The Cy Young award is a Major League Baseball award presented to the best pitcher in the American League and the National League. The award can be awarded to any pitcher in the game but starters dominate the award. The Cy Young award was first awarded in 1956. The award was named in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young who passed away...
With the upcoming announcements from the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) and the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA), we felt it right to release two ballots of members that currently or in the past, call Sports Unbiased home. Those two writers are Rich Stowe and Adam Solowiei. Sports Unbiased...
Here we are with a couple of weeks left in the regular season. The Baltimore Orioles have clinched the AL East and the LA Angels have clinched the AL West. The Tigers and Royals battle it out for the AL Central and a handful of teams battle it out for two AL wildcard spots. Meanwhile in the NL the Washington Nationals have clinched the...
The San Francisco Giants ended the first full month of the baseball season sitting on top of the National League West division with a 17-11 win-loss record. The Los Angeles Dodgers are currently trailing the Giants by a game and half. It is the Giants best start since the 2003 season. During that season they started 19-7, won...
It was announced Monday night that White Sox pitcher Chris Sale was headed for the 15-day disabled list. Unlike the long list of pitchers before him, however, he does not have ligament damage but a flexor strain. In 2014 that is especially good news for a pitcher suffering from elbow soreness. It makes him extremely lucky, but let's...
New York Yankees' starting pitcher Ivan Nova is the latest in a very long list of pitchers to land on the 15-day disabled list. He exited Saturday's loss, to the Tampa Bay Rays, in the fifth inning with elbow soreness. We've learned by the many pitchers this season to have elbow soreness that this is almost always a very bad...
The answer to the question is that they probably won't. There appeared to be a chance for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to compete in the American League Western Division in 2014, according to some experts but that chance was downgraded this morning. Now it is goodbye to the possibility of a comeback year for the Angels'...
Most of the time I try to tailor my column to encompass the season ticket holder experience of fans of every team through my experience of it as an A's fan but this past week was so strange that it's going to be all about the my week going to A's games. In all my years of having tickets and going to games I have never encountered a week,...
It first reported Saturday by Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal that the the Cleveland Indians and catcher Yan Gomes had come to an agreement on a six-year $23 million contract extension.
Source: #Indians, Yan Gomes agree to six-year, $23M contract with two club options.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) March 29, 2014
The deal, which...
A Contract Extension
Written from the perspective of a former hater ...
The Boston Red Sox have FINALLY given Big Papi what he wants, to say in Boston. The two parties agreed to a one-year $16 million contract extension Sunday. The agreement also includes vesting options for both 2016 and 2017. ESPNBoston.com's Gordon Edes tweeted...
