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<title><![CDATA[How to fix the L.A. teams]]></title>
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No, it isn't a very happy time in Southern California.  SoCal fans just watched as the Lakers and Clippers got bounced out of the NBA playoffs in th...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 08, 2013 08:00:47 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rays should sign Myers long-term now]]></title>
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In 2011, Tampa Bay Rays pitching prospect Matt Moore and his electric left arm were lighting up the minor leagues. Between Double-A and Triple-A, Moor...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 03, 2013 07:00:40 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The next generation of GMs]]></title>
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John Schuerholz spent 26 years as a general manager with the Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves, the last 17 of those with his Atlanta until he was...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2013 07:35:19 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Don't rule out a Profar-Taveras deal]]></title>
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A bad trade can haunt a general manager for life.  I say this while assessing the positions in which St. Louis Cardinals GM John Mozeliak and Texas ...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 12, 2013 06:04:54 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[10 players likely to be traded by July 31]]></title>
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Baseball is witnessing the most competitive balance in more than two decades. As a result, general managers of contending teams already are preparing ...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 10, 2013 08:40:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ranking MLB's Top 10 rookies]]></title>
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Among this year's crop of top prospects, some of the bigger, more well-known names are starting the season in the minor leagues. By now Oscar Taveras,...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 04, 2013 09:30:44 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jurickson Profar must play every day]]></title>
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If the following scenario sounds keenly familiar to Texas Rangers fans, it should.  A veteran player realizes he must move to another position to ma...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 22, 2013 07:45:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lohse could wait until after MLB draft]]></title>
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How does a veteran pitcher post a 16-3 record last season and not have a job just two weeks away from Opening Day?  Such is the plight of right-hand...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 19, 2013 07:05:53 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five moves that will happen this spring]]></title>
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During spring training, players aren't the only ones trying to fine-tune things. General managers must use the time to evaluate not only their players...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 14, 2013 09:30:46 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ranking the offseason for all 30 teams]]></title>
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It was an active offseason that witnessed the trade of a Cy Young Award winner, several large, multiteam trades and an inflated free-agent market. So ...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 12, 2013 10:40:34 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PED mess a tough spot for Rizzo, Daniels]]></title>
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There is nothing worse for a general manager than to be blindsided by allegations of impropriety by one of your players. True or false, the news cause...]]></description>
<pubDate>January 31, 2013 10:14:36 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five outfielders most likely to be traded]]></title>
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With Wednesday's trade of Michael Morse from the Washington Nationals to the Seattle Mariners, one of the most likely traded outfielders came off the ...]]></description>
<pubDate>January 17, 2013 12:10:36 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[5 best moves yet to be made]]></title>
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We've already seen plenty of wheeling and dealing this winter, but there are some teams with holes still to fill. Here are five moves out there to be ...]]></description>
<pubDate>December 27, 2012 05:25:21 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting great players out of bad spots]]></title>
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An emotional reaction was not a surprise and probably warranted. Shortly after the Miami Marlins' blockbuster trade of Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle and Jo...]]></description>
<pubDate>December 21, 2012 10:00:11 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The next top prospects to be traded]]></title>
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It's not very often we have an offseason in which so many of the game's top prospects are traded, but that's exactly what's happened this winter with ...]]></description>
<pubDate>December 19, 2012 08:55:40 PST</pubDate>
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