fangraphs.com - 10/31/2008
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Yesterday, the Kansas City Royals acquired Mike Jacobs from the Florida Marlins for reliever Leo Nunez . The Marlins, always in cost-cutting mode, weren’t particularly interested in taking Jacobs to arbitration this winter, and with a team full of bad defenders, opening up first base to ...
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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 ...
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KC acquires power-hitting Jacobs | MLB.com: News
sun-sentinel.com - 10/31/2008
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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. ...
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Kansas City Royal reliever Leo Nunez acquired for ...
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Odds and Ends: Jacobs, Howard, Renteria
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Links for Friday...
Dave Cameron criticizes the Royals' acquisition of Mike Jacobs. ESPN's Keith Law also panned the move, suggesting Jacobs was a non-tender candidate for the Marlins.
Peter Abraham breaks down the different types of hot stove stories and sources.
Derrick Goold looks at Ryan Howard's arbitration case.
MLB.com's Chris Haft talked to various scouts about Matt Cain's trade value.
Edgar Renteria hopes to ...
Opinions on the Mike Jacobs Trade
Fish@Bat: Blogging the Florida Marlins —
... reliever for Florida.
Then:
I addressed this briefly in chat Thursday, but it’s worth reiterating: The Royals’ trade for Mike Jacobs was a profoundly wrongheaded move.
Jacobs should not get regular playing time from a major league club, period. The fact that the Royals looked at him and thought, “Wow, everyday first baseman!” is terrifying, because it’s so wrong.
Dave Cameron of FanGraphs adds:
The Marlins, always in cost-cutting mode, weren’t ...
I Didn't Mean it Adam Lind
Ghostrunner on First —
... he's on the wrong side of the crazy/hot scale anyway (at least he's white, guaranteeing not one single team will factor his craziness in any way). ...
Not So Quick, My Friends
Baseball Analysts —
In the first trade since the end of the World Series, the Kansas City Royals acquired first baseman Mike Jacobs from the Florida Marlins in exchange for relief pitcher Leo Nunez. This transaction has been panned throughout most of the baseball blogosphere. Dave Cameron, Keith Law, and Rob Neyer – highly respected analysts all – strongly believe that Florida got the better of Kansas City in this deal.
I'm not so sure about that. While I don't think KC general manager ...
Off-Season Analysis
U.S.S. Mariner —
... on value of role players.
Khalil Green to STL
Giants sign Bob Howry
Javier Vazquez trade
Mike Hampton to Houston
Stay away from Dunn, Ramirez, Abreu, Ibanez, and Burrell
Renteria to SF
Coco Crisp to KC
Cubs sign Dempster and trade for Kevin Gregg
Scott Olsen and Josh Willingham to Washington
Matt Holliday to the A’s
Mike Jacobs to KC - the comments thread on this is the worst in the history of the internet. ...
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Leo Nunez Traded to Marlins for Mike Jacobs
bucsdugout.com 10/31/2008 — Here's a pretty interesting trade to start the offseason. Leo Nunez , the former Pirates prospect Dave Littlefield dealt to the Royals for Benito Santiago , has been traded to the Marlins for first baseman Mike Jacobs .
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Bleacher Report - MLB 10/30/2008
Like many of you, I was a little confused and not very excited about the recent Mike Jacobs talk, particularly when it seemed to be Carlos Rosa headed to Florida. However, with the talks now seeming to near fruition and the Royal headed to the ...
