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<title><![CDATA[Podcast: Trade deadline, contraction, Jays]]></title>
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With the non-waiver trade deadline quickly approaching, Keith Law and I talked about all the potential action ahead as well as numerous interesting pr...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 26, 2012 10:20:27 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Links: Players we can't be rational about]]></title>
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It's Friday, it's hot and the trade rumors are flying fast and furious. But let's take a break and check on some links.  Our friends at The Platoon...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 22, 2011 11:09:47 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Monday Mendozas]]></title>
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Today's links were routed through -- but not subject to the approval of the movers and shakers of -- the sprawling metropolis of Seligman, Mo.   O...]]></description>
<pubDate>December 19, 2010 21:25:54 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Barry Zito on the trading block?]]></title>
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Now that he's won a World Series, is Brian Sabean's next order of business to trade his highest-paid player?   Barry Zito has fallen to fifth in th...]]></description>
<pubDate>November 02, 2010 13:52:34 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tuesday Taters]]></title>
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Today's links still think the Padres are going to hang on ...  If this craziness in St. Louis gets out of hand, Ben Nicholson-Smith's Colby Rasmus ...]]></description>
<pubDate>September 07, 2010 01:11:25 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Prospect charged with cocaine possession]]></title>
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When people talk about baseball's drug problem, I don't think this is what they mean: Phillies prospect Tyson Gillies, one of the three players acqui...]]></description>
<pubDate>August 20, 2010 11:05:52 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rangers filling all the holes they can]]></title>
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A flurry of moves for the first-place Rangers!  The Texas Rangers continued to shore up their infield, trading for Washington Nationals shortstop Cr...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 30, 2010 13:53:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Twins make classic error, overpay for saves]]></title>
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Twins have "extra" catcher, Wilson Ramos. Twins have closer, Jon Rauch, who's given up 43 hits in 38 innings. Twins trade Ramos for Nationals closer, ...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 30, 2010 09:54:19 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Final 2010 standings: A.L.]]></title>
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With all the recent injuries and trades, let's take a quick look at the final American League standings this season ...  Eastern 1. Yankees 2. Ray...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 26, 2010 11:40:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Monday Mendozas]]></title>
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Today's links don't have a single thing to say about The Most Lopsided Trade in Major League history (but as these things go, one of later today's blo...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 26, 2010 01:08:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How much is Roy Oswalt worth?]]></title>
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From Jon Heyman's rundown of pitchers who might be available:  3. Roy Oswalt, Astros, SP. This, says one GM, is a "problematic" trade. It appears no...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 16, 2010 12:01:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Second-half previews: American League]]></title>
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Today, with the help of my SweetSpot colleagues, we're taking a look at each team's priorities as we head toward the July 31 trade deadline, and beyon...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 15, 2010 06:00:54 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Braves bet against youth]]></title>
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Another trade nobody saw coming, this one essentially a swap of two shortstops. One's fairly young and one's fairly old, and what's odd is that the fa...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 14, 2010 12:21:04 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[With Lee, Rangers go from good to great]]></title>
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Here's BBTIA on the trade that's sending Cliff Lee to Texas, and Justin Smoak, prospect Blake Beavan, and two other minor leaguers to Seattle. The gut...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 09, 2010 16:33:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Millwood's trade value sinking fast]]></title>
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Did you hear that whoosh sound just a moment ago? That was Charlie Manuel's reputation, rushing past you on its way to the bottom. That other whoosh, ...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 06, 2010 11:24:41 PDT</pubDate>
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