Defense highlights offseason moves

Coco Crisp is nearing a deal with the Oakland Athletics, according to late word from MLB Trade Rumors' Tim Dierkes. Presumably Crisp will slot into Oa...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 20, 2009

Time to act

Sooner or later, and most likely as soon as this week, beleaguered Milton Bradley will be traded to the Tampa Bay Rays for Pat Burrell. However, th...

Top 100 players of the decade

Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez were the clear-cut first two choices for the top 100 players of the decade; after that, the list got a little more difficult.

Time to act

...The team will have more flexibility after next season due to the fact that Ted Lilly, Derrek Lee and possibly Aramis Ramirez will all be free agents. The Rays' deal is still on the...

Close encounters

...planned with agent Casey Close later this evening. Close handles a number of Cubs players, including Derrek Lee and Mike Fontenot. Lee is going into the last year of his contract in 2010, and...

...the Phillies 10-5. (Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images) CHICAGO - MAY 05: Derrek Lee #25 of the Chicago Cubs runs to cover first base against the San Francisco Giants on...

Lee leading in fight against eye affliction

...of 2006, she was diagnosed with Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA), a rare genetic disease. As Derrek Lee and his wife, Christina, learned about LCA, they learned about the gene therapy that was being...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2009

Early Top 200 rankings for 2010

Tristan H. Cockcroft takes a first shot at a top-200 fantasy rankings for the 2010 season.

Pushing for a minimum payroll threshold

Cries for a salary cap were sparked by the Yankees' winning the World Series, but what baseball really needs is a minimum payroll threshold.

Expect moves, moves and more moves

Where will Matt Holliday end up? What about John Lackey? They are among the top 10 storylines of the offseason.

Hitting coach 'overrated'?

...important as one might think. "I hate to say it, but a hitting coach is overrated," Derrek Lee said, according to the Chicago Tribune. "It's more of a mental thing. Gerald was a...

Realistic goals

Rebuilding the team that fell 14 games in the standings from 2008 might not be as difficult a chore for general manager Jim Hendry as some people migh...

Tigers, Twins and my award picks

Carl Pavano seemed almost out of breath Sunday night, naturally, at the end of a day in which he and the Twins had won a game they had to win, after t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2009

Running through some end-of-the-year observations

...a lot of money tied up in Alfonso Soriano and Milton Bradley, who may never deliver. Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez are critical, but injury-prone bats, while Carlos Zambrano and Ryan Dempster are...

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