Dodgers hurler Jason Schmidt -- trying to come back from a torn labrum and other shoulder injuries -- has conceded he will no longer be able to throw his trademark 98-mph fastball, but said he can still be effective throwing in the 80s. Readying for an outing against the White Sox on Friday, Schmidt...

Manny Ramirez drove the Dodgers to within three games of the World Series, but no one knows whose uniform he’ll be donning in 2009. Alright, the push is on to hammer the rest of these reports out as we gear up for the release of the 2009 RotoRob MLB Draft Kit. If you’ve missed any of the pre...

For the most part, MLB teams are entering Spring Training with their third base position set. There are a few battles going on; Buscher versus Harris in Minnesota, Blum vesus Boone in Houston (yuck) and McPherson versus Helms in Florida. When those teams make decisions regarding the hot corner, I...

The Cleveland Indians dealt their most valuable chip well before the July 31 trade deadline when CC Sabathia (struck out 10 in a complete game victory last night) was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers for a package of prospects that included outfielder Matt LaPorta. The most costly piece may well be gon...

Baseball Prospectus' Will Carroll has plenty of rumors in his latest post. Pat Gillick "doesn't seem that interested" in going back to work for the Mariners. One team asked the Blue Jays to include players to be named later on both sides of an A.J. Burnett deal, to serve as a balance for t...

(First part of a three-part mid-season review by Tribe Report writers James Pete, Ron Vallo and Brian La Shier) I could sum up the Tribe’s first-half offense with one five-letter word. S-U-C-K-S !! But since you came to this Web site for info, I assume you are looking for a little more than th...

Please allow me a short rant at game time: I sat through 30 minutes of incessant Brett Favre coverage because ESPN teased the following at 5:57: "Tim Kurkjian will be along to tell us how the Mets are to landing a superstar slugger ... " All right, I'm hooked. Because if the Mets weren't close to an...

The rumor mill has been surrounding Casey (or should I say KC) Blake of late, with the Tampa Bay Rays being linked to most of those rumors. If the rumors are true, then the Rays got a first-hand look at what the multi-dimensional player can do when he’s riding a hot streak, as the Cleveland In...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CLEVELAND 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 8 0 Minnesota 2 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 X 9 8 0 W: Kevin Slowey (6-6), L: Tom Mastny (0-2) S: Joe Nathan (24) HR: MIN–HR–Joe Mauer (4); CLE–Grady Sizemore (22) Tom Mastny gave up four runs in 1/3 of an inning, as the Cleveland Indians was...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 8 0 CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 W: Johnny Cueto (6-8), L: Paul Byrd (3-9) HR: Adam Dunn (19) The Cleveland Indians in general, and Ryan Garko in particular, wasted several scoring opportunities on Saturday night, as Cincinnati’s R...