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If it wasn’t for Ricky Henderson, the man who stole more bases than anyone else and hit for an average, Tim Raines would have been in the Hall Of Fame. Both speedsters played at the same time, and had mainly the same attributes. Raines had a 290 Batting Average over his career, got over 2,000…

-This week, Aubrey Huff and Dallas Braden retired. Recently there have been reports that Michael Young is seriously considering retiring. Other notable players that retired this offseason include Mo Rivera, Andy Pettite and Roy Halladay.  -Derek Holland’s surgery looks bigger than what we originally thought. After surgery, doctors said Holland could miss the whole 2014…

Multiple reports suggest Tanaka will sign with a team this week. His posting time will be up later this month.  Masahiro is clearly going to sign with a big market club, however there is a chance he goes to a small market club like Arizona or Baltimore. The Dodgers are the front-runners due to their…

Talk about the Biogenisis scandal. What’s your opinion and why? Get ready for an epic debate on this weekends #PepperShow 

Arroyo is one of the few starting pitchers yet to be signed. He has been overshadowed all offseason. Arroyo has been looking to resign with his old team, the Reds, on a 1 to 2 year basis. I expect Arroyo to sign after Tanaka does, as it seems like the whole FA pool is waiting…

https://www.youtube.com/v/OZ7ZhzLGHzM?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata PSOTR (Pepper Show on the Road) is our Spring Training version of the Pepper Show. Basically our bloggers go down to Florida  . Do a couple shows, interviews and report on Spring training. It will be the first time in our blogs 2 Year Run that we have reported live. The reports will be…

In 4 weeks time, we will see Masahiro Tanaka pitching for a new club in spring training. We will also see Stephen Drew, Nelson Cruz and Ubaldo Jimenez signed. Nelson Cruz would be a good fit for a team like Miami or Washington because of the need for homers. Now, yes the Nats are pretty…

The Yankee’s Alex Rodriguez will be suspended for the entire 2014 season, and the postseason if New York qualifies. Rodriguez originally received a 211-game suspension back in August, which would have put him out for the rest of 2013 and all of 2014. He appealed the suspension, and ended up playing for the rest of…

A-Rod had been suspended for the full 2014 season due to the Biogenesis schedule 

The Palm Beach city council officially thwarted the idea of building a baseball stadium in West Palm. Both the Astros and Blue Jays were hoping to move their spring clubs to Palm County