Memories Of Kevin Malone (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The 2009 Opening Day payroll was approximately 100 million dollars, and given all the recent divorce news, I find it hard to believe that number would be increased going into 2010. Therefore, my plan is based on a operating budget of about 100 million dollars with perhaps a bit of flexibility. Just to clarify, this is what I would do if I were the GM. Projected 2010 Payroll-100 Million Dollars As I...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Trayvon Robinson, batting here, was one of three players added to the 40-man roster by the Dodgers today. View full size photo » The Dodgers today added three players to their 40-man roster, protecting them from next month's Rule 5 draft. Ivan DeJesus, Jr. , Trayvon Robinson , and Kenley Jansen were added to the roster, bringing the Dodgers' total to 32 players on the 40-man roster, heading into...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
by Alex Brandon - AP The market for Tejada will be tough to ascertain. View full size photo » Lets to talk about since the last time we looked at the free agency market. In this profile of what kind of deal Miguel Tejada may get, I thought it prudent to look at two important facts. First, how much will the Astros have available to spend? If, as Wade said, the Astros will reduce payroll in 2010,...
Memories Of Kevin Malone (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
This post isn't analysis based at all, it's just a list of players that are either under contract or under team control for 2010. It's basically the final step before I release the offseason plan. Hiroki Kuroda|13 Million Juan Pierre|10 Million Rafael Furcal|8.5 Million Casey Blake|6 Million Blake DeWitt|0.41 Million (Estimate) Clayton Kershaw|0.405 Million (Estimate) Ramon Troncoso|0.405 Million (Estimate)...
Stan Musial's Stance (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Straight from MLB , here are the players acknowledged as the best defenders in the NL in 2009: 1B - Adrian Gonzalez (SD) 2B - Orlando Hudson (LA) 3B - Ryan Zimmerman (WASH) SS - Jimmy Rollins (PHI) C - Yadier Molina (STL) OF - Shane Victorino (PHI) OF - Michael Bourn (HOU) OF - Matt Kemp (LA) P - Adam Wainwright (STL) Congratulations to Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright for winning this season. For...
Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
More photos » by Chris Carlson - AP Was it Divine intervention that prevented the Atlanta Braves from signing Rafael Furcal... or just his agents. Browse more photos » Last off-season the Atlanta Braves announced they had come to terms with free agent Rafael Furcal on a three-year contract... but less than 24-hours later Furcal had signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers . In the aftermath...
AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The annual traveshamockery that are the Gold Glove awards has crawled out from under a rock for the season just finished. While there's nothing quite as pitiful as last year's award to Nate McLouth - or the American League giving Derek Jeter another Gold Glove - these do tend to fly in te face of just about every established advanced fielding metric. The following table lists who "should"...
Stan Musial's Stance (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
With the AL Gold Gloves announced on Tuesday, it's time to project the NL awards - especially since they will be announced today. I'll keep this simple. Based on UZR/150, here are the best defenders at their positions for 2009. All data is from Fangraphs.com. 1B - Derrek Lee , Cubs (4.7). AP was 5th with a 0.8. 2B - Chase Utley , Phillies (11.3). He was tied with Freddy Sanchez, but Sanchez only played...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Major League baseball announced their Gold Glove winners today , below is the summary: 2009 AL Gold Glove winners Position Player Team C Joe Mauer Twins 1B Mark Teixeira Yankees 2B Placido Polanco Tigers 3B Evan Longoria Rays SS Derek Jeter Yankees OF Torii Hunter Angels OF Adam Jones Orioles OF Ichiro Suzuki Mariners P Mark Buehrle White Sox The major league GG winners always seem to be won by players...
Memories Of Kevin Malone (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Rafael Furcal Almost a year removed from major back surgery, Furcal stayed healthy for all of 2009, but after putting up a .269/.335/.375/.711 line, it would have almost been better if he hadn't. Furcal's poor offensive season was made worse by Joe Torre's insistence on keeping his low OBP in the leadoff spot, which was even further exacerbated by the fact that Furcal lost all will to steal bases....
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
More photos » by Rob Carr - AP The 2010 Dodger offense figures to be very similar to the 2009 offense. Browse more photos » One of the ways to ease the pain of a baseball-less offseason is the annual Bill James Handbook . The 2010 version will be released on November 1, 2010, but the fine folks at ACTA Sports provided us with an early look at the player projections. Here's a look at the...
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Short is a big issue for 2010. Scutaro cannot be counted on we'd haveto assume (the Jays would do full medicals to know a lot better than usI hope) so what do they do? A strong #1 or #2 shortstop is needed. With this staff it has to be aleague average or better defensive one too (ala Scutaro & McDonald)but ideally also an offensive force (as good or better than Scutaro in2009). Checking Fangraphs...
The Bay Area Sports Journal (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Neither Bay Area baseball team is representing in postseason play right now, but to me, the baseball playoffs are about as exciting as it gets as far as pro sports postseasons are concerned. Needless to say, I've been paying pretty close attention to whats been going on in both league's Championship Series'. The highlight of the postseason thus far in my eyes had to be watching the Phillies pound the...
Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
MLBTR takes this David O'Brien blog post, where he talks to Braves GM Frank Wren, and lists the "hot stove highlights." While there were five bullet points to consider, there was nothing in the way of new information. This got me re-thinking about something that I had meant to post earlier in our off-season. As great as last winter was for Braves rumors, mainly because of the more open style...
US News & World Report (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Citizen’s Bank Park is ready to explode, with Game 5 between the Phillies and Dodgers set to get underway in a few minutes. Cole Hamels is warming up, while leadoff hitter Rafael Furcal, hitting just .125 for the series waits to step to the plate. Hamels first pitch is a ball, with flashes popping [...]
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PITTSBURGH – Outfielder Manny Ramirez was out of the Dodgers' lineup Monday because of a sore left hamstring, the same problem that forced third baseman Casey Blake to return early to Los Angeles to be treated by a team doctor. The Dodgers, with their magic number for clinching the NL West stalled at one after their 11-1 loss in Pittsburgh, also were without infielder Ronnie Belliard who injured his...
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