 By: Chris Larson
Every year when October rolls around, teams strategically discuss and map out exactly how they are going to manage their 25-man roster and how they want it to look. As such, a lot of planning and discussion goes into the process to ensure that every team's front office sets their skipper up with plenty of options to turn to regardless of what type of situation might pop-up during a playoff game.  By: Chris Larson
Heading into this season, many people around the game of baseball, fans and analysts alike, expected the Minnesota Twins to be a competitive team and to build off of the success they had last season despite the fact that they finished the season with a below .500 record. In fact, some went as far as predicting that the Twins would win the American League Central crown, unthroning the Cleveland Indians who had won the division three consecutive seasons in a row, going into this year.  By: Chris Larson
September 1st always marks a critical postmark in the game of baseball. Not only does it represent the start of the final month of the regular season or the final month for those teams in contention to make a final push towards the playoffs, it also represents the opportunity that many up-and-coming players have to join the big league club and get a chance to play in the major leagues.  By: Chris Larson
The 2019 July 31st Trade Deadline has now come and gone and although there was a lot of talk about potential names moving, a lot of those names ended up staying put in the end. All along dating back to the start of the month, fans and analysts alike kept waiting for the market to become unclogged and for deals to start happening, but that wasn't the case. While many of the big names that were mentioned in many trade rumors ended up staying put, there were some nice fireworks that ended up happening after the 4 o'clock EST Trade Deadline.  By: Chris Larson
Every year around this time, you can start to pinpoint what a common theme or two of the upcoming July 31st Trade Deadline might be. Most of the time, the storyline revolves around contending teams looking to bulk up on bullpen help, while other times the storyline involves teams going after that one superstar available on the trade market in an attempt, to lean on that particular player to, help them in their postseason race. |
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