Every season a few new names appear on MLB rosters from the Japanese baseball league,  but most go unnoticed and many have fairly benign careers here in the states. This season, among those names is Minnesota Twins second baseman, Tsuyoshi Nishioka, who comes from the Chiba Lotte Marines. He is a natural shortstop, so he […]

Desmond Jennings has long been considered the heir apparent to Carl Crawford, so you can’t call him a sleeper because the alarm clock on this kid went off a season ago. Crawford’s departure to Boston signals the beginning of the Jennings era in left field. Or does it? The Rays VP of baseball Andrew Friedman […]

How many of you remember how the Houston Astros did in the second half of the 2010 MLB season? I’ll give ya a minute. Ok, time’s up! They did pretty well finishing 40-33 and a lot of that had to do with the emergence of third baseman Chris Johnson. Who, you ask? Well don’t feel […]

I want everyone to take a deep breath; what I am about to say is nothing short of shocking, mind-bending, and literally unbelievable: Royals first baseman Billy Butler stole a base Sunday in the Royals spring opener against the Texas Rangers. I know, incredibly strange news considering Billy Butler only has one career stolen base […]