Opinion

It is certainly hard to argue against the success of Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia as he enters his 12th season at the helm, the longest tenure of any manager in the American League and second longest in the majors behind Tony La Russa of the St. Louis Cardinals.

Earlier his offseason, I wrote that the New York Mets bullpen was a bigger question mark than the starting rotation.

The reason being that the Mets lost two huge bullpen arms in Pedro Feliciano and Hisanori Takahashi, but only one starting rotation piece in Johan Santana.

Let's get one thing out of the way right now.

Miguel Cabrera is no Bobby Layne.

Layne, the liquor-guzzling quarterback for the Lions in the 1950s, was a drunk, but a happy, functioning drunk.

Layne's drinking binges were legendary and almost romanticized.

Well, "Albertgeddon" has come and gone.  Finally.  

Everybody okay?  All present and accounted for?  Looks like there was minimal damage.

In an era of back-pedaling and whining about being "taken out of context," Chicago White Sox hurler Mark Buehrle is taking a different approach to spin control after making comments that caused a stir last week.

Buehrle's being honest and taking ownership of his opinion.  Even if it's not the popular opinion.

How refreshing.

As the baseball season edges ever closer with the start of spring training, the Toronto Blue Jays' pitching rotation appears set at the top, with Ricky Romero, Brandon Morrow and Brett Cecil slated for the top three spots.

It’s the other two places that raise the most intrigue, with a myriad of options available to round out the rotation. 

Last season, Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera was one of baseball's best stories. After blowing more than three times the legal limit after a domestic dispute with his wife in October, Cabrera underwent treatment, cleaned up his act and had a career season, finishing second in the AL MVP voting behind Josh Hamilton.

“If.”

A noun or conjunction: an uncertain possibility, a supposition, in case that, granting or supposing that.

The word “if” will hold much significance for the 2011 New York Mets.

Let’s start with the positives.

If Chris Young returns to his mid-2000's form and if R.A. Dickey pitches similarly to last year, the Mets will not be severely affected by the loss of Johan Santana.

It started out innocently enough.

Last Wednesday, Joba Chamberlain was among several Yankees pitchers to report early to the team's spring complex in Tampa, and some beat writers on the scene remarked on Twitter that the reliever looked as though he'd put on weight.

Our 2011 fantasy baseball projections will be released one-by-one until the top 100 players have been revealed. These rankings consider past achievements, current performance and expected future results based on standard 5×5 H2H settings.