For the next six days, we'll look at each division, with predictions and storylines to watch this season. Today: American League West. Three storylines Angels in the infirmary: Los Angeles is a ... Read More

The early rounds of a fantasy baseball draft are fairly easy. Everybody has a good idea of every player drafted, their injury status, etc. When you get to those middle ... Read More

How paranoid are teams about burning out their young pitchers' arms? The Tampa Bay Rays sent down a guy who was perhaps their biggest hero of their postseason run last ... Read More

Curt Schilling, coming off injury and with little interest on the free agent market, announced his retirement on his blog Monday. And, as with Jeff Kent earlier this offseason, let ... Read More

Ichiro Suzuki is already a legend in Japan. He added another accomplishment in the clutch on Monday night. The Seattle Mariners star's two-run single in the top of the 10th inning ... Read More

Japan eliminated the United States from the World Baseball Classic 9-4 on Sunday night, turning two big innings into yet another matchup with South Korea in the championship game on ... Read More

Now the World Baseball Classic gets interesting. And with the NCAA Tournament second round concluding an hour before tonight's semifinal game between Japan and the United States, it's time to ... Read More

A few developments this week should affect fantasy teams and draft preparation: The Houston Astros signed Ivan Rodriguez, who was fantastic for Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic, hitting .500 ... Read More

You needed a fledgling cable TV network to see it, but Team USA's stirring comeback victory on Tuesday over Puerto Rico was the shot in the arm that the World ... Read More

It's still hard to know exactly what to make of the World Baseball Classic. My e-mail correspondence bounces back and forth between "who cares" and "how can you write that ... Read More

You would think there would be a market for a future Hall of Fame pitcher who still hits 91 mph on the radar gun. Heck, if Kip Wells can still find ... Read More

One game remains in the first round of the World Baseball Classic, and the eight teams are now set for round two, which begins Saturday. In Miami: Venezuela, Puerto Rico, United ... Read More

Everybody knows the story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. A rag-tag bunch of college hockey players who take on and upset a juggernaut team from Russia on their ... Read More

In these times when all the news feels like it has an edge to it - and that includes baseball, unfortunately - it's good to get a laugh. And that's ... Read More

The United States joined Japan and South Korea in the second round of the World Baseball Classic, pounding Venezuela 15-6 on Sunday night in front of many empty seats in ... Read More

Alex Rodriguez has decided to have surgery on his hip, but not the full-blown surgery that would have caused him to miss much of the 2009 season. Instead, Rodriguez will have ... Read More

Three topics to explore in the baseball world today: Finally: Our nightmare is over. Manny Ramirez is finally signed to the Dodgers. After the Dodgers announced they were starting from scratch, the ... Read More

The best and most influential baseball book all-time arguably is "Ball Four," the rollicking autobiography of a season with the 1969 Seattle Pilots, written by relief pitcher Jim Bouton. It ... Read More

A Reuters story previews the World Baseball Classic as a collision of stars, with a Team USA double-play combo of Derek Jeter and Dustin Pedroia and a Japanese team led ... Read More

A bonus to baseball's steroid mess, as conflicting as that statement might sound, was the creation of an investigations team with Major League Baseball. They've been able to put a focus ... Read More