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Matt Holliday formerly of the St. Louis Cardinals and Jason Bay formerly of the Boston Red Sox are the prize hitters in the 2009 û 2010 free agent market. They are both looking for someone to ôshow them the money,ö to steal a line from Jerry Maguire.á Holliday, according to his agent, is looking for Mark Teixeira money in the range of $22.5 million per year, and Bay is rumored ...

According to foxsports.com, the agent for Pedro Martinez said Pedroáhas decided he wants to pitch in 2010. This is future Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez who has racked up 219 wins and only a 100 losses, all in the ôSteroid ERA.ö Pedro has a career 2.93áERA, three Cy Youngs and was the most dominant pitcher in a time where the long ball was king.áá Where should Pedro Go? á (Here ...

The 2009 MLB season is over and the New York Yankees are World Series champs by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies. It was an exciting playoffs with itÆs share of highlights and controversy.á Replay in the post season was brought up many times as todayÆs technology is more advanced and can see more then the umpires. The Schedule was also a concern as there were as many days off as games ...

The Atlanta Braves finished the 2009 Regular Season at 86û76, seven games behind the division leading Philadelphia Phillies. They also were six games behind the NL Wild Card winner Colorado Rockies, so for 2010 the Braves need to improve to make the post season. The 2009 seasonáwas an improvement over the 2008 season where the Braves finished at 72û90. The Braves started the 2009 season with a payroll of $96 ...

Nick Swisher is a one man wrecking crew this postseason, but the problem is he is wrecking his own team the New York Yankees. For the Yankees to win the World Series against the Phillies, Swisher is going to have to step it up or move aside. á Swisher has four hits in 32 at bats with 11 strikeouts and is currently batting áonly .125 this postseason headed into the World Series ...

The fighting Philadelphia Phillies eliminated the Dodgers in the NLCS 4 Games to 1 and await the winner of the Yankees and Angels in the ALCS. The Yankees currently lead the Angels 3-1 and could wrap it up tonight. LetÆs not count the Angels out just yet, but with some some heartbreaking extra inning defeats to the Yankees early in the series, I think the Angels can not recover. So that leaves ...

The first round of the MLB playoffs has concluded tonight, with the Philadelphia Phillies defeating the 2009 Cinderella Colorado Rockies in a late inning nail biter.á The Phillies andáDodgers are set to do battleáfor the National League Championship starting Thursday night. In the American League, it will be the Los Angeles Angelsátaking on the New York Yankees starting Friday evening. á How did we get to this MLB final four October show ...

TheáfinaláMLB Standings for 2009 along with the 2009 opening day payroll. I also added the average attendance for teams across MLB. The top payroll teams are in 1st place and in charge of the divisions. The only division undecided after 162 games is the American League Central with Minnesota and Detroit in a one game play off for the title and playoff berth. Playoffs are set with the following match ups: AL ...

Jeffrey Loria, the owner of the Marlins, seems to be upset that his team did not make the 2009 postseason. He is so mad he may even fire manager Fredi Gonzalez in the upcoming weeks. Loria and his executives will meet about theáfutureáof the team. There is some that Gonzalez could be out, with wacky but effective Bobby Valentine to be the new skipper. If Loria wants to upgrade managers ...

If the Rockies make it as a Wild Card or Division Winner, the Coors Field seating will be at a premium as fans will all want to see the magical season continue. The back-from-the-dead Colorado Rockies will needáthe home-field magic to continue this post-seasonáif this season is to continue.á The Rockies started out 18-28. After that, they have gone an amazing 73-40 to climb into the post-season from the NL West basement. Before ...