MLBTR Originals

Here's a rundown of MLBTR's original content from the past week….

• Our Draft Prospect Q&A series rolled on as Ben Nicholson-Smith chatted with Rice third baseman Anthony Rendon.
• We looked at the arbitration records for starting pitchers and catchers.
• Eating money in trades or by releasing players is never ideal, but sometimes it's a necessary evil.  Mike Axisa took a look at the teams that are paying players to play elsewhere this season.
• Did you miss out on Tim Dierkes' Wednesday chat?  Well, turn that frown upside down because you can read the transcript right here.
• The Rangers, Rays, Reds, and Giants were profiled in our 2012 contract issues series this week.
• Earlier that day, Tim released his analysis of the 2013 free agent class.  Here's our freshly published 2013 free agent list.
• On Friday we brought you an update on this year's Rule 5 picks.  Eight of the 19 players selected in the Major League phase of last offseason's Rule 5 draft are back where they started.
• It's early in the season but Ben Nicholson-Smith updated us on the value of impending free agents.
• Check out our list of baseball's longest tenured GMs.
• Howard Megdal pointed out the shocking baseball transgressions in The Babe and investigated how teams have dealt with suddenly losing players historically.
• Dan Mennella looked at a major Trade Candidate, Francisco Rodriguez.
• David Price and Clayton Kershaw are likely going to redefine the market with their next contracts.
• We updated our list of the largest contracts in draft history.
• Here's some of the best baseball analysis from around the web in this week's edition of Baseball Blogs Weigh In.
• Ben Nicholson-Smith reflected on Ryan Howard's extension, one year later.