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Odds & Ends: Strasburg, Pedro, A’s, Padres

By Tim Dierkes | March 11, 2009 at 8:03pm CDT

Links for Wednesday…

  • Orioles president Andy MacPhail doesn’t seem interested, but Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun quizzed various players on the team about the possibility of signing Pedro Martinez.
  • MetsBlog’s Matthew Cerrone says Pedro was hitting 92 yesterday and his fastball had the old-school tail on it.
  • The AP reports that MLB is investigating the ages of 42 Dominican prospects.
  • RotoAuthority names 20 undervalued hitters for 2009 fantasy drafts.
  • Nationals acting GM Mike Rizzo spoke highly of Stephen Strasburg, talking to Ben Goessling of the Washington Times.
  • ESPN’s Buster Olney learned that the A’s are open-minded to Brett Anderson, Trevor Cahill, and/or Vin Mazzaro cracking the Opening Day rotation.  Jerry Crasnick has more on Oakland’s next Big Three.
  • Olney also says the Padres will be "scouring the earth for pitching" over the next few weeks.  This jives with Tom Krasovic’s recent article.
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Odds & Ends: Crosby, Vizcaino, Andruw

By Tim Dierkes | March 10, 2009 at 11:12am CDT

Links for Tuesday…

  • Chat today, 2pm CST.
  • RotoAuthority sums up the stats you should target in each category for your fantasy league.
  • The Braves released pitcher Anthony Lerew, according to Carroll Rogers of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  • Rany Jazayerli says the Royals will be better just by subtracting Ross Gload, Tony Pena Jr., and Joey Gathright.  Here’s my Offseason In Review for the club, if you’re interested.
  • A’s manager Bob Geren "chuckled and said no" when asked if Bobby Crosby is being showcased at third base for the Yankees, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.  Crosby is learning third in part because Eric Chavez is injured again.
  • Speaking of Crosby, Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune wonders if the Cubs could work out a deal involving reliever Luis Vizcaino.  Despite the $4MM owed to Vizcaino, he’s not a lock for the Cubs’ bullpen.  We learned last week that the Cubs do not appear interested in Crosby.
  • Slusser also has an article about young A’s pitcher Michael Ynoa, who believes he can be in the Majors in two years at age 19.
  • Andruw Jones apologized to Dodgers fans in this Bill Plaschke article.
  • Talking to Paul Hagen of the Philadelphia Daily News, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel sees Jayson Werth missing no more than 15-20 games this year.  Geoff Jenkins, with $8MM left on his contract, looks like the odd man out.
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Odds & Ends: Bowden, Stanton, Baker

By Tim Dierkes | March 8, 2009 at 9:33pm CDT

Sunday night linkage…

  • Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports says the Dodgers "will not restructure Juan Pierre's contract to make him go away."
  • Murray Chass likes Jim Bowden, while Hal McCoy has a negative recollection.
  • ESPN's Peter Gammons wrote about teams clamoring for Marlins prospect Michael Stanton last July.
  • Jesse Spector of the New York Daily News talked to Baseball-Reference mastermind Sean Forman.
  • Aaron Gleeman analyzes Scott Baker's new extension with the Twins.
  • RotoAuthority recently looked at catcher tiers for fantasy baseball drafts.
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Odds & Ends: Marte, Wilkerson, Bowden

By Tim Dierkes | March 4, 2009 at 12:37pm CDT

Links for Wednesday as we enter the short post-Manny phase of the offseason…

  • RotoAuthority has 18 undrafted players to watch for mixed leagues.
  • WEEI’s Rob Bradford talked to Bill Lajoie, who was behind Boston’s acquisition of Andy Marte while Theo Epstein was on hiatus.  Lajoie admitted he acquired Marte with the intent of flipping him.
  • SI.com’s Melissa Segura writes about fraud involving Dominican prospects.
  • Nothing cooking yet with the Red Sox and Jason Bay, says Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe.
  • Jorge Says No! says shortstops Bobby Crosby and Khalil Greene are at the crossroads of their careers.
  • WEEI’s Alex Speier notes that Boston outfielders Jeff Bailey and Brad Wilkerson have opt-out clauses if they’re not in the bigs by certain dates.
  • Fire Jim Bowden has the ten best moves of their namesake GM.
  • Nick Piecoro wonders if Randy Johnson took a subtle jab at Chris Snyder.
  • Updated June draft order at Baseball America.
  • Ken Davidoff of Newsday looks at each team’s 2012 commitments.
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Fantasy Baseball Closer Report

By Tim Dierkes | February 25, 2009 at 1:00am CDT

Here’s my latest fantasy baseball closer report over at RotoAuthority.

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Odds & Ends: Arbitration, Bay, Manny

By Tim Dierkes | February 24, 2009 at 3:49pm CDT

Links for Tuesday…

  • Maury Brown of The Biz of Baseball has all the info and analysis about this year’s salary arbitration class you could possibly need.
  • The updated June draft order from Baseball America.
  • Tony Massarotti of the Boston Globe discusses Jason Bay’s future.
  • ESPN’s Buster Olney provides analysis of the Manny Ramirez situation in this video.
  • More Hardball looks at the best minor league contracts of the offseason.
  • RotoAuthority discusses the possible fantasy impact of those from Baseball America’s top 100 list who have a 2009 ETA.
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Odds and Ends: Lester, Arbitration, Beimel

By Tim Dierkes | February 20, 2009 at 3:00pm CDT

Links for Friday…

  • RotoAuthority hosts a roundtable discussion of the worst fantasy picks of the first three rounds.
  • Nationals president Stan Kasten expects "heavy trade talk," given the team’s surplus of first basemen/outfielders.  Nick Johnson is the most likely candidate.
  • Mark Sweeney may be forced into retirement, according to Tony Jackson of the L.A. Daily News.
  • Joe McDonald of the Providence Journal wonders if Jon Lester could be the next Red Sox player to get a long-term extension.
  • Maury Brown of The Biz of Baseball analyzes the salary arbitration class of 2009.
  • Brian McTaggart of the Houston Chronicle has Astros GM Ed Wade explain split contracts.
  • Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports writes the Yankees outfielders and Scott Boras clients Xavier Nady and Johnny Damon have been affected by the Stanford financial scandal.
  • MLB.com’s T.R. Sullivan says Joe Beimel turned down a minor league offer from the Rangers about a month ago. Tough time to be a lefty reliever.
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Odds and Ends: Griffey, Blue Jays, Roberts

By Tim Dierkes | February 19, 2009 at 12:02pm CDT

Links for Thursday…

  • ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick has details around the Mariners’ Ken Griffey Jr. signing, while Keith Law has criticism for it.  David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution blogs about his "Griffey Chooses Braves" story. MLB.com’s Mark Bowman also has thoughts on the decision not to play for Atlanta, and another postmortem article where he talks to Frank Wren and Chipper Jones.
  • Drunk Jays Fans has a preview of the team.
  • Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun writes in praise of the Brian Roberts extension.  I don’t like the argument that the Orioles needed to sign Roberts because they don’t have a clear successor at second base.
  • RotoAuthority ranks starting pitchers for fantasy baseball.
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Odds and Ends: Penny, Koskie, Lowell

By Tim Dierkes | February 17, 2009 at 12:29pm CDT

Links for Tuesday…

  • Chat today, 2pm CST.
  • RotoAuthority looks at the pitchers involved in the WBC.
  • ESPN’s Keith Law weighs in on the Andy Oliver case.
  • Brad Penny talked to Yahoo’s Tim Brown about his last season in L.A.  UPDATE: Bowa’s amusing reaction to Penny’s comments.
  • Corey Koskie is healthy and hopes to sign somewhere, says La Velle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
  • Josh Willingham’s arbitration hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, Ryan Zimmerman’s for Saturday.
  • WEEI’s Alex Speier talked to Mike Lowell about Boston’s pursuit of Mark Teixeira.
  • The Sports Business talked to former Dodgers GM Fred Claire.
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Odds and Ends: Maddux, Beltre, Cordero

By Tim Dierkes | February 16, 2009 at 12:00pm CDT

Links for Monday…

  • RotoAuthority discusses possible lineup position changes for star players.
  • Baseball America has the latest minor league transactions.
  • Greg Maddux has joined the Padres as a Spring Training instructor, says MLB.com’s Corey Brock.
  • Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News learned that Adrian Beltre enjoys hitting in AT&T Park and would be excited to play for the Giants.  Baggarly wonders if the Giants could attempt to acquire Beltre this summer.  The third baseman and Scott Boras client will be a free agent after the season.
  • Shawn Estes, currently in camp with the Dodgers, will retire if he can’t make a Major League roster according to Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times.
  • A Mets official told Adam Rubin of the New York Daily News that the team is unlikely to sign free agent reliever Chad Cordero.
  • Jake Peavy talked more about the failed attempts to trade him during the winter (Tom Krasovic of the San Diego Union-Tribune reporting).
  • The Mariners added catcher Jason Phillips on a minor league deal, according to Larry LaRue of the Tacoma News Tribune.
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