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royalsreview.com - 10/30/2008
Royals Acquire Mike Jacobs for Some Reason
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It was inescapable : KANSAS CITY -- The Royals acquired power-hitting first baseman Mike Jacobs from the Florida Marlins on Thursday for right-handed reliever Leo Nunez. Jacobs, who turned 28 on Thursday, should answer the Royals' need for a proven power hitter. He had career highs of 32 ...
mlb.mlb.com - 10/30/2008
KC acquires power-hitting Jacobs | MLB.com: News
— mlb.mlb.com — KANSAS CITY -- The Royals acquired power-hitting first baseman Mike Jacobs from the Florida Marlins on Thursday... for right-handed reliever Leo Nunez. Jacobs, who turned 28 on Thursday, should answer the Royals' need for a proven power hitter. He had ... (more) KC acquires power-hitting Jacobs | MLB.com: News

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dugoutcentral.com - 11/1/2008
Mike Jacobs Not a Fit for Kansas City
— dugoutcentral.com — Good discussion of Jacobs' value for the Royals. (more) Mike Jacobs Not a Fit for Kansas City

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sun-sentinel.com - 10/31/2008
Kansas City Royal reliever Leo Nunez acquired for Florida Marlins first baseman Mike Jacobs -- ...
— sun-sentinel.com — The Marlins Get your Marlins Tickets now! took an initial step toward becoming more athletic and less... home run-dependent when they traded slugging first baseman Mike Jacobs to the Kansas City Royals for right-handed reliever Leo Nunez on Thursday. ... (more) Kansas City Royal reliever Leo Nunez acquired for ...

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Q!nicorn Droppings: Say Goodbye to General Soreness and Toby Edition
South Side Sox — ... Royals Acquire Mike Jacobs For Some Reason - Royals Review examines the acquisition made by The Traditional AL Central Doormat and wonders why.  Other observers have done the same.  The cost was a relief arm, so that's unlikely to be a major loss, but for a team that's got Billy Butler and Kila Kaaihue, there's opportunity cost if Jacobs is getting at bats over cheaper and higher potential players.  He's also a liability at first as Chone's projections have him at 8 runs below average.  Konerko is a -3, for comparison.  For the Royals' sake, I hope this ...

Leo Nunez Traded to Marlins for Mike Jacobs
Bucs Dugout — ... the Royals are that bad team. This move probably amounts to an admission that Billy Butler should DH going forward, which sounds fine to me, but what about Kila Ka'aihue, who had a ridiculous 1.085 OPS in Class AA and AAA this year while hitting 37 homers and posting 104 walks against 67 strikeouts? If that isn't the line of a player who deserves a shot in the big leagues, I don't know what is. And Ka'aihue and Jacobs are both left-handed, so they can't be platooned. Royals Review has it right: "Royals Acquire Mike Jacobs for Some Reason." ...

This Week's Links (10/27/10/31)
Vegas Watch — ... in them the last couple weeks. Last week they were favored by one against the 5-1 Bills, and Buffalo was getting a ton of action. The Dolphins won, 25-16. And this week they're getting only three points in Denver, and the Broncos appear to be a very popular pick. I really don't have much to say about the Maddon/Howell thing that has not already been said. The 2008 Fielding Bible Awards were announced. "Royals Acquire Mike Jacobs for Some Reason". Yeah, pretty much. College Basketball ...

What They Are Saying…The Mike Jacobs Trade
SporTech Matter — ... Royals Review: Jacobs has legitimate power and should be an upgrade over Gload. Unfortuately, that isn’t really a useful standard. Losing Nunez isn’t a disaster, but considering the Royals already had upgrades over Gload on hand, and that 1B/DH is the easiest position to fill, the trade just seems, in a best case scenario, pointless. Questions about Moore’s ability to build a lineup unfortunately must continue. C ...

Friday Applesauce
Amazin' Avenue — ... to Andruw Jones in 2007). The awards are voted on by a panel of ten baseball experts, the full results of which can be found in the forthcoming Bill James Handbook 2009. Maury brown gives us the final numbers for viewership of this past World Series. Despite there being more people and television sets than ever before, the 2008 World Series was the least watched -- in terms of total viewers -- of any Fall Classic in history. So, yea, take that. The Royals traded for Mike Jacobs, though no one really knows why. And the day we've all been ...

Fast Times in Major League Baseball
Camden Chat — ... In cased you missed this one, too (you didn't, I'm sure), Royals Review has my favorite headline: "Royals Acquire Mike Jacobs for Some Reason." ...

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Hot Stove: First Move Marlins Trade Jacobs For Pitching Prospect Nunez! — Dom D's Mets Fan Blog
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