With his seven-year contract, Carl Crawford could become a burden for the Red Sox (AP). Remember that dinner between Brian Cashman, Carl Crawford and his agent? Some folks got up in a lather about the Yankees somehow being able to fit the speedster onto the Yankee payroll along with Cliff Lee. Others ...

As has been typical at this time of year even before Steve, Cliff and I joined forces as the Bible Study Group, the three of us are all neck-and-a-half deep in our work for the Baseball Prospectus annual — particularly Steve, who edits the 600-page, 1,600 player behemoth — and some of the stories ...

Brett Gardner: Can he feel Carl Crawford breathing down his neck? (AP) Brett Gardner has been a different player since injuring his wrist at the end of June. Hitting .321/.403/.418 in 70 games to that point, he has hit only .233/.368/.327 since and has been considerably more reluctant to run—having ...