The Advanced Scout – Oakland Athletics
The Advanced Scout mainlines caffeine as he analyzes the Oakland Athletics
Category: Damaso Marte
BOS 5, NYY 4: Make it 8
Jason Bay and Kevin Youkilis have got that BOOM BOOM POW.
Know Thine Enemy 2009: New York Yankees
The other half of the best rivalry in sports, The New York Yankees. The Bronx Bombers "only" ended up with 89 victories last season. And the key players they inked this past off-season, have them looking incredibly strong on paper for this upcoming 2009 season.
The philosophy about building a strong farm was basically put on hold for a year. But Brian Cashman made some nice maneuvers, and the result--whether it was intentional or not--allowed the Yankees to lose their first three picks this year. And that is better than losing a first-round pick in three consecutive seasons, of course.
Is Damaso Marte a fit?
Buster Olney today speculated that the Red Sox would acquire Damaso Marte from the Pittsburgh Pirates before the trading deadline.…
Deadline Rumors
Last night was one of the more frustrating games of the Red Sox season. Fausto Carmona was dealing, mixing pitches…