by evan brunell | Dec 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
It’s obvious what’s occuring. Theo Epstein said this in his parting speech, and I commented on it in one of the Fire Brand articles. Theo said this when he left: We have goals about the type of organization we want to be. We want to be the type of...
by evan brunell | Dec 8, 2005 | Uncategorized
It’s official. Edgar Renteria, and $11 million, are headed to the Atlanta Braves for quite possibly the best prospect in Triple-A, Andy Marte. Marte, a third-baseman, hit 20 HRs in AAA in a pitcher’s park before getting 57 AB with the major league club,...
by zach hayes | Dec 8, 2005 | Uncategorized
Much has been brewing over the best free agent still on the market, Mr. Johnny Damon. The Boston hero and his agent Scott Boras apparently met with members of the Red Sox front office and the talks were positive, spurring notions that an agreement may be on the way....
by evan brunell | Dec 7, 2005 | Uncategorized
Our second base conundrum was solved today. Loretta, a career .301/.365/.408 hitter, should fit in nicely in the two-spot, allowing Renteria to move to the sixth spot. He has decent speed, and should be able to work some walks. If Damon does not return, Loretta could...
by zach hayes | Dec 7, 2005 | Uncategorized
The Blue Jays have made their point. The front office is sick of losing, sick of being one of the laughing stocks of baseball, and are planning on giving loyal Blue Jays fans a winning product. Ticket sales should go off the charts for Toronto with a roster than added...
by evan brunell | Dec 6, 2005 | Uncategorized
The first basemen in the Sox system have the microscope turned upon them. Ever since Mo Vaughn left, we’ve yet to have a dominant, homegrown first baseman come through the pipeline. Is there one here? If not, we’re going to have to keep looking outside the...
by guest | Dec 5, 2005 | Uncategorized
Baseball has seen an explosion of young talent in recent years, and I thought it might be fun to put some of those names into a fictional roster list of players under the age of 25. I want to put together a full, 25 man roster including bench spots and a bullpen...
by guest | Dec 2, 2005 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday here – and yesterday on my own blog – I did some analysis of the current free agent market; why it has been so crazy this winter, and maybe where it will go from here. I’d like to take a snippet of that out, and take a quick look at just...
by zach hayes | Dec 1, 2005 | Uncategorized
Bad contracts can affect a team in many ways. If a struggling player is guaranteed half of your payroll for the next four years, it can affect your spending habits and make your team weaker because of the money issue. Just for one year, the contract of a retired or...
by guest | Nov 30, 2005 | Uncategorized
What the devil is going on in MLB bullpens this month? Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen three different GM’s spend a total of $111 million dollars on four individual free agents, all four RP’s. The average annual salary of those four pitchers...
