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THT Live: Are Phillies really considering Placido Polanco?

Posted by Evan Brunell Jim Salisbury of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes that the Phillies have Placido Polanco on their wishlist to play third base. While Salisbury doesn't comment on whether Polanco is actually coveted ahead of Adrian Beltre or ...

From EVAN BRUNELL, The Hardball Times,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Placido Polanco,  Philadelphia Phillies,  Adrian Beltre,  Mark DeRosa,  Chone Figgins

THT Live: Understanding the Ken Griffey move

Posted by Evan Brunell Ken Griffey Jr. is returning for what figures to be his swan song, a second straight season in Seattle that figures to see him serve strictly off the bench. Junior is receiving a $2 million base salary with incentives that ...

From EVAN BRUNELL, The Hardball Times,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Ken Griffey, Sr.,  Ryan Langerhans,  Bill Hall,  Jim Thome,  Jesse Orosco

THT Live: Too much hubbub over Type-A free agents

Posted by Evan Brunell Over the last couple years, and mitigated by the recent press over the issue, draft pick compensation has become a major, major part of the free agent market -- to the point where it is being overvalued. As a brief refresher, ...

From EVAN BRUNELL, The Hardball Times,  10 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Juan Cruz,  Billy Wagner,  Bengie Molina,  New York Yankees,  C.C. Sabathia

THT Live: Twins strike for J.J. Hardy

Posted by Evan Brunell In this just-started offseason, Akinori Iwamura, Mark Teahen and Jeremy Hermida have headlined trades. Now, J.J. Hardy makes four. Hardy, acquired by the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Carlos Gomez, leaves Milwaukee after five ...

From EVAN BRUNELL, The Hardball Times,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: J.J. Hardy,  Minnesota Twins,  Carlos Gomez,  Akinori Iwamura,  Mark Teahen

THT Live: Both sides come out ahead in Teahen swap

Posted by Evan Brunell The Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals hooked up for an intradivision trade the day after the World Series ended, agreeing to send 3B/RF Mark Teahen to the south side of Chicago in exchange for 2B Chris Getz and 3B Josh ...

From EVAN BRUNELL, The Hardball Times,  5 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Chicago White Sox,  Kansas City Royals,  Josh Fields,  Mark Teahen,  Jermaine Dye

THT Live: Rays get something for nothing in Iwamura trade

Posted by Evan Brunell I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by Tampa Bay's ability to turn Akinori Iwamura into a young, cost-controllable fireballing reliever. It was essentially a done deal that Iwamura would become a free agent so Tampa could move ...

From EVAN BRUNELL, The Hardball Times,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Akinori Iwamura,  Ben Zobrist,  Sean Rodriguez,  Jesse Chavez,  Major League Baseball

THT Live: Tigers plan to bring Scott Sizemore to bigs

Posted by Evan Brunell Dave Dombrowski seems prepared to move forward with Scott Sizemore as the new starting second baseman. During an interview, Dombrowski referred to Polanco in the past tense, and talked up Sizemore's preparedness for ...

From EVAN BRUNELL, The Hardball Times,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Dave Dombrowski

THT Live: What next for Detroit?

Posted by Evan Brunell On the heels of an unbelievable play-in game to determine who got to chase the World Series title, the Detroit Tigers are left wondering what they have to do next to make it back to the postseason. The Tigers were considered a ...

From EVAN BRUNELL, The Hardball Times,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Detroit Tigers,  J.J. Hardy,  Mike Gonzalez,  Jason Giambi,  Placido Polanco

THT Live: Trevor Hoffman resigns with Milwaukee

Posted by Evan Brunell Trevor Hoffman agreed to a deal to stay with the Milwaukee Brewers today, receiving a $2 million salary bump to $8 million. Doug Melvin credited Trevor Hoffman with being the Cal Ripken of pitchers, so it's no surprise an ...

From EVAN BRUNELL, The Hardball Times,  5 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Milwaukee Brewers,  Trevor Hoffman,  J.J. Hardy

THT Live: Will Billy Wagner’s value be impacted by arbitration?

Posted by Evan Brunell One of the bigger plot lines in the trade that sent Billy Wagner to Boston was the question of arbitration. Wagner wanted the Sox to pledge not to offer him arbitration, something the Sox were not willing to do. Eventually, ...

From EVAN BRUNELL, The Hardball Times,  2 Oct 2009
Related Topics: ESPN,  Buster Olney,  Jose Valverde,  Mark Teixeira,  New York Yankees

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