By Edward Overend This week’s Conversation took place over the past week. Edward Overend: There is no team as hot right now as the Toronto Blue Jays. What better time to speak with the ESPN Sweetspot blogger for the Jays, Jenn … Continue reading The Conversation: Jenn Smith on the Blue Jays

By Edward Overend With the draft in the books, we are now officially entering MLB’s trade season. Most teams prefer to take the first couple of months to evaluate what they have at the big league level, allocating their time … Continue reading How The Trade Market Stands

By Edward Overend You heard it here first. I’m calling it now. It’s time for a bold prediction. The Cleveland Indians will win the American League Central. What? I hear you. The Indians are in 4th place in a division … Continue reading Here Comes The Tribe

By Edward Overend EO: We’re coming up to a third of the way through the season. Divisions are starting to properly take shape, apart from the ridiculously open AL East. I haven’t caught up with Ollie Connolly since preseason. It’s … Continue reading The Conversation: Ollie Connolly

By Edward Overend What is team chemistry? Is it a romantic notion we like to believe in when our team is successful and we’re struggling to explain why it has over performed compared to our expectations? Is it simply a … Continue reading What is team chemistry?

By Edward Overend EO: This week’s The Conversation is with Jeff Wiser. Jeff writes for Inside the ‘Zona, the Arizona Diamondbacks site within ESPN’s Sweetspot Network, for SB Nation’s Beyond the Box Score and for Beergraphs. Baseball and beer, this … Continue reading The Conversation: Jeff Wiser

By Edward Overend EO: This week’s The Conversation is with Stacey Gotsulias. Stacey is co-editor of Its About the Money, the New York Yankees site in ESPN’s Sweetspot Network. She has previously written at Aerys Sports, the only online sports … Continue reading The Conversation: Stacey Gotsulias

On Friday, to the surprise of absolutely nobody, the Chicago Cubs promoted Kris Bryant to the major leagues. Today, the Cubs have also promoted Addison Russell from Triple-A, where he’ll join Bryant, Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo to form something close to the infield of their dreams. Continue reading Cubs in ‘win now’ mode

Edward Overend’s weekly column. This week Ed talks with Nathan Bishop of SB Nation about the Seattle Mariner’s start to the season. Continue reading The Conversation: Nathan Bishop on the Mariners

By Edward Overend Jose Abreu of the Chicago White Sox had a hugely succesful 2014 season. After the Cuban-born slugger signed his six-year $68m contract last offseason, many doubters wondered if he could provide enough value to justify the deal. His … Continue reading Why Jose Abreu will win MVP

The new baseball season is back. And whilst it is only a few days old, and impossible to predict how a team’s year will go just from their first few games, one team who are predicted to have a long and ultimately fruitless campaign are the Texas Rangers.
Continue reading What has happened to the Texas Rangers?

Edward Overend kicks off his weekly conversation with baseball writers previewing the season, giving bold predictions, looking at how baseball is covered in the media and much more. Continue reading The Conversation: Previewing the season, bold predictions, baseball media and more