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<!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> So, you think you know what’s going to happen in 2010? Think the experts do? None of us can ever correctly call these things, ...

If nothing, this was a sign of trust in Dontrelle Willis and Jeremy Bonderman. Because what the Tigers did on Tuesday—dealing left-hander Nate Robertson to the Florida Marlins for left-hander Jay Voss—was nothing short of a release. Did anyone really think otherwise? The Tigers are paying $9.6 million of his $10-million salary this year and are virtually giving the payroll-sensitive Marlins the left-handed starter that they desperately needed.   But all the financial obligations aside, what ...

For five months, Miguel Cabrera led the Tigers' charge for first place in the Central division. MVP, MVP, MVP! With a beastly average of .330 to support 33 home runs and 101 RBI, Cabrera embodied all that was good in Detroit. He, the young-blooded Venezuelan, along with Justin Verlander and the upcoming phenom Rick Porcello, was among the successful faces of the 2009 season. Ah, pure rejoicing—the playoffs seemed inevitable. Deep breath, cross fingers. But then ...

When you commit $64 million dollars to three pitchers over the span of two years, there are certain expectations that need to be met. Take a look at the San Francisco Giants. Their three headed monster of Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, and Barry Zito are making $54.05 million collectively in 2009 and 2010. Last year they won a combined 39 games in 98 starts and struck out 586 batters in 635 ...

Before we begin, a (slightly) brief introduction: The year ended badly for Detroit Tiger baseball. There was so much hope over the course of the year that when the team began to fall apart in September, there was almost a consensus of disbelief among the fans. You've got to be kidding me? Are they seriously going to blow this? No...there's no way that they can blow this. They won't blow this. But it happened. ...

Only six World Series have been decided on a club's last at-bat in Game 7. Only one has a team won the championship when trailing in the bottom of the ninth without sending the game into extra innings. That team was the Arizona Diamondbacks, which in 2001 capped one of the most dramatic and memorable World Series in baseball history by upsetting the mighty New York Yankees on a bases-loaded bloop ...

Unlike football or basketball, baseball’s annual player draft is not designed to change the team that year. They hold the draft in the middle of the season (June) instead of during the off-season because the teams do not expect any player they draft to have an immediate impact. In fact teams usually have to wait years before they see what type of players their draft picks turn out to be. ...

The Arizona Diamondbacks entered their first full decade as a team with the fifth highest payroll in the league. In 2001, just their fourth year in existence, they won one of the most emotional world series in the history of the game. But after ten years of entertaining baseball fans everywhere, the D'Backs could not be a more different franchise from the one that came back and beat the Yankees in ...

Justin Upton is a star. Apparently, so is Josh Byrnes. The GM reportedly has reached an agreement with the 22-year-old slugger for six years at around $50 million. Upton would have been eligible for arbitration at the end of 2010, and if he puts up the numbers that many believe he will (.300 with 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases from the three hole), this extension can only be applauded. Upton is ...