Today is Opening Day in baseball and every team starts out 0-0 and a dream. Well, every team starts out 0-0 except for the Seattle Mariners, Oakland A’s, Miami Marlins, and St. Louis Cardinals. Be it as it may, this year baseball is wide open. You could make the argument for at least 12 teams [...]
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It’s time for my personal favorite series of the year. It’s time for the “Key” player for each team series. For those of you who aren’t familiar with my “Key” player series, the “Key” player for each team is someone who was injured or had a down year the year before and if they can [...]
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Yesterday for MLB Daily Dish, I took a look at some potential infield targets for the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies are really hurting in the infield and could definitely use another body. Well, after GM Ruben Amaro‘s announcement today, the Phillies might want to get a move on getting that extra body. Amaro announced today [...]
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The Philadelphia Phillies are going into the 2012 season with very high expectations. As it’s been for the past four seasons, it’s World Series or bust. Let’s take a look at what their lineup might look like come Opening Day and see if this lineup can lead the Phillies to another World Series championship. 1. [...]
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In an effort to find a left-handed compliment to Andruw Jones at the DH spot in their lineup, the New York Yankees have signed Raul Ibanez to a one-year, $1.1 million contract according to FOXSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal. Ibanez can make another $2.9 million in incentives. Ibanez has spent the past three years of his career [...]
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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 [...]
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