What do these 2 lists of players have in common?Chone FigginsAsdrubal CabreraGregor BlancoLuis CastilloMarco ScutaroAustin KearnsJoey GathrightBrian SchneiderShannon StewartJulio LugoDavid EcksteinRyan TheriotJason BartlettJamey CarrollCarlos RuizJuan PierreMatt TreanorDaric BartonAndruw JonesCesar   more...
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"NEW YORK -- A total of 106 players filed for salary arbitration Jan. 12 (x-free agent who accepted arbitration). Players and teams exchanged proposed salaries Tuesday if they couldn't come to agreement on a 2007 contract."For those who care...It's actually an interesting list if not just to see   more...
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The Reds and Nationals just completed a trade, and I am at a loss to understand it from a Reds perspective.The Nats traded Gary Majewski, Bill Bray, Royce Clayton, Brendan Harris and Darryl Thompson for Austin Kearns, Felipe Lopez, and Ryan Wagner.In other words, the Reds traded away their chances   more...
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"In fantasy baseball, the ripe old age when potential turns to production and boys become men is 27, the beginning of a player's prime time and the point when a breakout season is most likely to occur."Tony Finn of SI breaks down the players who will benefit in their year 27 campaigns and those who   more...
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The Mets fell apart at the end of the year to give the Phillies the pennant last season, but with some new faces and the possible return of the Braves, who will win the NL East. Here a preview of all five teams, their projected starting lineups, rotations, fantasy impact players, and overall   more...
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Washington Nationals' rookie lefthander Matt Chico held the Phillies' slumbering offense at bay while the Nationals registered single runs in the 1st and 4th innings off of losing pitcher Adam Eaton and charged to Geoff Geary and two more runs in the 7th inning off of Kyle Lohse on 2 Phillie   more...
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The Phillies won the NL East Division crown with a convincing 6-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on the last day of the regular season as veteran lefthander Jamie Moyer pitched a clutch 5 1/3 innings giving up 1 run on 6 hits to win his 14th game of 2007. Amidst the chants of "MVP, MVP"   more...
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The Phillies bats fell largely silent other than for rightfielder Jayson Werth's lead-off homer in the 3rd inning and Washington's starter Tim Redding beat the Phils with both his pitching and hitting as the Nationals nipped the Phillies in game 2 of their 3 game series by a 4-2 score.
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Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz went 2 for 2 including a one-out, two-run homer in the 2nd inning to stake lefthander Cole Hamels to a 2-0 lead which Hamels held onto through 6 2/3 innings before being lifted for reliever Antonio Alfonseca with closer Brett Myers picking up his 11th save as the   more...
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The Phillies, who had won 9 of their last 10 games, suffered a rare stretch run loss to the Washington Nationals. Ace lefthander Cole Hamels made his second start since coming off of the DL and went 5 innings giving up 1 run on 2 hits while walking 2 and striking out 6 in a 76 pitch performance.   more...
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Phillies 1st baseman Ryan Howard, leftfielder Pat Burrell and 2nd baseman Jimmy Rollins all homered off of losing pitcher Shawn Hill. Howard had a perfect 4-4 day with two RBIs and lacked only a triple to hit for cycle as Adam Eaton won ugly in 5 innings of work as the Phillies beat the   more...
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The Nationals receive Austin Kearns, Ryan Wagner and Felipe Lopez for Gary Majewski, Bill Bray, Royce Clayton, Brendan Harris and Daryl Thompson.WTF? Why did the Reds do this deal? Majewski is the best player they got in return and he shouldn't have half the value that Kearns or Lopez have. Even   more...

So I got into a random sports debate with my brother last night about who has been a bigger failure in the majors, Austin Kearns or Kerry Wood. More specifically, who would you rather take the injury risk on at your fantasy draft. The conversation was triggered by Wood's latest comments that he   more...
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The Phillies picked up valuable ground in both of their races on their day off as both the Mets and the San Diego Padres were thumped.The Mets, who squandered their chance to extend their lead to 3 games on the Phillies, were bludgeoned by a 13-4 score by one of the spoilers, the Washington   more...
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Padres GM Kevin Towers doesn't want to trade him, but that doesn't stop him people from asking. Earlier in the season, the Reds offered Austin Kearns for Linebrink straight up and were denied. Many teams think Linebrink could close, but S.D. and the middle reliever have little interest in seeing   more...
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