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by Dan Szymborski
What's there to say about the Rangers, really? It's a deep team with a very good farm system that'll be there at the end of the season. The team's still a bit underrated defensively - I'm not sure how much the general public really comprehends just how good the non-Beltre defenders generally are. ...
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Posted: February 08, 2012 at 11:33 AM
by Dan Szymborski
The Marlins, thanks to Loria actually investing some money back into the team (though partially by virture of taxpayer subsidization, an issue we won't touch here), are a serious threat in the NL Wild Card race and their chances of winning the division, while on the long side, are legitimate - the ...
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Posted: February 06, 2012 at 01:39 PM
by Dan Szymborski
The most encouraging thing about Arizona’s season, well, other than the trip to the playoffs, is just how quickly and efficiently they turned over a horrific 2010 bullpen. The favorite quote of Branch Rickey among statheads (myself included) is “Luck is the residue of design.” That kinda ...
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Posted: February 02, 2012 at 01:28 PM
by Dan Szymborski
The 2011 Indians hung around in the divisional race far longer than they had any right to, so kudos to them for being relevant ahead of schedule - the Tigers were simply a stronger team and it was hard to keep that going for an entire season.
The Indians still aren't really ready to compete with ...
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Posted: January 30, 2012 at 12:42 PM
by Ron J
Detroit Tigers sign 1B Prince Fielder to a 9 year/$214 million contract.
A fascinating signing on so many levels. First of all, a week ago serious people were seriously discussing the possibility that Fielder might end up in Japan, or have to settle for a short term contract—possibly as little as ...
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Posted: January 26, 2012 at 05:46 PM
by Dan Szymborski
If the Nationals go into the season as the likely 4th-best team in the division, it's not from lack of trying - the team's been in on every major free agent this winter, making serious
offers, and even being the favorite destination for Prince Fielder for about a month.
The team's really just ...
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Posted: January 26, 2012 at 04:04 PM
by Jim Furtado
Just wanted to provide a quick update on the progress on my ongoing updates…
The upgrade of our underlying CMS software did not complete without issue. Nevertheless, I have been able to fix most of the problems. I still have a few, relatively minor, outstanding bugs to take care of but, for the ...
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Posted: January 22, 2012 at 08:39 AM
by Matt Clement of Alexandria
Tonight, in a move I really didn’t think would happen, the Red Sox gave away Marco Scutaro for nothing. Marco Scutaro is under contract for $6M for next season. This is his dumber-than-Marcel projection:
+3 Bat +1 Run +19 Rep +6 Pos -1 Def = +28 RAR
That’s a $14M player. So, the Sox gave ...
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Posted: January 21, 2012 at 10:54 PM
by Jim Furtado
If you can’t get enough of Baseball-Reference.com’s Sean Forman (and if you know Sean no one would blame you), here’s his television debut on the MLB Nework.
Enjoy!!
Posted: January 21, 2012 at 11:32 AM
by Dan Szymborski
Is there any team more happy about baseball adding a second wildcard spot than the Toronto Blue Jays? In the short-term at least (and probable long-term unless the top AL East teams start showing some serious incompetence), Toronto's prospects improve considerably if they don't have to better both ...
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