Will Carroll
|
Add as Favorite |
| What's Hot: |
The wheels, they are a-turning. Possible deals and
ramifications as the deadline approaches.
The Yankees` catcher gets shut down, but how
much of this could have been anticipated, and could
the team have managed the situation any better?
|
Will Carroll Latest Blog Posts [more]
Reds in Trade Talks?
Posted 5 hours ago at Cincinnati Reds Blog
|
Raise you hands if you thought that on
July 21, the Braves would be opening this series
in Florida with the Marlins playing for a share of first place and the Braves contemplating trading away a star this late in...
brings you latest injury news and trade rumors
in his "Under the Knife" and "The Mill" columns.
Will Carroll : Free Week! First time in a long time I'm batting leadoff - I'm much more Brian Downing than Rickey Henderson - but it's a murderer's row of ...
This week’s link is another one that I
can’t imagine why I had not done before now.
The author of this week’s selection has recently taken his blogging more seriously as he went full time with it back in January of this year. The site is MLB Trade Rumors and the creator is Tim Dierkes
Pedro Martinez is a walking cascade, but Papi
is feeling powerful wherever he goes.
Injuries and trades reshuffle a few rotations, but
look for at least one surprising late-season comeback.
It seems unfathomable, but to recap: Alex Rodriguez,
arguably the greatest hitter in baseball, and certainly the
wealthiest, spends his late nights with a 49-year-old gap-toothed singer , and Peter Abraham, a Yankees beat writer (left) spent ...
Mulder and McGowan may both be exiting stage-left,
and Byrnesie needs to tone down his act next
year.
Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus reports that teams
interested in dealing with the Dodgers have no idea
who's in charge. "The Dodgers continue to confuse everyone. 'Some want to buy, some sell,' I’m told. One faction of the front office wants to deal for a shortstop and is focused on Jack Wilson or David Eckstein, while another (which appears to hold sway with the McCourts for now) want...
The Cubs take their chances on Rich Harden`s
arm, Papi`s almost back, and the Sox and Mets
handle some hurts with some good sense.
The Indians have marketable veterans aside from C.C.
Sabathia . Take third baseman Casey Blake , who's
hitting .353/.414/.529 since the beginning of June. He's owed about $2.8MM for the remainder of the season and figures to draw decent ...
Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus speculates that surgery
is now an option for Furcal. "Just when it
seemed like Furcal was getting close to returning, he suffered a setback. His back seized up again after activity, precisely the wrong thing to have happen at this stage in his recovery. The trouble is that his disc problem hasn't responded well to the normal conservative therapies, and...
The Mill starts churning with a conversation about
the prize pitcher who might be available as a
rental.
The Indians slugger`s at Haf-strength, plus the Big
Z`s timetable and the King`s sprain.
Here’s me, Jenn Sterger, Jenn’s friend and Will
Carroll at Foley’s last night. I think we had
just finished discussing how long Hideki Matsui would be on the disabled list. Or something like that.
Brandon Heikoop reflects upon Will Carroll's recent UTK
which discusses Jeff Francoeur wearing a single corrective lens
to help Frenchy 'pick up' the ball at night.
A quick return, some slow rehabs, and a
date with some pizza while rapping with the writing
crew.






The Mill: Early Churning by Will Carroll