Every playoff contender in baseball seems to be calling the Pittsburgh Pirates, looking for an upgrade for their playoff push. The Pirates have numerous players that interest those contenders, in this article we're going to talk about five of those guys. Those that have been drawing the most   more...
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It's official -- the NL Central race is on as the Cubs have answered the Brewers acquisition of CC Sabathia by picking up P Rich Harden and P Chad Gaudin from the A's for OF Matt Murton, P Sean Gallagher, IF Eric Patterson and C Josh Donaldson.But the Brewers aren't done. CNNSI believes the Crew   more...

Today's Newark Star-Ledger talked about the Los Angeles Dodgers and their frantic search for a short stop, there is one name on that list thou that is very, and I mean VERY surprising. That name is Michael Young of the Texas Rangers. Now why is this surprising?
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The most talked about man in Cleveland sports these days spells his name incorrectly. But he is swinging a hot bat, and many Tribe fans are having second thoughts about their earlier call for a trade of shortstop Jhonny Peralta.Should the Tribe trade their hottest hitter and the A.L. home run   more...
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Somebody please tell me this rumor is some kind of huge joke on me. "Multiple baseball sources said Sunday that the Dodgers and Pirates are in serious talks about a trade that would ship Wilson west. A Dodgers source indicated that Los Angeles might be willing to deal center fielder Matt   more...
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*Who, among the Pirates is untouchable going into the deadline? It doesn't seem like anyone. While OF Xavier Nady and reliever Damasco Marte are the big names being dangled, their price tags may be too high for most teams to pay. However, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that SS Jack   more...
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Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus reports that teams interested in dealing with the Dodgers have no idea who's in charge. "The Dodgers continue to confuse everyone. 'Some want to buy, some sell,' I'm told. One faction of the front office wants to deal for a shortstop and is focused on Jack   more...
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Battle of the Short Stops in the Majors, and Jose Reyes beats out his cross-town rival, Derek Jeter. Fantasy or not, Reyes right now is all the buzz around the big city. Jeter might be the toast of the town now, but is he ready to pass the torch to the ever energetic youngster Reyes?
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Both Ken Rosenthal and Jayson Stark say that the Dodgers deny having any interest in acquiring Ramirez.Joe Christensen and Ken Rosenthal report that the Dodgers are not interested in Everett, and Rosenthal says the Dodgers are unlikely to acquire Jack Wilson at this point.
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by A.J.from 105.9 The XSo far this Pirates season hasn't exactly incited the fever of a pennant race, but at least the Bucs have been flirting with that ever-elusive .500 mark for awhile now. As far as Pittsburgh baseball goes, that's kind of like a pennant race. A sad and demented pennant race,   more...
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Here are the preliminary 2008 rankings for National League shortstops.
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No particular order... my picks for overpaid players in the N.L. Central. Based on this year's production only.
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Ken Rosenthal reports that the Dodgers are interested in dealing for Sabathia and Wilson.First, let's deal with the Sabathia rumor. "The Brewers aren't the only team pushing hard for Indians left-hander C.C. Sabathia. The Dodgers also are heavily in the mix, according to major-league sources.   more...
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For all you Lions fans out there that have had to sit by and watch as Matt Millen blundered his way through the last seven years, well, you have company in the front office of ineptitude. Here are some excerps from a chat hosted on the Pirates official website with the team's GM, Dave Littlefield.   more...
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As the minutes dwindled before the 4 p.m. non-waiver trading deadline on July 31, one Tigers player wondered, for a moment, if he'd be reunited with a former teammate."I was watching TV and there was like eight minutes left and they said, 'Deal imminent to Detroit.' So I called Jack and said, 'Are   more...
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