Raffy's 2010 arbitration hopes took a big hit. [ed. note: Well, they took a little hit, anyway -Jay]
First - Keith Law in a recent chat..."I've never been a big fan. Saw him on the Cape in '03 ... no real out pitch, stuff is all fringe-average ... plus command/control, which gets him to the big...
Anyone else have this yet? Some really interesting stuff in here. For example: BASERUNNINGJames and the guys at Baseball Info Solutions come up with a plus/minus "bases" system which go a...
Word on the street is Ben Broussard to Seattle for the AAA outfielder Choo according to the Indians Ink guy on the scout.com forum. You got hand it to Shapiro if this is true. One piece at a...
I'm curious what everyone thinks about the 2007 bullpen. Obviously one of the big disappointments of 2006, nonetheless some interesting raw material there to lay the foundation for 2007. T...
I had momentarily forgotten that Will Carroll had organized one of those BPro Pizza Feeds in Cleveland this past Friday until I saw it as his lead-in to his column today. Anybody attend and care...
I don't know what it is, but for some reason I'm starting to get the feeling that management may actually be thinking about keeping BP; this despite his recent history and that fact that Vazquez...
I didn't even know we had Andy Tracy. I was at Winter Haven today (I live about 45 minutes away in Orlando). Right in front of me, some guy gets a phone call and then goes up to Tracy and lets...
The DiaTribe has a superb recap of Shapiro's surprisingly candid conversation with Les Levine. Good stuff on the 4 B's, the bullpen, the free agent market, literally everything. Thanks man. K...
Just browsing through a few chatroom boards, there was some talk that yet another possible outfielder target might be Jorge Piedra from the Rockies. Another left-handed hitter who has played some...
Rosenthal (as Ryan pointed out, does this guy ever sleep?) just reported it is likely, pending passing of a physical. Little known fact about Jason Johnson. According to The Hardball Times, he...
Has anyone else purchased this book? Outstanding information in here. Several in-depth essays, the usual Bill James Win Share info. It's a perfect complement to the Baseball Prospectus book....
Start the madness. Is there a match for one of these guys and the Fighting Braves of the Cuyahoga? Can 28-year old Jon Daniels be convinced to part ways with either Brad Wilkerson, Kevin Mench,...