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      <title>A look at ball players aging.</title>
      <link>http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/12/15/1201859/a-look-at-ball-players-ageing</link>
      <author>daveinexile</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:46:48 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;link-title&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/article/mgls_aging_study/&quot;&gt;A look at ball players&amp;nbsp;aging.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;A tip of the cap to Lookout Landing for bring my attention to this PDF. Rather interesting stuff about the rate players production tend to change with age. It has pretty tables and graphs. I am sure the computers and Stats(tm) savvy among us have already seen this link but perhaps a few plodders are like me and have not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>A large list of arbitration eligible players.</title>
      <link>http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/11/13/1155721/a-large-list-of-arbitration</link>
      <author>daveinexile</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:25:14 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;link-title&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=492&amp;amp;Itemid=65&quot;&gt;A large list of arbitration eligible&amp;nbsp;players.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;They seem to be grouped by current team (11/13/09). A &quot;fun&quot; place to look for possible non tenders and teams controlled players that a cash strapped teams would be interested in moving.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>Projected Elias rankings through July 23.</title>
      <link>http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/7/25/962477/projected-elias-rankings-through</link>
      <author>daveinexile</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:16:16 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;link-title&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scribd.com/doc/17675287/Rankings-072509&quot;&gt;Projected Elias rankings through July&amp;nbsp;23.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind this is a fan reverse engineering the Elias formula. His attempt has been very good at gauging what &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scribd.com/doc/17675287/Rankings-072509&quot;&gt;Elias status&lt;/a&gt; ends up being but they should not be viewed as carved in stone after having had a burning bush speak to you. ( Cue Goofus or Howie type remarks in 4 &#8230; 3 &#8230; 2&#8230;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>Shawn Estes Retires</title>
      <link>http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/6/19/918101/shawn-estes-retires</link>
      <author>daveinexile</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:06:42 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;link-title&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diamondleung.tumblr.com/post/126576125/shawn-estes-retires&quot;&gt;Shawn Estes&amp;nbsp;Retires&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of mlbtr.  He was a fine Giant and I wish him all the best.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>A cool graph using WAR to compare Johnson to recent 300 game winners the average HOF pitchers.</title>
      <link>http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/5/21/882895/a-cool-graph-using-war-to-compare</link>
      <author>daveinexile</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 22:41:54 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;link-title&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2009/5/21/882561/chart-of-the-day-pitcher-in-or#comments&quot;&gt;A cool graph using WAR to compare Johnson to recent 300 game winners the average HOF&amp;nbsp;pitchers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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      <title>Just  for giggles and others  that missed it after Thanksgiving -  A little article on Cot&#8217;s</title>
      <link>http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/2/1/743922/just-for-giggles-and-other</link>
      <author>daveinexile</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:37:04 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;link-title&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/john_donovan/11/25/donovan.cots/index.html&quot;&gt;Just  for giggles and others  that missed it after Thanksgiving -  A little article on&amp;nbsp;Cot&#8217;s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nothing deep but it&#8217;s nice to see a tip of the cap to him.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>Interesting table showing Defensive ( as a group) Efficiency behind Starters in 2008.</title>
      <link>http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2008/11/24/669237/interesting-table-showing</link>
      <author>daveinexile</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:06:48 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;link-title&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/030232.php&quot;&gt;Interesting table showing Defensive ( as a group) Efficiency behind Starters in&amp;nbsp;2008.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt; If nothing else it give us some numbers ( something not always easy to find)  to quantify how poor our defense was.
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      <title>A  post of what clubs  got the best bang for their buck ( efficiency). </title>
      <link>http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2008/10/26/646650/i-don&#8217;t-know-if-every-one</link>
      <author>daveinexile</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:39:44 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;link-title&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=2568:inside-the-numbers-ranking-the-30-clubs-by-marginal-payrollmarginal-wins&amp;amp;catid=29:articles-a-opinion&amp;amp;Itemid=41&quot;&gt;A  post of what clubs  got the best bang for their buck ( efficiency). &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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And was that bang worth it ( effectiveness). I don&#8217;t know if every one interested has already seen this link.  I has a nice little table in it.
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      <title>Who is remotely interesting in the group of free agent Infielders?</title>
      <link>http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2008/10/4/628237/who-is-remotely-interestin</link>
      <author>daveinexile</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:24:30 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2008/10/4/628237/who-is-remotely-interestin&quot;&gt;Who is remotely interesting in the group of free agent&amp;nbsp;Infielders?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

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  What I am hoping for his a bit of thrashing out which if any of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2007/12/2009-mlb-free-a.html&quot;&gt;these guys &lt;/a&gt;would by possibly useful for the Giants in 2009 &amp; 2010 as the McCoven see it. 
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Yes I am hiding  down here fan shots so we only get hijacks ( can always use a good laugh) or thoughtful  posts.
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&lt;em&gt;Tex&lt;/em&gt; - Very Good but will cost way too much. So lets ignore him.
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That leaves us &#8230;
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&lt;em&gt;Mark Ellis&lt;/em&gt; - We have possible answers in house for the 2010, 2011&amp; one season that would not see the light of day with him being signed.
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&lt;em&gt;Furcal &lt;/em&gt;- See Crede and back injury&#8217;s.
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&lt;em&gt;Izturis?&lt;/em&gt; - good glove can play more then one spot. Nothing special with the bat but not a complete black hole &amp; can steal.
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&lt;em&gt;Jaun Uribe?&lt;/em&gt; - Hey the White Sox were using him at third &amp; he should be cheaper then Crede.
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&lt;em&gt;Casey Blake? &lt;/em&gt;- can play 1st &amp; Rf. Is rumored to want to be in the mid U.S. 
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&lt;em&gt;GarciaParra?&lt;/em&gt; - Has played some 3rd in the past. 1 bad year in the last 4 vs. LHP but could he be useful as other half a first base platoon absorb time at third?
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&lt;em&gt;Adam Everett?&lt;/em&gt; - this era&#8217;s all glove no hit SS. Could he soak up time at 3rd?
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&lt;em&gt;Crede&lt;/em&gt; - hey Juan Urbie replaced this guy. He is strictly flier material at this point.
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&lt;em&gt;Aaron Boone?&lt;/em&gt; - he has played third for full seasons before.
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&lt;em&gt;Russell Branyan&lt;/em&gt; - Has power but LHP eats him alive.
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Anyone care to add, or strike, names to this list?   How about refine it down to players you think might fit the Gaints needs?

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&lt;div class=&quot;source&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>Interesting  post on projected Elias Rankings for this off season. C, 1b, D.H. &amp; O.F.ers are attempted.</title>
      <link>http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2008/8/26/601544/interesting-post-on-projec</link>
      <author>daveinexile</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:30:48 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;h3 class=&quot;link-title&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tigers-thoughts.blogspot.com/2008/08/projected-elias-rankings.html&quot;&gt;Interesting  post on projected Elias Rankings for this off season. C, 1b, D.H. &amp; O.F.ers are&amp;nbsp;attempted.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bengie a Type &quot;A&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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