Matt Cain

MIAMI — Marlins outfielder Emilio Bonifacio on Friday will undergo left thumb surgery, a procedure that will keep him sidelined four to six weeks. Further tests revealed the thumb ligament partially tore off the bone. Rather than wait for it to...

Greetings Cub fans, good to be here on Stats Sunday!  I know a couple of weeks ago Len broke down BABIP and it's value as a tool used to examine both pitcher and hitter performance. As he mentioned, it was Voros McCracken's work in 1999 called DIPS...

Ozzie Guillen didn't get to manage Mike Stanton, but he has no trouble spotting why Giancarlo Stanton isn't hitting this season. It has nothing to do with the young Marlins slugger switching to his real first name. "Watching from the dugout, he's...

When a ballclub is going bad, heads roll. That was the lesson when Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan was sent to the minors last year amid a June swoon. It happened sooner this season as the 2009 National League Rookie of the Year was optioned to Triple-A...

The problem with the Marlins' lack of offense starts at the top. Marlins leadoff hitters ranked last in the National League with six runs scored, and their .200 batting average was second-to-last (through Sunday). After a two-day experiment with...

Long before Matt Cain did his Nolan Ryan imitation, before things got testy back in a Delaware court room and while the tarp was still on the field at Dodger Stadium, they had a nice moment Friday at AT&T Park in San Francisco. The 13-year-old son of...

The judge who presided over the Dodgers' bankruptcy case is a huge baseball fan. He invited an attorney to speak by saying "batter up," referred to last Friday's morning and evening court sessions as "a day-night doubleheader" and proudly shared his...

Are you a gambler? Then you too could be a baseball executive. With the disparity in team revenues growing, teams are trying harder than ever to keep their own players or at least to control what they will earn in arbitration years. The last six months...

Statistics through Sunday (last week's ranking) 1. Rangers (1): Josh Hamilton, Mike Napoli, Ian Kinsler and Michael Young all rank in the top 17 in OPS among American League hitters. The pitching and defense held opponents to 2.7 runs per game on a...

While the Cubs are considered the leader in the Jorge Soler derby -- executives with multiple teams are saying they have agreed to a $27-million deal with the 19-year-old center fielder -- they do not have a deal in place. It still may be weeks before...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Fear the Dodgers. That was always the respectable thing to do, and it has become fashionable as well post-Frank McCourt. It is prudent, as well. Kevin Towers, who knows the National League West as well as anyone, understands his...

Of course, it could just be coincidence or simply the smart thing to do. Anyway, it is smart. Still, fairly amazing news Monday afternoon that two of the Dodgers’ main perceived free-agent targets for the coming offseason were both removed from the...