Third and Long

(Photo by Keith Allison) A generation ago, the standard baseball rotation was four pitchers, and they would regularly pitch over 200...

(Photo by Keith Allison) This offseason was a dim one for top-tier baseball players, as they fell startlingly short of the money they...

(Photo by Keith Allison) Let me preface this blog by saying that Terry Francona is my favorite MLB manager of all time. That being said,...

Maybe it’s just because I live on the East Coast and follow an American League baseball team, but it seems like nobody around the game of...

(Photo by KateBlueSun) Entering this MLB offseason, the free agent class looked to have numerous free agents commanding deals in excess...

(Photo via Ship1231) A lot has changed since I last wrote about Angels’ two-way Japanese sensation Shohei Ohtani; the MLB has finally...

“He was an Opening Day catcher two months before wrecking his ankle while playing left field. He crams four varieties of gloves into one...

The start of the MLB season is closing in on us, so here are my official 2018 Preseason Power Rankings: 30. Miami Marlins Last year, the...

This morning, I read an article titled “Matt Harvey pitches two scoreless innings in second spring training appearance,” and a wave of...

Perfectly in line with Third and Long’s ongoing battle with its haters and their “stick to sports” slogan, it’s time for the first ever...

Last Friday, ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick wrote an article intended to pump the tires on Shohei Otani, baseball's next big thing. He introduced...

I have obviously been really high on J.D. Martinez this entire offseason (and even dating back to last summer when he was traded to the...

"We haven’t said one time, ‘September or October.’ Every time we use only November. That’s the goal. That’s the start, middle and end....

Two days ago, an article was published on FiveThirtyEight that detailed new evidence of MLB baseballs being altered to increase the...

When Bryce Harper was 15 years old, he was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated and given a feature on ESPN. Harper had been...

I’m not gonna lie; I was a little nervous about J.D. Martinez in Boston following the delay in his signing. Reports indicated that the...

“In an attempt to speed up games, Major League Baseball is limiting teams to six mound visits for the first nine innings of a game --...

(Photo by Keith Allison) I get it. Chris Sale wants the ball every five days--he’s a horse, and everyone knows that. But throughout his...

Listen, I’m not happy with everything Hanley talked about at the podium for the first time this season on February 16th, the team’s first...

"Somebody asked me whether I think he'll be a major league player at some point. I think he will play in the major leagues. That's my...