Evaluating the AL East, Part Two

Continuing from last week, here’s Part Two of my AL East breakdown. (Part One can be found here.) Tampa Bay Rays (90-73, 3rd in AL East) In terms of trades, the Rays may have won the non-Toronto division for the offseason when they dealt James Shields to Kansas City...

Monday’s Links – Rejected Contracts and Gamebreaker Trades

I feel like saying “Happy Monday!” would be an oxymoron of sorts, so instead: Happy Winter Meetings Hangover Day! Here’s some links to try and cure that metaphorical upset stomach of yours. Starting pitching continues to be a major hole for the...

Wil Myers, Jon Lester and runaway rumors

It’s amazing we even live in a world where people can take a story like this and run as far as they have with it. So Monday night, Bob Dutton writes this column. In it, he suggests the idea that Jon Lester and James Shields could be had for Royals super prospect Wil...