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Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Mets, Pirates, Papelbon, Rivera

On this date 42 years ago, Brian Cashman was born. Cashman has been the General Manager of the Yankees since 1998 and is signed through 2011. With four weeks until the trade deadline, Cashman will certainly be active in the trade market. Let's take a look at what is being written in the Blogosphere... The Guttridge-Wang Trade Model attempts to quantify all aspects of a trade. MLB Notebook looks at how teams that are willing to spend will control this year's trade market. Mets Geek evaluates some buy-low trade targets for the Mets. Sully Baseball recommends that the Mets not...   Continue Reading

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International Free Agent Update: Friday

Some updates on teams' moves and strategies as the international signings continue: Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the A's are focusing on Venezuela, rather than the Dominican Republic this year, since they believe prices are too high in the Dominican. In Derrick Goold's St. Louis Post Dispatch article, Cards GM John Mozeliak admits there's risk in signing a 16-year-old like Wagner Mateo to a bonus of $3.1MM, but says he's serious about being "more aggressive" in Latin America because the payoff can be huge. Kiley McDaniel of Baseball Prospectus says Yankees signee Gary Sanchez will start...   Continue Reading

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Cardinals Sign Wagner Mateo

Baseball America's Ben Badler reports that the Cardinals signed 16-year-old outfielder Wagner Mateo, as expected. His bonus hasn't officially been announced, but we heard last week that it will be about $3.1MM. Along with Miguel Angel Sano, Mateo was considered one of the top prospects to become available this summer.   Continue Reading

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Stark On Dodgers, Giants, Brewers

In this ESPN Radio segment, Jayson Stark says the Dodgers will go after the best starting pitcher they can find. There's no elite starting pitching out there now, but Ned Colletti is looking to turn some up. Here are the rest of Stark's rumors: The Giants need an impact hitter and they're "in on every bat out there." Matt Holliday is not a likely fit for the Cardinals. Stark says Doug Davis is a good fit in Milwaukee. The Mets are more interested in left-handed first basemen, so Nick Johnson still looks like a good fit for them. The Tigers...   Continue Reading

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Odds And Ends: Pirates, Glaus, Melvin

Happy Canada Day to all of our Canadian readers from our Canadian writer! Now for some links... This week's chat will take place today at 2pm CST. Joel Sherman of the New York Post says Omar Minaya has been negligent when it comes to filling out his roster with talented role players. Troy Glaus is ready to start rehabbing, according to Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. There's been speculation that the Cards could trade Glaus when he returns, but they could use his bat, too. The Pirates signed another Taiwanese high schooler, Hsu Chi-wei, according to East Windup...   Continue Reading

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DeRosa Has A Shot At Type A Status

When we last checked, Mark DeRosa was ranked as a Type B free agent as a member of the Indians. At that time, he was grouped with the American League second basemen, third basemen, and shortstops. His 61.7 score put him about ten points below the lowest Type A in the group, Melvin Mora. Now a Cardinal, DeRosa will be ranked with the NL 2B/3B/SSs by Elias after the season. I just ran the numbers with DeRosa as part of this group, and his score jumped to 67.9. He's still a Type B, but is now only three points from...   Continue Reading

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Cardinals Now Have Limited Payroll Flexibility

ESPN.com's Buster Olney heard that the Cardinals have limited payroll flexibility now that they've added Mark DeRosa. Since he makes $5.5MM in total this year, the Cards are on the hook for about $2.75MM of DeRosa's contract. Before the DeRosa dealm, they were considering Matt Holliday, who makes $4MM more than DeRosa between now and the end of the season. They appeared willing to take on his $13.5MM contract. Could the Cards add $4MM to their payroll for the right player?   Continue Reading

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Odds And Ends: Snell, DeRosa, Kearns

Some links to start the week off... East Windup Chronicle reports that the Pirates signed a Taiwanese high schooler to a minor league deal. Chi Ping-hong is small and speedy with good range. Ian Snell faced 24 batters in his first Triple A start this year and struck out 17 of them, according to Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Neal Huntington says the Pirates are trying to "salvage some value" from Snell, who has $5.75MM remaining on his contract. Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch gathered some of the Cardinals' responses to the Mark DeRosa deal and they...   Continue Reading

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Cardinals Acquire Mark DeRosa

SUNDAY, 11:15am: Jon Paul Morosi has written about a couple possible PTBNLs for the Indians: "One official with knowledge of the transaction said minor league right-handers Jess Todd and Francisco Samuel are on the list of possibilities. It's not known if other players are on the list agreed upon by the clubs. But Todd and Samuel are hard throwers who could fit into Cleveland's bullpen next year. And anyone who has watched the Indians play recently is aware that they have an immediate need for power arms at the end of the game." Morosi notes Todd has a 2.73 ERA...   Continue Reading

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Renck's Latest: Hawkins, Saito, Spilborghs, Atkins

In his latest article, the Denver Post's Troy E. Renck has a few Rockies footnotes worth discussing: Renck suggests the Rockies should aggressively pursue LaTroy Hawkins if the Astros drop in the standings. Takashi Saito is another option. He has dominated in the NL West and the Red Sox like Ryan Spilborghs. He also notes the Tigers and Phillies have expressed interest in Spilborghs, as Ken Rosenthal said earlier this month. Renck lists the Braves, Cardinals, and Mets as potential fits for Garrett Atkins, but Renck adds that his "$4 million in remaining salary is prohibitive."   Continue Reading

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