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2.6KLet’s Meet the Newest Seattle Mariners
Over the last few days, I have been toying with making my illustrious return to the blogosphere following a Key-West-vacation-induced hiatus from...
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2.6KWhat’s Left of the MLB Offseason?
At this point in the baseball year, we’re basically trapped in no man’s land. The big fish on the free agent market...
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3.6K2The Clay Buchholz Head-Scratcher: Didn’t the Phillies Have Better Options?
The Philadelphia Phillies just traded for the right to pay Clay Buchholz $13.5 Million in 2017. The deal is a bit of...
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4.3K8Brian Dozier for Jose de Leon Makes Sense for both the Dodgers and Twins
A new rumor on the Twitter has the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers as possible trade partners in a deal that...
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5.3KDJ LeMahieu is How the Rockies Will Upgrade Their Pitching
In August, I wrote a piece titled The Rockies Future Hinges on DJ LeMahieu, in which I argued that LeMahieu was an enigma whose...
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3.4K2The True Value of Dexter Fowler to the St. Louis Cardinals
On Friday afternoon, the St. Louis Cardinals finalized a 5-year, $82.5 million with former Cubs center-fielder Dexter Fowler. As has been explained...
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3.4K2Ian Desmond Signing Could Start Colorado Rockies Domino Effect
Ian Desmond is headed to the Colorado Rockies for 5 years and $70 million and according to various reports, he’s expected to...
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4.3K3Chris Sale Addition Makes Red Sox World Series Favorites, Pending Pablo Sandoval
About an hour ago the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox made one of those trades that throws baseball twitter into a...
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4.7K1Behind the Scenes at the Winter Meetings…. AKA Baseball Heaven
First things first, the MLB Winter Meetings are nirvana for baseball nerds like myself….. Oh, hey legendary sportswriter Peter Gammons, how are...
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3.9K2Atlanta Braves Deal for Jaime Garcia Puzzling
The Atlanta Braves completed a swap for St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jaime Garcia last night, sending a package of 3 fringe...
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2.9K1Where The Internet Thinks The MLB Free Agents Will Sign (1-15)
Last week, Off The Bench opened up our MLB Free Agent Predictor contest to the public. Max and I had a great...
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11.6K8Why Neil Walker Should Not Have Accepted that Qualifying Offer
Neil Walker accepted the New York Mets’ qualifying offer yesterday, which means he will earn $17.2 Million for his 2017 campaign and...