Jays Waiting On Rios For Lincecum Offer

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According to Jeff Blair , it's in the Giants' hands: Alex Rios for Tim Lincecum .  A Jays official suggested to Blair that Brian Sabean might sit on this for a few weeks, mulling it over. Blair says Sabean is hesitant because he's scared of making a mistake of the same magnitude as his Liriano/Nathan move four years ago. It's easy to bash Sabean for that trade.  But you ... [link]

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Week 14 Undefeated Odds
Published 12/6/2007 by Vegas Watch at Vegas Watch
... out. SportsBetting has it at -220 and +170 (the bets odds I've seen on them not going undefeated), which comes out to 65.0%. Also from BetUS: Quite obviously, these both indicate 50-50 chances of these outcomes. SportsBetting has Miami going 0-16 at +140, with them managing a win at -170 (which work out to 39.8% and 60.2%, respectively). Their last four games are @BUF, vsBAL, @NE, vsCIN. Also: Brian Sabean is crazy.

A look around the net
Published 12/9/2007 by thewizardsofoz <info@southsidesox.com> at South Side Sox: Front Page Posts
... doesn't like the Jose Guillen signing. -- ZiPS likes the Chris Sheltons' pickup (.264/.353/.437). Fuku news: he will decide in a few days "whether to accept a bid from the Padres, Cubs or another American club." And on Tuesday he "will let the Yomiuri Giants know whether he will accept their offer." Sox have inquired about Luis Vizcaino. Hot Stove: The Brewers are close to 1-year deal with Eric Gagne. -- Brian Sabean is contemplating Toronto's offer of Alex Rios for Tim Lincecum. Would you pull the trigger? I don't ...

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