The following young men have been hyped as "Can't Miss Prospects", but they've obviously been overhyped and they surely are missing. The Suspects- Andy Marte and John Van Benschoten.Marte has been hyped by the Braves, Red Sox, and Indians but he's quickly falling off the map batting .198 with an   more...
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Screw the All Star Game let's put together a roster from those that have been utter disappointments this season.C: Carlos Ruiz - With a lot of bad awful terrible catchers out there, Ruiz takes the cake this season. He's hitting .206 with only 2 home runs in the band box in Philly.1B: Todd Helton -   more...
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With two huge deals in the National League Central this past week, the trade deadline has gotten some much earlier hype than it usually does.  Both the Sabathia and the Harden trades have a possibility to become horrible for any of the teams involved?the Brewers miss the playoffs, Sabathia   more...
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Ben Sheets had a season high 11 strikeouts against the Rockies on Wednesday night but it wasn't enough in an 8-3 Brewers' loss. Sheets went six innings and gave up three runs to go along with all the strikeouts.Bill Hall got the lead early for the Crew with a second inning home run. After that, the   more...
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the Rumor Mill is, quite simply, little tidbits of information that give clues as to what a particular team might be thinking. I'm not doing my job if I don't report something that "sounds unrealistic." Did Zambrano for Kazmir make sense? That said, let's get to it:
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Tonight the Mets are set to play their 50th game of the season. It will be the final game in the 50-game ban imposed on Guillermo Mota for violating baseball's steroids policy at the end of last season.Mota won't be the only cheat returning to the Shea on Wednesday, as Barry Bonds is expected to   more...
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Relief pitcher Guillermo Mota was suspended 50 games on Wednesday for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy. Too bad he filed for free agency the day before...looks like his 2007 season's screwed. I hope he didn;t pull an MC Hammer and blow all his savings...

Probably for Mets fans more than anyone else, this article by MetsGeek is an extensive breakdown of their entire bullpen. Great analysis of the last two years performance with projections for the upcoming season. Part II of the article can be seen at this   more...
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• Scott Rolen leaves the bases loaded to end the first inning. Tony LaRussa writes "You suck" on a piece of paper, folds it, and passes it down the dugout to him.• Things you learn on the radio: LaRussa's been shading Eckstein behind 2nd for a number of Mets hitters throughout the series, despite   more...
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my list of 756 people and groups more deserving of ostracism and astriskcism: 1. The exhumed corpse of Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis â the man most responsible for keeping baseball segregated until 1947 2. David Eckstein and his 2006 World Series MVP trophy â strong circumstantial   more...
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Even excluding the Radomski scandal, the Mets are looking silly lately with this steroid stuff. I'm increasingly curious to see how easily Mota is integrated back into the club. I know the players will welcome him back, but I wonder if the fans are becoming increasingly fed-up.On another note,   more...
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There are new closer situations in St.Louis and Milwaukee, and a pitcher in Philadelphia returns to the ranks of the elite. Get the lowdown on all the bullpen situations including new middle reliever rankings in this week's edition of the AccuScore Closer Report.
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Joe Borowski makes his return to the Cleveland bullpen, and Salomon Torres has taken control of the situation in Milwaukee. Old stand-bys Trevor Hoffman, Billy Wagner, and Mariano Rivera are proving they still have it and John Smotlz could be poised to make his return as well. All that plus more in   more...
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In this post from FIO's Free For All blog, co-founder & editor Matt Hinzpeter reflects on the deal that sent C Johnny Estrada to New York, P Guillermo Mota to Milwaukee, and C Paul Lo Duca into oblivion. Guess who still has bargaining chips to play with!?!?!?
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While everyone in baseball condemns (publicly) the use of steroids, players like Ken Caminiti were applauded by teammates and management for sacrificing their bodies and giving everything they had to help the team. Again, those people will never condone steroid use but they seem to actually   more...
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