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November 12th, 2007

Posada Gets Whole Enchilada

The New York Yankees have re-signed veteran catcher Jorge Posada to a 4-year, $52 million deal. Hey, they’re the Yankees; they can afford to do that sort of thing.
The 36-year-old Posada is coming off a career year in which he hit .338/.426/.543. Perhaps more impressively, he has caught at least 130 games in each of […]

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 8th, 2007

Ichiro, Chien-Ming, Yovani, and Other Names That Are Hard to Pronounce

Somehow I got out of the habit of doing these. With the pennant races heating up, I reckon it’s time to bust out the previews again:
American League

Mariners at Orioles, 4:05 p.m. PT — How are the Mariners doing it? Ichiro Suzuki, Adrian Beltre, and Jose Guillen all are having decent (not great) seasons on offense. […]

By Geoff Young -- 0 comments