Category Archives: 07-08 Offseason

Tricked by a half-season of hocus-pocus, the Philadelphia Phillies re-signed lefthanded reliever J.C. Romero to a 3-year, $12M contract. You would think the Phils would have learned something from their NL East rivals the New York Mets and their similar … Continue reading →

According to Buster Olney, the Mets will be targeting Livan Hernandez to fill the role of innings eater in the starting rotation. And we have to PAY for this information from ESPN? Funny, thought the subject had been covered ad … Continue reading →

There is an extremely well-written piece at the Hardball Times by John Brattain titled “Battling Boras“, that I highly suggest you read. In a nutshell, it is Brattain’s response to several of the outrageous claims made by Scott Boras in … Continue reading →

On the heels of reading that the Washington Nationals are targeting Carlos Gomez and Mike Pelfrey in a deal for Chad Cordero, the Phillies send a fourth (or fifth) outfielder and a bad middle reliever to the Astros in return … Continue reading →

So Omar Minaya and Mark Shapiro had lunch and were supposedly talking about a deal that would send LHP Cliff Lee to the Mets. That would be a typical Omar move — pick up a guy who had success in … Continue reading →

They were two years too late, but better late than never. The Mets finally gave Marlon Anderson the 2-year, $2M contract he sought at the end of 2005, locking him up through 2009. Considering that Anderson has been one of … Continue reading →

So Carlos Beltran and David Wright have won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award for their respective positions. Wow. Beltran was not a surprise, obviously, since he’s won it before and he remains one of the better centerfielders in the NL … Continue reading →