MLBTR Originals: 10/25/10 – 10/31/10

The Rangers and Giants are providing plenty of action on the field, but at MLBTR we love everything that goes on off the field and behind the scenes. Here's a round up of our original content from the last week…

• The official Elias rankings for the 2010-2011 offseason were released, and Ben Nicholson-Smith listed all of the Type-A and Type-B free agents.
• Tim Dierkes looked at the free agent market for designated hitters, right fielders, and center fielders, as well as the trade market for right fielders, center fielders, and left fielders. He also reviewed last year's big free agent deals.
• The Arbitration Eligibles series concluded with the Giants. Here's a list with links for all 30 teams.
• Ben tried to dig up some potential platoon partners for Domonic Brown, trade suitors for Adrian Gonzalez, as well as find some landing spots for A.J. Pierzynski.
• We broke down several non-tender candidates, including Andrew Miller of the Marlins, Mike Fontenot of the Giants, Jack Cust of the Athletics, John Maine of the Mets, and Fred Lewis of the Blue Jays.
• We also looked at the stock of soon-to-be free agents like Jon Rauch of the Twins, Frank Francisco of the Rangers, and Brian Fuentes of the Twins.
• Our series reviewing each team's amateur spending plugged along, continuing this week with the Astros, Royals, Angels, Dodgers, Brewers, Twins, Mets, Yankees, Athletics, and Phillies.
• This week's poll questions concerned David Ortiz's future and whether you prefer Ozzie Guillen or Mike Stanton.
• In honor of Sandy Alderson's hiring, Howard Megdal ranked the 11 other general managers in Mets' history.
• I rounded up the best the blogosphere had to offer in this week's Baseball Blogs Weigh In.
• Ben's chat transcript can be found here.
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