Last month, with the MLB Amateur Draft ongoing, we published a Roster of the Month with one representative from each of the...
Baseball is a meritocracy, at least to a certain extent. The best players get drafted, signed, started, and promoted. Where they come...
I am old enough to remember what I have forgotten. I always learned more about baseball from reading than from watching. With...
NDid your favorite team sign a player to an extension recently? Probably so! This offseason, 24 players signed extensions with 16 teams...
Something is wrong with baseball. In case you haven’t noticed, teams have successfully repressed player values. The signs are everywhere. The average...
Every time a child says “I don’t believe in fairies,” there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead (and...
The votes have all been tallied, and the Hall of Fame will induct a monster class of six players in 2019. Four...
It’s Harry Potter Week here at Off the Bench Baseball. This is the only place you’ll find that celebrates the unlikely crossover...
This is the free agent class we’ve all been waiting for. Several big market teams reset their luxury tax threshold just to...
Is it possible that Mike Trout is still improving? He just turned 27 in August, which is a perfectly normal age for...
The MLB regular season is rounding the final bend, but the minor leagues are all pretty much wrapped up. With stats mostly...
58 trades. Since the start of the 2018 regular season, MLB teams have combined to make 58 trades with each other. 45...