Offseason Manny Media Fun
outincenterfield.com 2/3/2008 — It's just been too quiet from the Manny Ramirez camp this offseason. Manny swears he's showing up to spring training on time this year... but he also says if he doesn't get a contract extension in 2009, he's not "coming back." Video of Manny being interviewed down in Arizona included.

The 2008 PECOTA’s are here
detroittigersweblog.com 2/3/2008 — Baseball Prospectus has released it’s 2008 player projection system known as PECOTA . What’s available at this point isn’t the full results of the system, just the weighted mean. PECOTA offers projections across a spectrum which ...

Projecting the 2008 Red Sox
yanksfansoxfan.typepad.com 2/3/2008 — Last year, we received plenty of good feedback on my attempt to project the 2007 Red Sox and Yankees .  As I've described earlier this offseason , one of the methods I used came up with a remarkable 105 wins -- four off the Red Sox' 2007 Pythag ...

Old soldiers giving way to young lions
bostonherald.com 2/3/2008 — Regardless of your opinion on what remains of the baseball skills of unsigned players such as Kevin Mench, Mike Piazza, Jeff Weaver, Trot Nixon, Corey Patterson, Ryan Klesko or even Barry Bonds, their unemployed status stands in stark contrast to what happened last week in the Johan Santana trade. Santana’s huge contract extension was an important backdrop to the respective prospect-centered ...

Stark: Santana strikes it rich
sports.espn.go.com 2/3/2008 — Is Johan Santana's monster contract extension with the Mets a good thing for the competitive balance of baseball? Inquiring minds want to know.

Belliard drives in 4 runs in Caribbean Series — FOXSports.com News for MLB 2/3/2008
Washington Nationals second baseman Ronnie Belliard homered and drove in four runs to lead the Dominican Republic's Licey Tigers to a 6-4 victory over Venezuela's Aragua Tigers on Saturday in the Caribbean Series. Belliard homered in the third off ...

Mets believe Santana is the 'difference maker' they need — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 2/3/2008
How many World Series did the Yankees win with Randy Johnson? How many with Alex Rodriguez, Jason Giambi and Mike Mussina? With Johan Santana passing his physical Saturday and officially with the Mets, the expectations have begun.

NEW METS ACE GETS PHYSICAL — NY Post: Sports 2/3/2008
SEPTEMBER 2007 is never vanishing for the Mets, never completely evapo rating from the tortured psyches of their fans. Whenever any team begins to choke away a season in the future, the 2007 Mets will be the reference point. Don't be this team...

DEAL CAME THISCLOSE TO DYING — NY Post: Sports 2/3/2008
The most important signing in franchise history nearly turned into the Flub Heard 'Round the World for the Mets. Johan Santana passed his physical yesterday and officially became Met property - but GM Omar Minaya and COO Jeff Wilpon admitted there...

MANY TWISTS & TURNS IN JOHAN'S JOURNEY — NY Post: Sports 2/3/2008
At December's Winter Meetings in Nashville, Ozzie Guillen saw Mets executives and his longtime friends Omar Minaya and Tony Bernazard.The fiery White Sox manager cornered the two men with a plea get Johan Santana out of the AL Central. Last week...