 There are a lof of publications and sites that are now devoted to ranking prospects. Of course, Baseball America is the top dog in that game, but Baseball Prospectus is gaining ground, and fast. One Edge that BA has over BP is it's annual Prospect Handbook, which is something that I do not typically leave the house without. Being as I am in Germany at the moment, it is going to b...
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 Last season the Braves relied on one of baseball's all-time best closers, Billy Wagner, to finish things up in the 9th. Wagner responded by posting 37 saves and seven wins against only two losses. He struck out 104 batters during his 69.1 innings of work, and only allowed 11 earned runs while posting an ERA of 1.43.
That type of production is hard to replace, and it looks li...
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 The Saint Louis Cardinals needed a three bagger, and today they filled that hole by acquiring Pedro Feliz from the Houston Astros. In order to nab Feliz, the Cards sent Carpenter to the Astros. No, not Chris Carpenter, that would be lunacy in its finest form. This Carpenter is David, a minor league pitcher.
Word out of Cincinnati, Atlanta, San Diego and Philadelphia was hard to ...
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 Yesterday marked the start of the first series of the 2010 MLB Season between the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies. Taking the hill for the Phillies was Kyle Kendrick. Yes, the same Kyle Kendrick who owns a career 4.90 ERA through his 308.2 innings of work. Sure he is young, at 25 years of age, but there is no reason to think the sinkerballer will ever be much more th...
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 As expected, the roles that Jason Heyward and Stephen Strasburg will play in April has been determined. Strasburg has been optioned to AA Harrisburg, while Heyward has been awarded the starting right field spot in Atlanta.
How long Washington will be able to keep Strasburg out of the Bigs is unclear. They need him to stay in the Minors until June 1st to protect him from becomin...
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John Smoltz threw two scoreless innings in his first rehab appearance yesterday. He threw 27 pitches and struck out three batters. Of course, this is Single-A ball we are talking about, so the results are not important. What is important is that he was happy with his delivery and felt no discomfort. All signs point to him making one more rehab appearance tomorrow, and then he should be ac...
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