Joba Chamberlain is heading to the DL, but he actually received some good news as well. Ian Kennedy will get another shot in the rotation in the meantime while a former Yankee is enjoying his short time with his new team in the NL.
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What minor league stars could eventually fill a huge role for a major league team? And more importantly, what minor league star could eventually play a huge part for a struggling fantasy GM? Screaming Sports' Phil Yoon has those answers and many more in his latest minor league report.
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Who is this Gio Gonzalez guy? Who is the new Nationals and Dodgers closer? Find out who they are and why you should pick them up in week 18's most recommended waiver wire pickups from the Hardball Times, Yahoo! Sports, CBS Sports and FFToolbox.com
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Alright, don't lie. You have to admit that trading Nick Swisher bummed you almost as much as losing Eric Byrnes a couple of years ago. The two are starting in new locations, but it's Swisher that makes his Oakland debut todaya€¦as a White Sox player. No, the A's haven't found a way to get the   more...
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Gio Gonzalez recorded his first win as a Major League player, Brad Ziegler pitched his 38th consecutive scoreless inning to start a career, and Ryan Sweeney made the play of the night, but it was a veteran that powered the A's to victory. Bobby Crosby's no out, two run homerun in the bottom of the   more...
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Continuing their rebuilding, the A's have traded Nick Swisher to the White Sox for prospects, Gio Gonzalez, Faustino De Los Santos and Ryan Sweeney. Gonzalez and Sweeney both project to be pretty good players. This is a positive move for Swisher's fantasy value. McAfee Colesium is a terrible place   more...
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Gio Gonzalez got his first Major League career start, unfortunately for him and the A's, it was also his first career loss as well. The 22 year old pitcher, just called up from the Sacramento River Cats, pitched 6 innings, letting up 4 earned runs on 4 hits and 2 walks, and 1 home run while   more...
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So the Athletics are officially sellers. Everyone saw a Dan Haren and/or Joe Blanton trade coming (Haren has happened, and Blanton is coming soon), but Nick Swisher came out of nowhere. At first glance, the Athletics traded a low salary outfielder with a good amount of power and great patience.   more...
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Rotogod here. I feel like Major League Baseball played a trick on fantasy baseball owners this season. What was all that talk about the Tampa Bay Rays moving Akinori Iwamura to second base to clear room for Evan Longoria? Why the heck did the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals trade Josh   more...
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The Oakland Athletics made another suprising (well not so suprising considering that Moneyball was based on Billy Beane) trade sending Joe Blanton to the Philadelphia Phillies for second baseman Adrian Cardenas, pitcher Josh Outman and outfielder Matthew Spence who are all expected to go to the   more...
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After getting a few sniffs of big league action the last two years Ryan Sweeney knew he could play in the majors. All he needed was a chance to play his position. That chance came this winter when the team that drafted him, the Chicago White Sox, traded the then 22-year old and others to the   more...
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Since the Oakland A's have thrown in the towel for 2008, I take a look at their projected 2009 roster in today's American League preview.
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After being taken as the fourth pick overall in the 2001 draft by the Philadelphia Phillies Gavin Floyd was the talk of minor league baseball for nearly three seasons.As Floyd worked his way up the minor league ladder everyone began to take note of the 6′4″ righty.Floyd would make four starts   more...
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