HBT: Prince Fielder is gone and Ryan Braun will likely miss a third of the season because of a failed PED test. Can Milwaukee stay in contention until he gets back?
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February 14, 2012
It must be something in the air.Less than three weeks after the Detroit Tigers inked Prince Fielder to a nine-year, $214 million contract, the Yomiuri Giants brought in their own big bopper...340-pound sumo star Hakuho Sho.Sure, he was just hanging out with the club, but isn't seeing a sumo wrestler in uniform far more exciting than the times Kenny Chesney, Garth Brooks or even...
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February 12, 2012
Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports that the Marlins’ offer to free agent Yoenis Cespedes was worth less than $40 million.
From Rotoworld.com:
A source told Eric Reynoso of Cafe Fuerte on Saturday that the Marlins made an offer this week of “around $40 million.” And now we can guess that it was probably in the 30s. Cespedes returned to the Dominican Republic on...
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February 12, 2012
Following the Milwaukee Brewers' best season in nearly 30 years, general manager Doug Melvin stressed that it would be difficult to improve on a 96-win team. That's an especially tricky task when youve lost one of baseball's best players and might lose a second for nearly a third of the season.
With much uncertainty, the Brewers enter the post-Prince Fielder era this...
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February 13, 2012
Yoenis Cespedes is headed to the American LeagueThe Oakland Athletics signed Cuban phenom Yoenis Cespedes to a four year, $36 million deal. That's a downer for Cubs fan, as Chicago was bargaining hard to sign him.In an offseason that saw Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols depart to the American League and Ryan Braun get slammed with a 50-game suspension, it just seemed to be destiny...
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February 11, 2012
A rational person could conclude that the Milwaukee Brewers will be fine as they prepare for their first spring training in a long time without Prince Fielder.
Via Washington Times
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February 13, 2012
Tim Lincecum thought about the seismic shifts of baseball's offseason, the ones that saw Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder migrate to the American League. "I think it's great," San Francisco's two-time Cy Young Award winner joked. "I won't have to pitch to them anymore." There's been a lot of change ...
Via Pittsburghlive.com
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February 12, 2012
The Cardinals' Albert Pujols and the Brewers' Prince Fielder not only changed teams, but both also found new homes in the American League.
Via Sacbee
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February 12, 2012
Tim Lincecum thought about the seismic shifts of baseball's offseason, the ones that saw Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder migrate to the American League.
Michael Dwyer Associated Press
Josh Berman, 7, of Framingham, Mass., watches as Red Sox equipment is loaded onto a truck Saturday outside Fenway Park in Boston. Attention shifts to baseball as spring training begins.
Via Yahoo! Sports
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February 11, 2012
Tim Lincecum thought about the seismic shifts of baseball's offseason, the ones that saw Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder migrate to the American League. "I think it's great," San Francisco's two-time Cy Young Award winner joked. "I won't have to pitch to them anymore." Just 106 days after the surprising St.
Via Post-Gazette
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February 13, 2012
Tim Lincecum thought about the seismic shifts of baseball's offseason, the ones that saw Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder migrate to the American League.
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