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Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire The Bombers need help in a few areas as they look to get over the hump in 2021. Masahiro Tanaka, James Paxton, and J.A. Happ are all free-agents, and while they may not all depart in free-agency, starting pitching is definitely something GM Brian Cashman needs to address. His line-up was also far too right handed in 20 and they desperately need an impact left handed bat. But the most critical thing on New Yorks agenda has to be re-signing the 32-year-old...

After breaking down how last seasons five lowest-scoring offenses look now, well do the same here with the five rotations …

Originally posted on MLB Trade Rumors  |  By Connor Byrne  |  Last updated 1/1/21 After breaking down how last season’s five lowest-scoring offenses look now, we’ll do the same here with the five rotations that allowed the most earned runs in 2020… Tigers (6.37 ERA/5.53 FIP, 8.04 K/9, 3.91 BB/9) Tigers starting pitcher Matthew Boyd, who was a coveted trade chip before the campaign, imploded. Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports The Tigers rece...

After returning most of their roster from 2019 for this past season, the Nationals have significant roles to fill as they build their team for next year. From the corner outfield to the hot corner, pitchers to catchers, there are vacancies to address. Let’s look at five questions facing the

share-square-1011354 After returning most of their roster from 2019 for this past season, the Nationals have significant roles to fill as they build their team for next year. From the corner outfield to the hot corner, pitchers to catchers, there are vacancies to address. Let’s look at five questions facing the Nats as they enter 2021. 1. Who will be in the starting rotation? The Nationals can check off the first three spots in the starting rotation with the returning arms of Max Scherzer, St...

Dbacks All Time Top Prospect List and Roster By ChuckJohnson56 on Dec 31, 2020, 9:23am EST 10 Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Baseball America first began publishing their team Top 30 prospects in the late 1980’s. After several years of trial and error and building enough industry sources to combine them all they began putting together their Top 100 in 1990. When the Dbacks and Rays began participating in the Rule IV amateur draft in 1996 their picks and international signees bec...

The Nationals got a power bat with the addition of Josh Bell to their weird roster.

Ryu Hyun-jin /AFP-Yonhap Ryu Hyun-jin of the Toronto Blue Jays has become the first Asian player to win the Warren Spahn Award, given to the best left-handed pitcher of the season in Major League Baseball. Created in 1999, the award is named after Warren Spahn, who holds the MLB record for the most wins by a left-hander. In 2019, when he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, he was a favorite for the award with an MLB-best ERA but was edged out by Patrick Corbin of the Washington Nationals. Ryu...

The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2021 Hall of Fame ballot. For a detailed introduction to this year’s ballot, and other candidates in the series, use the tool above; an introduction to JAWS can be found here. For a tentative schedule and a chance to fill out a Hall of Fame ballot for our crowdsourcing project, see here. All WAR figures refer to the Baseball-Reference version unless otherwise indicated. Earlier in this series, I profile...

Which transaction this offseason will be key to unlocking a World Series title in 2021? Every champion can point to an important move, whether it’s a blockbuster trade, a splashy free-agent signing or an under-the-radar pickup whose full impact is only revealed months later. Here is a look back at the biggest addition made by each of the past 26 World Series winners, since the beginning of the Wild Card Era. (This list only includes moves made during the prior offseason; crucial Trade Deadlin...