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 Trades: Yankees Trade Montero for Pineda and Sign Kuroda. What's Next?

After an offseason of near silence, the New York Yankees pulled the trigger on a trade today. As a result, C/DH Jesus Montero and RHP Hector Noesi go to the Seattle Mariners for RHP Michael Pineda and 19-year-old pitching prospect Jose Campos, according to Greg Johns of MLB .com. While the deal allows both teams to fill a glaring needs, it's hard to not wonder if the Yankees overpaid.  After all ...

MLB Trades: Winners and Losers of the New York Yankees' Recent Moves

Despite being ousted in the ALDS last season, the New York Yankees seemed rather stagnant in a relatively slow offseason.  But on Friday night, Brian Cashman and the rest of the Yankees front office struck for two big deals.  The first move came when the Yankees traded Jesus Montero and Hector Noesi to the Seattle Mariners for pitchers Michael Pineda and Jose Campos. Shortly after, the Yanks ...

MLB 12 The Show Franchise Mode Improvements

Next up on our MLB 12 The Show developer blog tour is our Franchise mode and the improvements coming to players this year. One of our goals going into this development cycle was to enhance the trade logic for CPU teams to better mimic their real-life counterparts. In order to do so, we had to examine the current system and identify the faults to then build and improve upon it. This year we are ...

MLB transaction rules for dummies

Unraveling MLB's perplexing transaction rules is enough to make your head hurt.

MLB Trade Rumors: Big Bats That Should Be Dealt During the Season

Spring training is the most exciting time of the year for Major League Baseball teams and fans. It is when optimism is at its highest for everyone, and all the weaknesses can be glossed over because the games don't count. Trades rarely take place in February, but that does not mean there aren't names available.  While it would be a shock to see a big-name player, either at the major or minor ...

MLB 2012: What team faces the highest expectations?

This baseball offseason has been unlike any other. Never have we seen teams try to acquire so many players—via trades and/or free agency—in a single winter the way some have the past couple of months.

MLB.com releases its top-100 prospects list

It’s top-prospects season. The two lists I watch for each year are Jonathan Mayo’s at MLB.com and Keith Law’s at ESPN. Mayo just came out with his. I was mildly surprised that he has Matt Moore in the top spot ahead of Bryce Harper. But only mildly. When you strip away the hype over Harper,…

MLB Trade Scenarios: 7 Jaw-Dropping Deals We May See This Season

As summer approaches film buffs and baseball fans both share an anticipation of the "summer blockbuster." It seems as if every summer there's a big film or two that dominate the box office.  Baseball is a little different. Every summer features plenty of discussed  blockbusters but not all that many mega-deals are ever consummated.  The summer of 2011 featured a few mid sized trades. Hunter ...

Though the Super Bowl is always the shit, can't wait for the next 3 months in sports, Trades in the NBA, NHL, March Madness, MLB #sports

Though the Super Bowl is always the shit, can't wait for the next 3 months in sports, Trades in the NBA, NHL, March Madness, MLB #sports

Super Bowl fun fact: Vic Power was traded in two different three-team trades in 1964. #IDontCareAboutTheSuperBowl #MLB

Super Bowl fun fact: Vic Power was traded in two different three-team trades in 1964. #IDontCareAboutTheSuperBowl #MLB

@soundsofdreams You can go to http://t.co/uFS8wwnX for the whole schedule, with all the trades since last season some teams are better now.

@soundsofdreams You can go to http://t.co/uFS8wwnX for the whole schedule, with all the trades since last season some teams are better now.

@SBNation: A Brief Examination Of Edwin Jackson’s Trade History http://t.co/0saUcoge #MLB

@SBNation: A Brief Examination Of Edwin Jackson’s Trade History http://t.co/0saUcoge #MLB

A Brief Examination Of Edwin Jackson’s Trade History http://t.co/BOTG9F5y via @sbnbaseball

A Brief Examination Of Edwin Jackson’s Trade History http://t.co/BOTG9F5y via @sbnbaseball

New Nationals pitcher Edwin Jackson gets traded a lot. http://t.co/4iI6lhSu

New Nationals pitcher Edwin Jackson gets traded a lot. http://t.co/4iI6lhSu

#mlb A Brief Examination Of Edwin Jackson’s Trade History: Thursday afternoon, reports emerge... http://t.co/cAXLTocx #sbnation #mlbnews

#mlb A Brief Examination Of Edwin Jackson’s Trade History: Thursday afternoon, reports emerge... http://t.co/cAXLTocx #sbnation #mlbnews

#mlb A Brief Examination Of Edwin Jackson’s Trade History: Thursday afternoon, reports emerge... http://t.co/A0tAcI0b #sbnation #mlbnews

#mlb A Brief Examination Of Edwin Jackson’s Trade History: Thursday afternoon, reports emerge... http://t.co/A0tAcI0b #sbnation #mlbnews

@SBNation: A Brief Examination Of Edwin Jackson’s Trade History http://t.co/AvgJRsgG #mlb

@SBNation: A Brief Examination Of Edwin Jackson’s Trade History http://t.co/AvgJRsgG #mlb