Kyle Blanks Rumors
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [June 19, 2009 at 10:53am CST]
Links for Friday morning... Bill Conlin of the Philadelphia Daily News argues the Phillies should declare prospect Michael Taylor off-limits. Mark Kiszla of the Denver Post says the 2009 Rockies are nothing like the version that stunned us with a late-season surge two Septembers ago. Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports argues the Nationals need to fire Manny Acta or assure him that he'll manage all season. Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic says Brandon Webb had a setback and could miss the entire year. Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wonders whether the Pirates have considered moving Ryan Doumit to...
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By Tim Dierkes [March 9, 2009 at 10:00pm CST]
Tom Krasovic of the San Diego Union-Tribune writes about the Padres' intention to add pitching to the organization. He learned that the Nationals inquired about Padres first base prospect Kyle Blanks, but were not willing to trade their own top prospect Jordan Zimmermann. Would've been interesting to see. Krasovic says the Padres are focused on out of options pitchers, and in particular inquired on Arizona's Juan Gutierrez. Krasovic tosses out names of other out of options hurlers on the D'Backs and Angels: Jason Bulger, Shane Loux, Dustin Moseley, Yusmeiro Petit, and Travis Blackley. Two more possibilities: Giants Rule 5 pick...
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