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Saturday Rockpile: As the D-Backs Continue to Improve, How Will the Rockies Answer?
Let's flashback to a little over four years ago, when the Rockies were coming off of a season in which they beat their division rivals, the Arizona Diamondbacks, on their way to their first World Series appearance. Many people thought that, of the two young and similar clubs, the Rockies' core was...
Sane Planning, Sensible Tomorrow
I'm not sure what the Mets can do right. By that, I mean I'm not sure what they can do that won't be taken as a cue to bash them. The recent announcement of changes to CitiField's outfield dimensions--which fans and writers alike have been clamoring for for years--was met with a collective groan....
Saturday Rockpile: Aaron Heilman Replaces David Aardsma on the Rockies' Radar
Rockies believe asking price is too high for AardsmaVia Twitter, Troy Renck mentions that the Rockies have scoffed at Seattle's demands for David Aardsma. Out of all of the candidates for a reliever, I believed Aardsma to be the best (144 ERA+, 129 K's in 124 IP the last two seasons), so it's a bit...
Winter Meetings: Want/Have
Despite the nihilism (or is it crafty gamesmanship?) of the front office, we know the Reds are at least pretending at pursuing a Leadoffman - or, failing that, a coxswain. The player in question will have to man LF or SS, since those are really the only openings in the starting lineup at present ...
Hot Stove League Rankings: Short Stop
For your consideration, a companion piece to riverfront76's BAFTA, Cable Ace and Darwin Award-nominated Compare & Contrast series. Here we look forward to 2011 at the handful of positions in which the Reds have potential openings to fill during the off-season and may tap a fresh face as...
Bullpen Bargains: Chris Britton
Taking a quick break from LOOGY's, we have Chris Britton. Britton was drafted in 2001 by the Baltimore Orioles and later traded to the Yankees after the 2006 season for Jaret Wright. In his only season in Baltimore, and really his only big league season, Britton showed a lot of promise especially...
Rays Put Bradford On Trade Block; Yanks Interested In Rocco
Two quick hits this morning from Joel Sherman of the NY Post. First, The Rays made have put Chad Bradford on the market at least to the NY Mets. The Rays offered Chad Bradford to the Mets because $3.5 million is too much in Tampa's world for a set-up man, and Ray officials were shocked when the...
Ty Wigginton: A Sell High Opportunity for the Astros
This morning (I mean early morning), SBN's own Peter Bendix and Chris Dutton (though I'm not sure he's one of SBN's own), posted one of the most comprehensive updates and inquires into BABIP I've seen in awhile at The Hardball Times. Their method was to breakout some BPro metrics that measure...
Indians looking for a closer: Could the Astros send Valverde and Wigginton to Cleveland?
MLBTradeRumors is reporting that word on the street is the Indians have added a closer to their Christmas list. They apparently have contacted Fuentes', Hoffman's, and K-Rod's agents, but one has to imagine that they'd like to avoid the kind of spending those guys will command. Given their...
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