This edition of "Scouting Snapshot" takes a look at the man who has quickly become the best catcher in baseball, Russell Martin.   more »

The Milwaukee Brewers traded OF Gabe Gross to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for RHP Josh Butler.  Butler will report to Class-A Brevard County. OF Tony Gwynn has been recalled from his rehab assignment with Triple-A Nashville and will be reinstated from the 15-day DL tomorrow.

It's been quite some time since I've seen an athlete like Utley in person. The guy is just a tremendous player. He possesses incredible bat speed and is rarely fooled. His pitch recognition and plate discipline all seem to be improving to elite levels as well.   more »

John Smoltz is approaching a milestone and I look at some top duels he's had in his career.   more »

Todd Helton has spent 77% of his post-April career with a .300 batting average or better.   more »

Keith Law posts about Miguel Tejada and his real age, but as with many others, fails to ask a few other significant questions about this case.   more »

I had this regular feature over at Knuckle Curve called Random Wednesday. The idea was I'd head over to Baseball-Reference, ...   more »

Chase Utley has now hit home run in five consecutive games, a feat that includes him in a select club of home run hitters.   more »

Hank Steinbrenner is now insulting his own personnel and calling them names like 'idiot'. Oh boy...   more »

A daily look at baseball transactions.   more »

Chase Utley homers for the fifth straight game, Carlos Zambrano stymies the Mets, Miguel Tejada puts on quite an offensive show for an old guy, Dan Uggla powers the first place Marlins to another win, and the Red Sox with their 5th in a row on Patriots' Day in Boston...   more »

Check out Joe Hamrahi's weekly appearance on the Buffman and Wrench show. The discussion this week focused on Frank Thomas, the Kansas City Royals, and crazy research from Wrench!   more »