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Experts Sling Arrows, but Shields Gives Royals Fighting Chance

Posted in Baseball, Hot Stove, Trades, tagged , on December 10, 2012 | 3 Comments »

A six year, $147 million contract is too rich for the Kansas City Royals’ blood. So, when Zack Greinke agreed to terms with the Dodgers on the richest contract ever given to a pitcher, general manager Dayton Moore probably saw the handwriting on the wall. Although the Royals weren’t a player for Greinke, the enormous […]

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Blue Jays, Marlins Blockbuster Makes Baseball Sense, Raises Financial Questions for Both Teams

Posted in Baseball, Hot Stove, MLB, Trades, tagged , on November 14, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Not long ago, the Miami Marlins were breaking ground on a new stadium. Now, they are breaking up their team. Yesterday, the Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays pulled off a blockbuster, 12-player deal that would make members of a fantasy league blush. No stranger to a fire sale, the Marlins again decided to unload their […]

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Red Sox, Dodgers Blockbuster a Tale of Two Cities

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Trades, Yankees on August 26, 2012 | 2 Comments »

After the Red Sox collapsed down the stretch last year, they fired the manager. It didn’t work, so now the team’s brain trust has decided to fire the players. The current edition of the Boston Red Sox was supposed to be the best team ever, but instead, they wound up being the worst money could […]

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Reevaluating the Curtis Granderson Trade; Austin Jackson’s Breakout, New CBA Alter the Equation

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Trades, Yankees, tagged , on August 6, 2012 | 3 Comments »

When Austin Jackson steps to the plate tonight in the bottom of the first inning, some Yankee fans might be surprised to see the centerfielder’s numbers. Jackson currently ranks third in batting average, on-base percentage and offensive bWAR, while his OPS+ of 150 stands behind only six others. Although it’s probably too soon to call […]

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Casey At the Bat (but Off the Bench); Addition of McGehee Helps Alleviate Split-Based Vulnerability

Posted in Baseball, Roster Analysis, Trades, Yankees, tagged on August 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees ended July losing nine of their last 12 to finish .500 or lower in the month for the first time since 1992. Despite the slide, which has cost the team half of its division lead, Brian Cashman failed to pull the trigger on a major deadline deal, which means if the Yankees are […]

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Yankees an Exception to MLB’s Bizarro Trade Deadline

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Trades, Yankees, tagged on July 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »

The Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies are sellers? The Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics, and Baltimore Orioles have all been aggressively trying to upgrade their rosters for a playoff push? When the second wild card was implemented, most observers predicted it would be anything but business as usual around the July 31 deadline, but who […]

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Arod’s Injury Creates Hole in Yankees’ Lineup; How Will Cashman Fill It?

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Roster Analysis, sabermetrics, Trades, Yankees, tagged , on July 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Replacement level is one of the underlying fundamentals of sabermetrics that many people struggle to grasp. Over the next few weeks, Yankee fans unfamiliar with the concept are going to get a crash course. Even before breaking his hand in the eighth inning of last night’s loss to the Seattle Mariners, Alex Rodriguez’ 2012 had […]

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