I read a lot of books about baseball when there is no actual baseball going on (ok I do it when there is baseball going on too). I figure I might as well incorporate the Now Reading plugin stuff (that’s the “baseball library” link in the top nav) with actual posts. – When Curt Flood …
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The Rays just signed Pat Burrell to a 2 year/16 million dollar deal. That is insanely cheap, and he will presumably be their DH since Crawford is a Tampa institution in Left Field and they acquired Matt Joyce to play Right Field. The lineups for the top three teams in the AL East now look …
Well now that the Yankees have apparently signed Mark Teixeira out of nowhere (and it really is out of nowhere–the team showed no indication they were interested in him up until now) we can start the lineup projections and drool or be angry. Situation #1, which allows all the best bats on the field at …
According to Yahoo! Sports, the Angels have withdrawn their offer to Mark Teixeira. I take a few things from this: It’s pretty dumb of the Angels, if it’s true. They are pretty much the only team that “needs” him. Maybe they’ll take a look at Manny and save Yankees fans from Randy Levine stepping in …
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When I went to bed last night Brian Cashman had dashed off to San Francisco to meet Mrs. Sabathia, who is apparently the decision maker in the family. When I woke up, he had signed a 7 year deal worth around 160 million which is more than the initial deal the Yankees offered. That extra …
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So far out of the Winter Meetings: The Veterans Committee failed to vote in any post-War players like Dick Allen or Ron Santo. Boo on you, Veterans Committee. CC Sabathia isn’t signing before the meetings are over and if the Giants offer him anything that doesn’t suck, he’s going there so yeah he’s going there …
Well, the Winter Meetings start today and stuff is already happening. Cashman apparently had some kind of meeting with CC Sabathia yesterday that all Yankees fans hope went well. The Tigers have traded for Gerald Laird, so that’s one less team looking for a catcher. The Mets took Francisco Rodriguez out to dinner (no word …
Apparently general managers everywhere are cowering in fear that their team’s free agents might accept arbitration. Here’s a partial list of people who have not been offered: Type A Type B Bobby Abreu Moises Alou Doug Brocail Garrett Anderson Patt Burrell Joe Beimel Adam Dunn Alan Embree Bob Howry Luis Gonzalez Jamie Moyer Ken Griffey …
Per Pete Abe the Yankees are offering none of their free agents arbitration. I cannot express in words how stupid this is right now but it is really dumb, especially if they still plan on signing multiple Type A free agents. Good job guys, I can’t wait to see what the team looks like on …
The Yankees intend to offer arbitration to their own free agent, Bobby Abreu, by tonight’s midnight deadline, and the Mets likely will do the same with their own free agent, Oliver Perez. The rest of the local teams’ free agents, including big names Andy Pettitte and Pedro Martinez, probably will not be extended that courtesy, …