We knew before the season even started that Don Mattingly would be managing for his job -- and the Dodgers are looking dreadful. Part of a manager's job is to be a scapegoat, but Mattingly isn't even one of L.A.'s top 10 problems right now. More»

Hey, remember when the Yankees structured their entire offseason around trying to stay under the $189 million luxury tax threshold in 2014? Yeah, that's not happening -- it seems the Yankees didn't quite understand the details of the collective bargaining agreement. More»

"There's no such thing as a pitching prospect," goes the old baseball saying. Except that every once in a while, there is. Mets ace Matt Harvey certainly fits the profile and, after beating Stephen Strasburg at Citi Field, he's starting to live up to the hype as well. More»

Padres CEO Tom Garfinkel made several mistakes when talking about Zack Greinke: conflating social anxiety disorder with the autism of "Rain Man"; making fun of a mental health issue at all; and assuming it would stay private in the "trust tree." Really. More»

Every baseball fan knows that pitcher health is fragile, but it takes something like Johan Santana's possible career-ending injury to feel just how unfair that is. Still, Santana left behind lot of indelible memories: That changeup. Those Cy Young years. The no-hitter. More»

To be honest, the Vernon Wells-to-the-Yankees trade is more important as a joke than it will likely be in baseball terms. Due to his ludicrous contract, Wells has been a punchline for several years now, but the deal isn't as ridiculous as it appears. More»

The World Baseball Classic is packing up and leaving Miami, and Saturday's low stakes game between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic in front of a relaxed yet exuberant crowd at Marlins Park was a pleasant sendoff. More»