The Infield

C Jarrod 'Salty' Saltalamacchia
Contract: $750,000 (Arbitration)
Age: 25 Bats: S
2010 Stats: .167/.333/.292 (Boston and Texas)
Thoughts: We have a real weakness at catcher this year. All we can do, I guess, is move on and hope everything pans out though, right? Salty was once a highly-touted prospect; known for his bat, he was the centerpiece of Atlanta's deal with Texas to acquire Mark Teixeira. Going into the season as our starting catcher,...

Starting Rotation

SP Jon Lester
Age: 27 Throws: L Velocity: 92-94
2010 Stats: 19-9, 3.13 FIP, 83 BBs, 225 Ks (Boston)
Contract: $37,640,000/4 Years
Thoughts: Lester is a strong, dominant lefty with a great pitching frame. His arsenal features a three plus pitches: a fastball, cutter, and changeup and an additional plus-plus curveball that he goes to strikeouts. Already...

Time for Change: The Red Sox Tab Purke as New GM
March 30, 2011

When Boston made wholesale changes in the front office after last season, fans were left wondering in which direction their favorite club would head. The hiring of Matthew Purke simply led to more questions.

"I'm the new kid on the block. I know that I've got a lot to prove to you," conceded Purke. "When you take over a ballclub, you don't have an offseason. There are signings, trades,...

Rangers Executive Manager Riley Payton, in the midst of an up-and-down 40-42 campaign and a current four-game losing streak, decided some changes were in order before the 4 game deficit in the AL West increases.

Star infielder Toby Harrah has been demoted to AAA, hitting .213 this season with no homers. The team is hoping that Harrah can put his game back together and show some signs so he can get called up again after the all-star break.

The Rangers also traded disappointing...

Legend has it, that after Maximo Romano won the Mexican National League Pitcher of the Year award for the second year in a row in 2015 someone quipped "Why don't we just call it the Romano award?"

And that's why the league bestows the award on the best pitcher the "Romano Award"

But it wasn't just Maximo from whom it got its name.

Antonio Romaro was born in Victoria, Mexico in 1984. And all his life he wanted to be a professional ball...