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"Most people that try to analyze this Dickey effect tend to group all the pitchers that follow in to one grouping with one ERA and compare to the total ERA of the bullpen or rotation. This is a simplistic and non-descriptive way of analyzing the effect and does not look at the how often the pitchers are pitching not after Dickey."

Sounds good and he hasn't been included in the JA Happ trade yet...

"David Laurila, curator of FanGraphs’ Q&A Series, talks with longtime Blue Jays radio voice Jerry Howarth." The interview starts at 6:50

"The Dodgers have acquired Hanley Ramirez and Randy Choate from the Marlins for Nathan Eovaldi and a minor leaguer, reports Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports"

"Rommel faced 87 batters – an all-time record for a reliever – and let 38 of them reach base (also a relief record), but he had the win."

7 Jays: 18) Travis D'Arnaud, C, Toronto Blue Jays (26) 40) Noah Syndergaard, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays (67) 45) Justin Nicolino, LHP, Toronto Blue Jays (68) 49) Aaron Sanchez, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays 51) Anthony Gose, OF, Toronto Blue Jays (51) 69) Jake Marisnick, OF, Toronto Blue Jays (48) 71) Daniel Norris, LHP, Toronto Blue Jays (70) Other Jays considered: Deck McGuire Joe Musgrove John Stilson

No idea whether we are interested or even if we should be. He is apparently seeking Cespedes/Soler money. He was 5 days away from a 90% pay cut.

"You don’t have to like baseball to appreciate the awfulness that is… the top 10 worst baseball cards of all time!"

The best power pitcher in the league also has a spot in the clubhouse, but no such fanfare surrounds Brandon Morrow. He struck out 10.188 hitters per nine innings last season — a better rate than that of Justin Verlander, C. C. Sabathia, Felix Hernandez and every other starter in the league. The figure strongly suggests a breakout coming for Morrow, who could be the pitching equivalent of Bautista: a high-impact talent at a reasonable price who took time to become a star.

A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday cleared the way for a jury trial on March 19 that could put the owners of the Mets on the hook for hundreds of million of dollars.

Translates Brett Lawrie's tweets to English.

After decades of populating major league rosters with All-Stars at every position, Puerto Rico had only 20 players on opening day rosters last season.

2:28 On the Darvish bid, "Dice K was going to be the barometer" "You were going to be above that or well below" (paraphrasing) 16:38 "We had the worst outfield defense in baseball last year"

He is very lucky he didn't do that in mlb. He'd be gone for a long time.

This is the 2nd one.

A lot higher on the list than expected.

"NL MVP Ryan Braun has tested positive for a performance-enchancing drug, reports Mark Fainaru-Wada and T.J. Quinn of ESPN. YokalSports.com was the first to report the news (on Twitter). Braun is facing a 50-game suspension and is disputing the positive test through arbitration."

"Last week, I discussed my passion and knowledge for our beloved Fisher Cats. I shared as much as I possibly could on last season’s Fisher Cats pitchers. This week, it will be much the same, but on the position players."

I guess Vernon's contract didn't hurt their budget too much.

If he stays it is good. If he leaves it's okay too. A 3 year contract would be nice...