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hardballtimes.com - 10/21/2009

2010 impact rookies: Carlos Santana

— hardballtimes.com — Continuing with my look at impact prospects for the 2010 season today we will take a look... at Cleveland Indians catcher Carlos Santana . Santana came to the Indians organization in 2008 as part of a deal that sent Casey Blake to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The departure of Victor Martinez all but ... (more) 2010 impact rookies: Carlos Santana

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clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com - 10/14/2009

Forward Thinking – Around the Diamond

— clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com — As the managerial search continues, but with little actually being cleared up in terms of John Farrell’s... interest or what other names are legitimately involved, let’s start to take a look towards what the Indians may be looking at in terms of the makeup of their 2010 roster and what questions ... (more) Forward Thinking – Around the Diamond

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Indians: Forward Thinking – Around the Diamond

— theclevelandfan.com — Swerbs Blurbs (more) Indians: Forward Thinking – Around the Diamond

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Johan Santana: King of the Mound!
The Real Dirty Mets Blog — Jack Moore of fangraphs.com takes a look here at why Johan Santana continues to be successful on the mound. With the amount of HRs and line drives Santana gives up limited, and the amount of essentially automatic outs he induces via the infield fly, Santana’s low amount of ground balls has no impact on his incredible peripherals, making him still one of the best pitchers in the game today. Here’s a list of 2009 infield fly ball leaders, HR/9 leaders, line drive % leaders, and ground ball % ...

How to succeed as a flyball pitcher
THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball — Another good article by Jack, as he shows how Santana gets success.

With Friends Like These...
New York Mets Fan Blog — ... ? 'Duk comes to the right answer, which is no. FanGraphs' Jack Moore observes how Johan Santana succeeds as a flyball pitcher . As long as the anomaly keeps working in our favor, I hope he keeps it up. Just a reminder: You can hear your friendly neighborhood Mets blogger talk Mets baseball on the Happy Recap Radio Show this Sunday at 6pm. ...

Utley Applesauce - Holliday prefers Yankees and Mets, Marquis wants Mets, 1969 photos, Cards trading Pujols?
Amazin' Avenue — ... along those lines to pass along. Meet the Mets Ken Davidoff reports that Matt Holliday's top two choices are the Yankees and the Mets (in that order). I always enjoy being the second choice. Jason Marquis, however, seems to have the Mets as his first choice. LIFE magazine puts together an awesome photo gallery of shots from the 1969 Met season. FanGraphs explains why Johan Santana can be such a good pitcher while relying on the fly ball. Around the NL ...