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Never mind what George would do.

George Steinbrenner is gone from this earth, and you can tell he's gone just by looking at his old team. The New York Yankees have changed, becoming more conservative and more business-minded than they ever were under The Boss.

This is not a bad thing. It's just a different thing.

Injuries are a part of the game of baseball, but that does not mean that they are easy for teams to deal with.

One injury can greatly impact the trajectory of a team's season and can take them from a playoff team to one that is searching for answers in the offseason.

Every major league team has a player with some injury concerns heading into the 2013 season. Some players are coming off of surgery while others have had a history of issues.

Pitchers and catchers are slated to report to their spring training camps starting on February 11, yet top free agent Michael Bourn has yet to find a home.

Spring training is two weeks away. 

With the calendar turning to February, you can feel the palpable excitement among baseball fans. Maybe you can hear their hands rubbing together with anticipation. Winter is that much closer to being over. 

The Boston Red Sox recently had six players named to MLB.com’s list of the top 100 prospects in baseball for 2013.

The Boston Red Sox have one of the better minor league systems in baseball, but not every prospect is going to be a star.

Fans rely on writers to help analyze young talent and predict who will even reach the big leagues, let alone be successful there.

It happens in every sport, some of the best leave the sport with a ring missing from their finger. Here are the players we would hate to see that happen to.

Of course, nothing is perfect in life. I am sure the player we mention in this video will be the first to tell you missing out on the World Series would hardly diminish their experiences.

Every Major League Baseball offseason has its own quirks and peculiarities, but this offseason has been sort of like a Tim Burton movie crossed with a Wes Anderson movie. 

The free-agent market has been greatly altered by new rules in baseball's latest collective bargaining agreement, and altered even further by the unwillingness of certain teams to be as aggressive as they usually are. That same reality has impacted the trade market as well.

Gregor Blanco—the San Francisco Giants projected starting left fielder—hit just .244/.333/.344 with five home runs last year.

Andres Torres—the free agent the Giants brought in to compete with Blanco—hit just .230/.327/.337 with three home runs last year.

Yu Darvish announced his presence to the baseball world at-large during the 2009 World Baseball Classic.