Mired in the middle of an intense playoff race and hoping to add some youthful spark to a team full of aging veterans, the Miami Marlins purchased the contracts of outfielders Christian Yelich and Jake Marisnick today. Nah. The Marlins are just really bad – especially offensively – and decided

Timing is everything in life. And so, about 12 hours after the completion of the 2013 Home Run Derby, I somewhat belatedly ask you, dear TDG readers, a simple question: Who will win the Home Run Derby in 2017? It’s a more difficult question to answer than you may realize,

As a fairly recent college graduate, 2013 is my first baseball season working a full-time job. Let me reaffirm what most of you already know: it sucks. It’s harder to watch baseball now. It’s harder to read about baseball now. And above all else, it’s hard to attend baseball games

Nick Castellanos is having the best season of his career, and he’s doing it as 21-year-old in Triple-A. He’s a big-time offensive prospect in the system of one of the best teams in baseball. He’s well known to even casual prospect fans, as he’s been the best player in Detroit’s

Dylan Bundy, who has yet to throw a pitch in a game this season, had a setback yesterday as he threw from 120 feet. According to everywhere on the Internet, Bundy felt discomfort near his “right flexor mass,” where the forearm meets the elbow. Bundy was shut down for similar

Perhaps you drafted Jesus Montero as your starting catcher this season. Maybe you’re in a league that starts two catchers. Maybe you were drunk and thought Tyler Flowers would be good this year. Perhaps you put all your eggs in Ryan Doumit’s basket. There are plenty of reasons why Fantasy

Gerrit Cole is a former No. 1 overall draft pick, and he’s making his MLB debut against the San Francisco Giants tonight. A fairly divisive prospect, some look at Cole and see a future Cy Young contender who will anchor the Pirates’ rotation for years to come. Others see someone

In case you’ve been living under a rock, Byron Buxton is having a decent season so far in Single-A. Last year’s second overall selection boasts a modest .333/.435/.545 line through 240 PA, good for a wRC+ of 174. He’s walking and striking out nearly equally, which is remarkable for a

Keith Law released his updated Top 25 prospect list yesterday, and the names lie pretty much where you’d expect. Oscar Taveras is No. 1, with Byron Buxton and Xander Bogaerts rounding out the Top 3. Archie Bradley has shot up the rankings to No. 9, while Dylan Bundy is down

My last week on TDG was none to kind to the ego. In my weekly column, I made the world aware of an embarrassing comparison I made between Jesus Montero and a future Hall of Famer, then questioned the future of a man I once believed to be among the