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The Trade Market Depends on the Mets

Due to the rather barren nature of this free agent market and the huge drop off of talent between Holliday, Bay, Lackey, and maybe Figgins some of the important moves need to be made through trade. There’s been a lot of talk...

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D-backs round out 40-man roster

Arizona also activates Jackson, Webb, Qualls from DL PHOENIX -- The D-backs did some shuffling of their 40-man roster Friday, adding four players to it while also activating a trio of players. Outfielder Cole Gillespie,...

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Ted Keith: It seems absurd, but Lincecum's worthy of Cooperstown talk at 25

It should be ridiculous. To raise the possibility that a 25-year-old -- a "veteran" of just three major league seasons, with only 40 career wins and a look so youthful that he almost certainly still gets carded -- is worthy of...

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Bill Conlin: A massacre of baseball's records

THERE IS A SCENE in "The Godfather" where Vito Corleone has just called in the favor owed him by Amerigo Bonasero, the undertaker. He is to use all his powers to make the ambushed Sonny presentable for a traditional "family"...

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K.C.'s Greinke easily wins AL Cy Young

ace easily beat out Felix Hernandez for the honor Tuesday after a spectacular season short on wins but long on domination. Winning left the extremely shy Greinke with mixed emotions. He's not looking forward to being introduced...

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Lincecum wins Cy Young again

Tim Lincecum, the University of Washington flash, has won his second straight Cy Young Award. This was expected to be a tight three-way race among Lincecum, Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright, and indeed it was. Lincecum...

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Acey-deucey

Posted by Jonathan Halket at 6:30am I've moved across the Atlantic, to a country where "hardball" connotes a five-day-long game with occasional breaks for tea. On a recent martially inclined fantasy baseball podcast, one of the...

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Fourth starter among D-backs' needs

Picking up Webb's option leaves team $10 million to spend PHOENIX -- Josh Byrnes has some money to spend, but the D-backs general manager also has plenty of holes to fill as the free-agent season gets under way Thursday at...

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Royals' Greinke wins AL Cy Young Award

NEW YORK (AP) When the phone rang, Zack Greinke let it go — he didn't recognize the number. Only after listening to the voice mail did he call back and find out he'd won the American League Cy Young Award. The Kansas City...

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It's a down year for free-agent starters

Lackey should command most attention in questionable market This is not a good time to need to overhaul a starting rotation with a major assist from the free-agent market. The Elias Sports Bureau already did that: Lackey is the...

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