It’s time for another installment of movers and shakers on the Mock Draft Central Average Draft Position Report. Headed Up Andy Pettitte | New York Yankees | +7.7% - You knew the Pettitte re-signing would begin his slow rise in ADP. This is his second consecutive week with a 7+ percentage poin...

As much as Mark McGwire tries to stay out of the spotlight — for which he’s done a damn good job — he’s been in the news quite a bit lately. First Deadspin caught some sections of the book Jay McGwire has written that details Mark’s use of steroids while playing basebal...

We’re booking along now. At this pace we’ll be done with this slow mock draft by mid-June. It doesn’t matter how long it takes as long as you learn something, or at least laugh at us a little. Here’s the results from round two; a round where we see the first pitcher taken and...

It may turn out that Milton Bradley—sometimes a trade speculation target, in hand with his Texas Rangers being a speculation target for shenking 2008 in favour of 2009 and beyond—may not be going anywhere just yet, if at all. And the switch-hitter just might have a Hall of Fame express t...

The emergence of all-stars Ervin Santana and Joe Saunders has caused the Angels to rethink their stance on trading previously untouchable pitching prospect Nick Adenhart , if it means acquiring a prized bat such as Matt Holliday or Mark Teixeira .  Saunders, previously regarded as a future 4th or 5...

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 Angels have finally benched Gary Matthews Jr. and his .236 batting average, in favor of Juan Rivera and his who knows how much below .200 batting average. Nobody disputes Matthews' gold glove defense (although who needs it with Torii Hunter in center field) but what the hell was Bill Stoneman do...

Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations. Ken Rosenthal raises the interesting question about the Red Sox NOT exercising their option on Manny Ramirez for 2009. I think the Red Sox will exercise the option but if Manny finishes the year with 30 HR, 100 RBI and an ...

Welcome back to The Opposing Viewpoint, the place to learn more about the Mets’ opponents from the bloggers who write about them. The long stretch of road trips out West ends this weekend - tonight is the last time the Mets will play a game with a scheduled start time later than 8:15 PM Easter...

The New York Yankees have decided ice cream was no longer politically incorrect in its clubhouse—thank resurgent Mike Mussina, who won a bet with manager Joe Girardi and got the stuff back in the clubhouse freezers—and neither would Sidney Ponson be, in their organisation. The Empire Eme...