With spring training right around the corner and all of the major free agents signed and ready to go with their respective teams, I thought it would be interesting to see which teams have positioned themselves for a playoff run in 2012. Obviously things are going to change from now to Opening Day, but it’s [...]
Filed under: The Crystal Baseball by The Baseball Index
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The Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t have much going on this offseason in terms of signing any high priced free agents, however that might change next offseason when they will most likely have a new ownership team in place. According to Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times, there are at least eight potential buyers still [...]
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In a span of about 40 minutes, the New York Yankees’ starting rotation went from suspect at best to very solid. First they acquired RHP Michael Pineda from the Seattle Mariners and now they have signed RHP Hiroki Kuroda. According to Jack Curry of the YES Network, the Yankees have signed Kuroda to a one-year, [...]
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The Colorado Rockies have signed 3B Casey Blake to a one-year, $2 million contract according to Thomas Harding of MLB.com. Blake can earn an extra $1 million in performance based incentives. Blake was limited to just 63 games last season with the Los Angeles Dodgers because of a back injury. In those 63 games, Blake [...]
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According to TMZ (I love how they have become a credible news source), Los Angeles Dodger first baseman James Loney was arrested while being hospitalized in L.A. last month after allegedly smashing his Maserati into three other cars. And it gets better. Loney then spit at a cop. Loney was arrested on November 14th because [...]
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Baseball’s Winter Meetings got started today in Dallas and as expected, there wasn’t much wheeling and dealing going on. I think the common misconception about the Winter Meetings is that everything happens during these four days. Yes, there will be some deals made, but for the most part, teams use these four days to feel [...]
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