Masahiro Tanaka, Big Money, and the 2014 New York Yankees

The Yankees re-earn the Bankees/Evil Empire moniker after a brief interlude; I examine the international market; prognosticating Tanaka and the 2014 Bronx Bombers.

A Brief Note on the Equity of the International Free Agent Market

 Talking the equity of Southeast Asia versus Latin America as it pertains to MLB franchises in the mid- to low-payroll/mid- to small-market tiers.

An Analysis of Joe Girardi's Suitors in the 2013 Off-Season

Hey Joe, where you goin' with that contract in hand?

Buster's Big Break: Thoughts on last week's Posey extension

Shortly after Justin Verlander was awarded a massive contract extension from the Detroit Tigers, the Giants and their MVP catcher, Buster Posey, agreed to a new nine-year, $167,000,000 contract that will see him get paid between twenty and twenty-two million dollars annually between 2016 and 2022. My take on the signing and what this may portend for Los Gigantes, after the jump.

Johan Santana's Series of Unfortunate Events: An Analysis and Career Retrospective

The news broke yesterday that Johan Santana of the Mets had "probably" re-torn his shoulder capsule and will likely miss all of the 2013 season. It likely also signals the end of the 33-year-old's career as a starting pitcher in the major leagues.

The off-season's biggest winners, 2012-13: #s 10-6

The 2012-13 off-season has been chock full of surprises, so it is clearly a difficult task to analyze what were ten of the better moves of the off-season. To make this task slightly easier, I have chosen to analyze the biggest winners of this past off-season. The aim was to focus on individuals, but there were a few teams that upgraded so significantly that it was impossible to exclude them from such a list.

With that in mind, I've ranked my ten biggest winners. After the jump, the bottom five.