Rant Sports MLB Power Rankings For Week Seven

Matt Kartozian - US Presswire

It is time to continue our MLB Power Rankings for the 2012 season, which will continue to focus on the top 10 teams in the majors. Texas Rangers (This Week: 1, Last Week: 1) - They’re no longer owners of the best record in the game, but they continue to hold the top spot in our MLB Power Rankings. [...]

Rant Sports MLB Power Rankings For Week Six

Joy R. Absalon - US Presswire

It is time to continue our MLB Power Rankings for the 2012 season, which will continue to focus on the top 10 teams in the majors. Texas Rangers (This Week: 1, Last Week: 2) - So last week I asked a silly question about whether the Texas Rangers could afford to keep Josh Hamilton. After this week, [...]

Guillermo Mota Suspended 100 Games For Positive Clenbuterol Test

Ed Szczepanski-US PRESSWIRE

Guillermo Mota is going to get a little bit of vacation time.  Unfortunately, the San Francisco Giants reliever is not going to enjoy his vacation time.  Mota just got slapped with a 100 game suspension for testing positive for Clenbuterol, which happens to be a PED.  This is the second time Mota has been suspended. [...]

Characters From The Wire and Their Baseball Counterparts

San Francisco Giants’ Pablo Sandoval Fractured Left Hand

Kelley L Cox-US PRESSWIRE

San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval has reportedly fractured his left hand after a loss against the Miami Marlins Wednesday night. Sandoval fractured the hamate bone in his left hand which means he could miss significant playing time. Sandoval left the game in the seventh inning after feeling pain while swinging the bat. “He [...]

Dan Canova’s Power Rankings: Top 5 Teams of Week 4 in Major League Baseball

Jim Cowsert-US PRESSWIRE

The real question is Matt Kemp ever going to cool down?  Or is Albert Pujols even going to break 20 homeruns this year?  What is going on in Major League Baseball? The Rangers continue to win.  The Angels continue to lose.  The Cardinals don’t need Albert Pujols.  And the Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins [...]

Dan Canova’s Power Rankings: Top 5 Teams for Week 3 of Major League Baseball

Vincent Pugliese-US PRESSWIRE

Who has emerged?  Actually, it’s more like what has stayed the same. Week 3 of Major League Baseball has dictated many possibilities looking forward into the upcoming weeks.  I feel almost as if every time I do one of these posts, I have new things to talk about constantly.  But there’s always the same basic [...]

Matt Cain vs. Cliff Lee: Another Great Pitching Matchup in Giants-Phillies Series

Kyle Terada-US PRESSWIRE

Whenever the San Francisco Giants play the Philadelphia Phillies, it’s pretty easy to find the best pitching matchup of the day. Tonight, Matt Cain takes the mound for the Giants while Cliff Lee pitches for the Phillies in Game 3 of the series. Cain nearly threw a perfect game against the Pittsburgh Pirates his last [...]

San Francisco Giants Extend Madison Bumgarner

Jake Roth-US PRESSWIRE

The San Francisco Giants are slowly locking down the core of their rotation for the future. The Giants have agreed to extend left-handed pitcher Madison Bumgarner. The Giants and Bumgarner have agreed on a five-year extension worth $35 million, a deal that will keep him in San Francisco until 2017 but includes a vesting/club option [...]

San Francisco Giants’ Pitcher Tim Lincecum Is No Longer Elite

Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE

I don’t care if it’s April. I don’t care if he’s a two-time Cy Young winner. I don’t care if he is one of the highest paid pitchers in baseball. San Francisco Giants’ “ace” Tim Lincecum is finished, or at least finished being an elite pitcher that he once was. I have been a Tim [...]