After playing behind Kyle Lohse the last four years with the Cardinals, Skip Schumaker never imagined Lohse would go into March without signing somewhere as a free agent. ...more

Josh Hamilton was the very symbol of the Rangers' September collapse. Now he's the very symbol of their winter gone wrong, after leaving to sign with their biggest rivals, the Angels. ...more

The Angels, once considered the favorite to keep free-agent pitcher Zack Greinke, are now unlikely to sign him, according to sources. The Greinke market is beginning to play out and, as colleague Jon Heyman reported over the weekend, the 29-year-old right-hander could be setting up to sign a record contract. The Angels simply don't seem willing to provide that. ...more

The Giants were great. Maybe they were too great, because they did so well that they took a lot of the drama out of what at first looked like it would be baseball's best postseason ever. ...more

The Cardinals were beyond good for 13 months. They were beyond bad the last four days. They did great things no team has done before. Then they went ahead three games to one in the NLCS and could never close it out. The magic ran out, but the Cardinals will reflect on the good more than the bad. ...more