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Cardinals-based Cubs commentary
A quick check of recent news items pertaining to the St. Louis Cardinals’ chief rivals from Chicago.
Week in Review
It was an interesting weekend at Prospect Junkies, as the site continues to gain popularity. I'm truly thankful for everyone who has helped to spread the word. On Sunday morning I was a guest on Minors and Majors, a weekly radio show on the MLB Homeplate channel for SirusXM Radio. I spoke with host, Grant Paulsen about a variety of topics including my positional rankings, and the fu...
MLB The Show 10 Release date
As Joe Mauer and the Minnesota Twins continue to negotiate an extension, Mauer and Sony are pulling out all the stops promoting this years version of MLB The Show 10.
Getting Innings from Cheap Pitchers
After reading one of my reader's proposals for buying a cheap pitching staff, Eugene postulated that you would have to buy a lot of starting pitching to even attempt this.
Top 10 Contact Rates
Marcus Thames returns to the Yankees
It is one of those things you remember just because. Although he only played seven games for the Yankees that season, I still remember June 10, 2002 when the rookie Marcus Thames smashed a home run off Randy Johnson for his first career hit. Nearly...
Can Thames 2010 be more like Thames 2006?
Marcus Thames is not an everyday player. Never has been, really. His abilities, which include a seeming ability to hit lefties, make him a platoon player. True to that, he’s seen about 40 percent of his career plate appearances against lefties, whereas an every day player — I’ll use Derek Jeter as an example — [...] Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blog
Looking at some interesting splits for Yankee hitters
It was only a matter of time before everyone started doing some creative stuff with the new splits data at FanGraphs, and sure enough Moshe Mandel at TYU used the info to look at some interesting splits for various members of the Yankees’ 2010 lineup. The one piece of data that really stood out to [...] Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blog
Open Thread: Winn comes cheaper than originally thought
When the Yankees first reached an agreement with Randy Winn a few weeks back, reports indicated that he would receive the last $2M left in the budget. Not long after that, the Dodgers landed Reed Johnson for just a six-figure payout, and I said the Yanks overpaid to get their man, even though he was [...] Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blog
Montero headlines non-roster invites
At long last, the Yankees have released the list of non-40-man roster players they’ve invited to Spring Training. Drum roll please…
Catchers
Kyle Higashioka
Jesus Montero
P.J. Pilittere
Mike Rivera
Austin Romine
Infielders
David Winfree
Outfielders
Colin Curtis
Marcus Thames
Reid Gorecki
Jon Weber
Pitchers
Wilkins Arias
Jeremy Bleich
Grant Duff
Jason Hirsh
Kei Igawa
Zach McAllister
Royce Ring
Amaury Sanit
Zack Segovia
Kevin Whelan
Sixty players in all will report to camp, some wit...
Yankees sign Marcus Thames
Update (3:44pm): Joel Sherman confirms that it is in fact a minor league deal, adding that Thames will make $900,000 if he makes the team. He pulled down $2.275M last season.
3:27pm: Via Jon Heyman, the Yankees have signed Marcus Thames to what I assume is a minor league deal. The soon to be 33-year-old has [...] Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blog
The former Yankee farmhand All-Star team
Watching 150 to 160 baseball games per year means I get to see games with dozens of different people. Each one brings something to the table, and the experience is never the same with any two. I enjoy games differently when watching with Ben than I do watching with Mike. The experience really changes as [...] Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blog
For your consideration: Gary Sheffield
If the 2010 season were to start today, the Yankees’ bench would be thin on both power threats and right-handed hitters. Eric Hinske, a lefty, has departed for Atlanta, and the bench will feature some combination of Randy Winn, Francisco Cervelli, Ramiro Peña, Jamie Hoffmann and Brett Gardner. If Winn is the most feared [...] Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blog
Fan Confidence Poll: February 8th, 2010
2009 Season Record: 103-59 (915 RS, 753 RA), won AL East by 8 games, finished with the best record in MLB by 6 games, won 27th World Series
Top stories from last week:
In the lone personnel move of the week, the Randy Winn signing was made official.
Hank Steinbrenner emerged from his hideout in Tampa to remind [...] Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blog
30 Teams in 30 Days: Cincinnati Reds
Welcome to the next installment of “30 Teams in 30 Days”, where we will look at all 30 Major League teams and dissect what to expect from them this season. Keep an eye out for the hidden gems who could be the key to winning your fantasy baseball season.
Next up on the schedule are the [...]
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