Foul Territory Baseball
What Are the Atlanta Braves Even Doing?
Last year the Atlanta Braves started the season with one of the best farm teams in the league and hopes to soon be a team in contention. And then a funny thing happened on their way to to the end …
This Week in Baseball – Keuchel/Kimbrel, Snell’s Raise, King Felix’s Streak, ARod Engaged, Loaiza’s Cocaine
Keeping Up with Kimbrel/Keuchel… Usually when there are top free agents available on the market, we get to hear lots of rumors and whispers and fantasies about where those players will land. Not with Dallas Keuchel and Craig Kimbrel. We …
Why Billy Heywood Is the Greatest Fictional Baseball Manager of All Time
George Knox managed the California Angels in Angles in the Outfield. Lou Brown managed the Cleveland Indians in Major League. Jimmy Dugan, at times, managed the Rockford Peaches in A League of Their Own. None of these managers come close …
This Week in Baseball – Harper Joins Phillies, Arenado Extension, Perez Injured, Bregman Dream, MLB Experiment
Phinally… Bryce Harper officially signed with the Philadelphia Phillies on a 13-year megadeal that should keep him in red until the end of his career. Harper’s deal doesn’t include any opt-outs and has a full no-trade clause. The contract’s $330 …
Why Doesn’t Anyone Want Cy Young Winner Dallas Keuchel?
Pitchers and catchers reported for Spring Training a couple weeks ago. We’re less than a month from the start of the season. The off-season is usually over by now. But Dallas Keuchel, one of baseball’s best free agent starting pitchers, …
Fear and Loathing in Spring Training
Spring is a time of new life. It is a time of flowers and leaves and hummingbirds and bees. It is also the time of baseball’s spring training, so called because the teams are training for the upcoming season and …
This Week in Baseball – Harper Phillies Rumor, Machado Signs, Bochy Retirement, Kershaw Injury, Sign Stealing
Phillies Phlirtation… Our winter of free agent discontent is coming to an end. All-Star outfielder Bryce Harper appears to be getting close to finalizing a deal with the Phillies. Earlier in the week there was news that Harper had already …
A.J. Preller Latino-Player Passion Helped Land Manny Machado
A.J. Preller, the strangely eccentric general manager of the San Diego Padres, grew up a rich white kid from Suffolk County Long Island and became an Ivy League graduate. Oddly, he also has unique instincts for recruiting and signing Latino …
Starting 9 – Anchorman Quotes
Each week on the Foul Territory Podcast, Jed Rigney takes a current event and tries his best to match the names of active MLB players to that subject. With Manny Machado signing with the Padres, we’re taking a look at …
Theo Epstein Delivers Master Class In Business of Baseball
If you’re curious about what makes a great baseball executive, take a look at the press conferences conducted by Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein. You won’t find too many public speakers who are more eloquent or effective at …
