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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
All four of the Tigers' competitors in the A.L. Central made moves Friday. Here's how those moves look through the Tigers lens: White Sox: They let go of right fielder Jermaine Dye, 35, when they didn't pick up his $12 million noption for next season. Dye, a Tigers tormentor, has hit 16 career homers at Comerica Park -- the most by any visiting player in the 10-year history...
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Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
What was your favorite Orlando Cabrera moment? If I'm reading Doogie's tweet correctly, Bill Smith spoke w/O-Cab this AM and they're moving on. Given the trade, this shouldn't surprise.
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Fenway West (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Left field is the biggest hole that the Red Sox need to fill this offseason, but there is still the issue at short. Here are the free agent shortstops from MLB Trade Rumors : Orlando Cabrera (35) - Type A, can't be offered arbitration Juan Castro (38) Alex Cora (34) Craig Counsell (39) Bobby Crosby (30) Adam Everett (33) Chris Gomez (39) Alex Gonzalez (32) - $6MM mutual option with a $500K buyout...
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Here's some Thursday links... Brett Myers said it would be "upsetting" to leave Philadelphia, according to FOXSports.com's Jon Paul Morosi. It would make sense for Myers to market himself as a starter this offseason, but Morosi points out that the Phillies already have five starters returning in 2010. Steve Melewski of MASNSports.com doesn't see the Orioles opening their wallet for John Lackey....
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Over the Monster (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
We've been in Hot Stove mode for a while now, and there's no reason to stop now. Trade Market: Third Basemen - MLBTradeRumors.com Trade Market: Left Fielders - MLBTradeRumors.com Anyone stand out as viable option? Well, some people have everything figured out for us, so we don't even have to worry ourselves with the issue: Time To Change Their Ways: Signing Bay Needs To Be a Red Sox Priority - Bleacher...
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Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
More photos » by Charles Rex Arbogast - AP Will Adam Everett be the Detroit Tigers' shortstop again next season? Or might the market take him out of their price range? Browse more photos » At the end of his latest blog entry for the Detroit News , Tom Gage wonders if the Tigers ' payroll for 2010 will allow them to re-sign shortstop Adam Everett : One more thing: No, I'm not even sure the...
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Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
More photos » by J Pat Carter - AP Browse more photos » And, when can it be done by a financially conscious club? Answer: When there are no entrenched players with big contracts. Which is exactly the position the Twins find themselves in this year, Almost two years ago to the day I talked about how this club would go about replacing Torii Hunter . It wasn't realistic to think that the organization...
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Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Rally’s bottom 10 in TotalZone: 1. Michael Cuddyer, RF, -26 2. Bobby Abreu, RF, -25 3. Vernon Wells, CF, -19 4. Gary Matthews Jr., CF, -17 5. Alberto Callaspo, 2B, -16 6. Orlando Cabrera, SS, -16 7. Lastings Milledge, LF, -16 8. David Wright, 3B, -15 9. Carlos Lee, LF, -14 10. Miguel Tejada, SS, -14 Rally updated these with park factors (scroll down to the comments) and Abreu was -9. Just to...
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The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
That is, relative to position, and with the warning that these are imprecise ratings, not the final word, and that multi-year data, if available, must be used to determine who really is a good or bad fielder, preferably supplemented with scouting information. These ratings measure range and reliability only, and do not include an outfielder's throwing or an infielder's proficiency at the double play....
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
With baseball dark until Wednesday, let MLBTradeRumors.com light the way for you... Rob Neyer has a must-read piece about the Astros refusing to give Manny Acta a three-year contract offer. As Neyer writes, "If you think it's silly to give a manager a three-year contract but don't mind throwing $100 million of your ill-gotten gains at Carlos Lee, you probably need to have your head examined (though...
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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
We've already discussed what four teams - the Red Sox, Cardinals, Dodgers, and Rockies - should do this offseason to improve themselves after being eliminated from the postseason, but we never touched on the Twins. Minnesota has a handful of players due to become a free agents, most notably Orlando Cabrera, Ron Mahay, Joe Crede, Mike Redmond, and Carl Pavano. Jesse Crain, Matt Guerrier, Delmon Young,...
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
More photos » by Gregory Smith - AP Browse more photos » The only thing we need to know about the Braves super-utility guy Omar Infante, is how to clone him. Infante started at least three games at second base, shortstop, third base, left field, center field, and right field. The importance of Infante can also be seen by knowing who replaced him when he was injured -- Diory Hernandez. Here...
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Nick & Nick's Twins Blog (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
At times, the two sides of one's brain conflict when contemplating a certain decision. In marketing, there's a great debate over whether customers are more likely to stick with the company that offers the lowest prices (rational) or the company that forms a deeper long-term connection by offering stronger customer service (emotional). For the record, things seem to be shifting in the latter direction....
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Nick & Nick's Twins Blog (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The following is featured in the TwinsCentric Offseason GM Handbook, and you can check out that document in order to see how I came up with the payroll figures and to read more about some of the names listed. But I thought I'd post this here to rev up the conversation about potential moves for the Twins this offseason. Agree? Disagree? What would you do? *** 1) Let free agents Orlando Cabrera, Ron...
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Over the Monster (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Debuting the header today, folks - still a work in progress, probably always will be. Any suggestions would be great. Well, since that's the balloon boy of the post, let's move on to ACTUAL news. Miguel Tejada Is Right Answer, But Not to Biggest Question - NESN.com Put down the bottle, Mr. Beattie. Seriously, Tejada is probably plan G for Theo at the SS position, right before a 4 man outfield. Big-Name...
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krispinosd6c | 09/30/2009
MINNEAPOLIS – Joe Mauer had three hits, including his 27th home run, and rookie Brian Duensing pitched the Minnesota Twins to an 8-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. Put in the rotation Aug. 22, Duensing (3-1) scattered eight hits and three walks over seven innings to win his third straight decision. He struck out six. Bobby Keppel and Joe Nathan completed a 10-hit shutout for the Twins,...
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sakimaxac76 | 09/29/2009
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rickq6sea | 09/21/2009
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