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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Next up in our Offseason Outlook series, the Rockies. Their likely commitments for 2010: C - Chris Iannetta - $415K+ C - Paul Phillips - $415K 1B - Todd Helton - $16.6MM 2B - Clint Barmes - $1.625MM+ SS - Troy Tulowitzki - $3.5MM 3B - Ian Stewart - $404K IF - Omar Quintanilla - $408K LF - Carlos Gonzalez - $403K CF - Dexter Fowler - $401K RF - Brad Hawpe - $7.5MM OF - Ryan Spilborghs - $415K+ OF -...
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MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors looks at 14 left fielders who could be traded this off season, from Rays OF Carl Crawford and Astros OF Carlos Lee to O’s OF Luke Scott and Rockies OF Matt Murton. Lee, who will earn $57 million during the next three seasons, has hit at least .300 with at least 26 home runs and 102 RBI [...]
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Purple Row (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
More photos » by Denis Poroy - AP Even Scrappiness couldn't beat the Rockies on Friday night. Browse more photos » Yorvit Torrealba's bases loaded heroics saved the night for the Colorado Rockies, as the streaking catcher continued a torrid month with a three run double off of Padres closer Heath Bell with two outs in the top of the ninth inning on Friday night to keep Colorado's win streak...
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Purple Row (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP Chacin is back for the stretch run. Browse more photos » As Inside the Rockies' Steve Foster reports , the Colorado Rockies have called up four players from AAA Colorado Springs, whose season ended after their playoff aspirations were dashed yesterday. Receiving the call to the Rockies are two pitchers ( Jhoulys Chacin and Matt Belisle ) and two hitters...
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Purple Row (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
by Lenny Ignelzi - AP Tri-City gets a chance to avenge Everth Cabrera and the rest of the 2007 Dust Devils by beating Salem-Keizer this time around. View full size photo uploaded September 7, 2009 Colorado Springs 5, Tacoma 2 Esmil Rogers almost had a solid start slip away, but Ryan Speier came in relief with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh and got out of the jam without damage. Matt Murton...
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Purple Row (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
More photos » by Alan Diaz - AP The Mets might actually be better off if all their players just fell asleep. At least then, no one would get hurt. Browse more photos » "Redemption can be found in hell itself if that's where you happen to be." --LIN JENSEN, Bad Dog! Okay, so we're not exactly in hell, though some of us may have felt like it after losing five straight. Whatever...
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Royals Review (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
Have I taken my revisionism of the Baird Era too far? The Pipeline thinks so. GREINKE: 1 down, 5 to go. | Upon Further Review The Productive Out: The Case for Zack Greinke Is Kyle Davies Getting Ready to Tease Us Again? The Pipeline: Royals on the Farm 8/29 Alex Gordon's Career: A Cautionary Tale for Pedro Alvarez and the Pirates - Bucs Dugout Early Returns: Royals 2009 Draft Picks (Rounds 21-30) |...
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Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
Milton Bradley for Mets OF next year anyone? Buy low. Atleast He Didn't Hit A Home Run - Sam expresses his relief that Jeff Francoeur didn't kill the rally by hitting into a triple play. Baseball's Sad Losing Team: A Poem - Howard Megdal channels Tinker to Evers to Chance with this ode to Eric Bruntlett . Jeff Francoeur, Spartan - Mount17 gives us a layered FanShot about the quest for .300. Mets Top...
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Royals Review (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
More photos » by Ted S. Warren - AP Browse more photos » Last night I hit that widget on ESPN.com that tells you how long you'd have to work to earn [insert athlete here]'s annual salary. I'm usually not too hung up on that sort of thing, but when I discovered that it would take me seven hundred years to earn Matt Cassell's 2009 paycheck, well, that slayed me. Matt Cassell! Seven hundred...
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Thunder Matt's Saloon (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
Forgive me while I climb onto this small Soapbox... So earlier this week I was in the car listening to NPR talk about how, while large newspapers are dying while smaller "farm-league" and "fringe" publications, blogs and podcasts are beginning to take a serious look at presenting and reporting on "the news" as they see fit. This made me think very carefully about the future...
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iYankees (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
Matt Murton, of the Colorado Rockies, was DFA’d on Wednesday so that the Rox could make room for reliever Juan Rincon. Murton is an interesting player—he hit .321/.388/.489 in 86 minor-league games this season—and one that I’ve written about before. Prior to joining the Rockies this year, Murton was with the Cubs and was perpetually blocked [...]
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Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
The vast conspiracy to keep Matt Murton from being an everyday Major League outfielder continues: DENVER -- A day after calling up two outfielders from Triple-A Colorado Springs to take the place of a disabled outfielder and an optioned relief pitcher, the Rockies balanced the books Wednesday, reinstating reliever Juan Rincon from the disabled list and designating outfielder Matt Murton off the Major...
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Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
More photos » by Pat Sullivan - AP Browse more photos » With Matt Murton being recently waived by the Rockies , there has been an interesting debate about the Mets claiming him and using him to replace Jeff Francoeur this offseason. Normally, talking about replacing a player on the Mets with some player on another team seems too fantastic for me to take seriously, but there are some circumstances...
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Mets Today (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
You know your team’s organization is in big trouble when the DFA of a 27-year-old career minor leaguer sparks a flurry of posts throughout the blogosphere. In case you hadn’t heard, the... [[ This is a summary ... visit MetsToday.com for the full story ]]
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Driveline Mechanics (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
In a brief fanshot I posted late last night , I noted that Matt Murton had been DFAed by the Rockies, and that teams should be jumping at a chance to acquire a league-average player for free. It was too late for me to think about busting out Excel then, but I figured it was worth checking out in more details in order to exercise my easily acquired WAR-crunching muscles. Details after the jump. Matt...
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