wilson to the Mariners, and Cliff Lee to the World Champion Phillies. To be honest, I’m baffled by the Alderson/Sanchez trade, because I’m not completely sold that Sanchez is better than Alderson right now. Maybe […]

The Seattle Mariners and Pittsburgh Pirates pulled off what could be considered a surprising trade Wednesday. The Pirates shipped out shortstop Jack Wilson and starter Ian Snell for (deep breath…) shortstop Ronny Cedeno, first baseman Jeff Clement and right-handed pitching prospects Aaron Pribanic, Brett Lorin and Nathan Adcock. Let’s look at this from the Mariners’ […]

Yesterday, when Mark Buehrle retired a mere 15 consecutive batters, a younger pitcher one-upped him in a major way. Pitching for the DSL Phillies, Felix Cespedes would have thrown a perfect game of his own, except his offense didn’t cooperate. He retired all 27 batters he faced, finally giving way to a reliever in a […]

We don’t have any in-house mechanics experts here at THT anymore (although you never know what Studes has up his sleeve), so don’t expect much in the way of hardcore analysis here. A recent New York Times article by Mark Hyman outlined a study by doctors from the American Sports Medicine Institute which reportedly found […]

Last night Delwyn Young made an outstanding catch with his bare hand, catching the ball after it kicked up off right fielder Garrett Jones’ foot. The only problem is the umpire ruled the ball hit the ground so it was not ruled a catch. See for yourself:

Yesterday I wrote about one of the hottest hitting prospects in the game. Today, I’ll focus on Baltimore’s stud pitcher Brian Matusz. After tossing seven shut out innings last night Matusz has now won his first seven starts in Double-A. In his first professional season since being taken with the fourth overall pick in 2008 […]

Yesterday, I listed the worst teams to win 10 straight games. Let’s flip it around and figure out the best teams to lose ten straight. The best of them all was actually a very famous squad: the 1951 Giants, who memorably won the pennant on Bobby Thomson’s home run to end a three game playoff […]