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On a day featuring one of the oldest baseball rivalries as the Opening Game of the 2015 season on Sunday Night Baseball, A.J. Preller and the Padres put the cherry on the top to an exhilarating offseason. In the late afternoon on Sunday April 5, 2015, the Padres agree to a blockbuster trade with the Braves that would swap two Friar pitching prospects, Carlos Quentin, and Cameron Maybin for Atlanta’s stellar closer, Craig Kimbrel along with Melvin Upton Jr. The now Padres’ closer Craig Kimbrel, has $33 million left on his contract that takes him through the 2017 season with Continue reading Padres Sneak in Another Block Buster Trade before Opening Pitch→

On Saturday April 4, 2015, the Kansas City Royals agreed on a contract extension with their young 23-year-old ace pitcher, Yordano Ventura, on a 5-year deal. Ventura will get paid $23 million over the next 5 seasons. At the earliest the star pitcher can become a free agent in 2020, while this new deal makes sure that his arbitration years (2017-2019) will be avoided. In addition, the new contract includes a club option for the sixth year. After his stellar rookie campaign, including a wonderful WS Game 6 performance, locking up a guy like this was extremely important to KC. Continue reading KC Locks up Future Ace Just Like other Stars→

AL East                           AL Central                             AL  West 1. O’s (91-71)                  1. KC(92-70)                        1. M’s (95-67) 2. Yankees (88-74)     2. The Tribe (88-74)         2. A’s (87-75) 3. Sox (87-75)               3. Tigers (85-77)                 3. Astros (81-81) Continue reading MLB Predictions→