We just looked at the hitters, now it’s time for another installment of the biggest risers from an Average Draft Position standpoint; the pitcher edition. This data, as always, is tabulated over at Mock Draft Central. Homer Bailey | Cincinnati Reds | +50.6% - The Reds are asking the Yankees fo...

I gotta hand it to the Mets: Only they can find a way to be screwed by Carlos Silva without even signing him. Derek Lowe has invoked the name of Silva as some sort of garlic clove that the great Wilpon vampire is supposed to be scared of. Lowe turned down a 3 year $36 million deal because that would...

Okay, I know it's all the art of negotiation. And Scott Boras is good at it. But Derek Lowe is now exposed as a special kinda crazy. It's not so much that he's asking for a seven-year deal worth about $126 million. I personally think that the 35-year-old Lowe has a better chance of flying to Washing...

This is getting nerve-wracking. The hottest team in baseball over the past ten games isn’t the Tampa Bay Rays. They’re a mere 6-4, and the four losses are consecutive (to the Royals once, the Yankees twice, the Indians once) through this writing. It isn’t the Chicago White Sox, tho...

The Mets are playing their best baseball since early 2007, and this afternoon they look to sweep the Giants and extend their winning streak to a season-high 6 games. The Amazins have been coming through with runners in scoring position, hustling on the bases, and most importantly getting lights out ...

Welcome back to The Opposing Viewpoint, the place to learn more about the Mets’ opponents from the bloggers who write about them. After taking three of four from the Phillies in a dramatic fashion that probably shortened all of our lives by a couple of years, the Mets return home to face the G...

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...

A few more minor notes from the MLBiverse... Marc Lancaster is reporting that Tim Beckham, the top pick of the Rule 4 draft, will be visiting Tropicana Field at the end of the week and his father believes that a deal will be in place by the end of the weekend.  The rest of the first rounders co...

This is the second of a three-part interview (Part 1 is here) with San Diego Padres CEO Sandy Alderson. Big thanks to Mr. Alderson for taking time out of his busy schedule to make himself available, and also to his assistant, Dayle Tedrow, for her indispensable assistance in making this happen. Duck...

It's becoming evident that Willie Randolph has gone completely insane. It's not his fault. But circumstances are driving him to the asylum. Of course, it doesn't help that Sandy Alomar Sr. had the kind of flashback that makes slow catchers look eerily similar to Lou Brock during Game 1 of the double...