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  • Igarashi testing MLB waters


    ??: The Tokyo Yakult Swallows — Authority Authority: 117
    It was reported that Ryota Igarashi, long-time set-up and closer out of the Tokyo bullpen, will be spending the winter training in the United States as he works through the process of signing with a team there.A couple of teams have apparentlyalready shown interest in the hard throwing right-handed pitcher: the ...
    4 hours ago

  • Odds & Ends: Lackey, Upton, De La Rosa, Wood


    MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — Authority Authority: 734
    Some more links to check out as you celebrate the end of the work week... MLB.coms Alden Gonzalez confirms that the Red Sox did indeed meet with John Lackey s agent. This morning we learned that Boston expressed preliminary interest in the free agent hurler. ESPNs Buster Olney tweets that the Rangers asked ...
    2 days ago

  • Interest for Igarashi


    NPB Tracker — Authority Authority: 594
    The market for Ryota Igarashi is showing it’s first signs of life. Sanspo has quotes from a couple of key figures … Pirates GM Neil Huntington: “In acquiring (Akinori) Iwamura , we opened the door to getting Japanese players. We gave up a middle reliever to get Iwamura, so he [Igarashi] is a player we have ...
    4 days ago

  • Conditioning camp, Day 2: Young mum on managements call at second


    PBC Blog — Authority Authority: 569
    By Dejan Kovacevic | 1:32 p.m. Wednesday From the second day of the Pirates conditioning camp this morning at PNC Park ... > Delwyn Young, almost invariably outspoken, has opted to stay mum on the team abandoning him at second base in favor of newly acquired Akinori Iwamura. "It is what it is," Young said. ...
    4 days ago

  • Twins Talk


    Down with Goldy — Authority Authority: 470
    Since we unfortunately have a night off from college buckets, and at least one reader is clamoring for Twins roster speculation as seen by the bordering on obsessive comment left earlier today, Ill go ahead and take a look at what some of the rumors out there surrounding the Twins this offseason. In no particular ...
    5 days ago

  • Conditioning camp, Day 1: Pirates offered Capps to Brewers in trade


    PBC Blog — Authority Authority: 569
    By Dejan Kovacevic | 12:50 p.m. Tuesday The Pirates are holding the first of two offseason conditioning camps this week at PNC Park, today and tomorrow. From the session this morning ... > Closer Matt Capps father, Mike, died unexpectedly -- at age 61 -- Oct. 22 in Capps native Douglasville, Ga., the ...
    5 days ago

  • Hot Stove Update: Iwamura, Teahen, Hermida, Hardy and More!


    Advanced Fantasy Baseball — Authority Authority: 125
    I have been pretty sick this week which the reason for the lack of posts. I have had the flu, combined with a series of migraine headaches that make looking at the computer for more than a few minutes absolute agony. I have the team retrospectives for the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, and New York Yankees almost ...
    1 week ago

  • Let’s get to know Akinori Iwamura


    Raise the Jolly Roger — Authority Authority: 126
    Regardless of whether or not you think bringing him in was a good idea, I have a feeling that Akinori Iwamura is going to make quite the impression on Pirates fans over the next year, half year, or next few years. “Aki” should be both  productive and exciting, no matter how long he wears a Pittsburgh uniform. ...
    1 week ago

  • Rotoprofessor’s Fantasy Impact: Early Hot Stove Deals


    LestersLegends.com — Authority Authority: 141
    Written by Eric Stashin the Rotoprofessor The World Series is over (congratulations Yankees), so let the Hot Stove Season begin (which we will be following closely at Rotoprofessor)!  It hasn’t taken long for things to seemingly get into high gear, as the Chicago Sun-Times (click here for ...
    1 week ago

  • [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Another Market Inefficiency, The Rays Tuesday Win And Minor League Awards


    Rays Index — Authority Authority: 499
    From the “Can’t make this up” pile, Marc Topkin drops this little nugget … …the Rays decided to keep Uchibori, Iwamura’s interpreter the past two years, and gave him a job as a scout in his native Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Just another move proving that the Rays are trendsetters and super-sleuths at ...
    1 week ago

  • Fantasy Baseball Effects Of The Trading Season Kickoff


    Fantasy Baseball Dugout — Authority Authority: 418
    With the World Series coming to an end (congrats to the Yanks), the trading season has officially kicked off. Get ready to follow new players to new locations for the next four months.By the way, there’s only 104 days left until the Tampa Bay Rays pitchers and catchers report to Florida for spring training to [...]
    1 week ago

  • Iwamura Interested In Exploring Long-Term Deal


    MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — Authority Authority: 734
    Just two days after being acquired from Tampa Bay, Akinori Iwamura said hes "interested" in exploring a long-term deal with the Pirates during a conference call, according to Dejan Kovacevic of The Pittsburgh Post Gazette . "Im definitely interested in the long term, but I first have to do what I can do. Well see ...
    1 week ago

  • [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss How A Salary Dump Will Apparently Change Baseball Forever…Or Not


    Rays Index — Authority Authority: 499
    Andrew Friedman has made some great moves in his tenure with the Rays, but somebody needs to explain to us what is so amazing about a trade that is essentially a salary dump. The following is a made-up quote, but essentially sums up about 20 different blog posts we have read in reference to the trade that sent ...
    1 week ago

  • Report: Padilla gunshot wound not self-inflicted


    Angels blog — Authority Authority: 611
    Contrary to earlier reports, Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla did not accidentally shoot himself during target practice in Nicaragua.The Associated Press is now reporting Padilla was wounded by his shooting instructor, a former police captain.The instructor, handed a jammed weapon by Padilla, accidentally shot himself ...
    1 week ago

  • Blowback


    The Green Weenie — Authority Authority: 130
    While Bucco fans debate the Aki Iwamura deal, heres what the world outside of Pittsburgh thinks of the trade: -- Andrew Friedman, Rays VP of baseball operations from the Tampa Bay website: "Once it was clear to us that we were not going to pick up his (Iwamuras) option, we went out and tried to find a match. ...
    1 week ago

  • Odds & Ends: Lilly, Iwamura, Beckett, Marlins, Dunn, Cubs


    MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — Authority Authority: 734
    Heres some links to check out while waiting for what might be the final start in the great careers of Andy Pettitte and Pedro Martinez ... Ted Lilly had arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder today, and the Cubs expect to have him back in their rotation "within the month of April," according to MLB.coms ...
    1 week ago

  • Pirates Talk: Iwamura, Ankiel, Wilson


    MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — Authority Authority: 734
    As usual, Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has the latest on the Pirates... The Akinori Iwamura addition does not necessarily mean more significant moves are coming.  The Pirates are comfortable with their internal options. The Pirates intend to inquire on Rick Ankiel when free agency begins.  ...
    1 week ago

  • Iwamura: Did he say `playoffs?


    Bob Smizik's Blog — Authority Authority: 521
      By Bob Smizik | Wednesday 10 a.m. Judging from comments he made following his trade to the Pirates, second baseman Akinori Iwamura is quite the clubhouse comedian. Speaking through a translator on a conference call, Iwamura, acquired from Tampa Bay yesterday for reliever Jesse Chavez, has this to ...
    1 week ago

  • Andy Friedman is smart


    umpbump.com — Authority Authority: 467
    For months now, everyone has been talking about how second baseman Akinori Iwamura’s $4.85 million 2010 option might be too expensive for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to pick up, especially with the explosive emergence of Ben Zobrist (your 2009 MLB leader in WAR). But all the speculation I’ve seen has focused on ...
    1 week ago

  • Morning links: Manage expectations


    PBC Blog — Authority Authority: 569
    By Dejan Kovacevic | 12:40 a.m. Wednesday Chuck Finder had to take a couple days off, and I agreed to cover for him in the unlikely event that anything happened. Oh, well. I do have a few other points I want to make, culled from conversations I had yesterday about the Akinori Iwamura trade, and coming up with a ...
    1 week ago

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