Ramiro Pena to the Rangers?

In case you haven’t heard, shortstop Khalil Greene has been dealt a tough hand and is stepping away from the game of baseball for now.  It’s a sad story to hear, and one that’s not heard very often in a society where athletes are idolized as something more than mere mortals like you and I, but [...]

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Thoughts about Jaime Hoffman

As reported earlier, the Yankees selected Jaime Hoffman with the first overall pick in the Rule Five Draft, acquired with the flip of a Bruney. From what I hear (read, actually) Hoffman has the makings to become an above average utility outfielder, a right handed batter that can play solid defense. Essentially, a national league [...]

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Yankees Rule 5 Draft Pick

The Yankees’ trade with the Nationals was completed today as they received Jamie Hoffmann in exchange for Brian Bruney. Chad Jennings at LoHud broke down Jamie Hoffman and naturally it’s all positives.  If Hoffman turns out to be anything close to what’s said about him in the article, then I think he’ll make a fine [...]

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Granderson to the Yanks

So yeah, this was a roller coaster ride for 24 hours.  Let’s recap, starting from last night (all times Eastern). 4PM – The beer must be flowing: reporters starting to talk about Granderson going to the Yankees 8PM – Nothing happening on Granderson-to-Yankees front 11PM – Three-team deal sending Granderson to Yanks reaches impasse 9AM [...]

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Inaugural Post – Halladay Season

With the baseball world abuzz with Roy Halladay rumors the past couple of days I thought that’d be a good place to get started, so here goes. The Red Sox know that their starting pitching is all question marks behind Jon Lester and Josh Beckett and are looking to shore that up this offseason.  Instead [...]

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