And there goes Milton Bradley

Three years, $30 million, according to ESPN. Who’s left, among players who could conceivably if you squint help the Angels in some way? Adam Dunn Nomar Garciaparra Jason Giambi Orlando Cabrera Ty Wigginton Garret Anderson Cliff Floyd Manny Ramirez Rocco Baldelli Jim Edmonds Eric Hinske Ken Griffey, Jr. Bobby Abreu Jason Varitek Paul Byrd Oliver Perez Derek Lowe Juan Cruz Andy Pettitte Pedro Martinez Ben Sheets John Smoltz Randy Wolf Who’m I missing, and who do you want? Incidentally, Ken R

Sorry, Atlanta, but he's ours. Via Jim Baumbach at The Final Score comes this hilarious bit from the Braves' 2009 spring training ticket site:Join the Braves in sunny Lake Buena Vista, FL, as they embark on a new journey toward National League East supremacy. They will play 18 Spring Training games at Champion Stadium. Come on out to the ballpark and see the Atlanta Braves take the field for their 12th season of Spring Training at Champion Stadium. Don't miss this rare opportunity to see retur

Yesterday rumors circulated that the Mets were falling behind in the Derek Lowe sweepstakes. The other teams involved seemed to be the Phillies, Braves, Red Sox and Brewers. As of last night the Braves made it clear that Lowe would have to take even less then our offer to join Atlanta and I posted that the Phillies still don't seem like a fit. So what about the Sox's, are they really in on Lowe as we're lead to believe, well I've scoured the Boston blogs and papers and unlike NY there isn't very

Yesterday rumors circulated that the Mets were falling behind in the Derek Lowe sweepstakes. The other teams involved seemed to be the Phillies, Braves, Red Sox and Brewers. As of last night the Braves made it clear that Lowe would have to take even less then our offer to join Atlanta and I posted that the Phillies still don't seem like a fit. So what about the Sox's, are they really in on Lowe as we're lead to believe, well I've scoured the Boston blogs and papers and unlike NY there isn't very

"My clients and colleagues won't want to hear this, but it's not collusion; it's economic reality," said a prominent player agent who requested anonymity. "This is the bust to what in recent years has been the boom. That said, I really do expect the action to be fairly fast and furious in January." Plenty of good, solid players at bargain basement prices still available. So save your "we need a salary cap" whinings, spare me the "it's collusion!" rantings. When guys like this are still homeless

Brewers News - Ned Yost and Dale Sveum only issued six “definitely not smart” intentional walks last year, according to Fire Jim Bowden. They ranked near the middle of the pack of managers in the category Fire Jim Bowden came up with. - Jeff Suppan as the closer? In-Between Hops proposes the off-the-wall idea. - Rotoprofessor compares Hardy and Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki for fantasy baseball and gives the edge to Tulowitzki. Huh? Hardy has been a top shortstop the last two years an

Brewers News - Ned Yost and Dale Sveum only issued six “definitely not smart” intentional walks last year, according to Fire Jim Bowden. They ranked near the middle of the pack of managers in the category Fire Jim Bowden came up with. - Rotoprofessor compares Hardy and Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki for fantasy baseball and gives the edge to Tulowitzki. Huh? Hardy has been a top shortstop the last two years and plays in a much better line-up. And Tulowitzki has way too many question mar

In this series of Hall of Fame nomination-based posts, we’re going to focus on specific roles/positions.  We’ll be reviewing both players on the HOF ballot as well as non-HOFers who we feel deserve re-consideration. This third post focuses on starting pitchers - with Bert Blyleven (61.9%), Jack Morris (42.9%), and Tommy John (29.1%) the three with the highest % of votes from last year’s nomination.  Before we even look at their stats (and those of other non-Hall of Famer contemporaries), we ne

title>Manu 5/title>p>strong>Fantasy Baseball: Using Stats Effectively - Batters/strong>/p>pattern week we looked at the different kinds of statistics that can most effectively be used in evaluating pitchers for fantasy purposes. now it is the batters’ remodel.batters are considered much more predictable than pitchers. in shared, a good performance projection system can prognosticate the final stats of batters with about 65 to 70 percent preciseness (as opposed to 40 to 45 perc

Happy New Year, folks, and welcome to the first of many baseball blogs we'll be doing on this and related Web sites. Before I start spouting like some sort of know-it-all, I should mention my credentials -- which, I reckon, entitles me to spout off like some sort of know-it-all. I’m David Jenkins, known to many as just DJ. I spent 29 years writing baseball and other sports for the late, great Chattanooga News-Free Press and the present Times Free Press. After 19 years covering the

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Pitcher John Smoltz agrees a new two-year contract to stay with Atlanta.

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Or Smoltz. Maybe Glavine? patricks, on 11/10/2008, -0/+6 I hear Carl Pavano is available. rossnyc, on 11/10/2008, -2/+4 Yanks will get him... reuscel, on 11/10/2008, -0/+4 Due to my ...

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That would be sweet if Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz got accepted into the Hall of Fame on the same day, what a way to end your career! psudoc64, on 12/06/2008, -0/+1 my only regret is ...

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patrickloggins, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1 Oh no John Smoltz! Twinked, on 10/11/2007, -25/+34 Ok how the hell did this make the FP? Buried as lame... Come'on Diggers this is really annoying

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