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Yankees - Acquired Hinske
June 30, 2009 by
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New York Yankees - Acquired OF Eric Hinske from the Pittsburgh Pirates for OF Eric Fryer and P Casey Erickson
Hinske wanted more playing time, so the Pirates are helping him out by trading him to a team that will probably play him even less. But at least he has a chance now to play...
Mariners - Acquired Langerhans
June 29, 2009 by
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Seattle Mariners - Acquired OF Ryan Langerhans from the Washington Nationals for UT Mike Morse.
I both love and hate challenge trades. Without the imbalances in position, contract, or short and long-term goals, I get the benefit of generally being able to declare a winner. This is...
Cardinals - Acquired DeRosa
June 28, 2009 by
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St. Louis Cardinals - Acquired UT Mark DeRosa from the Chicago Cubs for P Chris Perez and a PTBNL.
Soto injured? Ramirez injured and out? Harden actually being bad rather than injured? Ask a certain subset of Cubs fans and you won't hear any of these reasons given as to why the...
Papi Is Officially Back
June 27, 2009 by
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Seven HRs in the past 17 games now and looking very good at the plate--this is an actual hot streak, not just a streak of “good as I used to be.” I’m now confident that David Ortiz is only a decent hitter now, but likely to put something close to his established level...
AJC: O’Brien: Braves need win tonight — no, really
June 25, 2009 by
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Red Sox Odds and Ends
June 21, 2009 by
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A few things going on, most notably, the Dice-K situation.
--Dice K had an MRI which didn’t show any structural damage. But, turns out he has “weakness,” so it’s off to the DL! Taking his place until Smoltz is activated--Dusty Brown? The need for a non-hitting...
Week 9 thoughts
June 08, 2009 by
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3-2 on the road, with 4 of the 5 going to extra innings and a split of those 4. I’d say that’s a good week, but not great. All 5 games were 1 run affairs, which means they were winnable (and on the flip side, also loseable). For the most part, the pitching, especially...
Minor League Thread: Draft Time
June 07, 2009 by
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Just thought the Therapudians might want someplace to discuss the draft. Sox draft #28, 77, and 107.
Election Results: Seaver, Carlton, Gibson, Niekro and Perry Are the Kings of the Mound For Group 4!
June 07, 2009 by
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By unanimous consent, legendary Met Tom Seaver was deemed to be the best of the best of the Hall of Merit’s Group 4 pitchers.
Practically tied, stoic moundsman Steve Carlton and fiery hurler Bob Gibson received 90% of all possible points.
Of the remaining pitchers that earned...
Royals - DFAed Ramirez
June 06, 2009 by
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Kansas City Royals - Designed P Horacio Ramirez for assignment.
The original plan was to put Ramirez adrift in the ocean and let God sort it out, but upon further reflection, the Royals realized that simply releasing Ramirez back into the wild could possibly result in their hitters...
Orioles - Released Walker
June 05, 2009 by
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Baltimore Orioles - Released P Jamie Walker; recalled P Alberto Castillo
One notable characteristic of the Thrift and Beat Again regimes in Baltimore is that as poorly as they ran the team, there were very few monumentally bad signings. Instead, they specialized in flooding the Orioles...
I Give Up. Damn You, Web 2.0
June 05, 2009 by
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After quite a few requests, I’ve given in and created a twitter for the Transaction Oracle for moves that are generally too small to justify full blog entries. And I will go to my grave knowing that John McCain beat me to a technological trend.
Transaction Oracle on Twitter.
Week 7 thoughts
June 05, 2009 by
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Pathetic.
5 runs in their last 6 games, thanks to the outburst of 2 runs yesterday. In the last 6 games, the Cubs have led a total of 2 innings (by 1 run). They didn’t hold the lead at any point in St. Louis. Over the last 6 games, as a team the Cubs are hitting .189/...
Minor League Thread: The Red Sox Vaunted Pitching Depth
June 05, 2009 by
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Did the Red Sox go too far in signing reclamation projects for their rotation this year. Here’s what their current rotation looks like:
Beckett, 5.01 ERA
Lester, 5.91 ERA
Matsuzaka, 10.32 ERA
Wakefield, 3.99 ERA
Penny, 5.96 ERA
Aside from just being brutally awful, is...
RLYW: New Yankee Stadium Splits through May 24th
June 05, 2009 by
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DREAM.9 video: MLB vet Jose Canseco fights 7-foot-2 Hong Man Choi
June 05, 2009 by
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Orioles - Promoted Wieters
June 05, 2009 by
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Matt Wieters - Granted the Baltimore Orioles the right to take the field with him.
Not since Mike Mussina's debut has there been an Orioles call-up that I have been more excited about. Hopefully, the success of Wieters will encourage the Orioles to remain aggressive in the draft...
White Sox - Acquired Castro
June 05, 2009 by
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Chicago White Sox - Acquired C Ramon Castro and some cash for P Lance Broadway.
Excellent move by the White Sox here. It's not going to push the Sox to win the division, but when acquiring talent, when you can get a league-average player very cheaply, it's very hard to resist...
Week 8 thoughts
June 05, 2009 by
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The Cubs were much better in week 8 than week 7, although that’s not saying much since it’s impossible to have a worse week than week 7. They won 2 of 3 from Pittsburgh and split a 4 game set with the best-record-in-the-majors Dodgers. It could have been a more productive...
Steve Lopez: In Dodger Stadium, a bleacher of girthly delights
June 05, 2009 by
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Welcome to the Baseball Quote Blog
June 05, 2009 by
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Unlike a lot of the researchers, analysts and fans who frequent this site I have little interest in what impact a pitcher has on a batted ball that is in play. While I recognize these researchers and analysts contributions are valuable in understanding the games past, present and future...
2009 ZiPS Projection Disk for Diamond Mind 9, Final
June 05, 2009 by
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This is the final 2009 build of the ZiPS projection disk for Diamond Mind Baseball. You can download it here.
The disk contains all known fixes to-date, with a very few new projections (Walter Silva, Chris Duffy, a couple of others). The disk contains "compromise" rosters...
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