Painting the Black: Finding Fits
2/25Which teams make the most sense for the remaining free agents?
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2/18The Royals may be the most famous prediction PECOTA has gotten wrong recently, but the Reds have seen the opposite issue.
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11/06Who they are, what they do, where they fit and where Randy the RNG says they'll actually go.
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10/05What teams do when teams can do whatever they damned well feel like.
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10/01How close did the publicly available scouting reports come to pegging Tim Hudson and Barry Zito's future careers?
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9/28How Roberto Osuna has had success at such a young age, and where he might go from here
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9/25Brian Cashman has given his skipper a massive bullpen to work with this September; how has Girardi used it?
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9/21Why doesn't Aroldis Chapman get groundball double plays?
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9/16Are the Braves trying to lose?
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9/10Our transactions master looks at some trends to see what the league as a whole is doing with their 40- and 25-man rosters
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9/03Reviving an old Lindbergher, R.J. examines a lineup of non-prospects with eye-popping numbers in the minors
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8/20Every year, some of the weird minor moves that are too small to cover wind up having a positive impact for teams. Here are a dozen of them.
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8/13Of pitching well, we mean. The question is why, and the even more important question is whether he can improve.
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7/15Eight teams are already out of the playoff race, but there are still reasons to watch.
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7/09The Indians weren't supposed to have a good defense, but then they called up Giovanny Urshela and Francisco Lindor
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