Episode 278
Prospect analyst Mike Newman considers, among other topics, the impact a deep minor-league system can have on an organization’s ability to acquire major-league talent — not unlike what happened in the recent trade that saw Toronto acquire Mark Buehrle, John Johnson, and Jose Reyes fro...
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Mark Buehrle released a statement firing back at the Miami Marlins who recently traded him along with Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson and others to Toronto.
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Source: Blue Jays hire Gibbons
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