A look at Danny Herrera, the reliever whom the Reds acquired along with Edinson Volquez for Josh Hamilton.

Metstradamus wonders if the upcoming ESPN Classic feature on Mike Piazza is a tribute or a roast.

The Nationals are demanding $100,000 a day from the city for late construction of team offices.

Former Yankee infielder Robert Eenhoorn readies the Dutch national baseball team for the Summer Olympics.

I was on the road last week, so I wasn’t able to update our team stats or graphs. Things are back to normal, however, and the team stats and Win Shares are now current through yesterday’s games.

Joe Posnanski says the umpire saved Jon Lester a walk. Did he really? Let me say up front that the silliness in this post is all mine. I’m not accusing Joe Posnanski of silliness. He’s a great writer who wrote a good article about Jon Lester’s no-hitter against the Royals, and I’m lifting things out […]

A bit of speculation from the Providence Journal about young Red Sox hurler Justin Masterson.

Gaslamp Ball attended the National Sports Forum Executive Retreat and gives us the lowdown on the keynote address from MLB’s Executive VP of Business. There’s lots of talk about Spider-Man.

New Marlin Jacque Jones will be playing somewhere. In Florida, presumably.

Rich Lederer runs down some more slow starting prospects. At this point, it’s probably too soon to draw strong conclusions from stat lines, but it’s nonetheless always great to have more coverage of prospects, especially from sharp baseball minds like Rich’s.