Folks, we're officially 4 days away from the opening of the baseball season, and we here at The Baseball Freak are thrilled to get back to work on bringing all you devoted readers (yes, all 4 of you) as much news and opinion-influenced posts as we possibly can.
The season has yet to actually begin, but spring has brought mainly bad news for many teams. It looks like the Phillies will start the season with both second baseman Chase Utley and closer Brad Lidge on the DL, which will cause a dip offensively, but has done little to take away from the anticipation of seeing their potentially-historic rotation in action...the Cubs and pitcher Carlos Silva nastily parted ways this weekend, with Andrew Cashmer taking the rotation spot Silva thought he deserved before being told that he could either accept a minor league assignment or be released, opting for the latter...Adam Wainwright is out for the entire season due to Tommy John surgery, and the Cardinals' rotation has clearly suffered for it already, so all eyes are turning back to the matter of first baseman Albert Pujols and whether or not he'll spend any more time as a Card in his career...the Yankees finally have something that resembles a rotation, with rookie Ivan Nova and veteran Freddy Garcia taking the spots behind Sabathia, Burnett and Hughes, and Bartolo Colon taking a role in the bullpen...the Nationals trade troublesome centerfielder Nyjer Morgan to the Brewers for Cutter Dykstra (son of Lenny Dykstra) and cash after it became apparent that Rick Ankiel and Jerry Hairston Jr. would be a more favorable platoon in Washington than one that involved Morgan...reigning World Series champion Giants are closely monitoring closer Brian Wilson's road to recovery after a strained muscle made it doubtful that he would be available for Opening Day...new Brew Crew member Zack Greinke will also be sidelined for the first few weeks of the season with a rib injury sustained in a pickup basketball game...and as if the tension in the AL East couldn't be more palpable, Orioles manager Buck Showalter blasted Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and the Boston Red Sox, leading BoSox manager Terry Francona to talk back, defending his own organization.
So, as March 31st creeps up ever so quick on us, we'll finally get to see all the offseason trades, signings, and acquisitions go into effect.
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