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Grounded Birds: Brandon Morrow Returns to Struggling Blue Jays

The youngest starting rotation in baseball is getting one of its senior citizens back tomorrow when 26-year-old Brandon Morrow returns for the Toronto Blue Jays' matchup against the Tampa Bay Rays.

His return from the disabled list could not come at a better time.

New York Mets: 5 Things That Need to Happen to Avoid a Fire Sale

The New York Mets are only 6-13 on this young season, but the possibilities of a mid-season fire sale are quickly becoming a reality if the team continues playing uninspired baseball.

Honestly, the worst thing that could happen to the 2011 Mets is they play bottom-of-the-barrel baseball, and when the July trade deadline comes around, GM Sandy Alderson plays no favorites and puts a majority of the team on the trading block.

New York Yankees' Derek Jeter: End of an Era or Pause in Greatness?

I’m not a sabermetrics guy.

Instead of numbers and formulas, I prefer to rely on what I glimpse with my own two eyes, and judge what I see not with a calculator but with instincts that have been honed through a lifetime of watching baseball.

For the last year, sabermetrics supporters and analysts have been saying that Derek Jeter is done.

I have not believed them.

B/R Exclusive: San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey Talks 2011 Season and Beyond

Buster Posey was a force of nature around the Bay Area even before he became a fixture in the San Francisco Giants' clubhouse.

MLB Playoff Expansion: Would a One-Game Wild Card Playoff Be the Way to Go?

Recently today, news broke that Commissioner Bud Selig is looking to expand the MLB playoffs from eight teams to 10. This, as you would imagine, brings some new twists to the 2012 postseason.

Atlanta Braves: Is There Something Wrong with Jason Heyward?

What's wrong with Jason Heyward?  He hasn't reached base in his last four games.  Wednesday night against the Dodgers he struck out three times.  However, the short answer is that nothing's wrong.

Fantasy Baseball: Top 5 Players Who You Should Own

This year, like every other, will provide us with season-ruining busts and the championship making prospects. To help you out, the following are the top five players you should, and still can target to ensure success in your fantasy league. Note: the following rankings and stats are based off of Yahoo! Fantasy Sports Leagues. For a more complete ranking of fantasy players go to Jackman Sports' Rankings found here.

Minnesota Twins: The Time Is Right for a Twins Resurrection

One look at the AL Central division standings has a lot of people scratching their heads.

The order is almost the exact opposite from the end of 2010.

There are only two things still the same—Cleveland is about two games better than Kansas City and the Detroit Tigers find themselves in the middle of the division. 

Bud Selig Expects MLB Playoffs to Expand to 10 Teams in 2012

Bud Selig said on Thursday in his annual meeting with the Associated Press Sports Editors that he expects the MLB playoffs to be expanded to 10 teams starting in 2012.

Let me first start off by saying I love the expanding the playoffs in the MLB idea.

The Seven Deadly Unwritten Sins of Baseball

Every sport has their own set of unwritten sins, for instance a left tackle not helping their quarterback up after a blindside sack, or in hockey not giving the goalie your stick after his breaks, but no sport has more unwritten rules than baseball.

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Best of the American League
Tampa Bay
19%
Boston
19%
Chicago
7%
Minnesota
10%
Los Angeles
17%
Texas
27%
Total votes: 270

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