by evan brunell | Dec 6, 2006 | Adam Jones, Adrian Beltre, Amborix Burgos, Brian Bannister, David Dellucci, Derrick Turnbow, Doug Mirabelli, Freddy Garcia, Gavin Floyd, J.D. Drew, J.J. Putz, Jason Schmidt, Joe Borowski, Jon Lieber, Jonathan Broxton, Kansas City Royals, Kevin Mench, Ted Lilly, Terry Francona, Trading Manny Saga
We’re going to keep an updated Winter Meetings column going today because there’s way too many news going on. 8:22 PM: The Yankees lost out on Ted Lilly, who is heading to the Chicago Cubs for four years and $40 million, but still have a one year pact out...
by evan brunell | Dec 5, 2006 | Adam Jones, Andy LaRoche, Andy Pettitte, Baltimore Orioles, Brian Wilson, Chad Cordero, Hayden Penn, J.D. Drew, J.J. Putz, Jason Jennings, Jon Lieber, Jonathan Broxton, Jonathan Sanchez, Jose Capellan, Kevin Mench, Marcus Giles, Mark Loretta, Mike Gonzalez, Noah Lowry, Salomon Torres, Trading Manny Saga, Trot Nixon, Washington Nationals
There’s way too much stuff going on at the winter meetings for me to post any comprehensive article today. It’s about Manny today, as there were a blizzard of news. First, as we all probably know by now, Sunday at midnight (so technically Monday) the Red...
by evan brunell | Dec 4, 2006 | Daisuke Matsuzaka Chase, J.D. Drew, Trading Manny Saga
This week is the busiest week of the off-season, and for those of us who love following every move of the hot stove rumblings, the one we look most forward to. Every GM in baseball will congregate in Orlando the next few days to discuss trades, signings and squash...
by evan brunell | Dec 2, 2006 | Aaron Fultz, Baltimore Orioles, Chan Ho Park, David Riske, Doug Mirabelli, Gabe Kapler, Joe Borowski, Keith Foulke, Pedro Feliz, Ronnie Belliard, Shea Hillenbrand, Trot Nixon
So, who got offered arbitration by the Red Sox? Trot Nixon did not get offered arbitration. Mark Loretta, Gabe Kapler and Doug Mirabelli were also not offered arbitration. The lone offer was to Keith Foulke, a near certainty not to return, giving the Red Sox a...
by evan brunell | Dec 1, 2006 | Uncategorized
Fire Brand officially has reached 1,000 columns. This is the 1,000th column of Fire Brand. Allow me to be self-serving for a minute. I started this December 31st, 2003. I had no clue where this site would take me. I had no idea the amazing commenters I would encounter...
