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Josh Johnson
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As reported by MLBTR, talks between Marlins ace Josh Johnson and the club have broken off, and he is not expected to sign an extension. This brings about the obvious statement: let’s go get him.
Johnson, who will be 26 for the 2010 season, is coming off a year in which he had...
Linktastic
9 days ago by
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A lesson in basic math (Waves of Arms)
Talk about a potential Dan Uggla trade. Bill Smith, pay attention. (Marlin Maniac)
Some KC Royals Winter Leagues talk (KofK)
This seems like a lose-lose situation to me (Predominantly Orange)
Something about a fat third baseman and an underrated...
Gold Gloves, NL Style
9 days ago by
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I looked at the AL yesterday, so why not do the NL Today?
C: Winner – Yadier Molina, STL
No problems here. Molina is unquestionably one of the best if not the best in the NL.
1B: Winner – Adrian Gonzalez, SD (+3.8, 1st in NL)
Gonzalez had a lower UZR/150 than Cubs 1B Derrek...
Twins Should Grab The Wang
10 days ago by
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ESPN.com is reporting that the Yankees may be considering non-tendering Chien Ming Wang. Non-tendering is simply when you opt to not offer a contract to an arbitration eligible player. This leads me into my next point: if he wouldn’t be terribly expensive, Wang would be a great...
Joe Mauer Wins Gold Glove. I Guess
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First of all, congrats to Joe Mauer on winning his 2nd Gold Glove in a row. He should have an impressive trophy case this winter with the gold glove, silver slugger and AL MVP.
However, I have a confession to make. The best word to describe my feelings about this is….apathetic...
Hardy v. Gomez Through The Eyes Of The Trade Value Calculator
12 days ago by
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We took a quick look at the Hardy for Gomez trade a couple days ago, so now we’re going to peer a little deeper with the trade value calculator. Mainly because I wanna bust that thing out again.
Let’s start with Hardy. Hardy had a rough year last year with the bat, but a lot of [...]
Twins Trade Gomez For JJ Hardy
15 days ago by
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The Orlando Cabrera era in Minnesota is likely over. According to Tyler Barnes of brewers.com’s Twitter, the Twins have traded Carlos Gomez to Milwaukee for JJ Hardy. Gomez had just a .277 wOBA while Hardy had a .292 mark. However, Hardy is at .325 for his career, making him...
First Trade Of The Offseason
16 days ago by
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I’m not counting the Aki Iwamura trade to the Pirates because 1. It technically didn’t happen in the offseason and 2. I’m mad Bill Smith wouldn’t pony up more than a fringe reliever to get it done.
Kenny Williams makes the first move of the offseason, which...
From Baseball Obscurity To Basketball Paradise
19 days ago by
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When he was a high school Senior, CJ Henry had an interesting dilemma: attend the University of Kansas on a basketball scholarship, or sign with the Yankees, who drafted him 17th overall in 2005. He ended up signing a $1.7 million deal with the Yankees, but was traded to Philadelphia...
The Most Underrated Player In Baseball
20 days ago by
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Ryan Howard has an NL MVP. Jimmy Rollins has an NL MVP. Neither player is as good as Chase Utley is. Utley has a 1.035 OPS in this year’s World Series, and has taken CC Sabathia deep three times. This year, Utley’s 7.7 WAR was 2nd in the NL only to Albert Pujols. For his [...]
Cliff
23 days ago by
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Cliff Lee pitched one of the best games in the history of the World Series last night, throwing a complete game and allowing just 1 run. Lee threw 21 changeups last night, 18 for strikes. His curveball had tons of bite. He was exhibit 1A on why radar gun readings aren’t the be all end [...]
Linktastic
24 days ago by
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I forgot to do this last week. Please forgive me.
Aaron Crow makes his professional debut. (Kings of Kauffman)
Some interesting discrepancies involving the value of Ricky Nolasco (Marlin Maniac)
Wanting to play Young over Gomez? Wanting Placido Polanco? I’m a huge fan of the...
Charlie Manuel Doesn’t Want To Win The World Series
25 days ago by
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Charlie Manuel announced that Pedro Martinez will start game 2 of the World Series in Yankee Stadium. It will be his seventh career appearance in the playoffs versus New York. The main question everyone should be asking is: why?
Supposedly Manuel is worried about Hamels’s recent...
Maybe There Is A Manager Worse Than Gardy
October 19, 2009 by
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I’m too hard on Gardy apparently. Let’s go through a couple mistakes Girardi made:
1. Bringing in Rivera almost too late. You never ever ever ever under any circumstances (sans fatigue) give your team a chance to lose without its best reliever getting into the game.
2....
Adventures In Stupidity
October 18, 2009 by
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The Yankees won game 2 of the ALCS on Saturday partly because of a good outing by AJ Burnett, partly because of some solid bullpen work, partly by some good hitting by ARod, and partly cause of one of the dumbest errors of all time. With one out in the bottom of the 13th inning, [...]
Linktastic
October 16, 2009 by
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As a UND student, I am all sorts of pumped for Sioux-Gophers this weekend. (TCHB)
An AL Central predictions review. (Kings of Kauffman)
Can I link two posts from the same blog? Yes I can, this is my site damnit. (Kings of Kauffman)
Some discussions of a salary cap. (Nicks Twins Blog...
Misplaced Ire: Nick Punto
October 14, 2009 by
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Nick Punto has been called the (or chief) goat of the Twins ALDS loss to the Yankees. Fangraphs had a post saying Punto didn’t do the little things all that well. Twins fans notoriously chide Ron Gardenhire for his insistence on playing Nick Punto every night, citing him as a...
Managerial Mistakes
October 13, 2009 by
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The situation: Huston Street on to close. Ryan Howard at the plate. Runners on 1st and 2nd, two outs. The question: why is Street in the game? Ryan Howard this year hit .279/.360/.571. Vs lefties however, he hit .207/.298/.356. Joe Beimel is very good against lefties, but more importantly...
End Of Season Post
October 12, 2009 by
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I tried to delay it as long as possible, but the time has finally come to put the 2009 season to bed. The Twins fought gallantly to win the Central without their best starting pitcher for 4 months, and their 2nd best hitter for basically half the season. but they just ran into 200 million [...]
Linktastic
October 09, 2009 by
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I don’t know if you’ve heard, but Rick Porcello is only 20 years old. (Twinkie Town)
Handing out Cubs team awards (Cubbies Crib)
A sad day for baseball and Reds fans everywhere (Blog Red Machine)
Who would be the perfect outfielder for the Marlins? Read and find out, damnit...
Keep Your Head Up, Brian Duensing
October 08, 2009 by
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The Yankees beat the Twins 7-2 last night. Reports are that Ron Gardenhire wasn’t exactly pleased with the way Brian Duensing pitched, especially given how the conversation in the dugout after the lefty was pulled went.
But really, Duensing didn’t pitch too badly. Of the...
Twins Win The Central
October 06, 2009 by
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Wow. What do you even say to a game like that? I’ve been sitting at my computer for a solid 20 minutes now, looking at the cursor blink. I’m alternating between racking my brain for something to write and laughing hysterically. A couple weeks ago the Twins playoff expectancy...
Well
October 06, 2009 by
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I didn’t want to post a preview of this game for fear of jinxing it. Lot of good that did. Tigers up 3-0 after alcoholic wife-beater hit a 450+ foot bomb.
Linktastic
October 02, 2009 by
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Jesse from Twinkie Town shared his 5 best Metrodome memories. (Twinkie Town)
Because I like soccer: Ty Duffy is not an Emmanuel Adebayor fan. (Football Endemic)
Some optimism for the end of the year. (Nick’s Twins Blog)
Should the Twins switch up their strategy? (Twins Target...
Twins Salvage Split
October 01, 2009 by
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I really don’t have much desire to write today, but the Twins bounced back to salvage a split with the Tigers, staying 2 games back. Scott Baker earned his 15th win of the season. Orlando Cabrera was the hitting star, going 2 for 5 with a big 3 RBI double.
There was some tension in the [...]
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