News I don't necessarily follow Baseball Prospectus as closely as I used to, but Kevin Goldstein has some interesting opinions on Angels prospect Trevor Reckling: An eighth-round pick last June, Reckling is the kind of pitcher ...

This is the third of a three-part interview (Part 1 is here ; Part 2 is here ) with San Diego Padres CEO Sandy Alderson. Big thanks to Mr. Alderson for taking time out of his busy schedule to make himself available, and also to his assistant, Dayle...

The Yankees welcome the San Diego Padres into the 21st century that is known as the American League tonight.  One wonders if the Pads will ride into town in horse-drawn carriages. With the minor hiccup of losing their # 1 starter for pretty...

The Yankees begin a 3-game series this evening with the San Diego Padres at Yankee Stadium . The Yankees are 3-2 in interleague play thus far, with all the wins coming against the Astros and the two losses against the Mets . The Padres , under second...

I've been away for a while, but I'm back for now, and boy did I miss a lot going on around the town, huh? The Coco Crisp fight - have you listened to him talk? What a thug! He was looking for that fight and he got it, what a punk! The Yuk and Manny...

The Athletics promoted right-hander Trevor Cahill from High-A Stockton to Double-A Midland of the Texas League. Cahill, Oakland's second-best prospect according to Baseball America, had a  2.07 PERA and a 10.6 K/9 in 87.3 innings in the...

Chien-Ming Wang is out until at least September But don’t expect a rash move from Brian Cashman. ———— If you’re looking for a good place for baseball headlines from every team and a bunch of blogs, check out...

Results from the first round in Omaha and the College World Series: Stanford 16, Florida State 5 Georgia 7, Miami 4 Fresno State 17, Rice 5 North Carolina 8, LSU 4 Every time we talked about Christian Friedrich this spring, we wrote that no...

News Not that anybody cares especially but me, but it looks like Saturday's scorebook is going to be delayed until I can rewrite some of the XML parser to generate the missing index page. Kevin Goldstein looks at the Dodgers' 2008 draft...

Trevor Cahill was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the second round of the 2006 draft, out of high school in Vista, California. He had strong academics and a Dartmouth scholarship, leading to signability concerns, but Oakland got the...

We're just about at the halfway point of the minor league season and many of the A's affiliates either clinched first-half playoff spots or came within a game or two of clinching. Here's the current situation: Current Standings Sacramento...

Working on Father's Day didn't have much appeal, so I will get the Trevor Cahill thing up for you later this morning. We will do Jesus Montero tomorrow. For Wednesday and the rest of the week, should we do more Controversial Prospects? If so,...

In Allentown, PA, Pawtucket rallied to score single runs in the eighth and ninth innings to edge Lehigh Valley (PHI), 3-2. The PawSox led 1-0 through six innings behind the pitching of starter David Pauley, who had allowed seven hits and a walk as...

The last decade of Padres baseball has taught me that pessimism is the best approach for dealing with the club’s ups and downs, particularly under the tight-fisted stewardship of John Moores. However, the team has undeniably been trending in...

The Twins signed 2008 first-round draft pick Aaron Hicks. Hicks, the 14th overall pick in the draft, will receive a signing bonus of about $1.78 million and reported to Low A Beloit. The Mets signed 2008 first-round draft pick Reese Havens. Havens,...