Honest Wagner

How do you handicap the Bautista / Castillo showdown for playing time?

I want to buy a box or a complete set of 2007 baseball cards to feed to the destruction machine that is Rowdy Jr. and Rowdietta. Any recomme...

Dejan Kovacevic runs down the ramifications of the trade , which might be announced formally this afternoon. John Perrotto summarized the de...

Nate Silver thinks Schuerholz robbed DL. Silver's PECOTA projections think Lillibridge was one of the top fifteen prospects in all of b...

We still don't know who is the additional player, but if it's a minor-leaguer or a six through eight starter, I don't care. Let...

The Post-Gazette is reporting that Adam LaRoche has been traded for Gonzo and one other player. (rubs eyes). Still there. I can not tell if...

The news that stands above the usual restlessness is this, in Dejan Kovacevic's report : "Starters Sean Burnett, John Van Benschote...

Just got an email from my man in Ecuador . I wrote about him awhile ago. He's repaid half the money I lent him. Way to go, Juan! I am d...

The LaRoche story will not die. Dejan Kovacevic reports how it lumbers from the graveyard . Littlefield is right to reject the Duffy-and-Gon...

So, what's the over/under on the number of fish Bob Nutting caught today?

One more thing before I return to the lazy Sunday routine. If I had a vote, I would have given it to Mark McGwire. There is facts and there ...

One theme I've noticed in Kovacevic's pre-season preview writing is that we should not expect much improvement from the better play...

Dejan Kovacevic profiles the man at the top . I expect little to change, but this dispels some uncertainty. So the only change is this. Now ...

I read the gossip stuff and the news reports. And I don't know. I trust the Rooneys not to screw it up. You have a favorite horse in thi...

I'm happy for Bob Nutting that he had his coming out party yesterday. His letter to the fans was an interesting thing. Still, I don'...

OK, the curious conclusion of my morning study of Duffy's defensive superiority, as documented in the two posts and comment threads, bel...

For half a year, I've been impressed with my own logic as more or less described in the previous post. I will concede that Duffy over Mc...

Turn your cell phones off. Write your answers legibly and show your work if you want partial credit for wrong answers. Question 1. In a nine...

I don't know about you, but the pleasant waiting experience has me exhausted.

It was a nice day today. I hope tomorrow is also nice. In the Pirates news , nothing's happening. Something could happen, of course. It ...