Rays Land James Loney
The Tampa Bay Rays have found their new first baseman, agreeing to terms with free agent James Loney on a one-year deal worth $2 million. Loney could add another million by reaching incentives. Yahoo’s…Read More
Five Bold Predictions for the Second Half of the 2012 Season
Baseball’s two day hiatus is finally over, and I bet all of you are extremely excited to get back to some baseball action. The official, unofficial start to the second half begins today. I am psyched…Read More
Paul Konerko, Melky Cabrera and The Numbers
When I was a kid I used to keep baseball statistics for myself. Can’t recall the details, but I know that I had notebooks of numbers. I compared batting averages and took note of home runs, for…Read More
Does Brendan Ryan have any Value?
The Seattle Mariners’ shortstop Brendan Ryan has the worst batting average (.159) among qualified hitters in the American League. Ryan has been almost incredibly awful at the plate, in 2012. His…Read More
One-Year Deals: The Early Results
This past off-season saw its free agent class make quite a splash. Not only did a storied franchise lose a legendary player in stunning fashion, the resulting contract from that departure wasn’t…Read More
San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies looking at Kevin Youkilis
Today’s Nick Cafardo column was as rich as ever, and one of the topics he hit on is teams looking…Read More
Hideki Matsui Rumors: Rays Expected to Sign Matsui
Jack Curry of the YES Network is reporting that veteran free agent Hideki Matsui is expected “to soon…Read More
Radical Baseball: Most boring batters
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012 How about we just outlaw walks and strike outs? What has always made baseball…Read More
Opening 0-3 is not exactly Armageddon for Yankees and Red Sox
In New York and Boston, there are Yankees fans and Red Sox fans wondering if this is part of the Mayan…Read More
MLB Game Recaps
Tampa Bay Rays 7, New York Yankees 6 The game of the day involved two AL East powerhouses, who squared…Read More
2012 MLB Season Preview: Tampa Bay Rays
2011 Tampa Bay Rays Season Recap Evan Longoria and Dan Johnson are heroes, the Tampa Bay Rays must thank…Read More
Yankees Rumors: New York “Negotiating Exclusively” with Raul Ibanez
Friday, the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates reached an agreement in a trade involving starting…Read More
Yankees Rumors: New York in “Serious Discussions” with Raul Ibanez
It appears the New York Yankees are set on adding a bat before the spring. Buster Olney of ESPN reported…Read More
CttP Weekly Recap: 1/20/12 – 1/26/12
Check in to catch up on anything you may have missed in the week that was here at Call to the Pen. Read…Read More
Carlos Pena Trying To Stay Young
What a country. Carlos Pena batted .225 in 2011 and he just signed a $7.25-million deal to play for the…Read More
Tampa Bay Rays sign Carlos Pena
The Tampa Bay Rays have just filled out their void at first base by signing Carlos Pena to a one-year…Read More
Yankees Rumors: Jorge Vazquez, Hideki Matsui and other DH Options
The Yankees have most of their roster set for the 2012 season, but news and rumors continue to swirl…Read More
Yankees Rumors: Carlos Pena, Johnny Damon and the DH Spot
The New York Yankees went from a questionable rotation to a staff considered to be one of the team’s…Read More
Yankees Rumors: New York Seeking Bat, Carlos Pena “On Radar”
Following Friday night’s flurry of action, the New York Yankees appear to have their starting rotation…Read More
Rays Rumors: Luke Scott and Tampa Bay’s Continued Search for Offense
After it was announced that the Tampa Bay Rays had reached an agreement with free agent slugger Luke…Read More















