You can tell the quality of a team and the direction it is going based on the quality of the breakout candidate chosen for that team. After all, the term breakout itself tends to eliminate several people immediately. Established stars cannot be breakout players by definition. With some teams (the

The AL Central could end up being the most interesting division in baseball. The Tigers are among the teams that look to challenge for the divisional championship. They’ve added Jordan Zimmermann, Justin Upton, and Francisco Rodriguez. They are hoping for a bounce back year from Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander and

It is often difficult to go against conventional wisdom. It leads you open to criticism and often ridicule. That being said, if there has been any move that has been universally panned this offseason, it has been the Colorado Rockies’ acquisition of Gerardo Parra. If the Rockies had simply moved

The AL Central is certainly not the best division in baseball, but it may be the most interesting in baseball in 2016. The Kansas City Royals certainly made moves, but they lost both Johnny Cueto and Ben Zobrist. Meanwhile, the other teams in the division all made moves to get

It has hard being a fan of a rebuilding team. You know your team has no chance of competing and there is nothing worse than trying to psyche yourself up for something when you already know the outcome. That being said, there is always a silver lining in that cloud.

Anyone paying any attention the Cubs offseason has to admit that they are absolutely loaded with talent. Picking out a position player that could either fly under the radar or be a player that is key for them to advance to the playoffs is difficult. There might be more Cubs

The White Sox have existed in baseball’s middle ground since they won the World Series in 2005. If all of the major sports are similar in any aspect, it is the fact that the middle is probably the worst place to be for a franchise. The Houston Astros and Chicago

The top 50 free agents from the 2015-16 offseason are all officially off the board. The Baltimore Orioles continued their late spending spree when they signed Pedro Alvarez to a one year, 5.5 million dollar deal late Monday night. The deal officially closes the book on the offseason and gives

The Red Sox have been baseball’s yo-yo for the past several seasons. They won 78 games a year ago, 71 games in 2014, but won the World Series back in 2013. You can’t help but notice that a number of their players have experienced the same ups and downs. Fantasy

Baseball fans from the distant past brought a different kind of hope to Spring Training. With the rapid increase of free agency and international scouting, teams have a great deal more upward mobility than they used to. Sign a few key free agents and your team suddenly could vault themselves