Ian Happ

It was amazing to see how many people on social media borrowed the lyrics from the classic Andy Williams' Christmas tune "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and turned it into a song for the MLB Opening Day 2018. Forget the day after the Super Bowl becoming a holiday. If MLB continues to schedule all of the teams for this day, MLB Opening Day should become the new sports-related holiday.Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ started out this day by hitting a home run on the first pitch of the first game, which leads us…

The calendar is changing. Winter is trying to keep its grip on large part of the country, but that will soon be over. Hope is in the air. Baseball season is nearly upon us. Spring Training is here, which means it’s the best time of the year. Many of us compare this time to the days and weeks leading up to Christmas. Like keeping track of the big sales at Christmas, there is also a lot of news going on in Arizona and Florida.After his intersquad start on March 8, Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke said he has a nagging…

Last week we covered the top-25 fantasy outfielders for the 2018 season. However, the outfield position is so deep and there's no way I could fit in all I want/need to write about each player into just one article, so I decided to break up the outfield into three separate articles. In this article, we'll break down outfielders ranked 26-50.A lot of these players come with some sort of concern, whether it's injuries, track record, or lack of experience. However, there's no debating the talent each player possesses. After…

It wasn't too long ago that the second base position was almost as boring and offensively deprived as the catcher spot. Not anymore. Gone are the days of half the league's second basemen being glove-first slap hitters. Sure, defense is still an important part of the game, but there's certainly been more of an emphasis on not having a black hole in your lineup. There's now a ton of power and speed at the position as you can see in the rankings below. A couple of Joses lead us off with a trio of youngsters rounding out the top…

One of the players featured in this edition of waiver wire pickups, Curtis Granderson, was acquired by a trade as the New York Mets sent the veteran outfielder to the Los Angeles Dodgers. On Twitter, a person wondered how a team could make a trade after the trading deadline? The official explanation comes from the mlb.com website and they state that:  "After the July 31 deadline, any player on a 40-man roster must clear Major League waivers before being traded. That is, the player must be offered to the other teams in…