Sunday, April 14, 2013
MLB seeks answer to increasing African-American participation in baseball - Sports - The Boston Globe
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posted on April 14, 2013 at 12:05 PM by Jim Furtado to brawls, jackie robinson, race in baseball, red sox, rumors
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< 1 2 3Rk Player WAR ERA+ IP Age W L Tm18 Wandy Rodriguez 10.1 117 591.2 30-32 36 35 HOU
19 David Price 10.0 116 561.1 23-25 41 26 TBR
20 Roy Oswalt 9.9 115 532.0 31-33 30 29 HOU-TOT-PHI
21 Gavin Floyd 9.7 106 574.0 26-28 33 37 CHW
22 Josh Beckett 9.4 112 533.0 29-31 36 19 BOS
23 Trevor Cahill 9.4 108 583.0 21-23 40 35 OAK
'24 Edwin Jackson 9.1 108 623.0 25-27 35 30 DET-TOT'
25 Jeremy Guthrie 8.9 98 617.1 30-32 30 48 BAL
26 Gio Gonzalez 8.8 113 501.1 23-25 37 28 OAK
27 Matt Garza 8.7 109 605.2 25-27 33 32 TBR-CHC
28 Scott Baker 8.0 103 505.0 27-29 35 24 MIN
There are probably lots of reasons they chose Van Slyke, but let's not forget that Bonds had a choice in the matter as well. He complained about Van Slyke's contract a lot, but given the Pirates organization's perception of Bonds' attitude at that point, there was no reason to believe that if they passed on AVS, that Bonds would have accepted their offer.
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