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Odds & Ends: D’Backs, Mauer, Options

By Tim Dierkes | May 27, 2009 at 2:16pm CDT

Links for Wednesday…

RotoAuthority recommends Jordan Zimmermann as a fantasy league pickup.
Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News explains his paragraph about the Giants putting out feelers to see what they could get for Matt Cain.
Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes told MLB.com's Steve Gilbert he wants a little more time before deciding whether to trade off veterans. At 11.5 games out, the D'Backs have a 2-6% chance of making the playoffs according to Baseball Prospectus.
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe dreams of the Red Sox signing Joe Mauer to a ten-year, $200MM free agent deal after the 2010 season.
Mike Axisa of River Ave. Blues discusses option years, with help from a Keith Law ESPN chat.

Odds & Ends: Boras, Francoeur, Cubs

By Tim Dierkes | May 19, 2009 at 1:42pm CDT

Links for Tuesday…

This week's chat will be held tomorrow at 2pm CST.
MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo discusses the Scott Boras effect on this year's draft, while Baseball America's John Manuel provides a draft overview.
SI's Tom Verducci explains why the Rangers are for real. At 23-14, they're in first place (4 games ahead of the Angels).
Andrew Beaton of Hot Foot provides a rebuttal to The Jonathan Sanchez Paradox: Oliver Perez.
Padres exec Paul DePodesta talks about recently acquired shortstop Josh Wilson.
MLB.com's Mark Bowman writes about the Jeff Francoeur situation.
According to Ameet Sachdev of the Chicago Tribune, actors Bill Murray, Jim Belushi, and John Cusack have met separately with Tom Ricketts about investing in the Cubs.
RotoAuthority looks at the groundball rate leaderboard…did you know Gil Meche is second?

Odds & Ends: Sheets, Blanco, Coghlan

By Tim Dierkes | May 15, 2009 at 3:48pm CDT

Links for Friday…

RotoAuthority talks about the popular fantasy pickups this week.
Rangers GM Jon Daniels says Ben Sheets is "watching from a distance" while recovering from elbow surgery, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.
MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan says the Rangers "apparently are in position to sign Guillermo Pimentel, a top outfield prospect from the Dominican Republic" for $1.5-2MM.
Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe says Red Sox reliever Javier Lopez cleared waivers and will head to Triple A.
Sam Miller of the OC Register assembled a lineup/slideshow of prospects who deserve a big league shot.
Henry Blanco isn't sure why he wasn't able to re-sign with the Cubs, according to the Chicago Tribune's Paul Sullivan.
Nick Yohanek, the fan who caught Chris Coghlan's first big league home run, explains his side of the story in asking for the following for the ball: a signed Coghlan game bat, a signed Coghlan ball, and a Hanley Ramirez game bat. What's your take on this?

Odds & Ends: Byrd, Fox, Kobayashi

By Tim Dierkes | May 11, 2009 at 3:47pm CDT

Links for Monday…

MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince says the Indians signed 31 year-old reliever Blaine Neal to a minor league deal. Here's a look at Neal's minor league work – nice job for the Tigers' Triple A club last year.
Masahide Kobayashi explains why he's struggled in the U.S., talking to Dennis Manoloff of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
MLB.com's Joe Frisaro wrote on Thursday that free agent pitcher Paul Byrd has a $3MM asking price.
It might be time for Chad Fox to hang up the spikes. He owns a 3.79 ERA in 228 career innings. Would've been 3.45, without his Cubs career.
Michael O'Keefe of the New York Daily News runs through the list of Scott Boras clients linked to performance-enhancing drugs.
Rany Jazayerli likes Pedro Martinez as a comparable for Zack Greinke.
A.J. Hinch's contract runs through 2012.
RotoAuthority looks at the pitchers who have improved their walk rate the most this year.
MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo gives an overview of this year's draft.
Current members of the Newark Bears: Rob Mackowiak, Keith Foulke, Shawn Chacon, Abraham Nunez, Carl Everett, Jay Gibbons, and Michael Tucker.

Odds & Ends: Crow, Matsuzaka, Harrington

By Tim Dierkes | May 4, 2009 at 3:33pm CDT

Links for Monday…

I hosted a fantasy baseball roundtable question: what is your single biggest regret so far?
Talking real baseball, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe has his list of possible offseason-related regrets.
Jim Callis of Baseball America says Aaron Crow and Tanner Scheppers will make their independent league debuts today. MLB.com's Bill Ladson says the Jim Bowden-less Nationals haven't ruled out taking Crow at #10, and they'll scout him today.
Kirk Kenney wrote about the possibility of Stephen Strasburg skipping the minors.
David Waldstein of the New York Times discovers how the Seibu Lions spent the $51.1MM posting fee from Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Sadly, Tony Jackson was let go by the L.A. Daily News. Diamond Leung talks about Jackson, while Jon Weisman notes that the Dodgers are now down to two full-time beat writers.
Weisman also writes about the Saturday night gathering involving Kim Ng and others.
ESPN's Amy K. Nelson has an excellent story on Matt Harrington, who is out of baseball now.
Maury Brown of The Biz of Baseball looks at a bunch of young players who were locked up through their arbitration years.

Odds & Ends: Nationals, Teixeira, Ligtenberg

By Tim Dierkes | May 1, 2009 at 11:32am CDT

Links for Friday…

RotoAuthority looks at the April offensive stat leaders.
Jim Callis of Baseball America discussed Jim Bowden's Stephen Strasburg comments. Bowden says the Nationals' decision to draft Strasburg has been made, and predicts they'll sign him for around $15MM minutes before the deadline.
ESPN's Jorge Arangure Jr. talked to Nats interim GM Mike Rizzo about their revamped Latin American plan.
Mark Teixeira talked to Mike DiGiovanna of the L.A. Times about his decision to sign with the Yankees.
Brian Stensaas of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune writes about Kerry Ligtenberg, who is attempting a comeback with the St. Paul Saints.
SI.com's Tom Verducci spoke with one GM who points to struggling older teams and says "it's better to be young these days."
Jon Paul Morosi of the Detroit Free Press writes that the Tigers are being patient with pitchers Ryan Perry and Rick Porcello.
MLB.com's Corey Brock doesn't expect GM Kevin Towers to sit back and watch if the Padres continues to struggle.
Here's Baseball America's list of the hottest prospects in the minors right now.
ESPN.com's Keith Law scouts a pair of college players who could turn up on BA's list next year: Tim Wheeler and Drew Storen.
Twins reliever Juan Morillo cleared waivers, so he'll head to Triple A according to La Velle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Odds & Ends: Glavine, Thorman, Sheffield

By Tim Dierkes | April 28, 2009 at 11:59am CDT

Links for Tuesday…

Chat today, 2pm CST.
ESPN's Buster Olney talked to Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi, who has no plans to pursue the available free agent pitchers.
MLB.com's Mark Bowman has the latest on Tom Glavine's shoulder rehab. Glavine seems more optimistic than when he last addressed the media.
Jamey Newberg says the Rangers released first baseman Scott Thorman after 32 Triple A at-bats.
Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com did a Q&A with Tyler Kepner of the New York Times.
Jorge Says No! creates a roster of the worst free agent contracts of 2000-04.
Benjamin Kabak of River Ave. Blues says the Gary Sheffield-Tigers trade was still a win for the Yankees even though the prospects haven't panned out.
Over at RotoAuthority, I talked about three pitchers I drafted but already gave up on.

Odds & Ends: Nady, Doumit, Boyer

By Tim Dierkes | April 21, 2009 at 3:13pm CDT

Links for Tuesday…

SI.com's Jon Heyman says Xavier Nady will not require elbow surgery and may return within a month.
Bad news for the Pirates: Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says catcher Ryan Doumit will likely miss 8-10 weeks due to wrist surgery.
Dave Cameron of FanGraphs says Matt Murton belongs in the Majors.
Wallace Matthews and Ken Davidoff of Newsday each write about Jason Giambi's time in New York.
With news that Demetri Martin will play Paul DePodesta in the Moneyball movie, Jon Weisman says not to judge the film before watching it. Personally I am looking forward to the movie. Martin is hilarious and Brad Pitt can be very good (12 Monkeys being the best example).
Joel Sherman of the New York Post wonders why the Mets paid Fernando Tatis $1.7MM if they weren't committed to using him.
Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has quotes from Cardinals GM John Mozeliak about the Brian Barton–Blaine Boyer swap.
Via NPB Tracker, a comeback for Hideki Irabu?
RotoAuthority looks at Geovany Soto's slow start.

Odds & Ends: Closers, Holliday, Kent

By Tim Dierkes | April 15, 2009 at 11:28am CDT

Links for Wednesday…

Chat today, 2pm CST.
Interesting diary entry from an anonymous pro scout over at Baseball America. Don't bug these guys at games.
Digging for saves? RotoAuthority has the latest Closer Report.
Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker looks at the Japanese free agents for the 2009-10 offseason.
Jorge Arangure Jr. of ESPN wrote about Matt Holliday's future.
Justin Murphy of Seamheads.com examines the three Jeff Kent trades.
Curtis Granderson wrote an article for Yahoo about protecting his identity.

Odds & Ends: Wells, Gaudin, Projections

By Tim Dierkes | April 13, 2009 at 1:53pm CDT

Links for Monday…

Ken Kadokura, briefly with the Cubs, is headed to Korea according to NPB Tracker.
Jill Painter of the L.A. Daily News has Frank McCourt's unrevealing comments about Ned Colletti's future.
Baseball America's Matt Eddy has the latest minor league transactions, including plenty of releases.
The AP reports that David Wells has signed a multiyear deal as a TBS analyst.
We snagged a mention in ESPN The Magazine, due to our sponsorship of Matt Holliday's Baseball-Reference page.
Chad Gaudin told MLB.com's Sandy Burgin "as many as 11 teams" made inquiries before he signed with the Padres. He signed with San Diego for the opportunity to be a starting pitcher.
Matt Swartz of Statistically Speaking finds the strengths and weaknesses of various projection systems.
Admit it…you're starting to panic about certain members of your fantasy team.

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