NEW YORK — It wasn't the most exciting Futures Game in recent history, but then again, today wasn't really about the game. It was about the players. The league's brightest prospects gathered together to greet the media, put on a show for the fans, and take in Yankee Stadium.
I was privileged once again to [...]

Red Sox right-hander prospect Michael Bowden was placed on Double-A Portland’s disabled list with a sore calf. Bowden reportedly is not injured and the move was done to the Sea Dogs could activate fellow starter Dustin Richardson.
The New Hampshire Union Leader reports Bowden, Boston’s seventh-ranked prospect by Baseball America, will be promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket [...]

The body is not yet cold.

Now what do I do?
A week ago I wrote “The Toronto Blue Jays are fatally flawed. I think it may be time to run up the white flag.” Toronto was 14 games out and was finishing up what would be a miserable 2-4 west coast trip. Since then, the [...]

On Saturday, he blew a five run lead in the ninth inning which cost Rich Harden his first win as a Cub.  Today, Cubs reliever Carlos Marmol is an All-Star.  National League manager Clint Hurdle named Marmol as the replacement for Kerry Wood who had to be removed from the All-Star roster due to a [...]

Tigers shortstop prospect Cale Iorg has not played for High-A Lakeland since injuring his shoulder on Thursday. Detroit is awaiting test results on the right shoulder of its second-ranked prospect according to Baseball America.  
Rays prospects right-hander Wade Davis and catcher John Jaso will be promoted on Monday to Triple-A Durham from Double-A Montgomery. The [...]

Here are your starting lineups for today's Futures Game at Yankee Stadium. You can watch the game live on ESPN2 starting at 12:30 PM. I'll be in attendance at the event and will have news, notes, quotes, and photos later this afternoon.
U.S. All-StarsLF Andrew McCutchen (PIT) 2B Cliff Pennington (OAK) 3B Mat Gamel (MIL) DH [...]

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend!
As we approach the All-Star break, I want to announce some upgrades and changes we'll be making over the next few days.
Starting Monday, we will begin the transition to the more powerful WordPress blog software. The majority of the work should be finished in one day, but we'll [...]

A-Rod blasted his 537th homer today to move past Mickey Mantle into sole possession of 13th place on the All-Time Home Run list. Rodriguez took a 3-2 pitch from Blue Jays pitcher Brian Tallet and smacked it off the left field foul pole in the fourth inning for his 19th of the season and [...]

As reported during today's Fox broadcast, former Yankee favorite Bobby Murcer passed away today from cancer.
Our own Bill Chuck sent this message along…
Bobby Murcer lost his  fight with brain cancer today, a little more than a year-and-half after first being diagnosed with the most aggressive form of tumors. He was 62. He was a long-time Yankee [...]

- Jason Marquis was brilliant, allowing just 3 hits over 7 scoreless innings, and Aramis Ramirez did all the offensive damage by belting a 3-run home run in the 8th inning as the Cubs beat the Giants, 3-1. Matt Cain matched Marquis, striking out 9 in 7 shutout innings for San Francisco.- Brian Roberts singled, [...]