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mlbnotebook.com - 21 hours ago
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As you may have heard, it's free agent
time in the not-minor league of baseball. It's an
exciting time for all, as we're now seeing the beginning of the real off-season action. Unfortunately, there may not actually be that much in the way of free agent activity since the pickings are, as ...
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Building a Free Agent Team
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mlbnotebook.com - 43 hours ago
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I just read on Rotoworld that the White
Sox are close to signing Omar Vizquel. The report
also mentions that he will serve as a backup across all the infield spots, for Mark Teahen at third, Alexei Ramirez at short, and Gordon Beckham at second. And the overarching question that I had while ...
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What are the White Sox Thinking?
mlbnotebook.com - 46 hours ago
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Complied from the ever so resourceful MLB Trade
Rumors , a list of the youngest players among
the major free agents this offseason with their ages in parenthesis. First up the pitchers. LHP Aroldis Chapman (22) RHP Chad Cordero (28) RHP Mark Prior (28) RHP Rich Harden (28) RHP Brent ...
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Under 30 Free Agents
mlbnotebook.com - 48 hours ago
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With the free agency period now upon us,
St. Louis sees Matt Holliday as its top offseason
priority. In 63 games with the Cardinals, Holliday hit .353/.419/.604 with 13 home runs and 55 RBI. He provided a complimentary bat to Albert Pujols and instantly made the Cardinals lineup more dangerous. ...
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The Cardinals' offseason priorities
mlbnotebook.com - 2 days ago
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As of RIGHT NOW, free agency has begun.
Let's get it on.
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Off to the Races
mlbnotebook.com - 2 days ago
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Congratulations to Tim Lincecum for winning the NL
Cy Young award this year, as well as to
the BBWAA voters for actually giving it to him. I was fairly sure that Chris Carpenter was going to win based on his league leading 2.24 ERA and 17-4 record, or – failing that – it would go to his ...
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NL Cy Young Voters Get It Right
mlbnotebook.com - 2 days ago
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Disclaimer: I am not insinuating that any of
the moves mentioned in this article will happen. I
have no inside knowledge, and I don't want to lay out odds of these moves being made. The point of this article is to look at things the Mariners have the means (and are rumored) to do to make a ...
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Could the Mariners Compete in 2010?
mlbnotebook.com - 3 days ago
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According to one general manager who spoke to
the Marlins during the GM meetings, trading Dan Uggla
is Florida's number one offseason priority. There's plenty of interest in Uggla. Baltimore, San Francisco, Atlanta, and Boston are all rumored destinations for the Marlins second baseman. Those ...
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Trading Dan Uggla
mlbnotebook.com - 3 days ago
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Adam McCalvy reports that the Brewers do not
expect to come to terms with any of their
free agents by tonight's midnight exclusive negotiation deadline. Starting Friday, free agency begins. Of note, Mike Cameron , Craig Counsell , Felipe Lopez and Jason Kendall will hit the free agent ...
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Morning Notes: Brewers, Rangers, Washburn, Johnson
mlbnotebook.com - 3 days ago
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I've been falling behind in my self-promotion as
of late, and we can't have that, can we?
At FanGraphs , the Free Agency Fantasy Impact series continues with Justin Duchscherer: "Because he doesn't overpower hitters (~86 MPH fastball), the elbow shouldn't be a problem. If his mental health ...
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Breakfast Links: Self Promotion at it's Finest
mlbnotebook.com - 3 days ago
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As I mentioned earlier, we're now at the
bittersweet conclusion of another decade of baseball. Well, mostly
bitter, but the finality is kind of nice, if that gets you through the winter. If not, stock up on your Hot Toddy ingredients and prepare to push through the dark days ahead (Literally ...
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Hop on the Wayback Machine: The Best and Worst of 2000
mlbnotebook.com - 3 days ago
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Albert Pujols' 2009 season deserved to be examined
in many ways. He had 47 home runs and
64 strikeouts. To put this in perspective, there were 22 players with at least 32 home runs, and only 2 had less than 100 strikeouts. The other player? Aaron Hill with 36 home runs and 98 strikeouts. It ...
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Home runs without strikeouts: Pujols truly in a class by ...
feedproxy.google.com - 3 days ago
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Zack Greinke won the AL Cy Young award,
with 25 of 28 first-place votes. It should have
been unanimous, but I won't quibble with that. Instead, I'd like to bring attention to this article from the NY Times. Greinke considered that Felix Hernandez might have been awarded by the voters, but it ...
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Zack Greinke Is So Damn Awesome
mlbnotebook.com - 3 days ago
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During the baseball season, I was in the
IIATMS fantasy league and finished seventh. Not great, eh?
Well, some of the issues I had came from a trade I made before the season started. Below is the exact trade (if you can't guess, I'm MLBN). MLBN dropped Jonathan Sanchez, SF SP to Waivers ...
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How Chein-Ming Wang Ruined my Fantasy Season
mlbnotebook.com - 4 days ago
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Last offseason, the Dodgers were able to acquire
second baseman Orlando Hudson for a cheap 1-year/$3.8 million.
With Hudson winning a Gold Glove for his play in 2009, resigning him won't be that simple. There's also no guarantee the Dodgers attempt to resign Hudson. In fact, it appears Hudson ...
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Position of Interest: Second Base, Los Angeles Dodgers
mlbnotebook.com - 4 days ago
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With all of the Cy Young hype yesterday,
the Yankees declining Sergio Mitre 's option for 2010
fell through the cracks. They did not want to pay him $1.25MM, and understandably so. However, he is still under team control, and could be back with the team through a new deal or arbitration. ...
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Morning Notes: Mitre, Gagne, Lackey
mlbnotebook.com - 4 days ago
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Word has come down from Rotoworld and MLB.com
that the Blue Jays are willing to give a
team to which they trade Roy Halladay an exclusive negotiation window to hammer out a contract extension. Apparently, J.P. Ricciardi was unwilling to offer such a deal, which doesn't really make sense to me, ...
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Jays to Give Halladay Suitors a Negotiation Window?
mlbnotebook.com - 5 days ago
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Doing some digging around for something I'm working
on, something caught my attention and is begging to
be posted here. Just beggin', I tell ya! Before we get to it, there is a definition that is essential to this post. The idea of MLE's, or Major League Equivalencies. This formula takes ...
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MLE's Strike Again
mlbnotebook.com - 5 days ago
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Pablo Sandoval has given up the month of
November to work with a conditioning instructor at the
Giants minor-league facility. He spends five hours a day, five days a week trying to get into better playing shape for 2010. Is it just me, or does this seem like fat camp? I've said it once, and ...
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Morning Notes: Sandoval, Uggla, Holliday
mlbnotebook.com - 5 days ago
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Some linkage revolving around yesterday's Rookie of the
Year results from yesterday: Adam J. Morris at Lone
Star Ball is disappointed that Elvis Andrus didn't win, but believes Andrew Bailey was a worthwhile choice. Over at Raise the Jolly Roger , Brian cannot understand why Andrew ...
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Breakfast Links: ROY Reactions
