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Saturday Rockpile: Rockies Looking for Pitching, But Apparently Not Very Hard
According to Jon Morosi, the Rockies continue to seek another starting pitcher, but are not looking seriously at two of the best candidates for their situation, Hiroki Kuroda and Joe Saunders. Look, I know very well that Kuroda is probably a long shot, considering all indications are that he won't...
Wednesday Rockpile: Will the GM Meetings Bring Deals for Rockies?
So, the annual GM Meetings are next week in Dallas, and word on the street says that the Rockies are ready to deal. By this, Thomas Harding means that the Rockies are more likely to fill their holes in the rotation and in the field by trade rather than through free agency. Here are the pieces being...
Saturday Rockpile: Rockies Show Interest in Grady Sizemore
Rockies show an interest in Sizemore - The Denver PostWhile the Rockies reported remain focused on acquiring Martin Prado from Atlanta, they have also been talking with the Grady Sizemore camp. He is an interesting bounce-back candidate; the 29 year-old outfielder last showed a pulse on a baseball...
Saturday Rockpile: O'Dowd, Rockies Set to Stand Pat this Offseason? Let's Hope Not
Krieger: O'Dowd says Rockies need "internal fix" - The Denver PostThis sounds like a good topic of conversation for a snowy (at least here in Salt Lake City) Saturday. Look, we all know the limitations that the Rockies and similar small-to-mid-market baseball clubs face - big free agent splashes...
New York Yankees News: The Captain
Mood Music - In My Time of Dying by Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes SBNation's big free agent acquisition, Rob Neyer, weighed in on a topic very dear to New York Yankees fans: Derek Jeter and his attempt to bounce back after a rough 2010. Quote: The mechanical causes of Jeter's .270 batting...
Guerrero Descending, but Orioles Improve Anyway
Don't let 2010 fool you, 2004-2009 should be very clear. And yet, he still brings more pop to the lineup than anyone Baltimore had last year except for Luke Scott.
Aside from the Extremes, Pricing for Run Creators in 2011 is Pretty Volatile
(Click here to enlarge) On Friday I posted a visual of 62 positional free agents that have been signed for 2011 and how cost effective they are likely to be in terms of projected wRC. As I mentioned, assessing who the biggest steals are likely to be in 2011 isn't as straight forward as looking at...
Tuesday Rockpile: Have You Heard About Michael Young?
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Tuesday's Frosty Mug
Some things to read while making more jello. We're starting to hit the point where things have been quiet for so long that the lack of news is newsworthy. There are only 13 arbitration-eligible players left in all of baseball, but the Brewers still have two of them: Rickie Weeks and Shaun Marcum....
White Sox Writers Talk Andruw Jones
I posed two questions to the writers of South Side Sox: 1. What are Andruw Jones' strengths and weaknesses?, and 2. How do you think Jones will play for the Yankees? Here is what the White Sox writers had to say: U-God: 1. Strengths: While he'll never get the at-bats required to hit 30 homeruns...
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