The 2009 Major League Baseball Draft is currently underway. The first round of the draft is in the books. Here are the first round results for the 2009 MLB Draft:
1) Washington Nationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg
2) Seattle Mariners: OF Dustin Ackley
3) San Diego Padres: OF Donovan Tate
4) Pittsburgh Pirates: C Tony Sanchez
5) Baltimore Orioles: RHP Matt Hobgood
6) San Francisco Giants: RHP Zack Wheeler
7) Atlanta Braves: LHP Mike Minor Cincinnati Reds: RHP Mike Leake
9) Detroit Tigers: RHP Jacob Turner
10) Washington Nationals: RHP Drew Storen
11) Colorado Rockies: LHP Tyler Matzek
12) Kansas City Royals: RHP Aaron Crow
13) Oakland Athletics: SS Grant Green
14) Texas Rangers: …read more

The Atlanta Braves travel to Philadelphia to take on the Phillies later in the day to begin the 2009 Major League Baseball season. Although every team in the majors has hope, there will ultimately be only one winner. Here is a look at the official KnuckleCurve Major League Baseball predictions for 2009:
AL East – New York Yankees
The offseason spending brought in enough talent to win the division.
AL Central – Minnesota Twins
The Tigers and White Sox will disappoint and the Twins will surprise.
AL West – Los Angeles Angels
Mark them down as finishing with the best record in baseball again.
AL Wildcard – …read more

Hello, baseball world. I’m Stephen Kersey and I’ll be pinch-blogging for Geoff Young for the foreseeable future. I’ve enjoyed his blog since he first started it and I hope I can pick up where he’s left off. He has obviously laid a very nice foundation.
Some of you may know me from my fantasy basketball blog, Hoops Fantasy, here on b5media. I hope to bring that same passion for writing to baseball.
Baseball was my first love growing up and I played all the way through high school. I watch the game as much as possible and I expect that I’ll watch …read more

By Guest Blogger, Timm Davis
I hope that everyone had a wonderful turkey day, filled with food and naps.
There was one team that wasn’t napping – the LA Angels. They’ve gone and signed Torii Hunter to a 5 year $90 Million contract. What does this do to the Angels? Well it improves their outfield defense, but at the same time there outfield is now a bit crowded. Look for Gary Mathews Jr (their CFer last year) to move to a corner spot so Hunter can take his customary spot in the middle of the outfield. That leaves Vlad and Garrett Anderson …read more

By Guest Blogger, Timm Davis
Once again the geniuses in the marketing department Of Major League Baseball have done it again. Now you can try and bid your hard earned cash on – you guessed it bug spray.
Yes, your eye’s aren’t playing tricks on you. You can bid on the bug spray that was used when the Yankees were taking on Cleveland during the American League Playoffs. So if you were trying to find that ‘hard to find’ gift for the Yankees fan who has everything look no further. They have some other things that they’ll be auctioning – but …read more

By Guest Blogger, Timm Davis 
Normally you would be expecting a post from Geoff, well he’s taking a bit of a break for the week. And I, TD have been asked to fill his enormous shoes for the time being. I guess you’d want to know a bit about me first, well as I’ve stated my name is TD and I blog over at rain-delay.com. You may have seen me here in the comments here and there.
Anyways I’ve been pulled out of my off season hibernation, I mainly blog the Braves and the Mariners.
So let’s get to it shall we.
It seems …read more