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Trades, Free Agents, and Rule 5 Selections in Franchise History
Alex Anthopolous recently re-stated that, while he is exploring all possible free agents, he would "exhaust [all possible trades] first before delving into free agency." It appears that Anthopolous' mantra is to focus on trades rather than free agency to improve the Blue Jays. As a prelude to the...
Gerald Laird Signs With the St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals had been looking for a backup catcher to Yadier Molina and, for awhile, it looked like they could land his brother, Bengie. But, when Bengie turned down the backup roll that was offered to him the Cardinals moved on with their search which came to an end this morning. They...
Texas Rangers Have Their Catching Duo in Place
If Cliff Lee is going to sign with the Texas Rangers at least he'll know who he's going to be throwing to. The Rangers had signed Yorvit Torrealbato a two-year $6.25 million deal a few weeks ago and, according to MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan, have re-signed Matt Treanor to a one-year $850,000...
What The Oliver Perez Signing Means For The Mets
The Mets have (presumably) finished work on their 2009 starting rotation and the results look like this (2008 WAR): Johan Santana (4.8) Mike Pelfrey (3.0) Oliver Perez (1.3) John Maine (1.4) Tim Redding (1.1) Those last three are what should depress Mets fans about the re-signing of...
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