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<title><![CDATA[Mets get a useful reliever]]></title>
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With Oliver Perez's value close to nil, the Mets-Pirates deal boils down to Xavier Nady for Roberto Hernandez. The two problems with Nady are his ina...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 31, 2006 14:48:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Projecting the National League standings for 2013 - MLB]]></title>
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Dan Szymborski projects the NL standings, including each team's odds of making the playoffs and winning the World Series.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 26, 2013 08:55:51 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MLB - Future Power Rankings 2013 (Nos. 30-16)]]></title>
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Jim Bowden, Keith Law and Buster Olney bring you the latest installment of the Future Power Rankings.]]></description>
<pubDate>February 25, 2013 05:34:20 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MLB - Ranking the strength of early-season National League schedules]]></title>
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GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- This is Part II of our rankings of the early-season schedules, from toughest to easiest. On Saturday, the focus was on the American...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 24, 2013 03:45:36 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[St. Louis Cardinals lead Keith Law's ranking of all 30 farm systems - MLB]]></title>
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Keith Law ranks MLB teams based on their farm systems, with the St. Louis Cardinals coming out on top.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 31, 2013 09:42:48 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Melky Cabrera, Angel Pagan and Rafael Soriano among intriguing second-tier free agents - MLB]]></title>
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Keith Law ranks the top 50 free agents for the class of 2012-13, looking at the second tier of names, including Melky Cabrera and Angel Pagan.]]></description>
<pubDate>October 27, 2012 09:23:41 PDT</pubDate>
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Keith Law ranks the top 50 free agents for the class of 2012-13, looking at the second tier of names, including Melky Cabrera and Angel Pagan.]]></description>
<pubDate>October 27, 2012 11:45:40 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ranking Josh Hamilton, Zack Greinke and the rest of the top 50 free agents - MLB]]></title>
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Keith Law ranks the top 50 free agents for the Class of 2012-13. Many of the available players have as many questions as answers attached to them.]]></description>
<pubDate>October 17, 2012 09:29:29 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MLB - Yadier Molina deserves consideration for National League Most Valuable Player]]></title>
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Dave Cameron argues why Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is a legitimate candidate for the NL MVP Award.]]></description>
<pubDate>August 31, 2012 03:12:40 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Starling Marte of Pittsburgh Pirates, Matt Harvey of New York Mets impressive in debuts]]></title>
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Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Starling Marte homered on the first big league pitch he saw Thursday night in Houston, then later singled and was caught...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 27, 2012 03:24:04 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ranking the second-half schedules for all National League contenders - MLB]]></title>
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Yesterday, we ranked the second-half schedules for the American League contenders. Here&#x26;#39;s how our second-half schedule ranking stacks up for the N...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 08, 2012 02:09:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Defensive upgrades for Tigers, Mets, Orioles, Marlins, Cardinals and Pirates - MLB]]></title>
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Ben Jedlovec of Baseball Info Solutions provides possible defensive upgrades that six playoff contenders (Tigers, Mets, Orioles, Cardinals, Marlins, Pirates) can make in order to remain in the postseason mix.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 23, 2012 05:00:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Luis Heredia, Blake Swihart and other prospects with lots of potential and a long way to go - MLB]]></title>
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Some prospects are just destined to be stars. Others have the potential, but a lot of growth must happen before they can realize it. Kevin Goldstein highlights the prospect "All-Dream" team, nine guys with potential but a lot of work to do.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 19, 2012 13:00:58 PDT</pubDate>
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Keith Law looks at draft picks and lines up where they would rank as a prosect in each organization. For a team like the Cubs, that means a whole new No. 1 prospect.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 07, 2012 03:06:03 PDT</pubDate>
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Keith Law breaks down the MLB draft classes of National League teams. The Cubs, Nats, Pirates and Astros are among the classes he really liked.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 05, 2012 09:33:00 PDT</pubDate>
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