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			<title><![CDATA[Yanks deepen staff; Braves, their prospect pool]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Even in his down years, Javier Vazquez has been a pretty good pitcher, giving around 200 innings of league-average performance to his employers. But t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 22, 2009 05:37:39 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cubs better off without Bradley or Silva]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Cubs failed in their trade with the Mariners. They would have been better off simply releasing Milton Bradley rather than trading him for Carlos S...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 19, 2009 04:12:03 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FanGraphs: The all-decade, all-value lineup]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Erik Manning of FanGraphs pored over every performance from an MLB player between 2000 and 2009 and created the best possible 1-9 lineup of players from that period. Odd: Carlos Delgado (2000) leads off. Cool: This team would average nine runs a game.]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 18, 2009 01:29:35 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Analyzing Gonzalez and Atkins to the Orioles]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If the Baltimore Orioles were going to sign a closer, better Mike Gonzalez than Jose Valverde or Fernando Rodney; they are both inferior options and, ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 17, 2009 04:55:19 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cardinals get their Penny's worth]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[One year of Brad Penny at $7.5 million is an excellent move for the Cardinals, especially since Dave Duncan has such a good track record of coaxing be...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 07, 2009 17:24:16 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How to (geographically) fix the winter meetings]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[...at this time of year. So this year's site isn't exactly getting rave reviews from MLB front office types, like the one who asked me, "Who the heck wants to go to Indianapolis...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 07, 2009 05:58:53 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Where we stand as winter meetings arrive]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Cleveland Indians have relative pennies to spend this winter, and the Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers won't spend much, either. The Los Angeles ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 06, 2009 03:19:26 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What the Figgins deal says about the Mariners]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 05, 2009 06:31:15 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Losing Jake Fox is a good deal for Cubs]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 04, 2009 10:13:42 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Polanco deal might end poorly]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 04, 2009 04:42:28 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Seattle could land Lackey]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The John Lackey sweepstakes won't open until next week, but already rivals are sizing up the market and view the Seattle Mariners as a potential sleep...]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 09, 2009 07:29:11 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hermida's move sure to be replicated]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[...baseball landscape early Thursday morning -- probably before all the champagne-soaked Yankees reached their homes -- with more rumors that Mark Teahen is about to be traded, and by the end of the day the hints...]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 06, 2009 01:21:29 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Brewers holding prospects this time]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[MLB Rumors&#39; Drew Silva on the prospect of the Brewers trading prospects: According to the Associated Press...]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 23, 2009 19:40:09 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tuesday Taters]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Today&#39;s links were compiled and annotated by a Proven VeteranTM ... &bull; From MLB Rumors&#39; Mike Axisa, a fun discussion of the worst contracts in the majors. I suppose that...]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 23, 2009 10:35:08 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rays standing pat?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[MLB Rumors&#39; Mike Axisa points to this one: According to Marc Topkin of The St. Petersburg Times...]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 20, 2009 13:40:12 PDT EST</pubDate>
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