Our look at the free agency situation in the Junior Circuit continues today. Here’s the first two parts of the series: Part I and II. Detroit Tigers The Tigers were all but guaranteed to score 1,000 runs and cruise to the World Series last season, but a funny thing happened along the way – they […]
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Orlando Cabrera is one of the top shortstops on the market this offseason. We continue our look at major league free agents, discussing rumours and possible outcomes. Part I can be found here. Chicago White Sox The White Sox completely erased the memories of an awful 2007 season by turning around all facets of their
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One again, we will kick off our hot stove lounge season with examination of the MLB free agent front, in typically exhaustive RotoRob style. We’ll start with the American League, going through team by team and discuss the outlooks of each player. To date, 168 players have filed, and there’s another few days before the
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In some recent news coming out of Japan, it seems the Boston Red Sox are seriously pursuing amateur free agent Junichi Tazawa, currently pitching in the Japanese Industrial Leagues. Also rumoured to be interested are the Mets, Braves and, of course, most NPB teams. The 22-year-old righthander is enjoying a solid year for Eneos Oil and is
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Fat chance that Baltimore defensive stalwart Ray Lewis will soon join offensive tackle Jonathan Ogden on the sidelines as a retired Raven. While Ogden finally decided last month that a painful bout of turf toe would help spell the end of his NFL career, Lewis said this week that “football is just getting started for
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With the major league trading deadline less than three weeks away, the prudent fantasy owner will pay closer attention to rumours and news than normal. After all, moves made in the real world can have a huge impact on your team’s fortunes. With this in mind, let’s look at some moves already made and those
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The Toronto media is speculating that A.J. Burnett would welcome the idea of leaving town; in fact, he may even be trying to engineer his own demise as a Jay, Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star suggests. While he’s finally stayed healthy for Toronto, Burnett still hasn’t lived up to that overinflated contract he signed
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