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Saturday Rockpile: Rockies on the verge of signing Giambi while discussing Uggla and free agent infielders
Source: Jason Giambi close to signing one-year deal with Colorado Rockies - ESPNESPN.com's Andrew Marchand reports that the Giambino is about to re-sign with the Rox. Right-handed power bat? No, but it was still fun having a presence like that on the bench at the end of close games last season....
Saturday Rockpile: Rockies medical mini-camp to take place next month, more
First off, I hope everybody had a very merry Christmas. I hope the new year brings all of you as much hope and optimism as it brings me - in every aspect of life. Inside the Colorado Rockies " Medical mini-camp scheduled next month | Major League Baseball in DenverSeveral Rockies major and minor...
Graph of the Day: Orlando Cabrera Historical RAR
Let's see, -5 to -10 hitter, +10 fielder, shortstop, plays every day every year. 3-4 WAR player for $4MM. Sounds good to me! WAR data from Fangraphs. All data relative to average, except RAR. Rep is the RAR of a replacement-level player in the same number of plate appearances.
Glavine Returns (Again) to Atlanta
The Atlanta Braves have come to terms with 43-year-old LHP Tom Glavine this morning on a 1-year, $1M contract with an additional $3.5M in incentives. Glavine, a staple of the dominant 90's Braves rotation, returned to Atlanta in 2008 after pitching for 5 seasons in New York with the Mets. His...
Links: Cubs Sign Ryan Dempster
-P- The Cubs have re-signed Ryan Dempster for four years and $52 million, which seems like quite a lot to give someone who was having a perfectly mediocre career until this year. It beats $48 million for Carlos Silva, I suppose. Dempster was thoroughly good in 2008--his excellent ERA wasn't...
Free Agents Begin Signing
And the first to go is reliever Jeremy Affeldt, to San Francisco for two years and $8 million. Leaving aside the question of whether the Giants have any sort of plan, this is a good deal for them. Affeldt used to be a really frustrating young starter with great stuff and debilitating blisters, but...
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