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The Rumor Mill Is Crap!

post from LADodgerTalk.com - Get Your Daily Dodger Juice, Dodger News and Dodger Rumors on 20 November 2009 10:58:00 PM. © LADodgerTalk.com - Get Your Daily Dodger Juice, Dodger News and Dodger Rumors

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More on the Johnson situation

post from Marlin Maniac | A Florida Marlins Blog on 20 November 2009 10:30:05 PM. © Marlin Maniac | A Florida Marlins Blog

This time from Joe Capozzi over at the Palm Beach post.“Josh obviously wanted to do something to stay long-term with the Marlins, but it doesn’t look that way now,’ his agent, Matt Sosnick, said today.Johnson, 25, is entering his second[...]

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The Yankees Finalize Their 40-Man Roster

post from Bronx Baseball Daily on 20 November 2009 07:38:24 PM. © Bronx Baseball Daily

The Yankees have added seven players to their 40-man roster in order to protect them from the Rule[...]

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The Pittsburgh Pirates claim Chris Jakubauskas
off waivers

post from Pittsburgh Pirates on 20 November 2009 07:28:03 PM. © Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pirates have claimed 30-year old righty starter/reliever Chris Jakubauskas off waivers from the Mariners. As a rookie last season he pitched in 35 games (8 starts) for the Mariners and he was 6-7 with a 5.32 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP. To make room for Jakubauskas on the roster the Pirates have [...]

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Josh Johnson contract talks stall

post from Marlin Maniac | A Florida Marlins Blog on 20 November 2009 07:25:59 PM. © Marlin Maniac | A Florida Marlins Blog

This according to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com. Here’s the bad news.Agent Matt Sosnick told ESPN.com that negotiations between the Marlins and Johnson have reached an “impasse,” and Johnson expects to play under a one-year deal in 2010.[...]

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40-Man Roster Moves for the Cubs

post from ChicagoCubsOnline.com on 20 November 2009 06:27:01 PM. © ChicagoCubsOnline.com

The Chicago Cubs added five players to their 40-man roster on Friday afternoon: John Gaub, Blake Parker, Rafael Dolis, Welington Castillo and James Adduci. The Cubs had until 11:00pm C.S.T. on Friday night to add players in order to protect them from being exposed in the upcoming Rule 5 Draft on December 10. The Cubs 40-man roster now stands at 38 players.

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Astros sign minor league FA Jose Valdez

post from The Crawfish Boxes on 20 November 2009 05:56:00 PM. © The Crawfish Boxes

Brian McTaggart reports via Twitter that the Astros have signed a minor league free agent coming out of the Yankees system. Jose Valdez (27, RHP) pitched 19.1 innings at their AAA club this year, the proud owner of a 4.19 ERA, 18 strikeouts, and 10 walks. In past seasons, he's struck out around one batter per inning, but walked more than one batter every two innings last season at AA. His control was much better at lower levels, however.

He doesn't have a lot of experience under his belt, but he looks like another promising penny-pinching pickup for the bullpen, ala Jeff Fulchino and Alberto Arias. I couldn't find scouting reports on his pitches and velocity, but I'm going to assume he's a pretty hard thrower given his strikeout rate.

****HLP EDIT****

FanGraphs Page

Scout.com assessment:

Jose Valdez spent the majority of 2009 in the bullpen of the Trenton Thunder with the exception of a month with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. After showing improvement in his repertoire in July and August, the 6-foot-4, 186 pound Valdez was promoted to Scranton and is ready to contribute.

Ok, so obviously take this assessment with a huge grain of salt, but at one time Valdez was highly thought of in comparison to other Yankee prospects:

Jose Valdez has the highest ceiling..

Of course those other prospects were guys like Chien Ming Wang and Drew Henson...bottom line- the guy missed the boat on being a stud, but he comes as a bargain and an extra arm in case Valverde and/or Hawkins aren't resigned, Wes Wright gets moved to the rotation, etc.

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1898 DMB World Series-Game #1

Doc McJames vs Kid Nichols 10/3/1898, @ South End Grounds III LONG?S SINGLE IN THE 8TH DRIVES IN GAME WINNER FOR THE BEANEATERSHerman Long committed 1096 errors during his career, the all-time record for fielding futility.Herman Long popped a 2 out single in the bottom of the 8th to drive in 2 runs and snap a [...]

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Tigers Set 40 Man Roster

The Tigers added four players to 40 man roster today in anticipation of the midnight deadline. All four were position players and they included future second baseman Scott Sizemore. Audy Ciricao (shortstop), Ryan Strieby (first base) and Brennan Boesch (outfield) were all protected as well.That leaves quite a few pitchers unprotected heading into the Rule [...]

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The Death of Tradition

So maybe you've heard that this year's two Cy Young Awards have gone to guys who "won" 15 and 16 games. And a bunch of old-timers are up in arms about it.

Now, as I've mentioned before, I don't believe in tradition. To quote myself:

My very existence was against the tradition of baseball, but instead of changing my ways, I changed baseball.

So I'm all for smart guys using newfangled statistics to help them figure out who's better than who. And the first casualty in this battle between old and new should be pitcher "wins." Last I checked, it takes a full team to win a baseball game, hitters, fielders, and pitchers. So why should one guy get credit for a win when everybody's working together?

Also, why should we penalize a pitcher if he plays for a bad offensive team? Or reward a guy who pitches for a good hitting team?

Just look at my favorite team, the '27 Yanks. We had one 22-game winner, a 19-game winner, and an 18-game winner. But the 18-game winner struck out only 35 batters all year in 200 innings, or less than one per game! So how did he win 18? 'Cuz we scored a crapload of runs for him. I mean, we only got shut out once all season long.

I'm not saying the guy sucked, but he was 36 years old and it turned out to be his last year in baseball. Yet he "won" 18 games for us.

In this day and age, when pitchers rarely complete their games, the wins statistic makes even less sense. Yet tradition requires that we still pay attention to it.

I say, Enough!

And I say congratulations, BBWAA voters, for helping end the tyranny of wins in baseball.

Now get back to your typewriters and start writing about my Yankees. It's been a couple of days since you've talked about us.

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