Over the past several years teams have been looking more and more toward the future of the franchise instead of today. The "Win Now" mentality is waning and a youth movement has begun. Below we have several teams' profiled and broken down to show the climate change in Major League Baseball.
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B-REF PREVIEW | GAMEDAY | WEATHER | ACB CHAT ROOMYusmeiro Petit vs. Cubs hitters:  8-33, 4 2B, HRJason Marquis vs. Diamondbacks hitters:  .167/.264/.342 in 119 at-batsWhen and Where:  8:40 pm on WGNOf the 8 hits the Cubs have against Petit, Soriano has 4 of them in 6 at-bats.    more...
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On my blog I posted a review of the two (technically three) trades that went down between the Marlins and, respectively, the Mets and Red Sox. At a glance it seems the Mets were much more successful than the Sox in their dealing with the Marlins, but I also think you can't blame Theo for making   more...
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He's 21 years old and been pretty hyped up for some time now. Petit was originally included in the Delgado trade. (At least the Mets got something more back for a top prospect than Victor Zambrano/Kazmir debacle). There was originally talks of Petit starting in the rotation this year but he   more...
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