The Milwaukee Brewers are following a new pathway to contention. The pathway got its roots from the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros. In essence, both teams used a scorched earth methods to rebuild through their farm systems. The Brewers even hired an assistant from the Astros (David Stearns) to oversee

The Marlins suffer from baseball’s version of bulimia. Jeffrey Loria may be the most hated man in baseball because he can’t seem to commit to funding his team on a consistent basis. 2016 would appear to be in the binging cycle. They added Wei-Yen Chen and Edwin Jackson in free

For years, the Yankees were the symbol of decadence and willful spending in the sport. George Streinbrenner made no bones about outspending anyone and everyone to get his team to the playoffs. When he passed away, his sons reigned it in some in an effort to avoid paying the onerous

Power paired with punch outs finds itself in each section of this piece. That might seem hypocritical, but there’s an explanation forthcoming. A pair of veterans also find themselves in opposite portions of this article. Like Him Less

Keith Law of ESPN.com had some pointed words for the Angels farm system. He said that it wasn’t only the worst farm system in the big leagues now, but it was the worst he had seen in quite some time. In that kind of environment, it’s difficult to find breakout

By sheer definition, when you are the defending World Champions and two time defending AL champions, you aren’t going to have many (if any) breakout candidates. If you did, then you would be on your way to running off a series of pennants that would be reminiscent of the Yankees

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

The article title tells the story. Below, you’ll find a catcher and relief pitcher I like less than the expert consensus rank at Fantasy Pros as well as one of each I like better. Interestingly, there are some parallels between the catchers — namely that both are coming off of

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