Contract Bets: Salvador Perez
The Kansas City Royals have signed catcher Sal Perez to a long term deal that promises to keep him in the fold through 2016 but could last as long as 2019. As a general rule, teams tend to do pretty...
View ArticleFinding Keepers: Pittsburgh Pirates
Whenever I start thinking about keepers, I go straight to the most important minor league team in Major League Baseball: the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates are the talent development operation for the...
View ArticleWill The Rangers Go Ham?
Going HAM Reportedly, the Rangers declare great interest in signing Josh Hamilton to a contract extension. Naturally, expressing such interest comes straight from the “GM for Dummies” handbook. If...
View ArticleThe State of The New York Mets Entering Winter Meetings
Characterizing himself as “more optimistic” than he was two months ago, Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon said Tuesday that trading either David Wright or R.A. Dickey would be a last resort for...
View ArticleAn Arbitration Perfect Year
In 1974, Major League Baseball introduced the arbitration process. Throughout time, the process has evolved, but boils down to some basic concepts for players and their teams during the early years of...
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