The World Champion Phillies think they will be stronger with Raul Ibanez instead of Pat Burrell in left field. Spring Training is officially underway, and all is right with the world again. That means it’s time for us to step up our baseball coverage, starting with the completion of our free agent...

(Readers: Add your insight into today's transactions via comments.) Arizona Diamondbacks: Signed pitcher Tom Gordon to a one-year contract. The contract is for $500,000 with $2.5 million in incentive clauses. "Flash" missed the second half of 2008 with elbow inflammation. Plus he's 41-years-old, so ...

Don’t look now, but the New York Mess (er, Mets) are (drumroll, please) back to a game over .500. They got there at the expense of their number one National League East nemesis. And, they got there in spite of their own most arduous obstacle. Themselves. No one wants to go quite so far as to s...

Welcome back to The Opposing Viewpoint, the place to learn more about the Mets’ opponents from the bloggers who write about them. After splitting a four-game series in St. Louis, the Mets will spend the Fourth of July weekend just a short distance from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell as...

Today I attempt to answer the question: Who exactly is the team to beat? When the Mets made the very un-Met-like move of acquiring Johan Santana for what many thought was less than market value, admit it ... you wanted to strip down to your underwear and run down the highway, right? Well I lived tha...

Phillies closer Brad Lidge injures his surgically repaired knee after catching a spike on the mound Sunday and will need arthroscopic surgery....