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The Arizona Diamondbacks, unhappy with their late inning relief situation, acquired 6-11, 291 pound reliever Jon Rauch from the Washington Nationals for minor league secondbaseman Emilio Bonifacio. Read the rest of this entry » |
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Don’t let the title fool you. I’m not bashing Randy Wolf at all. I am bashing the Astros. What was the point of acquiring Randy Wolf? Do they really believe they are contenders right now? Read the rest of this entry » |
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Back in 2002, during my fantasy team minor league draft, I drafted a college kid named Jeremy Guthrie. Guthrie was a successful Stanford pitcher, and was subsequently drafted in the first round by the Cleveland Indians. He had a great college career, and did well with the Indians minor league teams. Two years later, I was thrilled to see Guthrie promoted to the Indians…until the unthinkable happened. The Indians turned him into a middle reliever. Read the rest of this entry » |
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The Tampa Bay Rays are sitting pretty in 1st place right now, 1.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox and 4.5 games ahead of the New York Yankees. The Rays have been very quiet on the front but VP of baseball operations/GM Andrew Friedman is saying the Rays are talking with many clubs about many different players. Read the rest of this entry » |
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The Milwaukee Brewers struck a deal with the San Francisco Giants yesterday that landed them veteran secondbaseman Ray Durham in exchange for left-hander Steve Hammond and outfielder Darren Ford, both minor leaguers. Durham had a provision in his contract that paid him $200,000 if he was traded, and Brewers GM Doug Melvin said his club picked up that cost. But a Giants source said that team picked up about half of the $3 million remaining on Durham’s contract. Read the rest of this entry » |
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With the second half of the season in full swing, it’s time to take a look at the key players who could be responsible for their team making or missing the playoffs this year. Read the rest of this entry » |
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Once the Yankees begin play in their new ball park next season, their already astronomical profits will increase to monumental proportions. The new Yankee Stadium will have about 60 luxury boxes, compared to the old Yankee Stadium, which has about 16. We all know that today, it’s all about those luxury boxes, and that’s where the Yankees will see an increase in revenue. Read the rest of this entry » |
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The Phillies have struck a deal with the A’s that will land them starter Joe Blanton in exchange for 3 of the Phillies top 8 prospects coming into this season: LHP Josh Outman (4), 2B Adrian Cardenas (5), and OF Matt Spencer (8). Read the rest of this entry » |
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1. Arizona Diamondbacks (47-48) - The snakes started like a house on fire completely collapsed, fell a game below .500 and are still in first place. So, much for the NL West being the best division in baseball….The struggles this team has scoring runs is something that has carried over from last year but, seems more prevalent now. Keeping Eric Byrnes over Carlos Quinten in LF seems like one of the worst moves made this year. Overall, the D-Backs are still loaded with talent and you gotta figure they will figure it out at some point and improve in the 2nd half. Read the rest of this entry » |
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What is the job of a leadoff hitter? What qualities are needed for a player to be a leadoff hitter? If you ask 10 scouts you might get 10 different answers but I guarantee that you will here two things on each ballot: patience and plate discipline. Neither one of those two things are part of Carlos Gomez’s game. Read the rest of this entry » |
