A rare combination of power and defense behind the plate, Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez was named the American League’s Comeback Player of the Year in 2020 on this day in béisbol after missing the entire previous season with an elbow injury. A tear of the UCL in his right elbow required Tommy John

Carlos Peña has been a familiar face to MLB Network viewers as a vivacious in-studio analyst for more than a decade. But the slugging first baseman was also well known to an inordinate number of fan bases, having played on eight different teams over a 14-year career. On this day in béisbol, December 9, 2010

It was one of the best birthdays ever for Tino Martinez: On the day he turned 28, the Seattle Mariners traded the slugging first baseman to the Yankees, who promptly signed him to a five-year, $20.25 million contract on this day in béisbol, December 7, 1995. He and his wife also welcomed their third child

Mike Cuellar was a 31-year-old middle of the rotation starter for the Houston Astros when a trade to the Baltimore Orioles on this day in béisbol, December 4, 1968 transformed him into a Cy Young winner. The Cuban native was a barely .500 pitcher with a 42-41 record and decent 2.90 ERA over his first

Robinson Cano was five seasons into his 10-year, $240,000,000 contract when the Seattle Mariners’ second baseman was traded to the Mets in a salary dump deal that had closer Edwin Diaz also going to New York on this day in béisbol, December 3, 2018. Cano, 35, had some enjoyed some good years in Seattle after