Top Five MLB Play-In Games of My Lifetime: Fan Opinion

With the advent of the new wild card round and the one-game play-in still in discussion, I thought back to the top five play-in games from my lifetime (since 1969). These games counted on the regular seasons as Game 163 (except for 1995) as the teams involved went all-out to make...

MLB Power Rankings: February Predictions and Rankings for All 30 Teams

February is not the time to try to build a winner through MLB free agency or trades. Though Roy Oswalt, Edwin Jackson and Yoenis Cespedes remain on the open market, only the Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals and Miami Marlins are really positioned to reap huge benefits from one marginal addition. With fewer than two weeks separating us from Spring Training, there remains time for teams to make ...

MLB: 5 Bold Predictions for the Detroit Tigers' 2012 Season

The Detroit Tigers are most likely to win the AL Central division with very little competition from the other division rivals—there is no arguing that. But what about the fine print? What could the Tigers do to shake things up? Will any of the lesser known players break out and become all-stars? With no one expecting the loss of Victor Martinez to an ACL tear, truly anything could happen this ...

Flashback #19: MLB Strike (1994)

670 The Score's 20th Anniversary Flashback #19: August 12, 1994 - MLB Strike

MLB: How Brett Lawrie Helps 2012 Toronto Blue Jays Sabermetric Projection

2011 Record:  81 - 81 2011 Expected W-L:  79 - 83   The Pitching: In 2011, every thing behind Ricky Romero was a question mark for most of the season. Brandon Morrow is no longer on an innings or pitch limit which will let the  Blue Jays  possibly use two reliable 200 inning men this year. The Bullpen is looking a lot better as well with Sergio Santos and Francisco Cordero as new options this ...

MLB Power Rankings: Can Pirates Take Advantage of NL Central Teams' Problems?

Sports Illustrated's latest MLB Power Rankings have the Pirates at No. 20, ahead of two NL Central teams (the Cubs at No. 26 and the Astros dead last). Here's a portion of what SI has to say: For the 2012 Pirates to show improvement, they'll need to score more than 610 runs (14th in the NL last year); they've got a core of young hitters (led by Andrew McCutchen , Neil Walker and Jose Tabata ) to ...

Fantasy MLB: Five Sleeper Candidates at Shortstop

I've looked at some bounce-back candidates (Grady Sizemore and David Wright), some minor leaguers (Jose Rendon and Gerrit Cole), and now I want to talk one of everyone's favorite topics: sleepers. There are some solid value picks to be made this year in fantasy drafts, if...

Diamondbacks' Josh DeFamio Victorious in Round 1 of MLB Network's Baseball IQ

With the 2011 professional baseball season a distant memory and spring training 2012 still a few weeks away, baseball's around-the-clock television channel known as MLB Network has been angling for a new way to generate offseason ratings. Enter Baseball IQ , MLB Network's new series all about baseball trivia. The concept is simple: 32 participants, including a front-office staffer from all 30 ...

Mariners score highest in MLB.com prospect rankings

Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com published his ranking of the top 100 prospects on Wednesday, which I'm just now getting around to seeing, because I was running in all different directions today.

#TwitNewsNow Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander correctly picks Giants win and score in Super Bowl XLVI http://t.co/YdYaEcLY #MLB

#TwitNewsNow Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander correctly picks Giants win and score in Super Bowl XLVI http://t.co/YdYaEcLY #MLB

#MLB #MLBRumors Verlander correctly picked Super Bowl score: By C. Trent Rosecrans Justin Verlander is on a rol... http://t.co/iOqKyFq5

#MLB #MLBRumors Verlander correctly picked Super Bowl score: By C. Trent Rosecrans Justin Verlander is on a rol... http://t.co/iOqKyFq5

RT @AthlonCharlie: It's never strategically appropriate to let the other team score in baseball. Just saying. #MLB

RT @AthlonCharlie: It's never strategically appropriate to let the other team score in baseball. Just saying. #MLB

RT @AthlonCharlie: It's never strategically appropriate to let the other team score in baseball. Just saying. #MLB

RT @AthlonCharlie: It's never strategically appropriate to let the other team score in baseball. Just saying. #MLB

Football's done and pitcher/ catcher report is in 2 weeks for the MLB. #score

Football's done and pitcher/ catcher report is in 2 weeks for the MLB. #score

We're gonna win, @Twins, we're gonna score! Bring on baseball! #mlb #alcentral #mntwins

We're gonna win, @Twins, we're gonna score! Bring on baseball! #mlb #alcentral #mntwins

It's never strategically appropriate to let the other team score in baseball. Just saying. #MLB

It's never strategically appropriate to let the other team score in baseball. Just saying. #MLB

Reason 483 why #mlb is better than the #nfl. "In football it's better to not score and kick a FG because there afraid their D sucks" DUMB!

Reason 483 why #mlb is better than the #nfl. "In football it's better to not score and kick a FG because there afraid their D sucks" DUMB!

Lol RT @AdamReverie313: this score look like a damn MLB game

Lol RT @AdamReverie313: this score look like a damn MLB game