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2009 Elias Rankings

Lars The Wanderer — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:50:46 -0000

Molina is a Type A.

Bob Howry, Randy Johnson and Randy Winn are Type B.

Type A free agents (with former team):
Jason Bay, OF, Boston
Rafael Betancourt, RP, Colorado*
Orlando Cabrera, IF, Minnesota
Johnny Damon, OF, Yankees
Octavio Dotel, RP, White Sox
Jermaine Dye, OF, White Sox*
Chone Figgins, IF, Angels
Mike Gonzalez, RP, Atlanta
John Grabow, RP, Cubs
Kevin Gregg, RP, Cubs
LaTroy Hawkins, RP, Houston
Matt Holliday, OF, St. Louis
Orlando Hudson, IF, Dodgers
John Lackey, SP, Angels
Cliff Lee, SP, Philadelphia*
Victor Martinez, C/1B, Boston*
Bengie Molina, C, San Francisco
Melvin Mora, IF, Baltimore
Darren Oliver, RP, Angels
Placido Polanco, IF, Detroit
Manny Ramirez, OF, Dodgers*
Marco Scutaro, IF, Toronto
Rafael Soriano, RP, Atlanta
Miguel Tejada, IF, Houston
Jose Valverde, RP, Houston
Billy Wagner, RP, Boston
Randy Wolf, SP, Dodgers

Type B free agents (with former team):
Garret Anderson, OF, Atlanta
Rod Barajas, C, Toronto
Erik Bedard, SP, Seattle
Joe Beimel, RP, Colorado
Ronnie Belliard, IF, Dodgers
Adrian Beltre, IF, Seattle
Doug Brocail, RP, Houston*
Marlon Byrd, OF, Texas
Kiko Calero, RP, Florida
Mike Cameron, OF, Milwaukee
Carl Crawford, OF, Tampa Bay*
Doug Davis, SP, Arizona
Carlos Delgado, 1B, Mets
Mark DeRosa, IF, St. Louis
Justin Duchscherer, SP, Oakland
Scott Eyre, RP, Philadelphia
Jon Garland, SP, Dodgers
Brian Giles, OF, San Diego
Troy Glaus, IF, St. Louis
Vladimir Guerrero, OF, Angels
Rich Harden, SP, Cubs
Ramon Hernandez, C, Cincinnati*
Bob Howry, RP, San Francisco
Nick Johnson, 1B, Florida
Randy Johnson, SP, San Francisco
Jason Kendall, C, Milwaukee
Adam LaRoche, 1B, Atlanta
Braden Looper, SP, Milwaukee*
Felipe Lopez, IF, Milwaukee
Brandon Lyon, RP, Detroit
Jason Marquis, SP, Colorado
Guillermo Mota, RP, Dodgers
Xavier Nady, OF, Yankees
Will Ohman, RP, Dodgers*
Miguel Olivo, C, Kansas City*
Vicente Padilla, SP, Dodgers
Chan Ho Park, RP, Philadelphia
Carl Pavano, SP, Minnesota
Andy Pettitte, SP, Yankees
Joel Pineiro, SP, St. Louis
Fernando Rodney, RP, Detroit
Ivan Rodriguez, C, Texas
Brian Shouse, RP, Tampa Bay*
Russ Springer, RP, Tampa Bay
Fernando Tatis, IF, Mets
Yorvit Torrealba, C, Colorado*
Jason Varitek, C, Boston*
Tim Wakefield, SP, Boston
David Weathers, RP, Milwaukee*
Randy Winn, OF San Francisco
Gregg Zaun, C, Tampa Bay*

OT - Something to do while waiting to crush the Dodgers

Lars The Wanderer — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:39:40 -0000

OT - Something to do while waiting to crush the Dodgers

Catapult the guard, princesses and kings!

Super easy and kind of addicting. The best part is going back to the old castles you have already beaten and using upgraded amo to obliterate them.

Don Fehr Steps Down as head of MLBPA

Lars The Wanderer — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:42:22 -0000

Don Fehr Steps Down as head of MLBPA

Finally. This guy is as guilty as Selig for all of the PED stuff that has gone on.

Joba's Mom: Crank dealer

Lars The Wanderer — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:48:24 -0000

Joba's Mom: Crank dealer

OT - YOU'RE GONNA LOVE MY NUTS!!

Lars The Wanderer — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:12:58 -0000

OT - YOU'RE GONNA LOVE MY NUTS!!

I told you guys that the squinty Vince shamwow guy was trouble!

Dodgers give up the 17th pick in the draft for Orlando Hudson per XM MLB Radio

Lars The Wanderer — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:02:55 -0000

Dodgers give up the 17th pick in the draft for Orlando Hudson per XM MLB Radio

Jeff Passan has a punching bag face! Plus, you can sum up his Giants analysis for 2009 with...

Lars The Wanderer — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:46:39 -0000

Jeff Passan has a punching bag face!

Plus, you can sum up his Giants analysis for 2009 with "LULZ GIANTZ R OLD!!

Larry Baer on MLB Network

Lars The Wanderer — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:12:35 -0000

He was interviewed by Reynolds and Vasgergian. I will try to take down as much as I can catch...

In general:

"We want to get back to the run we had starting in 97. We want to accomplish that without giving up our young promising players."

Regarding Manny:

"We are interested in Manny. It would need to be a perfect fit. We can't sign a player to a contract that would prevent us from doing something 2 or 3 years down the line. We are talking to Scott Boras. Nothing is close but we definitely have interest."

Regarding Randy Johnson:

"RJ is a great bridge to the young pitchers we have coming. He is in good shape. He is from the bay area. We hope he can stay healthy and pitch for more than 1 year."

Upcoming '09 celebrations at the park:

"in '09 the Giants are going to celebrate the '89 world series team. Players from the Giants and A's will be honored."

Regarding Jeff Kent:

"Jeff Kent will be honored at the park. We will definitely campaign to get Jeff in the HoF. Hopefully as a Giant."

Random silliness:

Vasgergian asked Baer to bring back Crazy Crab. (another reason to hate Matt)

Special Agent Jack Avoids Arbitration

Lars The Wanderer — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:29:00 -0000

Special Agent Jack Avoids Arbitration

No word on the amount of the 1-year deal.

The Orioles Like Pie

Lars The Wanderer — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:29:07 -0000

The Orioles Like Pie

The Cubs get Garrett Olson and A-baller Henry Willianson