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Toronto Blue Jays president Paul Beeston told the New York Post that the club is resigned to the fact that Roy Halladay will not re-sign them after his contract runs out at the end of 2010.
So, let the auction begin.
Halladay has told Toronto media folks that he’s antsy to win, and ...
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch talked to reliever Kyle
McClellan, who blew a 6-1 lead in Adam Wainwright’s
final start this year. That would have been Wainwright’s 20th victory. And maybe that would have enhanced Wainwright’s chances of ...
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Cards’ reliever says he cost Wainwright
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ESPN reports that Aroldis Chapman, the renowned left-hander from Cuba, has fired his agent and has hired Randy and Allen Hendricks.
The fact that the Hendricks boys also represent the Angels’ Kendry Morales might or might not mean something, but it couldn’t hurt.
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Baseball free agency is upon us, and since it’s a weekend, it’s not surprising it’s off to a slow start.
The Angels’ stated stance seems to be making a choice between John Lackey or Chone Figgins; hoping to bring back Vladimir Guerrero for a good price; and looking for, ...
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John Lackey
Scott Boras
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If the Mets can ditch second baseman Luis Castillo, one of their many disappointments, they look to pursue free agents Chone Figgins or Orlando Hudson, according to the New York Post. But that will not be easy.
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This Boston Globe story indicates that David Ortiz was a little miffed when Red Sox management ignored his suggestion that Boston needed more power with Manny Ramirez gone. But that doesn’t stop Big Papi from bringing it up again. Of course, they wouldn’t mind if he brought some of ...
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With the free agent market officially open, everybody’s got rankings out:
Keith Law at ESPN;
Jeff Passan at Yahoo;
Jon Heyman at SI;
and AOL’s Fanhouse.
I’m still partial to my rankings.
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With the Arizona Fall League wrapping up play this week, the handful of Angels’ prospects who spent time in the league were fairly unimpressive.
Cubs prospect Josh Vitters (drafted third overall in the 2007 draft out of Cypress High) tore it up for the Mesa Solar Sox, finishing with one of ...
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ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick: “When Arte Moreno says flat out ‘no’ to Matt Holliday, you have to wonder: Is that Boras-related fallout from Teixeira leaving last winter?”
Without knowing any of the inner workings — you’d have to think Moreno, and any GM or ...
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Here’s another guy who takes his BBWAA award voting seriously. In fact, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch sounded almost as anguished about the Cy Young vote as Henry Schulman did. Maybe these guys should take a week off.
Those of us who were presented with cut-and-dried ...
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There’s a whole mess of stuff worth discussing in the LA Times’ interview with Arte Moreno, but most relevant:
“”We’re at $101 million now. We were at $113 million last year. If you look at what (Lackey and Figgins are) asking, you can’t bring both of them ...
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John Lackey
Arte Moreno
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Darren Oliver
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Angels fans are hoping for a repeat performance
by Kendry Morales in 2010. But one thing will
be different about the switch-hitting first baseman next season. His number. Morales will switch from No. 19 to No. 8 next season. The last Angels player to ...
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Morales going with ocho, no cinco
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One day after Mike Scioscia was recognized as
the American League Manager of the Year for 2009,
the Angels announced that his coaching staff will return intact for the 2010 season. Hitting coach Mickey Hatcher, first-base coach Alfredo Griffiin and ...
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Coaching staff will return intact
Henry Schulman covers the Giants for the San Francisco Chronicle and does it as professionally as just about anybody. The pro came out in Hammerin’ Hank on Thursday when he explained why he did not vote for the Giants’ Tim Lincecum to win his second consecutive Cy Young ...
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With free agency opening some spots, the Angels added outfielder Peter Bourjos to their 40-man roster today.
The procedural move protects Bourjos from next month’s Rule V Draft (to be held Dec. 7 at the conclusion of the Winter Meetings). The Angels now have 38 spots spoken for on their ...
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Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks is trying to reinforce his bid to hang onto his baseball team, and that could have an impact on what happens in the free agent market, particularly as it relates to Angels righthander and Texas native John Lackey.
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San Francisco ace Tim Lincecum has won his second NL Cy Young Award, mlb.com has announced.
Lincecum is the first pitcher to win consecutive Cy Young Awards since Randy Johnson, a Giant in 2009, won four in a row with the Arizona Diamondbacks from 1999-2002.
Here are other back-to-back ...
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Win two American League Manager of the Year
awards, and you can influence important people, too. Commissioner
Bud Selig said Wednesday that Major League baseball will heed Angels manager Mike Scioscia’s advice (it was more like constructive ...
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Selig: ‘Mike Scioscia … was right’ on playoffs
The excitement over the free agency of Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman is understandable. He’s 21, left-handed, and has a 100 mph fastball.
The international pitcher we might not see pitching in the major leagues for 10 years (if then), but the one that truly gets me excited is Yu Darvish, ...
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Japan
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World Baseball Classic
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There’s little question that John Lackey will be
the richest pitcher in this free-agent derby and there’s
not much hope he’ll stay with the Angels. With Andy Pettitte contemplating retirement, it appears the Yankees are the logical ...
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Poll: Who will sign Lackey?
