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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 3/17/2008 on www.philly.com [flag]
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Rocco Baldelli's star-crossed career took another sad turn Wednesday when the Tampa Bay Rays placed the one-time phenom on the disabled list with a confounding ailment that has robbed him of his ability to show off the tools that once made scouts salivate. > Baldelli, a mesmerizing talent whose lean frame, Italian surname and graceful athleticism in center field once ... [link]

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Odds and Ends: Dan Johnson, Baldelli
Published 3/17/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Let's round up some linkage. Jim Hendry is very candid about the Cubs' desire to add a right-handed hitting outfielder who can handle center. Mike Sweeney's success and good health could mean Dan Johnson is on his way out of Oakland. Jim Salisbury says the Phillies might have taken Rocco Baldelli 15th in the 2000 draft instead of Chase Utley, if they'd had the chance.  Would the Mets or Dodgers have taken Utley, then? On my fantasy ...

Baseball Today: Tuesday, March 18
Published 3/18/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... THE FULL RHODE ISLAND: Smithfield's Jim Salisbury remembers that the Phillies, the team he now covers, almost took Cumberland's Rocco Baldelli over Chase Utley in the 2000 draft. (Philadephia Inquirer) ...

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