Chuck Murr

Baseball executives will tell you that the very best trades are those that benefit both teams. Fans, of course, want their favorite ballclub to get the very best of it without a care of the consequences elsewhere.

teams spent a record $374,345,077 on signing bonuses for players drafted last month. That is $24,256,017 more than the previous record spent by the 30 ballclubs a year ago on their futures.

More than any Major League Baseball franchise over the past 30 years, the Miami Marlins have been the . Their team logo should be next to the definition in the dictionary: “subject to sudden or unpredictable changes.”

Walker Jenkins' enormous athleticism is exactly what the need right now to make a stretch-run move for a playoff spot.

Seeking to secure an eighth consecutive trip to the playoffs, the have promoted hard-hitting to join an already formidable lineup.

is baseball's cat with nine lives. The Pittsburgh Pirates are his ninth organization and today called up the player that everybody seems to want until they get him and then send him away.

Yuli Gurriel did not make it to Major League Baseball until age 32. Now he appears primed for a seemingly improbable return at age 40.

There's real change taking place in our nation's capital and it has nothing to do with all the vitriolic political rhetoric.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are about to get an offensive boost, as if the National League West leaders needed more power production. is on a tear in

Bryce Eldridge is moving quickly through the San Francisco Giants' farm system. The 19-year-old has been on a torrid pace since going to the High-A Eugene Emeralds on June 26.