sports.espn.go.com - 1/10/2009
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Posted by Buster Olney Some future Hall of Famers signed this week, but Bobby Abreu is still out of work, and so are Manny Ramirez , Pedro Martinez and Orlando Hudson . With a little more than a month to go until spring training begins, you could start a 31st team with the available free agents ...
sports.espn.go.com - 1/4/2009
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Posted by Buster Olney It is strange, but
true, that Andruw Jones' career is in jeopardy, even
before he turns 32 years old. Even with the Dodgers restructuring his contract so that he is owed about $5 million for 2009, there does not seem to be any ...
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sports.espn.go.com - 1/7/2009
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Posted by Buster Olney The prices for free
agents are dropping far enough that suddenly teams that
haven't made moves in the offseason may be in a position to nab a player they might've thought of as out of their price range a month ago. But there ...
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insider.espn.go.com - 1/4/2009
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Posted by Buster Olney• The Braves seemingly got
to the 1-yard line in their negotiations for Jake
Peavy in November, reaching the point where they were haggling over the last prospects in the deal. We don't know yet if Jeff Moorad 's proposed deal to ...
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Open Thread: All-Free Agent Team
River Avenue Blues —
This morning Buster Olney posted “baseball’s 31st team,” a 24-man (?) squad containing nothing but players still available on the free agent market. Pete Abraham followed his lead with his own need-a-job All-Star team, and now I figured I’d throw my two cents in as well. Here she goes:
C: Gregg Zaun - the best of a bad lot, Zaun’s the only legit starting catcher option that posted an OBP north of .321 last year (he was at .340)
1B: Doug Mientkiewicz - I’ll take Minky’s avg offense and Gold Glove defense over Kevin Millar’s & Sean ...
Yankees News and Notes
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Let's hit the Yankees' links for a smorgasbord of issues: Amidst an avalanche of stark economic news, the Yankees write huge checks to plug roster voids while looking to reap big bucks from New York City. The New York Times, in an article titled, "At the New Yankee Stadium, Sanity Rides the Bench" reports:" On top of the $942 million in previous financing, and $660 million that the city is pitching in to replace parkland sacrificed for the new stadium and transportation improvements. What is the team going to spend the new $370 million on? Here are some items on the submission filed with the city’s Industrial ...
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insider.espn.go.com 1/17/2009 — • Speaking of politics: CC Sabathia and his wife Amber have tickets to the upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama , and will attend some of the postinaugural events, as well.• Kris Benson is going to throw for scouts on Jan. 24, and in the week after ...
