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In the last part of the series on leadership in the New York Mets club house, we will look at several player options. Those options include Carlos Beltran, Jason Bay, Jeff Francoeur , Rod Barajas , Ike Davis and Jose Reyes. We have reviewed Johan Santana, David Wright and Francisco Rodriguez. Now, moving on, let's further examine the rest of that list, starting with Carlos ...

The Marlins are playing without Hanley Ramirez, the face of their franchise, this afternoon. The reason for his not playing is unclear; whether he is injured or whether the decision was made by manager Fredi Gonzalez. Ramirez was benched during Monday's game after booting a ball into left field and then nonchalantly chasing it down; allowing two runners to score and enabling batter Tony Abreu to reach third. ...

New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes has dominated thus far into the 2010 season. Starting with a 5-0 record (best on the squad) and a 2.25 ERA on the year—Hughes has been lighting it up in the fifth spot for the red-hot Yanks. Despite struggling against the Boston Red Sox, Hughes still managed not to lose the game and finished with a no decision. He pitched four innings and allowed five ...

Both Prince Fielder and the Seattle Mariners are off to very slow starts in 2010. While slow starts have become the norm for Fielder, the Mariners were picked by many to win the AL West, but they are already 11 games behind first-place Texas. Only the Orioles are off to a worst start in the American League. After so many signings and trades in the offseason, expectations were sky-high for a team ...

Let’s start by being honest: the 2010 Chicago Cubs are awful. The bullpen is thin, the bench is soft, and the bats are taking turns being stone cold. It’s bad enough that your Opening Day starter is being paid almost $18 million to throw two or three innings a week in the bullpen in early May, and Carlos Zambrano isn’t even doing that very well. The national media is ...

Jenrry Mejia made the New York Mets' roster after impressing the coaching staff throughout spring training. But the youngest pitcher to make the Opening Day roster since Dwight Gooden in 1984 is being sent back to the minors, according to an ESPN Source . With the Mets' starting rotation currently a mess, the team has decided to send Mejia to the minors to stretch him out and ...

Since the Curtis Granderson injury, Brett Gardner has stopped being platooned with Marcus Thames in left field. Gardner is now the starting center fielder and is making the most out of his opportunity. Not that the opportunity wasn't warranted in the first place. I have repeatedly said that Gardner should have been the starting center fielder, even last season when he struggled early on. I wrote this piece last season on ...

Two years ago, Mets GM Omar Minaya went to Anaheim California to deliver Willie Randolph and Rick Peterson a pink slip. Randolph deserved better; if the Mets wanted to fire him, they should have done it that Sunday after the Mets split a double-header with the Texas Rangers at Shea Stadium. Plus, Randolph brought the Mets out of the doldrums of the Art Howe years, taking the Mets to ...

While I wouldn’t classify the Tigers’ moves as a “major” shakeup, the team did make a flurry of transactions that has an impact on fantasy owners: Scott Sizemore was sent to Triple-A, with Daniel Worth being recalled Max Scherzer was sent to Triple-A, with Armando Galarraga being recalled According to Jason Beck via Twitter, the team’s plan is to utilize Ramon Santiago, Don Kelly, and Worth for the time being, but Carlos ...

Last year, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded away Tom Gorzelanny, then later signed Brian Burres as compensation. Friday night's game was the first test of the direct impact of the two moves. So how did the Pirates do? Not so well. Burres pitched four innings, one less than Gorzelanny. And he gave up six runs, one more than Tom Gorzelanny. Clearly, the Pirates had given up something with this sequence of events. But ...