Cliff, Jay, and I wanted to say a few words about the passing of Rob Neyer from ESPN. While I am certain that Neyer will soon surface in a new venue, perhaps as soon as tomorrow, his time with the boys from Bristol was important enough to each of our careers that we can’t let the moment go by without ...

Pedro Feliciano is the new Bob Shirley, sort of... If that means anything to you. (AP) As some of you might have heard, I have had the honor of being named the Editor in Chief of Baseball Prospectus. Worry ye not–I’m not going away from these parts. One of the nice things about being the ...

Russ Springer retired over the weekend. Why is that significant? Because Springer was the last active player to have played for a losing Yankee team. Springer, 42, was drafted by the Yankees in the seventh-round of the 1989 amateur draft and made 14 appearances for the Yankees in his rookie season of ...

When the Rays signed former Mariners first baseman Casey Kotchman to a minor league deal this week, it seemed like an odd gesture. After all, Kotchman was spectacularly miserable last year. I’ve been trying to prune my writing of adverbs, but when a first baseman hits .217/.280/.336, it really deserves ...

On Tuesday, Moshe Mandel of the blog TYU raised some questions about the Pinstriped Bible in the aftermath of the Rafael Soriano signing, making allegations of censorship. I chose not to comment at the time. However, given the volume and tone of speculation I have read, I would be remiss if I did not ...

As Jay detailed earlier this week, despite some premature pronouncements about the Rays’ decline in the wake of Carl Crawford’s departure, the American League East is going to be as tough as ever in 2011, if not more so. The Rays aren’t going away (they never were). The Red Sox have ...

Having helped four different teams reach the postseason in the past four years, former Yankee Eric Hinske is a role-playing good luck charm. (AP) You may not love either the Andruw Jones or the Russell Martin acquisitions for the Yankees. Surely, we’d all like to see them stocking their bench with ...

Like the notorious puffer fish, Bartolo Colon becomes even more engorged when attempting to ward off opposing hitters. (AP) In a move that launched a thousand fat jokes on Twitter — “he’s in the best shape of Sidney Ponson’s life” was the one I went with — the Yankees signed ...

Things are looking up for Toronto now that they've unloaded Vernon Wells' massive contract. (AP) As noted before, last Friday night’s transaction action in the AL East made for some of the most interesting moves of the winter. The Rays’ signings of Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez involved ...

After the Joba Confession, the other bit of interesting news from Brian Cashman’s breakfast was his selection of toast—rye, and not wheat or white. There was also a bit of discussion regarding the Ol’ Captain, Derek Jeter and the possibility of his eventually moving off of shortstop. Cashman later ...

In my rush to react to Brian Cashman’s comments about Joba Chamberlain’s 2008 shoulder injury this morning, I now realize, I did a disservice to Chamberlain’s performance as a starter in 2009. I presented Chamberlain’s full-season stats to represent his post-injury performance ...

According to Brian Cashman, Joba Chamberlain hasn't been the same pitcher since this moment back in August 2008. (AP) Brian Cashman was interviewed by Mike Francesa this morning at an event called “WFAN’s Breakfast with a Champion” at the Times Square Hard Rock Cafe. ESPNW’s ...