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The Orioles Need to Stay Patient
2 days ago by
Jorge Says No
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Can the Orioles afford to sign a big name free agent? Andy McPhail says yes:MacPhail insists any media or fan skeptics that question whether the club is willing to offer a big contract under the right circumstances, are off base."We offered over 140 million dollars to Teixeria...
Two-a-Days: Atlanta Braves
3 days ago by
Fragile Freddy's
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86-76, 3rd Place 7 GBPositional MVP – Brian McCann - .281/.349/.486 – He gets lost in the (deserved) hype surrounding Joe Mauer but McCann is off to a start that has a trip to upstate New York five years after he retires written all over it. At the age of 25 he has a .293/.356...
Defending Law
Note: This is not in defense of Keith Law’s voting order. Please don’t confuse it as such because my points have little to do with how Javier Vazquez or Chris Carpenter pitched in comparison to each other throughout 2009.
Let’s get this out of the way before someone spoils it...
Jack McDowell Weighs In On The Cy Young Awards, Fails
7 days ago by
Walkoff Walk
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McDowell, who is now a "blogger" and "covering" the White Sox at a Chicago media outlet, is actually a winner of the Cy Young himself. He did so while winning an impressive 22 games for the team he now blogs about. Great! Surely this makes him an expert on the...
Joe Jackson talks briefly to a newsboy about yesterday's news
8 days ago by
Viva El Birdos
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File photo—Kansas City Royals pitcher Brad Thompson, center, sells newspapers outside a nickel theater in St. Louis, July 14, 2009. The Indians won 3-1 in fifteen reels.
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It's the most...
Haren finishes 5th in NL Cy Young voting
Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants won his 2nd consecutive National League Cy Young Award in one of the closest votes ever, beating out St. Louis right-handers Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright, who finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Only ten points separated the three pitchers...
Lincecum Repeats as NL Cy Young
9 days ago by
Batter's Box
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Tim Linceum wins a very close vote to take home his second Cy Young Award.
Linceum's 100 points edged out Chris Carpenter (94) and Adam Wainwright (90). Linceum and Wainwright were named on all 32 ballots, with Wainwright actually polling more first-place votes (12 to 11) than...
NL Cy Day
9 days ago by
Baseball Musings
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The BBWAA announces their NL Cy Young Award choice at 2 PM EST this afternoon. My picks were Tim Lincecum, Chris Carpenter, Ubaldo Jimenez, Javier Vazquez and Adam Wainwright, in that order. The IBWAA award went to Chris Carpenter. Carpenter finished with the best ERA in the National...
Here were my top 3 for NL Cy Young
My NL Cy Young ballot was
1. Tim Lincecum
2. Javier Vazquez
3. Adam Wainwright
Lincecum was a no-brainer, and it's disappointing to see that a ...
2009 DELAWARDS: NL CY YOUNG
9 days ago by
Sports Frog
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1. Tim Lincecum, SP, SFN: 15-7, 225.3 IP, 2.48 ERA, 28.8% SO%, 3.5 SO/FP
2. Adam Wainwright, SP, SLN: 19-8, 233.0 IP, 2.63 ERA, 21.9% SO%, 3.1 SO/FP
3. Chris Carpenter, SP, SLN: 17-4, 192.7 IP, 2.24 ERA, 19.2% SO%, 3.2 SO/FP
4. Javier Vazquez, SP, ATL: 15-10, 219.3 [...]
Braves 2009 Season in Review: Middle Relief
9 days ago by
Talking Chop
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by John Heller - AP
Atlanta Braves reliever Peter Moylan was one of the most valuable members of any team's bullpen last year.
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Middle relief is never a sure...
Scouting Notes: Braves Shopping Pair of Arms, and Both Could Be Bargains
by Frankie PiliereFiled under: Braves, Red Sox, Yankees, MLB Inside Scoop, Scout's Eye ViewOn the free-agent market, all the focus has been on John Lackey. On the trade market, the talk has been about Roy Halladay. The consolation prize for teams seeking a top-flight arm may come...
Hypothetically Speaking: Contract Extensions
12 days ago by
Jorge Says No
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I'm interested to hear your thoughts and opinions on our hypothetically contract extensions so far. So if you would, please take a look at the players we've highlighted and chime in the comments section. More to come!Victor Martinez (5 years/$65 million)Javier Vazquez (3 years...
The obligatory Braves rumor shoot-down
15 days ago by
Talking Chop
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Mark Bowman has been doing a yeoman's job of shooting down rumors that pop up so far this off-season. Last night ex-Nats GM Jim Bowden reported that the Dodgers and Braves were discussing a possible Javier Vazquez deal. As johnny-on-the-spot as Bowman was in getting information...
Dodgers Discussing Javier Vazquez, Luis Castillo?
15 days ago by
MLB Rumors
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Former Reds and Nationals GM Jim Bowden is on Twitter, and last night he floated a couple of Dodgers rumors. Bowden wrote that the Dodgers are talking with the Braves about pitcher Javier Vazquez and with the Mets about second baseman Luis Castillo.
Vazquez would be an excellent...
Let the Braves' Javier Vazquez rumors begin
15 days ago by
Talking Chop
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With the signing of Tim Hudson, the baseball rumorverse can officially begin spewing forth any and all whispered third-hand nuggets about who might match up with the Braves as trading partners for one of their extra starting pitchers. The first one comes from ex-Nats GM Jim Bowden...
What they need: Braves
As a Phillies fan, the Braves’ rotation is keeping me up at night. Derek Lowe. Tim Hudson (who just signed a three-year deal). Jair Jurrjens. Tommy Hanson. Javier Vazquez. Good god almighty, that is a solid five.
Oh, and don’t forget about Kenshin Kawakami, who posted a...
MLB Trade Rumors: Derrek Lee to Braves for Javier Vazquez??
16 days ago by
Fake Teams
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I was thinking recently of who the Braves will trade one of their starting pitchers to since they will be trading one of them this offseason, or so they say. It's obvious that Derek Lowe will be hard to deal due to his contract (although all the experts thought he was a good...
SBN Awards: NL MVP
16 days ago by
Talking Chop
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Every year the bloggers and members of the SBN baseball blog community get together and do our own BWAA-style voting for all of the major awards. No Braves finished very high in the voting. Surprisingly, Javier Vazquez was the Braves player who ranked the highest. Of course, Pujols...
SBN, BBWAA, CY, MVP
16 days ago by
Viva El Birdos
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Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts
1
Tim Lincecum
San Francisco Giants
18
13
-
129
2
Chris Carpenter
St. Louis Cardinals
9
4
7
64
3
Adam Wainwright
St. Louis Cardinals
4
4
10
42
4
Javier Vazquez
Atlanta Braves
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5
7
22
5
Arizona Diamondbacks
-
3
4
13
6
Ubaldo Jimenez...
Read: Today’s Buzz in the NL East
16 days ago by
Matthew Cerrone's Mets Blog
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Mark Bowman, in a post to his blog for MLB.com, feels that the Braves will end up trading either Javier Vazquez or Derek Lowe.
Bowman says that the Braves are shopping these starters to make financial room for other needs, and a possible destination for Lowe could be the Yankees...
SB Nation NL Cy Young Award
16 days ago by
True Blue LA
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by Keith Birmingham - AP
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Tim Lincecum of the Giants won the 2009 SB Nation National League Cy Young award, easily outdistancing a pair of Cardinals, who figure to be much closer...
SB Nation Baseball Awards (Cy Young Edition)
17 days ago by
FishStripes
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The results are in for the NL Cy Young award and here they are:
Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts
1
Tim Lincecum
San Francisco Giants
18
13
-
129
2
Chris Carpenter
St. Louis Cardinals
9
4
7
64
3
Adam Wainwright
St. Louis Cardinals
4
4...
2009 SB Nation Baseball Awards: Cy Young
17 days ago by
Amazin' Avenue
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(Note: the following preamble is 99% unchanged from the previously announced awards, so feel free to skip it if you've already read it.)
One of the nice things about having a whole network of baseball sites is that occasionally we get to pretend we're real writers and...
SBN Awards: NL Cy Young
17 days ago by
Crawfish Boxes
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by Jeff Chiu - AP
Don't forget to bring a towel.
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For the next few years, this thing might as well just be named the Tim Lincecum Award. If I'm still...
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