The Mets are banking that their collection of 2006 All-Stars (from left, Jose Reyes, David Wright, Paul Lo Duca, Carlos Beltran, Tom Glavine and Pedro Martinez, back in July or August) can lead them over the hump into the World Series this year. The New York Mets came within a Yadier Molina home run of […]

So who’s going to be racking up saves in Boston in 2007?

The Angels won’t be doing any celebrating this season with long-time star Tim Salmon, who’s opted to swim upstream into retirement. Unless you consider Gary Matthews Jr. and Shea Hillenbrand some kind of offensive panacea, or the team has got something up its sleeve still, the Angels will again enter 2007 without the second impact

Sammy Sosa hoped his season in Baltimore would earn him a free agent offer; instead he wound up out of baseball. Now he’s trying to come back with the Rangers. Yup, Sammy Sosa is back for another kick at the can. With a minor league deal from Texas about to be finalized, Sosa will be

Tony Gwynn, Mr. Padre himself, has taken his rightful place in the Hall of Fame, so what better a time for Offseason Lowdown to turn its thoughts to the West Coast and check in on how San Diego’s offseason is going. We examine the Padres’ current situation, assess their offseason transactions to date, project their

Apparently, this whole Randy Johnson back to the Snakes thing is closer than most of us thought. Veteran reliever Luis Vizcaino will reportedly be the key piece heading to the Yanks, along with one or two pitching prospects. We discuss the latest news in this ongoing saga in this week’s Offseason Lowdown. The Reds have

Randy Johnson could soon be on the move again. He’s requested a trade away from the Yankees and closer to his Phoenix home. We cover this issue in this week’s Offseason Lowdown. While the second part of the plan for the Yanks was to sign Barry Zito, that obviously won’t be happening as we reported,