mlbtraderumors.com - 11/12/2008
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In a post on his blog , Padres exec Paul DePodesta outlines the progression of the Trevor Hoffman negotiations (and also explains why exercising Brian Giles ' option was an easy call). Tom Krasovic also provides details, including quotes from Hoffman's agent Rick Thurman.
Thurman ...
sports.espn.go.com - 11/11/2008
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sports.espn.go.com —
The Braves and Padres continue to make progress
in trade negotiations around pitcher Jake Peavy, but at...
the same time, San Diego is talking with the Cubs about the All-Star - with the Padres and Chicago engaging a third team as part of their proposals.
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Padres still talking Peavy deal with Braves, Cubs
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Today is the Calm Before the Storm
The Tribe Daily —
... Trevor Hoffman Suitors are as follows: Mets, Cardinals, D'Backs, Angels, Rangers, the Cleveland Indians, and possibly the Tigers who need a closer but aren't specifically mentioned by the initial report. ...
Hot Stove Hotties
Ladies... —
... Smolinksi, and P.J. Dean. I don’t have a big rundown of this one, but here are the details from MLBTR, and you can click on any of the players’ names for their baseball-reference pages (except Dean, who apparently doesn’t exist at B-R yet).
In Rumorland, it looks like the Atlanta Braves will be the winners in the long and crazy Jake Peavy contest.
In Sadland, the Padres uncerimoniously dumped closer Trevor Hoffman, which makes him a ...
Closing The Gaps: Relief Pitcher
Fire Ned Colletti Now —
... in the past, but nothing serious materialized. Hoffman was willing to accept a little less than 6 million from the Padres, but i'm not sure if the same would apply with the Dodgers. ...
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by Daniel Gettinger
Before I begin, I want to take a quick opportunity to introduce myself. I am Daniel Gettinger, and have been blogging over at There are Better Deals in August for the past few months. I am very happy to announce that I ...
Scioscia excited for Maddon's award —
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Mike Scioscia is delighted -- and not at all surprised -- that former Angels bench coach Joe Maddon is the runaway 2008 American League Manager of the Year for transforming the Tampa Bay Rays into AL champions one year after they'd produced the ...
Hoffman, Unit not on Angels' radar —
Major League Baseball News 11/12/2008
The Angels, according to an informed baseball source, are not interested in pursuing future Hall of Famers Trevor Hoffman and Randy Johnson in free agency and are not talking to the Rockies about corner infielder Garrett Atkins, who is believed to be ...
