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...

It's Wednesday, and I have all the answers ... While White Sox General Manager Kenny Williams said he won't answers questions in his quest to continue misleading the media, Sox manager Ozzie Guillen is talking about everything, as hard as that is to believe. Thing is, in several interviews with Comc...

Rookie third baseman Josh Fields of the White Sox was one of the more pleasant surprises of the 2007 season, stepping up to knock in 23 homers in 375 at-bats as a replacement for injured Joe Crede . But with Crede down with recurring back trouble again, Fields is nowhere to be found this year, havin...

I’m in a couple of leagues that run their minor league draft after the MLB draft is finished. Here’s some thoughts for fantasy GMs in similar situations. (That’s telekinesis, Kyle!) Pedro Alvarez going to Pitt is good news for his value. He’s much more likely to stay at 3B no...

Alfonso Soriano draws a bases-loaded walk. Kerry Wood gets his first career save. Cubs win. (sfx: exhale.) John Danks, your table is ready. Ryan Dempster, same deal. That was the kind of big hit that Joe Crede always seems to get in the late innings, and now you wonder if he's going to hit well enou...

Predictions can only make us look stupid, unless you know what really matters and what each team does well. So, on a day when it is revealed that the Cub$ have sold naming rights to the Wrigley Field cup holders -- no lie, the cup holders -- here goes: NL Central Winner: The Cub$. AL Central Winner:...

Phillies closer Brad Lidge catches a spike in the mound on his first pitch of batting practice Saturday and reinjures the knee he had surgery on in October....