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Giants’ Scoreless Sweep of Dodgers Catapults World Champs Back Up NL West Ladder

Do not adjust your calendars. It is 2015, and the San Francisco Giants are the hottest team in baseball outside of the nation’s capital. The Giants pulled off a 4-0 victory Thursday over the Los Angeles Dodgers and reigning NL MVP ... (Continue reading)

Hyun-Jin Ryu’s Surgery Makes Acquiring a Front-Line Arm Inevitable for Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers took another big hit to their rotation Wednesday with the news that lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu, who has been out all season with a lingering shoulder injury, is headed for what is likely to be season-ending surgery, according ... (Continue reading)

Can Padres Maintain Lethal Offensive Attack in Pitcher-Friendly Park?

The 2015 San Diego Padres actually have an offense, which is a lot different than the 2014 Padres, whose lineup was just plain offensive. Last April, the Padres hit the fourth-fewest home runs (14) and ranked last in runs scored (74) on their way ... (Continue reading)

Josh Hamilton Controversy Has Masked Angels’ Real Problems in Poor 2015 Start

In a sense, the Los Angeles Angels should thank Josh Hamilton. They are, at least in some ways, lucky that practically all of the focus on them over the past few weeks has centered around the Hamilton controversy. If not for ... (Continue reading)

With Brandon McCarthy’s 2015 Over, Dodgers Must Make Moves to Address Rotation

It's a good thing the Los Angeles Dodgers have arguably the best one-two pitching punch in Major League Baseball with Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke atop their staff. They're going to need it. In the wake of the lingering-since-spring-training left-shoulder injury ... (Continue reading)

What Should Major League Baseball Do with Josh Hamilton?

At the center of the latest controversy for Major League Baseball is an aging, embattled, injury-prone, high-priced former MVP. And for once, it isn't Alex Rodriguez. While Rodriguez is busy getting in at-bats and fielding as many questions as grounders in ... (Continue reading)

How the Los Angeles Dodgers Have Left Themselves Exposed Entering 2015

The Los Angeles Dodgers have won 92 and 94 games the past two seasons, as well as the National League West both times, and are once again considered by many (if not most) to be the favorites in that division ... (Continue reading)

Will Padres’ Upton-Kemp-Myers Push to Win Now Pay off Big or Backfire?

If it wasn't obvious before, it certainly is now: The San Diego Padres are going for it in 2015. Like, really going for it, so much so that they have acquired an entirely new starting outfield made up of Matt ... (Continue reading)

Billy Beane Continues to Sell High on A’s 2014 All-Stars with Derek Norris Deal

And so the Oakland Athletics tear-down continues. General manager Billy Beane made yet another trade Thursday evening, sending All-Star catcher Derek Norris to California neighbors, the San Diego Padres, for a return of younger players with more years of team ... (Continue reading)

Andrew Cashner, Tyson Ross, Ian Kennedy Shake Up the MLB Trade Market

A market that already is chock-full of quality top- and mid-rotation arms is adding even more quantity to the quality, as the latest report from Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports indicates the San Diego Padres are listening to offers for ... (Continue reading)