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Tigers would get better of Granderson deal

Keith Law

The Detroit Tigers come out the winner in this nearly completed three-team deal despite trading the two biggest names in the deal. They would acq...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2009

Paxton, Duke and the Mets' catcher search

Keith Law

Editor's note: Keith wrote about this same topic on Friday; read...Paxton intends to challenge the NCAA's by-law prohibiting student-athletes from exercising their right to...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2009

Indy? Psst, at least it's not Nashville

Keith Law

Getting away from Boston in mid-December sounds like a great idea, and past winter meetings have taken me to Orlando, Las Vegas, New Orleans and Anahe...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2009

Noel Argüelles and the Royals' development

Keith Law

I don't know how small-market teams are supposed to compete when big spenders like the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals are snapping up all the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 06, 2009

What the Figgins deal says about the Mariners

Keith Law

The Seattle Mariners finished last in the American League in on-base percentage in 2009 at .314, and -- not coincidentally -- last in the league in ru...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2009

Losing Jake Fox is a good deal for Cubs

Keith Law

Jake Fox didn't have much value to the Chicago Cubs because of his defensive limitations -- that is, the fact that he doesn't play any position partic...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 04, 2009

Biggest loser in Scutaro deal is Jed Lowrie

Keith Law

When the Toronto Blue Jays signed Alex Gonzalez, it seemed a fait accompli that Marco Scutaro would take his place in Boston, although at a significan...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 04, 2009

The James Paxton situation

Keith Law

The NCAA's war on its own players is, apparently, not over yet. Just ten months after losing a lawsuit stemming from their suspension of former Okl...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 04, 2009

The Polanco deal might end poorly

Keith Law

Ruben Amaro's fetish as a GM seems to be giving three-year contracts to hitters in decline; Raul Ibanez's deal isn't looking so hot after his second-h...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 04, 2009

My 2010 Hall of Fame ballot

Keith Law

I don't have a ballot for the Hall of Fame yet -- just nine years to go -- but if I did, my ballot would include: Tim Raines, Mark McGwire, Bert Bl...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009

Friday Filberts

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...Tim Lincecum could strike out Superman ... Yesterday was a strange day, especially (I'm guessing) for Keith Law and Will Carroll. After a few hours of thinking about them, I finally realized, "Hey! That...

Blog | November 20, 2009

Digging into Cy balloting

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...dig into the Cy Young balloting, shall we? Two voters, Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus and Keith Law of ESPN.com, did not include Chris Carpenter on their ballots. Carroll had Wainwright in the...

Blog | November 19, 2009

Do both Cy Youngs signal shift?

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...the BBWAA opening its doors, however slightly, to non-traditional writers (and voters). We know that Keith Law participated in the National League Cy Young balloting. Anyone care to guess who he voted for...

Blog | November 19, 2009

Those who favored King Felix and Verlander

Keith Law

The AL Cy Young Award went more or less as expected, with the very deserving Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals running away with it, nabbing 25 o...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Stat guys not so monolithic after all

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...t have a BBWAA award ballot this season, so for me everything's still theoretical. But Keith Law had a ballot (more on that tomorrow, from him), and so did Baseball Prospectus writers Christina...

Blog | November 17, 2009