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Future Free Agent Mistake Power Rankings
1 day ago by
McCovey Chronicles
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The annual tradition is back for the first time! The Giants will certainly make a free agent mistake soon, and the following rankings are an attempt to determine which mistake is the likeliest. This is not for wagering purposes, though what I don't know doesn't hurt me...
Does Hank Blalock deserve a look at 1B from the Mets?
3 days ago by
MetsCitiBlog
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I was just listening to some hot stove talk on MLB.com during which they were discussing free agent Hank Blalock. At just 29 years old, Blalock represents a young, experienced option for the Mets. He had a tough stretch in...
A quick word on Hank Blalock
6 days ago by
Where Is Andy Van Slyke
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Reportedly, one of the names on the Pirates' shopping list this off-season is Hank Blalock. My thoughts on that, in one word: NO.
Lefties, Lefties Everywhere
7 days ago by
Bucs Dugout
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by Chris Carlson - AP
Would another lefty hitter like Hank Blalock, right, be the best fit for the Pirates?
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Straight to the point today: one thing I find a bit...
Pirates Kicking The Tires On Ankiel & Blalock
7 days ago by
MLB Rumors
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The Pirates are believed to have already made contact with Scott Boras about two of his clients, free agents Rick Ankiel and Hank Blalock, according to Dejan Kovacevic of The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. The team's preference "is for a short-term contract aimed at allowing the...
Orioles Notes: Beltre, Delgado, Wolf, Blalock
13 days ago by
MLB Rumors
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The Orioles are positioned to be buyers in free agency, according to Jeff Zrebiec and Dan Connolly of The Baltimore Sun. GM Andy MacPhail says that the club is looking to spend this offseason, but there remains some skepticism in Baltimore as to whether owner Peter Angelos will be...
Hank Blalock Represented By Scott Boras
28 days ago by
MLB Rumors
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Here's a new addition to our Scott Boras clients list - Hank Blalock. MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan informed us that Blalock switched to Boras before the season.
Blalock, 29 later this month, hit .234/.277/.459 this year in 495 plate appearances. He played 567 innings at...
Free Agent Friday: First Base 2010
29 days ago by
Beyond the Box Score
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Click charts to enlarge. Full data after the jump.
2009 STATS & VALUE
First basemen
AGE
TYPE
CLUB OPTION
WAR
UZR/150
wOBA
ISO
Russell Branyan
34
2.8
2.4
0.368
0.269
Adam LaRoche
30
B
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Off Season Stuff
29 days ago by
Ranger Fans
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The first batch of items for the off season have happened.
Marlon Byrd: On the first day of free-agent eligibility, Marlon Byrd filed. No surprise there, he probably deserves a decent paycheck. As we all know, there's been a lot of noise about him wanting to stay, but whether...
I’m Reading: about BABIP, the Post Season & Niese
October 21, 2009 by
Matthew Cerrone's Mets Blog
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Matt from Seven Train to Shea wishes Keith Hernandez a Happy Birthday, as he turned 56 yesterday.
In a post to Amazin Avenue, Meddler looks in to the off-season Bargain Bin, shopping in the BABIP aisle, while looking at players like Jody Gerut and Hank Blalock.
Dominick at Pessimets...
BABIP Bargain Bin
October 20, 2009 by
Amazin' Avenue
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bumped--sam
One of the ways to find healthy bargains in an offseason market is to pick up some players who had poor seasons and hope they rebound. Of course, to do so, you have to be able to predict which players are due for some luck regression in a good way, and which...
Rounding up the Rudy Jaramillo Reactions
October 14, 2009 by
Lone Star Ball
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The news that Rudy Jaramillo is not coming back next season (all other coaches will return) is, of course, pretty big, and there's a lot of buzz out there about it...
Evan Grant offers some thoughts on the matter, and also some quotes from Ian Kinsler, who isn't happy...
LaRoche will cost in years...
October 07, 2009 by
Mets Fever
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There are really only five starting 1B options through free agency; the often injured Nick Johnson, the aging and injured Carlos Delgado, Journeyman off a career year Russell Branyan, struggling Hank Blalock and Adam LaRoche...Of course, the Mets could get creative, as I suggested...
G162: Last game of season ends with a 4-3 loss.
October 05, 2009 by
Ranger Fans
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That's it. The 11th season I've had this site up for has ended. It ended like so many others have ended. With a loss. I have to confess though. It was a game of lasts.
Last game for Hank Blalock as a Ranger (is there anyone who REALLY believes he's coming back? Bueller...
85-77, Closing Game Thoughts
October 04, 2009 by
Lookout Landing
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by John Froschauer - AP
TELL US
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I'm going to be kind of quick about this, because, I gotta be honest, the high of pumping out your final content of the season...
Michael Young has an excused absence for missing game
October 04, 2009 by
dallasnews.com
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He flew back to the Metroplex to be with his wife, who is expecting a baby. Hank Blalock makes what is likely his last start for the Rangers and will play first.
RANGERS
1. Julio Borbon, CF
2. Elvis Andrus, SS
3. David Murphy, LF
4. Hank Blalock, 1B
5. Ian Kinsler, 2B
6. Chris...
What the f^ck
October 03, 2009 by
The Ghosts of 1996
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Awesome article I just read off the Yahoo site....(article here) It foretells the future by indicating that the Rangers are firing Hank Blalock. Ron Washington quoted as saying they "just don't see any playing time for him". I have a soft spot for franchise players. It...
A Hank Blalock tribute?
October 02, 2009 by
dallasnews.com
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This is fan appreciation weekend for Seattle, and the word THANKS was written in the infield dirt behind second base. But thanks to some handy footwork by Omar Vizquel and Ian Kinsler, the T and the S have been erased, leaving HANK in the dirt. Blalock, of course, may have played his...
From the clubhouse in Seattle ...
October 02, 2009 by
dallasnews.com
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Anthony Andro sends word from the visitor's clubhouse at Safeco Field that Julio Borbon will be making his first career start in center field tonight against the Mariners. Marlon Byrd is back in the lineup in right field, but Hank Blalock is not returning after taking a Derek Holland...
Blalock Knows He Won't Return To Rangers
October 02, 2009 by
MLB Trade Rumors
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Hank Blalock knows he won't return to the Rangers in 2010, according to MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan. GM Jon Daniels hinted that the club could have interest in free agents-to-be Marlon Byrd and Ivan Rodriguez, but hasn't made any such overtures to Blalock."Nothing has...
Hank Blalock’s Texas Rangers days likely drawing to a close
October 01, 2009 by
Star Telegram
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — It hasn’t escaped Hank Blalock’s notice that he is coming down to what will almost certainly be his final days with the only major league team he’s ever known.
Does Hank Blalock make sense...
October 01, 2009 by
Mets Fever
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The 28 y/o left handed hitter player is a free agent at the end of the year and MLBTR speculated that the Mets could take a look at him.Blalock was originally a 3B who solely played the position for his first six seasons, after suffering through two injury plagued seasons (2007-2008...
The Market For Hank Blalock
October 01, 2009 by
MLB Trade Rumors
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Hank Blalock will become a free agent after the season, and there's no guarantee that the Rangers will want him back. They paid Blalock $6.2MM this year, but they have uncertain payroll flexibility going forward and an abundance of talented position players. Michael Young should...
Josh Hamilton is done for the year
September 29, 2009 by
Lone Star Ball
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by Tony Gutierrez - AP
5 months ago:
From left to right, Texas Rangers' Marlon Byrd, Hank Blalock and Josh Hamilton sit in the dugout in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals in Arlington, Texas...
Recapping the bottom of the fifth
September 26, 2009 by
dallasnews.com
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It started out looking like it would be a squandered opportunity as the Rangers loaded the bases before Matt Garza got Elvis Andrus to fly out and Josh Hamilton to strike out. But Marlon Byrd hit a grand slam that started a stretch of 10-consecutive Rangers to reach. By the time Hank...
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