Is Marlins’ Hot Stove Spending a Prelude to Another Fire Sale?

By On December 5, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Hot Stove

(The following is being syndicated fromThe Captain’s Blog).

During the winter of 1996, the Florida Marlins shocked the baseball world and altered its financial landscape by spending almost $90 million on new players, including $18 million per season for , , and . Fifteen years later, the now [...]

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New CBA May Effectively Contain Yankee Payroll

By On December 5, 2011 · 9 Comments · In Uncategorized

Hat tip . From Joel Sherman:

So maybe they will break again this time. But as an organization, they are saying they are driven to have a payroll of $189 million or less in 2014 when that becomes the luxury tax threshold. Because the incentives that come via the [...]

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If baseball’s awards were fair

By On December 5, 2011 · 4 Comments · In General Musings

In a recent post suggesting that should have come higher than fourth in the Cy Young voting, I casually mentioned that I do not believe that pitchers should be eligible to win the MVP. I didn’t develop that thought further because I was writing a post about the Cy Young [...]

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Musing on Hiroki Kuroda

By On December 5, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Hot Stove

Back in October, I wrote about the possibility of adding . At the time, it seemed unlikely. Waaaaay back then, we figured Kuroda would either retire or re-sign with the Dodgers. Since LA signed , that situation seems to have changed. Now, Kuroda is reportedly

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