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The New York Yankees rotation: does anyone want the fifth slot?

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Everyone knew heading into this season that the New York Yankees rotation was going to be a big question mark. Masahiro Tanaka, Michael Pineda and Luis Severino could be the best top three of a rotation in the AL East just as easily as they could see a season riddled with injury and inning limits.

Nathan Eovaldi can be assumed to have the fourth rotation spot locked down, so the only question mark was who was going to step up and be the fifth starter.

Right now, it hasn’t been pretty finding out the answer.

Who should the Yanks turn to for the fifth slot? Keep reading to find out!

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Does St. Louis Cardinals’ Yadier Molina belong in the MLB Hall of Fame?

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If you have followed along this preseason, you know that I have been looking at some of the chances that veterans who are getting a bit long in the tooth have for the Hall of Fame. Thus far I have looked at Adrian Beltre (read it here), Torii Hunter and Aramis Ramirez (read it here) and Carlos Beltran (read it here).

So, will Yadier Molina make the Hall of Fame?

Keep reading for Yadi’s chances at the Hall.

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Fantasy baseball has sprung: A letter to Andrew McCutchen

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Fantasy baseball is here. I am in a head-to-head points league that gets pretty intense in terms of trades and transactions. We are allotted four keepers and unlike many other leagues, there is no time constraint on how long you are allowed to keep said player.

The trade market opens one week before the draft and over the past three seasons, my keen general manager (fantasy teammate) and I have thrown together a team that is young and full of keepers. This offseason, we had the toughest decision in our fantasy baseball lives.

Dear Captain McCLUTH… keep reading

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Fatherhood: The Chicago White Sox/Adam LaRoche disaster

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This has been an interesting week for the Chicago White Sox. No it has nothing to do with the fact that they have won two games in a row, nor does it have anything to do with Tyler Saladino (who?) hitting his third home run of the spring.

No, the whole world knows what’s wrong on the South Side and it has to do with Adam LaRoche, Kenny Williams, Chris Sale and this kid named Drake.

Keep reading for my take of the LaRoche situation.

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Remember when Babe Ruth threw a no-hitter?

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The Great Bambino. George Herman Ruth would retire a legend to the sport of baseball, so much so that one could argue that he was the most important player to ever play the game.

Before he was a New York Yankee, he was a member of the Boston Red Sox. Before he was the most iconic slugger in the history of Major League Baseball, he was a pitcher.

And on June 23, 1917 he brought new meaning to the Sultan of Swat.

Babe Ruth and Ernie Shore become forever linked. Keep reading to find out how.

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The 2016 Minnesota Twins: was last year a fluke?

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Last year, all the talk was surrounding the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros monumental turnarounds. Their “tear-it-all-down-and-build-it-back-up” approach worked, and after years of patience, they appear to be on the cusp of several years of exciting baseball.

Over in the American League Central, another huge turnaround went rather unnoticed. The Minnesota Twins — under the tutelage of Hall of Fame first-year skipper Paul Molitor — improved in the win column by 13 games, finishing at a surprising 83-79.

So, did the 2015 Minnesota Twins over achieve or should we expect more of the same in 2016?

Are the 2016 Minnesota Twins the real deal?