MLBTR pegs Holliday, Wolf and Penny for the Mets
The 'Ropolitans | NY Mets Baseball Blog — ... In his “2010 Top 50 Free Agents” post, Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors goes through his personal top 50 free agents from the off-season.  He then posts where he thinks the player will land. ...

MLBTR has Mets Signing Holliday, Wolf, and Penny
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest — ... Tim Dierkes of MLBTradeRumors.com posts his “2010 Top 50 Free Agents,” going through the top 50 free agents and predicts where each player will sign. ...

MLB Trade Rumors To 50 Free Agents
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog — Tim Dierkes over at MLB Trade Rumors came out with his list of the top 50 MLB free agents in this year's FA class. He also listed the team he believes that player will sign with. ...

Morning Prowl: Arbitration Dilemmas, Free Agent Predictions, and Gibby's Managerial Aspirations
Bless You Boys — ...   MLB Trade Rumors listed their Top 50 Free Agents for 2010, and Tim Dierkes forecasts where each of them will end up.  He sees the Tigers being in on a couple of guys (you'll have to scroll down the list), and he has an interesting destination for Placido Polanco.  (And if his ...

MLBTR Predictions - Matt the Mets?
The Real Dirty Mets Blog — Tim Dierkes over at MLB Trade Rumors has released his predictions for where his top 50 free agents of the offseason will sign. Tim believes the Mets will sign three of the top fifty players. The big name for the Mets, according to Tim, will be Matt Holliday. Holliday finished his 2009 season with 24 home runs, 109 RBI, and an OPS of .909. After being traded to the Cardinals mid-season, Holliday caught fire though, hitting for an OPS of 1.023. His post-season was marred by an error on a line-drive, that led to a Cardinals loss in game 2 of the Division ...

Read: Destinations for Top 50 Free Agent
MetsBlog.com — Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors predicts where the Top 50 free agents will end up signing this off season. Dierkes believes the Mets will sign Matt Holliday, Randy Wolf and Brad Penny, with Orlando Hudson signing in DC, Aroldis Chapman ending up in Boston, and Carlos Delgado signing with the O’s. …i think it’s impossible to say, today, who will sign where… but, i too believe the Mets intend to spend on a bat… holliday is an ideal baseball fit, but he’d look good on a poster, and ...

D12: Joe Torre thinking about hanging with Dodgers past 2010
Big League Stew — Welcome to 'Duk's Dozen, a streamlined selection of 12 morning-fresh links and items to start your baseball day. It welcomes your email submissions and tips here or via Twitter.  1. Joe Torre and the Dodgers are "talking about" a contract extension past 2010. LA Times 2. Eric Stephen likes the stability a longer Torre tenure would bring. True Blue LA 3. Rick Morrissey has a lot of hate in his heart for the New York Yankees. Chicago Tribune 4. So long, Pete ...

Weekend Update: Gonzo, Mauer, Bay, Harden
The Bottom Line — ... seeing Cuddyer rewarded for a solid season, but if you ask me, all they did was add a few million to Mauer's price tag. If Cuddyer makes $10M, Mauer should demand $20M at a minimum. With $10M locked up in Cuddyer, Justin Morneau set to make $14M in 2011 and 2012 and Joe Nathan making 11M+ in 2011 and 2012... I just don't see how the $70M Twins will be abale to afford Mauer. But with Varitek, Ortiz, Lowell and possibly Beckett coming off the books after 2010, the Red Sox could... MLB Trade Rumors posted their predictions for the Top 5- Free Agents of 2010. They have Matt ...

Free Agency Begins Applesauce - AFL updates, Mets likely to be active in market, Phils cut Feliz
Amazin' Avenue — ... MLB Trade Rumors believes that the Mets are likely to end up with Matt Holliday, Randy Wolf, and Brad Penny in their free agent shopping cart. ...

Should Mariners be interested in Hideki Matsui?
Mariners blog — ... that Hideki Matsui, fresh off his World Series MVP performance for the New York Yankees, would be a logical fit with the Mariners now that his contract has expired in the Big Apple. It shouldn't take long to sort this one out, as if the Mariners indeed are interested in Matsui, surely they don't need Griffey occupying the same designated hitter role. FOX baseball analyst Tim McCarver tossed out the idea during the World Series. Now mlbtraderumors.com links Matsui to the M's as one of its top 50 free-agent possibilities this offseason . If Griffey re-signs with the M's before ...

HOLIDAY ? IT WOULD BE SO NICE!
Kranepool Society :: A New York Mets Blog — ... Tim Dierkes of MLBTrade Rumors has a post of the predicted whereabouts the top 50 Free Agents will land.  His number one rank Free Agent is Matt Holliday has he sees the Mets making a big time signing here by going 5 to 6 yrs and over $100mil to land the coveted LF’er. This is in contrast with the ...

Is Marco Scutaro a Fit in Boston?
Fenway West - A Boston Red Sox Blog — ... MLB Trade Rumors posted its list of the 50 top free agents including where they think each one will end up.  They have Holliday going to the Mets, Lackey going to the Yanks and Bay returning to Boston.  They also include Marco Scutaro going to the Red Sox: ...

Monday's Frosty Mug
Brew Crew Ball — ... Now, the Brewers have to find a way to wisely spend the financial windfall. MLB Trade Rumors has the likely landing spots for this winter's top 50 free agents, and lists both Doug Davis and Jarrod Washburn as likely Brewers, and also lists the Crew as a potential interested party regarding Jon Garland. Meanwhile, they have Felipe Lopez as a Dodger, Mike Cameron as a Padre and Ben Sheets as a Ranger. ...

MLBTR’s offseason outlook
lenNY's Yankees — This is one post that every baseball fan should check out. Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors looked at the top 50 free agents of the offseason and predicted where each would wind up before next spring. For the Yankees, he foresaw just one big move and a couple of re-signings. The big move is the signing of John Lackey, who Dierkes ranks the second best FA of the winter. The two re-signings are Andy Pettitte (ranked 6th) and Johnny Damon (12th). He left Hideki Matsui for the ...

MLBTR's predictions
It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog — ... Below is a sampling from MLBTR's Top 50 Free Agents and their guesses on where these players will wind up.  I've culled the list to include players from the 2009 Yanks roster, MLBTR's picks for Yanks signings and a few others who the Yanks might have an interest in.  My comments in red, after MLBTR's comments ...

MLB Trade Rumors Predicts Delgado to the Orioles
Camden Chat — ... MLB Trade Rumors has released its list of the top 50 free agents for 2010 along with predictions where each will end up. They give the ...

Around the Mission: 11/9 Padres Links
Gaslamp Ball — ... Adrian or not, I don't know. He's such a great player. And he's got a great contract. There is a lot to discuss in the following weeks." Masur's Musings: Turn up the Hot Stove... If it's me (and the decision is not mine!), I hang on to Adrian Gonzalez. I realize that you might be able to make a slightly lesser "Jake Peavy" type deal, and maybe get some pitching back for him, but I just like what Adrian brings to the team. 2010 Top 50 Free Agents: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com Mike Cameron - Padres. The ...

Monday Mendozas
ESPN Feed: neyer rob — ... comes in at No. 5 on the list of free agents , you know it's not going to be a particularly exciting winter. But as Crashburn Alley points out, if you're looking for a third baseman, ...

A lazily thrown together look at the MLB free agents
Stupid Sports Blog — ... That's why I've decided to achieve the height of laziness and link to the Top 50 Free Agents and where they'll land according to MLB Trade Rumors and talk about some of them here. I know, it's sad. ...

MLBTradeRumors.com Names Top 50 Free Agents and Destinations
YanksBlog.com — Tim Dierkes of MLBTradeRumors.com has his annual list of the top 50 free agents in baseball, along with his prediction for the destination of the player. It's mainly a fun list as it's near impossible to actually predict most of these and even the ones you get tend to be in some way affected by luck. But, for the sake of discussion, he has John Lackey (number 2 overall) going to the Yankees, along with Andy Pettitte (6) and Johnny Damon (12). He suggests Matsui will end up in Seattle.

LT’s Top 10 Links (11/9/09)
LT Sports — ... 2010 Top 50 Free Agents – Now that baseball’s over, we need something to talk about in the MLB. How about free agency?  THE FIVE REAL BEST NFL STORYLINES AT MIDSEASON – This is very funny and worth a look. Six sacks? Line heads for dire record – Who’s offensive line is outright offensive? NFL Week 9 Recap – Missed Sunday’s action? Check out what you missed. LT Involved in Hit-And-Run – Say it aint so, LT. Source: Grizzlies’ Allen Iverson ...

Carlos Delgado An Option At First For The O’s?
Camden Crazies — ... In his post of the top 50 free agents at MLB Trade Rumors today, Tim Dierkes had only one guy going to the Orioles – Carlos Delgado. (It should be noted that Troy Glaus, among others, wasn’t on the list.) The O’s do have a hole at first-base, and could certainly use a slugger in the middle of their line-up. How much sense does it make for the team to bring him aboard? ...

News and notes from Day 1 of the GM Meetings
The LoHud Yankees Blog — ... • One thing Cashman feels likely to accomplish during the GM Meetings is getting a firm grasp of the trade market. “I’m open minded,” he said. ”I’m not looking into anything other than I’m going to come in here and look at what the trade market is, then we’ll gather all of our pro scouts together. We’ll take a strategy from there.” ——— Some links to check out… The free agent compensation rankings. MLBTradeRumors Top 50 free agents. Including guesses of where they’ll end up. ...

Top 50 Free Agents MLBTR
We're the Team to Beat - a Mets and Phillies Rivalry Blog — ... So the World Series from Hell is over & The Curse is Broken (I did take a degree of satisfaction from watching Shane "Shame" Victorino make the final out of the Series and watch him slink back to the dugout).  That can only mean one thing:  Hot Stove season is heating up. Here's a list of the top 50 free agents according to MLB Trade Rumors and who Tim Dirkes predicts goes where in the NL East. ...

The Yankees and John Lackey -- a little more speculation
Pinstripe Alley — ... One more free-agent note. MLB Trade Rumors is out with its list of the top 50 free agents, and its guesses as to where they will end up. By the way, their prediction is that Lackey ends up a Yankee. ...

Chicago Cubs Tuesday Headlines
A League of Her Own — ... mlbtraderumors.com has its annual "Top 50 Free Agents" predictions out, and guess what? According to Tim, all we're getting for Christmas is Billy Wagner and a lump of coal: ...

The Links: Jeremy Tyler is struggling and could Allen Iverson end up on the New York Knicks?
It's Just Sports — ... course they are. Killer! : Jim Schwartz on the Calvin Johnson/Matt Stafford dustup: "You want to be happy and cheerful and you want to win football games, and there are things that you have to work through and there are going to be times that you need to talk things out and stuff like that. I don't even see it as being an issue. I know it's not for the players, and I don't understand why somebody would make it an issue when it's not even an issue." Um ... sorry coach . MLB Trade Rumors : The top 50 free agents. phayes.jpg Patrick Hayes is the editor of ...

links for 2009-11-10
The Detroit Tiger Weblog — ... Not Tigers, but c'mon. It's the Captain we're talking about here. Congrats Steve Yzerman. You always did Detroit proud. 2010 Top 50 Free Agents: MLB Rumors – MLBTradeRumors.com Tim Dierkes tries to forecast where the top 50 ...

Tuesday Rockpile: Firin' up the hot....plate
Purple Row — ... , the Rockies don't figure to fish in the big free agent pond.  In fact, in MLBTradeRumor's Top 50 Free Agents, only one current Rockie or projected signee appears - at no. 50.  For what it's worth, I agree with Tim Dierkes that No. 50 will wear purple pinstripes and sign on the dotted line rather soon. ...

Yes, These Quotes Are About the Phillies
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae — ... days for the Phillies. They are thinking big, and players want to play for them.  "We're in a fortunate position," Amaro said in general. "We've become an attractive place to go." Yeah, and... that was in reference to the Phillies being in the hunt, again, for Roy Halladay. The article also included this gem: "Philadelphia is into winning now, and Halladay fits that," one rival front-office man said.   From MLBTraderumors.com's Top 50 Free Agents listing: Jose Valverde - Phillies.  One way to shore up a ...

DMV: The Skins Do Something Positive
Mr. Irrelevant — ... Ruminating that the Nats will sign Orlando Hudson, Carl Pavano and Bengie Molina, and the O’s will nab Carlos Delgado. [MLB Trade Rumors] ...

Round 'em Up: Tuesday 11.10.09
Milwaukee Brewers Blog - Bernie's Crew — ... Instead of Lackey, Rosenthal notes that Milwaukee is interested in the lefty pair of Doug Davis and Jarrod Washburn.  Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors attempts to prognosticate where the Top 50 free agents will land this winter and has both Davis and Washburn pitching for the Crew in 2010.  I do not particularly desire either pitcher, but I would much rather sign Washburn to a two-year deal than deal with Doug Davis and his 4.00+ BB/9 walk rate. ...

Rumor du jour: Yanks interested in Lackey
River Avenue Blues — ... ’s $82.5 million, five-year contract for Lackey.” The Angels’ ace supposedly wants more than Burnett got. For what it’s worth, Tim Dierkes at MLBTR sees Lackey landing with the Yanks. ...

The MLB Free Agents Are Irrelevant, Focus On Trades
The Big Lead — ... MLB Trade Rumors released their top 50 Free Agents List. It’s as titillating as a memoir of A.C. Green’s sexcapades. Matt Holliday, the top rated player, can’t hack it in the American League. John Lackey, the top rated pitcher, has missed 15 starts with arm trouble the past two seasons and been relevant for Cy Young voting once. Marco effing Scutaro cracked the top ten. ...

If Randy Wolf Was Mets Top Acquisition, Would You Be Satisfied?
Mets Merized Online — ... Tim Dierkes of MLBTR, ranked Randy Wolf number five among all free agents and predicted that he will ultimately sign with the Mets. He writes, ...

Things to check out.
The Sommer Frieze — ... MLB Trade rumors has a list of the top 50 Free Agents…and predictions of where they think the guys will go. Interesting. Can you picture a rotation of CC, AJ, Andy and Lackey? Hey, no 3 days rest in next year’s postseason if they all stay healthy. Heck, if you had that, you could have Gaudin as your #5 and have Hughes, Joba and Mo as your 7-8-9 guys. Other teams shudder at the thought. ...

Things to check out.
Nationalsportsreview.com Blogs — ... MLB Trade rumors has a list of the top 50 Free Agents…and predictions of where they think the guys will go. Interesting. Can you picture a rotation of CC, AJ, Andy and Lackey? Hey, no 3 days rest in next year’s postseason if they all stay healthy. Heck, if you had that, you could have Gaudin as your #5 and have Hughes, Joba and Mo as your 7-8-9 guys. Other teams shudder at the thought. ...

Twins Talk
Down with Goldy — ... - Lovely reader Kate, who was the first one to turn me on to Iwamura, has indeed moved on, and is "literally drooling" over the thought of Adrian Beltre on the Twins (her words, not mine), and we've made no secret of our Beltre love here at DWG before.  There is a lot that points to this being a possibility, including this article where mlbtraderumors.com predicts Beltre will end up a Twin, and the fact that he is a Type B free agent means the Twins won't have to give up a draft pick to sign him.  The sort of large negative here is that Beltre actually had the ...

Is Beltre the Final Infield Piece?
Nick's Twins Blog — ... the second time this winter under vastly different circumstances than his first forray into the open market. He's got much to prove after seeing his production decline dramatically this past year, but he remained a quality player during his first four seasons in Seattle and some team will likely pay a relatively high price to see if he can regain that form -- or perhaps show some semblance of the ability that he flashed during that final season in LA. Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors recently predicted that that team would be the Twins. ...

Alberto vs. Orlando
Center Field Gate — ... Now that the Phuzzies have become the former world champions — dropping the World Series to New York’s Jedi Knights – we can return to baseball’s second season: as ultimate a test for GMs and owners as the on-the-field play of their counterparts during the regular season. So it is that the Nats’ off season rumor mill is finally in full swing, with reports circulating that the Nats are once again eyeing second sacker Orlando Hudson as the solution to the team’s problems in the middle infield. ...

Hump de Bump: Of Lampooning the Gold Gloves
3:10 To Joba — ... sites that put up awesome content from the past few days. Hopefully this reading provides momentary respite. Oh look, the AL Gold Glove winners were announced yesterday! What a surprise, there are results that piss me off! I'll let the smarter folks handle this one though... Via Ghostrunner on First: Baseball's Racist Grandparents Award Torii Hunter a Gold Glove Via Walkoff Walk: The Second Annual Walkoff Walk Gilded Leather Awards Via MLB Trade Rumors: Dierkes offers his list of the Top 50 Free Agents and their likely destinations. ...

Yankees to inquire about Halladay. How about Granderson and DeRosa?
Zell's Pinstripe Blog — ... Giants have also inquired about him —————————————————————————————— Houston is an unlikely destination for Andy Pettitte MLB Free-Agent Compensation ‘Elias Rankings’ Released 2010 Top 50 Free Agents / BBWAA Awards Advisory Yankees streaming sells 6,000 ...

TRDM Pick 10 Lotto: Winner Gets A TRDM Prize
The Real Dirty Mets Blog — ... Time for our off-season challenge.  I thought I should not prolong this as we may see some of these sign very soon.  MLBTR produced a list of the top 50 FA and I have narrowed that list down to 20 players.  (Hard to leave some names off)  For the TRDM Pick 10 Lotto Challenge you choose 10 of the following 20 names and give your best guess as to who they will be signed by.  You can use any resource you want, however, if a player signs before you get the list in that player will not count.  Have fun.  You can put your list below or email them to me at ...

TRDM Pick 10 Lotto: Day 2
The Real Dirty Mets Blog — ... Time for our off-season challenge. I thought I should not prolong this as we may see some of these sign very soon. MLBTR produced a list of the top 50 FA and I have narrowed that list down to 20 players. (Hard to leave some names off) For the TRDM Pick 10 Lotto Challenge you choose 10 of the following 20 names and give your best guess as to who they will be signed by. You can use any resource you want, however, if a player signs before you get the list in that player will not count. Have fun. You can put your list below or email them to me at ...

DG’s 10@10: Alternate Options for Cardinals’ Big Vacancy
Bird Land — ... Matt Holliday is the No. 1 free agent available, according to the MLBTradeRumors list. That’s a rather universal opinion. And it’s no surprise that MLBTR predicts he won’t be a Cardinal at the end of the winter. (They’ve got him going to the New York Mets.) What is somewhat of a surprise is that the Cardinals — who enter this winter with millions coming off the books and a thirst for a big bat and, apparently, a willingness to pay for a premium one — doesn’t do to well in the other predictions either . Not John Smoltz . He’s going to Detroit. Not Mark DeRosa . He’s going ...

2010 Top Free Agents the Mets should avoid at all costs
MetsCitiBlog — ... I am going to run through the Top 6 free agents I think the Mets should not sign.  I am singling out specific players from the Top 50 list from MLBTR.  They will cover positions where the Mets have question marks.  Much like the Do Not Call Registry, here is my Do Not Call List for Omar Minaya: ...