According to the Associated Press, Denard Span has inked a five-year, $16.5 million contract extension with the Minnesota Twins. Span, 26, wasn’t eligible for salary arbitration for another two seasons, so the deal takes him through his arbitration years. There’s also a $9 million club option for the 2015 season, Span’s first year of free [...]

So, you want to know about the Blue Jays, eh? There are many new faces, Roy Halladay is gone and they still play in baseball’s toughest division. Since there’s no reason to drink wine in baseball, their likely trip to the cellar in the East isn’t good, and will likely register more losses at Fenway [...]

Let’s start from the obvious: Losing Joe Nathan for the year is a bad thing, maybe even a very bad thing. However, if losing the closer completely derails what appeared to be a very promising season, then chances are that the odds of playoff success weren’t that high in the first place.
The Twins are in [...]

Injuries, clubhouse turmoil, and a disappointing second half collapse foiled the Houston Astros 2009 plans. An off-season roster re-tooling, a new manager (this time actually hired by the team’s General Manager!), and a few budding prospects has hopes renewed… but what team isn’t hopeful in March? Brian Joseph figuratively visits Houston and gives his outlook [...]

Our 20 Questions series marches on with BDD’s Andrea Betts in the hot seat. Since most of the questions are really softballs and Betts plays softball in the summer, this should be right up her alley. Like snowflakes, no two BDD writers are alike and Andrea proves that once again. Take a look at her [...]

The Omar Minaya Era in New York turned ugly after a playoff run that ended in defeat in the NLCS in 2006. Since then, the club suffered a historic collapse in 2007 and were outlasted by their arch rivals, the Philadelphia Phillies, in 2008. Fueled by off-season smack talk from the City of Brotherly Love, [...]

Doug Thorburn does the impossible in our latest 20 questions series… he mentions Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire BUT doesn’t once mention steroids or HGH. He couldn’t get through the GM portion without mentioning Billy Beane but he did avoid the use of the phrase “Moneyball” so let’s give Mr. Thorburn a round of applause [...]

Last week, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to travel to Seattle and Vancouver for a much-needed vacation, unplugged from work at my Miami law firm.  By doing so, I was incredibly fortunate to be able to experience being in a city hosting the Winter Olympics, just two weeks after witnessing the Super [...]

Back in late October, ESPN’s Buster Olney reported that some Major League Baseball executives predicted a “flood” of non-tenders during the offseason. Said Olney:
Executives say many of the names being discussed by teams as possible trade bait include a growing number of players with three to five-plus years of service time — players who are [...]

All the little kids growin’ up on the skids are going, “Cleveland rocks! Cleveland rocks!” But does BDD’s Andrea Betts think the Cleveland Indians rock in 2010? Will they bounce back from a rough 2009 or has trading away CC Sabathia, Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez over the last two seasons set them too far [...]