It's that time of year already. GM's are locked away in their holes trying to figure out how they can make a splash in the trade market. With a little over a month to go before the trade deadline, teams are already positioning themselves to make a move. Here are the latest trade rumors from around   more...
Original Story: http://www.fantasybaseballguy.com/trade-....

A very stat-heavy article from Baseball Prospectus that helps determine who were and weren't the best clutch hitters of this past season. It's worth breezing through to see the names that show up on both lists. As you may have guessed, David Ortiz appears on one and Alex Rodriguez appears on the   more...
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Tough to get excited about a guy like Hillenbrand, but if your options are guys like Cairo, Josh Phelps and Mientkiewicz, then I guess I can understand. Actually, I take that back. Is this the best that they can do? Try harder Cashman.
Original Story: http://www.nypost.com/seven/06182007/spo....

I had to give a shout out to one of my favorite baseball players of all time, Wally Joyner. The sweet swinging left hander was just named the new hitting coach for the San Diego Padres the other day. After having the kind of year that the Padres are at the plate, I think this was a solid move.   more...
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Good two part artifcle listing MLB players with much higher career second half averages than their current 2006 AVG and the best July AVG's since 2000. The latter is listed below.Ichiro Suzuki .342Juan Pierre .342Luis Castillo .334Todd Helton .333Magglio Ordonez .331Placido Polanco .330Derek Jeter   more...
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The uniform was on, except that the ballplayer inside of it knew better than to suggest he was ready to play. He would have liked nothing more than to be there, on the field with his teammates, but it was still time to heal. And that's the part Gary Sheffield didn't care to accept. Sheffield, 37,   more...
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It's not too often a 6-5, 240 baseball player finds himself at SS, but apparently the Blue Jays are willing to expirement. According to Rotoword, Troy Glaus has spent a total of 15 innings at SS in his major league career. Glaus, in the second season of a 4 year, 45 million dollar contract,   more...

Clearly the Giants aren't trying to impress anyone with the congeniality of their roster.
Original Story: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/58063....

There have been rumors that Adam Kennedy could be headed to Toronto for Shea Hillenbrand. With Casey Kotchman struggling, the move would make sense for the Angels, despite taking on additional salary. Hillenbrand could play first and 2B would be opened up for Uber prospect Howie Kendrick. Both   more...

The San Francisco Giants continued thier hot streak as they defeated the struggling Reds 4-1 on Saturday. Noah Lowry pitched 8 solid innings and the offense got some help from Shea Hillenbrand and an over throw error from Ken Griffey Jr. With SF winning 5 out of 6, their slim playoff hopes are   more...
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A long winter hibernation has finally come to an end for the Texas Rangers, as pitchers and catchers officially reported to spring training on Thursday - and the camp rumors began to fly.
Original Story: http://mvn.com/mlb-rangers/2008/02/14/de....

Angels blogger discusses the reasons why a Hillenbrand for Adam Kennedy type deal isn't in the team's best interest. I'd have to question whether Bill Stoneman would make this deal now if he didn't pull the trigger on it in May. Maybe the Angels aren't all that interested in moving Kennedy just   more...
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For those of you youngsters who are thinking about playing professional baseball, you can learn from such a player's follies. Here is how you punch your ticket out of a major league job, despite an undeniable ability to see a baseball and hit it: * Demand to be traded from the team that brought   more...
Original Story: http://mvn.com/mlb-fantasy/2007/06/27/hi....

Theoretically, Hillenbrand would be an upgrade over the Miguel Cairo/ Josh Phelps experiment, however the 31-year-old veteran has seen his playing time decrease in Anaheim this season with the emergence of the Angels' Casey Kotchman. Shea is batting .246 with three homers and 18 RBIs in a paltry   more...
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*Manny Ramirez has already begun his antics. Excuses or not.*An old HOFer pulled a hit-and-run in Arkansas.*Blue Jays Manager John Gibbons got himself a one year extension. No word on whether GM JP Ricciardi was forced as fist-point.
Original Story: http://bronx-bomberz.blogspot.com/2007/0....