November 2006

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Zito, Boras Meet With Rangers

T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com reports that Barry Zito and agent Scott Boras came to Dallas today to visit with Rangers owner Tom Hicks and GM Jon Daniels. Zito is fond of new manager Ron Washington. The Cubs, also in need of a big-name starter, seem focused on Jason Schmidt currently. Rumors of their three year, $44MM offer were debunked, but Jon Heyman's sources indicate that the Cubs are indeed trying to convince Schmidt to come to Chicago   Continue Reading

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Newspaper Blogs

Baseball beat writers blogging is all the rage these days, and I love it. It's great that these guys can post news the second they get it without editors and that most of them engage in lively conversation with fans in the comments. I thought it would be cool to compile a list here of all the newspaper columnist blogs that are updated regularly. Here are a few; I will update the post with more as we come up with them. On The Yankees Beat - by Jim Baumbach of Newsday The LoHud Yankees Blog - by Peter Abraham of..   Continue Reading

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Crasnick: Cubs Make Offer To Lugo

A rumor from yesterday that I neglected to mention: ESPN's Jerry Crasnick reported that the Cubs have made Julio Lugo a multi-year offer. We all know how Lou Piniella loves Lugo, and that he'd be willing to play center field now that the market for shortstops is shrinking. Today's Chicago newspapers - the Tribune, Sun-Times, Daily Herald, and Southtown - made no mention of an offer to Lugo   Continue Reading

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Brian Bannister Available?

Word from my Mets source is that the team is in a holding pattern until Tom Glavine makes his decision. He feels that the club will end up with either Glavine or Barry Zito and fill the other spots internally. There is a chance Brian Bannister is traded for a solid reliever to replace Chad Bradford. Interested parties include the Rockies and Mariners. He mentioned the D'Backs as well, but their interest may have waned now that Doug Davis has been acquired   Continue Reading

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2007 Kansas City Royals

It wouldn't be kind to ignore the Royals in my 2007 Team Outlooks. Dayton Moore's contract obligations: C - Jason LaRue - $2.5MM C - John Buck - $0.38MM 1B - Ryan Shealy - $0.38MM 2B - Mark Grudzielanek - $4MM SS - Angel Berroa - $3.25MM 3B - Mark Teahen - $0.38MM IF - Esteban German - $0.38MM LF - Emil Brown - $1.775MM CF - David DeJesus - $2MM RF - Reggie Sanders - $5MM OF - Joey Gathright - $0.38MM DH - Mike Sweeney - $11MM SP - Odalis Perez - $1.7MM SP - Luke Hudson -..   Continue Reading

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Red Sox Sign Okajima

Many of you have emailed me with the news that the Red Sox have signed a LOOGY, 30 year-old Hideki Okajima from Japan. It is a two-year deal with an option for 2009. The Boston Herald says that while he does not throw hard, his curve is nasty. Looks like he'll rack up plenty of Ks and will be a good weapon against guys like Jason Giambi, Robinson Cano, Lyle Overbay, Johnny Damon, and Nick Markakis   Continue Reading

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Yankees Roundup

The New York Daily News reports that Brian Cashman has spoken to the agent for Craig Wilson, as Wilson remains an option to play first base for the Yankees. Talks will continue during the winter meetings. Beyond that, Cashman can go for Phil Nevin or Shea Hillenbrand via free agency. He could also make a trade or get creative by chasing someone like Ray Durham, as Buster Olney suggests. The New York Times suggests Eduardo Perez as a lesser option that is being considered. According to the New York Times, the Yankees have interest in starters Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte,..   Continue Reading

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Latest On Manny Ramirez

Found via RotoWorld - Curt Schilling yesterday confirmed that Manny Ramirez "wants out of Boston." So that's one roadblock out of the way - at least the does in fact desire a trade. Meanwhile, Gordon Edes of the Boston Globe has a full update. He expects that Manny is going to want more money whether via his options exercised or just a contract extension. Theo Epstein is mum, but Edes says that the Sox have not spoken to the Dodgers on the topic. Edes mentions that the Padres are interested. Murray Chass at the New York Times brings up the..   Continue Reading

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Doug Davis Projection

For those of you interested in fantasy baseball, I run another website called RotoAuthority.com. Check it out! Today I projected the 2007 performance of new Diamondback starter Doug Davis. This projection is an example of what you'll find in my 2007 RotoAuthority Fantasy Baseball Guide. I spent many hours on these last year and am currently about 1/3 done with the '07 version. Customers were very happy with the $9.99 product and I hope you'll check it out when it becomes available sometime around January   Continue Reading

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Jays Sign Clayton

Ken Rosenthal reports that the Blue Jays signed Royce Clayton today to be their starting shortstop, at a price of $1.5MM. As Rosenthal suggests, Clayton's main skill, defense, has been deteriorating. He isn't much range-wise and probably shouldn't be starting for anyone. At least when the Red Sox went with Alex Gonzalez last year, he truly was saving runs with glovework. While I don't love the signing, the Blue Jays will still field a fine club in 2007 once they add some starting pitching   Continue Reading

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