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Ever since April 2011, when Troy Tulowitzki spent four games pulverizing the New York Mets at Citi Field, making diving catches and blasting home runs over the previously unreachable fences, Mets fans have salivated for the power-hitting shortstop. Now that the Colorado Rockies have put Tulowitzki officially on the trading block, that salivation has turned into a ravenous drool. Throw in the fact that the Mets's starting shortstop hit .237 last season while Tulowitzki owns a career .299/.373/.603 slash line and ... you get it. They want him bad. But can they get him? The Rockies will ultimately want a huge return for Tulowitzki, who is perennially considered one of the National League's top three position players despite a career filled with injuries. He's a four-time All-Star who batted .340 in 91 games last season before his season was cut short yet again. Read More »
Yankees GM Brian Cashman left no question as to how signing Chase Headley will affect incumbent overpaid headache, Alex Rodriguez, who also played third base before his full-year suspension from the league following the Biogenesis scandal. A-Rod, Cashman says, is now the most expensive DH on the planet. But can he still hit? Read More »
Right after Lester was introduced at a Cubs press conference, the club unveiled his new Chicago jersey. Lester will wear No. 34 because his old number, No. 31, is retired by Chicago. Guess who wears No. 34 on Boston, where Lester played for more than eight seasons? That's right, Big Papi. Read More »
If Brian Cashman is being truthful and the Yankees don't sign Scherzer, then they are clearly not contenders. Cashman said recently that Scherzer's asking price of $200 million is too high. Who are these Yankees? When is any price tag too high? Maybe its the Yankees that have learned from disastrous deals they've made with free agents in the past. Those mistakes stare them in the face every day: Mark Teixiera from first base, Alex Rodriguez from third, or the bench, or the front page of the tabloids, CC Sabathia from the snack stand. The Yankees are filled with aging, expensive players who are well past their prime (and we haven't even mentioned Carlos Beltran). So maybe restraining from pulling the trigger on Scherzer, who has won 39 games over the past two seasons, is the right move? Read More »
Yasiel Puig spent last week celebrating his 24th birthday appearing on video game covers and selling a whole mess of vitamin water. How would the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar follow that? Could it be topped? Turns out he spent this week — during which the Dodgers completely overhauled their roster — mainly chilling. That is, according to his Instragram. Puig made nine posts to Instagram this week, an Adrian Gonzalez-like slow week for him that started with a snap of him and DJ Khaled because, you know, they the best. But after that things died down in the life of Yasiel Puig, which apparently means playing a lot of FIFA. Puig's from Cuba and he's 24, so the fact that he unwinds with FIFA isn't exactly a suprise. But that he's this proud of his wins maybe is. Puig published four FIFA videos to Instagram this week, the first three followed immediately by two of grainy footage of a muscular man climbing out of a pool. Boy, would a translator help out here. Then a day later Puig honored his fellow Los Angeles sports star Kobe Bryant with a fitting tribute when Bryant passed Michael Jordan to become third on the all-time NBA scoring list. The photo is a graphic of Bryant driving to the hoop and Puig, next to him, bowing — because it seems that trip to Japan had a lasting impression on young Yasiel. Above the graphic is a list of the NBA all-time scoring leaderboard, with Bryant highlighted above Jordan. Maybe this is an elaborate marketing ploy by Puig to make him more L.A.-likable, or maybe the kid just admires greatness. He has the potential for it one day for sure. Read More »
