The 2014 MLB season began March 31 in the shadow of an offseason that saw the largest contract ever handed out to a pitcher, the largest ever handed out to a pre-arbitration player, and the largest ever handed out to anyone. The recipients of those three contracts are Clayton Kershaw, Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera,…

Can you feel it in the air? The breezes are getting a little warmer, the snow is beginning to melt, and the optimistic chirping of birds would be audible if not for the sound of thousands of busted brackets being torn up and thrown away. That’s right: it’s late March, arguably the most excitement-packed few…