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January 7th, 2008

Clemens Situation Officially a Mess

Following the Roger Clemens saga? I’ve lost interest — silly me, I’d rather focus on baseball — but for those of you still wondering what’s going on, here are a few links that you may find useful:
News:

Transcript: Clemens on ‘60 Minutes’ (Boston Globe)
Clemens files defamation suit against his ex-trainer (Houston Chronicle)
Clemens, Pettitte asked to testify […]

By Geoff Young -- 0 comments

September 4th, 2007

Early Look at Free Agents for 2008

Rich at Baseball Analysts has laid out a position-by-position look at the 2007-2008 free agent class. He’s done the hitters today and he’ll touch on the pitchers in a separate article.
There are a few bonafide studs available — Jorge Posada, Ivan Rodriguez, Alex Rodriguez, Bob Abreu, Mike Cameron, Adam Dunn, Torii Hunter, Andruw Jones — […]

By Geoff Young -- 4 comments

August 27th, 2007

Dissecting the Cy Young Candidates

Dissecting is such a gruesome word for it, don’t you think? Maybe dismantling would have been better. Hmm, maybe not.
Anyway, the important thing is that Rich at Baseball Analysts has taken a nice look at this year’s contenders. The American League race is extremely tight (and who knew how good Hideki Okajima has been!), while […]

By Geoff Young -- 4 comments

August 21st, 2007

Examining Braun

Rich at Baseball Analysts takes a look at Milwaukee Brewers phenom and leading (what, there are others?) National League Rookie of the Year candidate, Ryan Braun. In case you’ve missed it, Braun is hitting a robust .343/.388/.663 so far. Big deal, right? Um, yeah…
To put Braun’s numbers in historical perspective, he is on pace to […]

By Geoff Young -- 0 comments

June 7th, 2007

MLB Draft 2007: Day One Recap

Maybe I bit off more than I could chew in my attempt to liveblog the first round of the draft — I’m willing to concede that possibility. But you know what? I gave an honest effort and I would do it again in a heartbeat.
First off, props to ESPN2 for some fine draft coverage. After […]

By Geoff Young -- 2 comments

May 29th, 2007

2007 MLB Draft Roundtable at Baseball Analysts

Wow, Rich Lederer at Baseball Analysts has brought together three of Baseball America’s finest to discuss the upcoming draft in a roundtable forum. If you need to get up to speed in a hurry, this is a great place to start. Rich talks with Jim Callis, John Manuel, and Alan Matthews — together they look […]

By Geoff Young -- 3 comments

April 11th, 2007

Who Gets the Next Long-Term Deal?

In light of the recent Chris Young signing, Patrick Sullivan at Baseball Analysts examines some other current bargains and provides a list of good young players that clubs should lock up to long-term deals asap. I love this type of analysis and mostly agree with Sully’s list — my main reservations are with Bobby Jenks […]

By Geoff Young -- 2 comments

March 30th, 2007

Recent Rule V Draft History

I somehow missed this when it first came out, but Marc Hulet has done some nice analysis of the Rule V draft over at Baseball Analysts. Although much of what he says applies to current draftees, Marc also examines the draft’s recent history.
I’ve been working under the assumption that Johan Santana is the only good […]

By Geoff Young -- 0 comments