MLB: Giants’ Buster Posey faces uncertainty as he recovers from horrific injury

MLB: Giants’ Buster Posey faces uncertainty as he recovers from horrific injury By Andrew Baggarly San Jose Mercury News Published Feb 5, 2012 08:10PM MDT So many questions await Buster Posey this spring. They hover in the air like a series of foul pops, subject to the whims of wind and spin. Will his repaired left ankle respond when he hops out of his crouch to throw? How will it feel when he ...

MLB whispers: Crowded field at 1st in AL

There are at least 6 with legitimate All-Star hopes there for 2112 Eric Hosmer's goal is to play in the All-Star Game, which will be at his home ballpark in Kansas City. That goal has gotten a whole lot more difficult with Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols joining a cast of AL first basemen that already included Adrian Gonzalez, Paul Konerko and Mark Teixeira. …

MLB Free Agency: Best Player Left at Each Spot After Prince Fielder Tigers Deal

Prince Fielder is no longer an MLB free agent. He signed for $214 million over nine seasons with the Detroit Tigers Tuesday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle . Now that he is gone, Edwin Jackson is the closest thing to a marquee player left on the free-agent market. Jackson isn't the only talented player who remains available, though. As the Hot Stove season winds down, players' agents ...

MLB Trade Scenarios: 5 Teams Who Should Pounce on Zack Greinke

As we near the start of spring training and the 2012 regular season, we start to analyze players to see which will perform well, which will perform poorly, which will stay put and which will be traded.  We make projections and predictions and try our best to single-handedly determine who will walk away eight-and-a-half months from now with the trophy.  We're usually wrong, but we try regardless ...

Cincinnati Reds' Todd Frazier: Where Will He Be on Opening Day?

What does the future hold for Todd Frazier? He will soon be 26, and has already played five seasons in the Cincinnati Reds' minor league system, so it is not too soon to discuss whether he will have a productive career in MLB . A player with his versatility is always a needed commodity. Frazier started out playing shortstop for the Billings Mustangs in 2007. Since then he has played the entire ...

The Best New York Mets Tweets of 2012: A Fan's View

According to a Yahoo! Sports report, former New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes had his dreadlocks trimmed during a nationally televised haircut Feb. 3 on the MLB Network. He left the Mets in December for a $106 million, six-year contract with the Miami Marlins.

Let Mark Teixeira and Other Sluggers Bunt: Fan Debate

Quite often, it appears that the days of strategy are long gone, especially in the powerful American League East. Now, New York Yankees slugging first baseman Mark Teixeira has declared that he will work on his bunting in spring training to allow him that option when teams pull...

Indians sign veteran Kotchman to one-year deal

Indians sign veteran Kotchman to one-year deal

Boston Red Sox: Projecting the 2012 Batting Order

Adding Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford last winter was expected to make the Boston Red Sox one of the greatest teams in MLB history. For a while, it looked like they very well might be. Entering September with the American League’s best overall record, the Sox dropped 20 of their final 27 contests, falling out of the postseason on the season’s final day. Despite the collapse, the Red Sox still ...

RT @urout: @indians fans the handwriting is on the 19 ft. left field wall ... Matt LaPorta is outta here http://t.co/MUYHXkRO

RT @urout: @indians fans the handwriting is on the 19 ft. left field wall ... Matt LaPorta is outta here http://t.co/MUYHXkRO

@indians fans the handwriting is on the 19 ft. left field wall ... Matt LaPorta is outta here http://t.co/MUYHXkRO

@indians fans the handwriting is on the 19 ft. left field wall ... Matt LaPorta is outta here http://t.co/MUYHXkRO

Borbon bouncing back with Dominican squad: Borbon, who is playing left field for Dominican Republic's Escogido s... http://t.co/aZpu6kXo

Borbon bouncing back with Dominican squad: Borbon, who is playing left field for Dominican Republic's Escogido s... http://t.co/aZpu6kXo

Weekly Wroundtable: Casey Kotchman on First?: Deep Left Field » Is Kotchman the right man for the ... http://t.co/WMeVKtSW #mlb #indians

Weekly Wroundtable: Casey Kotchman on First?: Deep Left Field » Is Kotchman the right man for the ... http://t.co/WMeVKtSW #mlb #indians

Weekly Wroundtable: Casey Kotchman on First?: Deep Left Field » Is Kotchman the right man for the ... http://t.co/TN6UF9IF #mlb #indians

Weekly Wroundtable: Casey Kotchman on First?: Deep Left Field » Is Kotchman the right man for the ... http://t.co/TN6UF9IF #mlb #indians

Down to three for #MannyRamirez -- #Athletics, #Orioles & #BlueJays. http://t.co/HmS5tT7X Wonder how he'd look in left field at AT&T... #MLB

Down to three for #MannyRamirez -- #Athletics, #Orioles & #BlueJays. http://t.co/HmS5tT7X Wonder how he'd look in left field at AT&T... #MLB

From left field: Manny Ramirez attempting MLB comeback? He would still have to serve a 50 game suspension for PED violation. #smh

From left field: Manny Ramirez attempting MLB comeback? He would still have to serve a 50 game suspension for PED violation. #smh

@MLB out in left field

@MLB out in left field

Mike Carp And Left Field: Lookout Landing » I've been sitting on this topic for a few days. It oc... http://t.co/PTDtZqto #mlb #mariners

Mike Carp And Left Field: Lookout Landing » I've been sitting on this topic for a few days. It oc... http://t.co/PTDtZqto #mlb #mariners