ESPN pulls a abyss draft from the nether regions and we’re all dumber for it. AKA, the extraordinary box of Aaron Heilman.



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Join Cait Murphy & the CubbieDude on a tour behind to the commencement of time with a demeanour at “Crazy ‘08 – How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History”



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The opening of Randy Wells this year will go a prolonged approach toward revelation us how successful the Cubs will be. He wasn’t even on the radio detector a year ago at this time, but wound up winning twelve games, finishing 10th in the NL in ERA (sixth in ERA+), and sixth in Rookie of the Year voting.

Many of you have been disturbed which he’ll regress. Last year, I compared Wells multiform times to Kevin Tapani, a pitcher with a identical character who additionally took multiform years to have the vital leagues, and similar to Wells, had his initial full vital joining deteriorate at age 26.

In which 1990 season, Tapani wasn’t even utterly as great as Wells final year, nonetheless he was 12-8. His 4.07 ERA was a run aloft than Wells’, and even in the higher-offense American League, his ERA+ was usually 103. Like Wells, Tapani had glorious carry out (only twenty-nine walks in 159.1 innings), and he accomplished fifth in the 1990 AL ROY balloting.

What happened the following year? Tapani won sixteen games, forsaken his ERA some-more than a full run (2.99), and accomplished fifth in AL Cy Young voting.

Oh, and his team, the Twins, won the World Series. We’d take that.

Post your projections for Randy Wells’ 2010 deteriorate after the jump. (The form says Ryan Dempster, but the projections will go in to the Randy Wells apportionment of the spreadsheet.)

With pitchers and catchers stating to Spring Training camps this week, it’s time for one of the the one preferred things in all the world: Season Previews. Three years ago, they began as a semi-serious analysis and finished up as half-assed haiku. We’re only gonna go with what we know. Continuing on with the preview of the American League East, here’s Lizzy with the Bawston Red Sawx.

Pitching and defense
is wonderman Theo’s plan
for the Crimson Sox

Beckett and Lackey
Great Balls of conceited fire
Varitek is old

Papelbon, close up
Nothing great comes out of that
vile face cake hole

Youk is calamity fuel
on tall def television
Birds live in his beard

Adrian Beltre
likes to let his male tools free
Tuck your nuts in, please

Throwdown in the East
Yanks, Sox, Rays (YOU WISH TAMPA
GO SAWX IN ‘10

-Lizzy

Finally. Johnny Damon is no longer unresolved in the giveaway representative balance.

The outfielder has concluded to a one-year, $8 million understanding with the Detroit Tigers, finish with a glossy no-trade clause. Damon, who strike .286 with twenty-four homers final deteriorate for the New York Yankees, will expected bat in the leadoff mark this year.

Let’s close the ruin up about him now.

[MLB] | [NESN] | [Bless You Boys]

The outing around the complement continues on this initial day of open precision with a demeanour at the many earnest on all sides in the system, Shortstop.



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The eighth and final player entered settlement Friday and the row of arbitrators squandered no time dogmatic their preference right divided on Saturday.

With the Chicago Cubs violence Ryan Theriot, he’ll consequence $2.6 million this deteriorate rsther than than the $3.4 million he requested. The shortstop, who done only $500,000 final season, batted .284 with 7 home runs, 54 RBIs and twenty-one steals in thirty tries.

I similar to the approach Theriot rubbed this. It reminds me of which old pretence from tall school: You need $10 for gas (okay, gas was a lot cheaper when I was in tall school) so you ask Dad for $20. Instead of interruption with a twenty, he tells you to get a God damn pursuit and hands you a $10 check instead. Dad thinks he’s taught you a lesson, and you have the $10 you needed.

At least, I think that’s what Theriot was perplexing to…

Continue celebration of the mass and criticism on this story at SportsUntapped.

NEW YORK (AP) — Two-time NL Cy Young Award leader Tim Lincecum perceived the greatest compensate enlarge in income settlement as raises for players forsaken behind to their common turn after a pointy spike in 2009.

Via twitter from Gordon Wittenmyer of the Sun-Times:

Cubs win arb box vs. Theriot. He’ll have 2.6 mil

Perhaps this will leave sufficient income for the Cubs to pointer Chan Ho Park for the bullpen.

Link to Bruce Miles’ blog. He’ll substantially refurbish it after after Jim Hendry meets with reporters.