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Transaction Oracle: Yankees - Acquired Hinske

New York Yankees - Acquired OF Eric Hinske from the Pittsburgh Pirates for OF Eric Fryer and P Casey Erickson

Hinske wanted more playing time, so the Pirates are helping him out by trading him to a team that will probably play him even less. But at least he has a…

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Dan Szymborski Posted: June 30, 2009 at 07:12 PM | 8 comment(s)
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Transaction Oracle: Pirates - Acquired Milledge

Pittsburgh Pirates - Acquired OF Lastings Milledge and P Joel Hanrahan from the Washington Nationals for OF Nyjer Morgan and P Sean Burnett

Let's get the Nats side of the trade out of the way first. Morgan's not a good offensive player and a 350/350 season is pretty much what he…

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Dan Szymborski Posted: June 30, 2009 at 06:25 PM | 27 comment(s)
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Transaction Oracle: Mariners - Acquired Langerhans

Seattle Mariners - Acquired OF Ryan Langerhans from the Washington Nationals for UT Mike Morse.

I both love and hate challenge trades. Without the imbalances in position, contract, or short and long-term goals, I get the benefit of generally being able to declare a winner. This is more fun to write…

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Dan Szymborski Posted: June 29, 2009 at 10:54 AM | 6 comment(s)
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Transaction Oracle: Cardinals - Acquired DeRosa

St. Louis Cardinals - Acquired UT Mark DeRosa from the Cleveland Indians for P Chris Perez and a PTBNL.

Soto injured? Ramirez injured and out? Harden actually being bad rather than injured? Ask a certain subset of Cubs fans and you won't hear any of these reasons given as to why…

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Dan Szymborski Posted: June 28, 2009 at 01:33 PM | 22 comment(s)
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Sox Therapy: Papi Is Officially Back

Seven HRs in the past 17 games now and looking very good at the plate--this is an actual hot streak, not just a streak of “good as I used to be.” I’m now confident that David Ortiz is not only a decent hitter now, but likely to put something close to…

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Darren Posted: June 27, 2009 at 10:42 AM | 20 comment(s)
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Primate Studies: Home Runs and Ballparks

Baseball is unusual in that there is not a standard playing field. Outfield distances vary from 200 feet (Little League) to infinity (many high school fields). Major League outfield distances vary from 302 feet to 435 feet and outfield fence heights vary from 4 feet to 37 feet. Given these variations,…

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Brian R. Taylor and Lyle H. Taylor Posted: June 26, 2009 at 08:44 PM | 23 comment(s)
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Transaction Oracle: Mets Turn Over Entire Roster in Single Day

OK, maybe they didn't quite do that, but a lot of well-known names coming and going today. Let's tackle them one-by-one.

Beltran to the DL. Obviously a big blow to the team, but it's supposedly just a bruise and shouldn't keep him out too long. On the plus side, if the…

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Dan Szymborski Posted: June 23, 2009 at 12:05 AM | 10 comment(s)
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Sox Therapy: Red Sox Odds and Ends

A few things going on, most notably, the Dice-K situation.

--Dice K had an MRI which didn’t show any structural damage. But, turns out he has “weakness,” so it’s off to the DL! Taking his place until Smoltz is activated--Dusty Brown? The need for a non-hitting 3rd catcher is puzzling. You…

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Darren Posted: June 21, 2009 at 06:39 PM | 63 comment(s)
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Notes in a Minor Key: Draft signings

Post ‘em here when you see them.

My time here will be limited for the next couple of weeks. I am supposed to be on vacation next week; however, my Dad had a heart attack on Tuesday night and had surgery yesterday, and while he is doing as well as one…

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Mike Emeigh Posted: June 18, 2009 at 12:10 PM | 39 comment(s)
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Notes in a Minor Key: Draft Chatter

Open thread for MLB Draft chatter.

I can honestly say that after the #1 pick, I have no idea how it will go. The Mariners SHOULD - and probably will - draft Ackley, but there are enough rumors about a pitcher floating around that I don’t really know what to think.…

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Mike Emeigh Posted: June 09, 2009 at 01:02 PM | 180 comment(s)
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