Chipper Jones

Baseball America's Prospect Handbook is going to press, and it's hard to describe the book to my non-baseball friends (a short list, but I have had a few such discussions). It's a book of 900 scouting reports on the...

There is a very short list of players in baseball history who over long careers hit .300, own an on-base percentage of .400 and slug .500. There are more complete ways to judge a player's hitting talents, of course,...

His teammates had long since departed the visiting clubhouse at Citi Field on Tuesday night, but Chipper Jones remained. He had recently caused a stir by saying that he was thinking seriously about retiring after...

This Week's Diamond Digits discovers some long-awaited relief in the standings for baseball's biggest loser, rookies who ingratiated themselves with their new teammates in a hurry, a pitching staff having a historic...

The wealthy Yankees, Red Sox and Mets were all hoping that by some miracle Stephen Strasburg would slip to them due to signability concerns. (Hey, it happens -- coveted hurler Rick Porcello fell all the way to...