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MLB Rumors: Zack Greinke Will Be Traded According to His General Manager
Coming off a road trip in where the Milwaukee Brewers lost six games – with a majority of those losses caused by their putrid bullpen – general manager Doug Melvin has come to the realization that they are sellers. But they are sellers with the best product available in Zack Greinke, so the MLB Rumors are picking up [...]
TweetMLB Rumors: Angels Closing In On Josh Johnson?
MLB Rumors have run rampant for the Los Angeles Angels. The name people are talking more and more about is Josh Johnson of the Miami Marlins involving a package around Peter Bourjos. I would be stunned if the Marlins dumped Johnson if Peter Bourjos is the best player coming back because Johnson is one of [...]
TweetThe Incredible and Never-Ending Awesome Season of Mike Trout
If you watched the nationally televised Texas Rangers-Los Angeles Angels game on Sunday night, you likely heard the ESPN three-man booth fall over each other to try to convince the viewership which one of them was more impressed with Mike Trout. Being a good Rangers fan, I couldn’t stomach that particular piece of regurgitated man-love [...]
TweetMLB Rumors: Los Angeles Angels Talking BlockBuster Trade For James Shields?
MLB Rumors are heating up around the Los Angeles Angels as they supposedly want to add a pitcher at the trade deadline. I don’t think they have what it takes to get Cole Hamels or Zack Greinke, so I thought they’d focus more on a Ryan Dempster type guy. Well, it appears I’m wrong as [...]
TweetMLB Rumors: Is 16-year-old Buddy Dougherty The Next Jered Weaver?
There are thousands and thousands of high school baseball players around the country. Many dream of one day making it to the MLB, but only a small fraction actually do. There are those who are average, those who are above average — call them good — and then those who excel at the game of [...]
TweetLos Angeles Angels: Four Keys to Winning the West
Trying to overtake first place when the Texas Rangers are in your division is a formidable task. The Angels started off the year underachieving. On April 29th, the Angels were eight games under .500, since then the Angels have turned it around and have their sights directed towards taking over the division. Here are the four keys for [...]
TweetMLB Rumors: Buyers and Sellers of the American League
It is July 18th, just under two weeks away from the non-waiver trade deadline in Major League Baseball. There is no two week period with as many MLB rumors flying around as these two weeks. Just like when attending a game, you can’t know the players without a program (actually, you can now, sorry program [...]
TweetMLB Rumors: Top 3 Teams Interested In Zack Greinke
Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Zack Greinke has been scratched from Wednesday’s lineup due to fatigue from making three starts in seven days. General manager Doug Melvin says the starter needs time to “recharge his batters” but some people have taken it upon themselves to point out this could be the Brewers preparing to trade Greinke. There [...]
TweetMLB News of the Day: Liriano, Kemp, Ethier, Teixeira, Trumbo, Ransom
There are a lot of things that happen in a day in Major League Baseball. It’s tough to keep track of all of them. In this space my goal is to pull out the three or four MLB news stories or events of the day that are the most interesting from around the league. This [...]
TweetMLB 2nd Half Predictions: AL West
American League West Prediction 1. Los Angeles Angels 2. Texas Rangers 3. Oakland A’s 4. Seattle Mariners The Angels cut the AL West deficit to a manageable four games behind the Rangers at the All-Star Break after an absolutely dreadful start to the season. Since rookie phenom Mike Trout joined the big-league club the Angels [...]
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