Monthly Archives: December 2007

Get To Know A Prospect: Jake Smolinski

Smolinski is a position player that was drafted this year by the Washington Nationals 70th overall. He is one of the reasons why the Nationals' farm system will start to get more attention. He was drafted right out of high … Continue reading

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Random Bits of News

Do you have kids? Do you want them to learn about baseball's great history? Well the Baseball Hall of Fame has a great way for you to accomplish your goals. They are offereing an overnight program where the Museum will … Continue reading

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Slow News

You know its been a slow week and a really slow day regarding baseball news when the first picture/featured story on mlb.com is Darin Erstad signing with the Astros. He spent 12 years in AL with a carear .284 BA, … Continue reading

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Bedard

The news that Metsblog has been  reporting the last few days has finally made it to the Baltimore Sun. The Sun is reporting this morning that Andy MacPhail expects Bedard to be the opening day starter for the Orioles which … Continue reading

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Revisiting Blanton and Lohse

Silva is now off the list so from the last post, lets take a deeper look into Lohse and Blanton. Today I wanted to look into their experience in the NL East. First up is Blanton. Blanton has had very … Continue reading

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Silva vs Lohse vs Blanton

Earlier this offseason, I took a look at Harens numbers vs Bedard and Santana. Now I am going to do the same thing with three players that at this point in time, the Mets have a better chance of getting. … Continue reading

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Yesterday's Flury of Action

YesterdayHaren was traded to the DbacksValverde was traded to the AstrosFloyd was signed by the RaysJim Edmonds was traded to the PadresVizcaino signed with the RockiesMike Lamb signed with the Twins And according to mlbtraderumors.com the Astros, Nationals, Mets and … Continue reading

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Afterthoughts Tejada

I am pretty busy today, but I just wanted to jot down a few notes on my thoughts on this trade: Well as you know by new, the Astros got Tejada and they gave up a 29 year old Luke … Continue reading

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The Baseball Trade Show

One of the over looked aspects of the winter meetings is the tradeshow that takes place. This year, milb.com had two of their reporters go to the trade show and show off some of the products that are being developed. … Continue reading

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The Red Machine

In November when I read that the Reds had  signed Cordero, I was thinking why would they do that? They are not going anywhere, and Cordero is a peice that many teams would need. Then I started to hear some … Continue reading

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