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What a great time of the year for baseball. Maybe it's not so great if your team is out of the playoff hunt, but following the division and wild-card races makes for a good watch nonetheless. Watching baseball yesterday I took particular notice o...

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Very early in this training camp Capitals' general manager George McPhee made an observation about Bruce Boudreau I'd never heard before. The context was a question from a reporter seeking the GM to identify the core identity of his team, and McPhee ...

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I expect the Tigers to name their Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Year soon. In my mind, the Pitcher of the Year is a slam dunk for Casey Crosby. He had a dominant season that saw him do well whether you go with traditional stats or dig deeper...

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Everything looking bad within the organization as the big league club now has lost 11(!!!!) in a row? Wrong! Two minor league affiliates take on their respective Yankee - rivals in the league finals.Durham Bulls:Anybody would assume that a AAA team w...

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The headline above tells you the remainder of the September call-ups still to come from Class AAA. Seattle has to remove a player from the 40-man roster. My guess is minor league pitcher Stephen Kahn will be the odd man out, but that's just me talkin...

topics: mariners, minor-league

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A few weeks back we discussed the merits of a merger between the UFC and the WEC.Sincethen, UFC President Dana White has gone on record saying that thebantamweight and featherweight divisions of the WEC would be broughtover to the big stage, providin...

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Some great information became available yesterday, as Dan Szymborski (creator of the ZiPS projection system) posted his minor-league-to-major-league translations for every player season of the past 30 years. Dan works very hard to provide this type ...

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Perhaps you've noticed, but if you haven't, the Mariners have announced their Minor League Players and Pitchers of the Year, this time passing the award to High Desert third baseman Alex Liddi and Venezuelan Summer League right-hander Erasmo Ramirez....

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Actually, the Astros DFA'd Kata a couple of days ago and somehow I missed it. Gee what a shame - this means that the possibility exists that Maysonet just might could actually get a few ABs no matter how much Cooper hates to have to do it. Us Astros ...

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The minor league baseball season is now over. That means addition to major league rosters. For the Washington Nationals, it means they will add an IF and 4 pitchers.The Nats will promote IF Ian Desmond. I am particularly excited to see Desmond,...