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Phillies vs Braves: April 5,7,8
This past October before the World Series, I wrote an article on the Phillies and Rays' players, and looked through their splits to introduce everyone to the detailed skills of the two teams facing each other. It was a sort of advanced scouting by statistics experiment, and people seemed to get a...
A strange day to be excited about starting pitching
Yes. The Braves are announcing the signing of Japanese starting pitcher Kenshin Kawakami at a press conference this afternoon. Yes. The Braves have reportedly just agreed to a contract with Derek Lowe on a four-year $60 million contract. So we should be happy, we should be excited, right?
Monday's Frosty Mug
Some things to read while savoring the experience of typing a sentence. My apologies for being unable to write Friday. A lot has been said about the Hoffman deal since Thursday, so it's time to bust out the bullet points: Michael Street of Baseball Digest Daily says Hoffman will be good but...
Kenshin Kawakami signs with the Atlanta Braves
From the comments section of D-Fab's blog: Just filed story for paper and online, should be up soon. Deal is done, pending physical. Kawakami is flying [in] for physical Monday, press conference likely not until Tuesday or Wednesday morning. Well, we got another pitcher to fill out our major...
Tuesday's Frosty Mug
Some things to read while I try to get Psycho Killer out of my head. As noted in this Rumorville post, the Brewers now seem less likely to sign Braden Looper. Yahoo's Tim Brown (via MLB Trade Rumors) says Looper might be on the Dodgers' radar. I've been holding back on saying this for a while, but...
Monday's Frosty Mug
Some things to read while settling in to cuddle with the dog. Doug Melvin is back from his cruise and sounds like he's ready to get back to work. He could be getting back into the swing of things by reaching out to Derek Lowe, who the Brewers are either pursuing, not pursuing because he's not...
Surveying The Starter Market
The CHONE projection system now features its own site, complete with individual player pages. It's a neat site and provides rough estimates of each player's value if you do a little defensive guess work. Of particular interest for the bored Mets fan, however, is the free agent section, which...
Wednesday's Frosty Mug
Some things to read while wondering how much rice one could get for Mike Cameron. Obviously, the Cameron trade is still a hot topic around here: As of this writing, we've already had 344 comments on an astonishing nine posts since Thursday discussing the topic. (UPDATE: It's actually more like 425...
Tuesday's Frosty Mug
Some things to read while upgrading your fireplace. So, as noted in the FanShots, the Cameron/Cabrera/Igawa trade has hit another snag, leaving us to hope one again that it won't happen. Brewers Bar wants the trade to happen and offers some suggestions. He uses batting average and fielding...
Monday's Frosty Mug
Some things to read while avoiding having "the talk" with your kids. As noted in the FanShots, the Brewers and Yankees continue negotiations on the Cameron/Cabrera deal, but it now seems relatively certain the deal will include Kei Igawa, with the question being how much of his remaining $12...
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