Apr

6

Two Games PPD For Opening Day

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April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox season opener has been postponed due to bad weather in the Boston area.  That games joins the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox opening day tilt in the postponement column.
There could be a couple more facing rescheduling before the day is over.
Lowe Excellent in Braves Debut
Derek [...]

Mar

17

Phillies’ Hamels Not Likely For Opening Day

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March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Cole Hamels was in a league of his own at times last season, and he led the Phillies rotation to their World Series victory.  The troubling news with Hamels is that he pitched 227.1 innings last season, at the age of 24.  Hamels ascent to the top-tier of National League starters was meteoric, but a [...]

Dec

13

MLB: Phillies, Indians, Yanks Finalize Some Deals

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December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

World Series champs, the Philadelphia Phillies have reached an agreement with free-agent outfielder Raul Ibanez.  The deal is worth $30 M over three years.  Ibanez will replace the void left by the departing Pat Burrell, the deal also sets a watermark for any contract offers that may come Burrell’s way.
Kerry Wood and the Cleveland Indians [...]

Nov

27

Finding Value Among The Second Tier

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November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

After the C.C. Sabathias and the Mark Teixeiras sign their multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts there will undoubtedly be points during the duration of their deals where they don’t perform like they’re being paid.  Maybe not at a Carl Pavano (26 starts over 4 seasons at some $40,000,000) type fiasco, but you can never predict prolonged [...]