December 2011 Archives

With all the GMs out there hungry for starting pitching, you'd think we would be hearing more about Ryan Vogelsong this winter. But according to MLB Trade Rumors, the only mention of Vogelsong has been a Baggs groove in early...
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OK, no Led Zeppelin references in this one, but only because I have to go to Miss Monkeypants' school holiday party. I hope they serve some decent food. Barry Bonds has to spend a month locked in his house for...
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From one land of the ice and snow to another: ex-Twin Michael Cuddyer is going not to California but to Colorado, apparently, for $31.5 million and three years. There was talk of Carlos Beltran as another Rocky possibility, so does...
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By late tonight we'll know a bit more about fates of the remaining arbitration-eligible Giants. Of the 13 entering the off-season -- more than double the size of this year's average, according to MLB Trade Rumors -- Jonathan Sanchez, Ramon...
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I just read this on Fangraphs, a story about how weirdly quiet it's been on the Carlos Beltran front. In fact, the only noise has been Cap'n Sabean describing how the SS Beltran has sailed. But what if the Giants...
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Cody Ross is sad that the Giants didn't bother to offer more than a one-year contract (or anything at all). Andres Torres is sad, as we all are, that he's gone. But farewells are inevitable; the pall that truly hangs...
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Goodbye, Andres Torres. I'll always remember you running spidermannishly up outfield walls, cheering on your teammates from the dugout even in the depths of your slump, and getting out of your motorized cable car to walk the streets near City...
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With fresh rumors that the Giants have inquired about bringing back Mark DeRosa, I can feel that mid-August lineup with DeRosa hitting cleanup as sure as I feel the weather in my arthritic wrist flap. Storm's coming, Ma. Best start...
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I argued a few weeks ago that a two-year $8 M contract for Jamey Carroll could be easily justified. Then the Twins signed Carroll to a two-year, $6.75 M deal with a $2 M mutual option for a third year....
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