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      Report: Bay wants to be a Mariner

      December 7, 2009 /

      According to Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times, free agent outfielder Jason Bay wants to be a Seattle Mariner next season.

      I’m hearing that Bay has been telling his former Pirates teammates he’d stand on his head and sing on E. Martinez Way to play for M’s.

      The rumor would make sense given that Bay is from British Columbia, which is a Canadian province north of Seattle. A deal would make sense for both sides given the M’s lack of offensive firepower.

      That said, if the Red Sox truly want him back than they’ll easily outbid Seattle for Bay’s services. The free agent will have to weigh the prospect of playing closer to home against the financial gains that he’ll receive if he re-ups with the BoSox.


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      Astros pick up Ryan Sadowski from the Giants

      December 5, 2009 /

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      The Houston Astros have signed Ryan Sadowski, a 27 year-old right-hander who made his major league debut with Giants last season. Sadowski was unexpectedly impressive upon arrival, tossing 13 shutout innings in his first two starts. However, he eventually faded, earning a record of 2-4 with a 4.45 ERA. He was subsequently sent back down to the minors.

      The ‘Big Sadowski’, a six-year minor league veteran, finally got to the majors when the Giants called him up to start against the Brewers in Milwaukee on June 28th. Thursday, the former 12th-round Giants’ draft pick signed with the Houston Astros.

      This isn’t a bad move by the Astros. The team has the bats, but they obviously need more quality arms. Sadowski just needs the opportunity to prove himself over the long haul and the Astros are willing to make that happen. Of course, the pitching is a tad crowded over in the Giants’ camp, so Sadowski was up for grabs.

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      Tiger can learn from…Derek Jeter?

      December 4, 2009 /

      So says LIVING WITH BALLS…

      …one athlete who has banged a countless number of beautiful women continues to have a spotless reputation. This man is DEREK JETER. Do you know why? Because he’s NOT MARRIED.

      Any professional athlete, especially an athlete the caliber of a Tiger Woods, should NOT get married—at least not until much later in life. Derek Jeter has slept with Ms. Universe, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Mariah Carey and who knows how many other hot chicks. Only NOW, as he enters the back-end of his career is he finally starting to settle down.

      This is a good point that is often overlooked. Society pushes people to get married in their early 20s, and as our childhoods continue to drag out longer and longer, most twentysomethings aren’t mature enough to be in a relationship for the long haul. This goes triple for the professional athlete that is rich and famous and will have women throwing themselves at him as long as he’s playing.

      Chris Rock said it best — a man is only as faithful as his options. And Tiger has a lot of options.

      He is 33 years-old and should just now be thinking about settling down. Who knows if he’ll ever be capable of being faithful, but he would have had a better shot had he sowed his proverbial oats through his 20s and 30s and got it out of his system.

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      Halladay puts the squeeze on the Jays

      December 1, 2009 /

      Roy Halladay’s message to the Blue Jays is simple: Either deal me before spring training or get nothing in return for my services when I walk at the end of the season.

      Halladay’s people recently informed the Jays that he would not accept a trade after he reports to spring training this season. So if the club had plans to trade him before the trade deadline to a desperate buyer willing to give up more in a package deal, then they should think again.

      This is power move by Halladay, who doesn’t want to spend another second in Toronto if he doesn’t have to. If he knows he’ll eventually be traded, he might as well force a deal before the season so he can get acclimated to his new team from Day 1 of spring training.

      On the other side, this could either be a great thing for the Blue Jays or a terrible one. Sometimes when teams wait to trade a marquee player, they get less at the deadline than they would have in the offseason. While it’s true other clubs are more desperate at the deadline, GMs will know that the Jays want to trade Halladay and may try to low ball them in terms of offers.

      On the other hand, if new GM Alex Anthopoulos can’t pull the trigger on a deal before the deadline and Halladay sticks to his guns, then there’s a big chance that Toronto will get nothing in return for the ace.

      With this move, Halladay just amp’ed up the intrigue surrounding this situation.


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      Are the Red Sox targeting Holliday over Bay?

      November 30, 2009 /

      According to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, the Red Sox may be more interested in outfielder Matt Holliday than Jason Bay.

      Under baseball’s warped draft-pick compensation system, a high-revenue team that exchanges one Type A free agent for another actually nets an extra pick — a supplemental choice between the first and second rounds.
      Oh, but this gets better.

      If the Sox lose Bay and sign both Holliday and free-agent shortstop Marco Scutaro, they not only will receive the same number of selections, but also might end up in better draft positions.

      Signing Holliday would cost the Sox their first-round pick. Signing Scutaro, a lower-ranking free agent, would cost them their second- round selection.

      But, if the Sox lose Bay after offering him salary arbitration, they will gain two picks — a likely first-rounder and the sandwich pick.

      The only ways the Sox would wind up with a second-rounder for Bay is if (a) the team that signed him ranked in the bottom 15 of the overall standings last season or (b) the team that signed him added a higher- ranking free agent as well.

      Well, isn’t this an interesting web that Boston is weaving. If Theo Epstein can land a Type A outfielder on top of landing two draft picks then he’ll set up the Red Sox for both the present and future.

      But would they be making the right decision in going with Holliday over Bay? Holliday was fantastic as soon as he got to St. Louis, but he had a hard time adjusting to American League pitching when he first got to Oakland and could struggle long-term in Boston. On the flip side, Bay has already proven that he can hit in both leagues and appears willing to stay in Boston for the right price.

      Epstein has some big decisions to make over the next month or two.


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