Three men enter, one man leave. Lane has a 1,000 bats under his belt. Burke has paid his dues and Pence has never hit above Triple-A. Who do Astros fans want? The rookie, of course, but is he their best bet for 2007?
Original Story: http://mvn.com/mlb-astros/2007/03/09/sma....

WOW. All i have to say is WOW: The D-backs completed a deal to acquire right-handers Dan Haren and Connor Robertson from the A's in exchange for six prospects, it was announced Friday afternoon. In addition, the D-backs sent closer Jose Valverde to the Astros in exchange for infielder Chris   more...
Original Story: http://azsportshub.com/diamondbacks-deal....

"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...
Original Story: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/fa....

The last player that Houston went to arbitration with was Daryl Kile in 1997. Linked are the 2007 salaries for the entire Astros lineup. They are weighing in at a hefty $93.257 Million heading into the upcoming season.
Original Story: http://www.crawfishboxes.com/story/2007/....

With W. Taveras gone to Colorado Burke may get regular time as the Astros CF this year. Burke hit 9HR, had 11SBs and hit .276 in 366 ABs last year. Regular time may make him a 20-20 threat. He's also shown some good progression in OBP (.200, .309, .347) over the last three years and SLG (.059,   more...
Original Story: http://www.rototimes.com/mlb/player.php?....

Looking at a 2007 budget of $52 million, the Rockies have some interesting decisions to make this offseason. They won't be in the running for centerfielders such as Gary Matthews, Juan Pierre or even Dave Roberts (who will command a multi-year deal). They'll have to get creative. That means GM   more...
Original Story: http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_464....

It's pretty cool to see a guy hit a homerun in his first game with a new team and Huff did just that tonight. In the 8th against the Marlins in 1-1 tie, Taveras singled to start the inning and Burke reached on an error after that. Big Lance Berkman then drove in Willy to go ahead 2-1. With blood   more...

The Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday traded MLB's saves leader Jose Valverde to the Houston Astros for 3 players in a separate, but connected deal under which the Oakland A's traded their ace and 2007 All Star Game starter Dan Haren to Arizona for 6 players with the Diamondbacks getting 3 players   more...
Original Story: http://www.blogging-baseball.com/2007/12....

Arizona Diamondbacks' 1B Conor Jackson was taken to the hospital during tonight's game verse the Cincinnati Reds. He was pinch-hit for by Chris Burke in the 5th inning and at the time it didn't seem to be an injury. There had been rumors in press row about a stomach illness had been bothering him   more...
Original Story: http://mysportsrumors.com/blog/2008/04/0....