- Andruw Jones: All-Star to Replacement-Level Player
Jeff ZimmermanAndruw Jones was having a brilliant career, that is, until he turned 31 years old. Since that point, he's barely been a league-average player. He went from an all-time great player, to an iffy hall
- Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 5/14/13
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- Three Scouting Reports: Jeff Jones on Fister, Porcello and Smyly
David Laurila as well.
Jeff Jones, the Tigers pitching coach, gave scouting reports on the complementary threesome prior to Monday’s game at Fenway Park.
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- Liberating Liberated Fandom
Padman Jones this Braves team is probably the most enjoyable one to watch since Andruw Jones and the Baby Braves ruled the roost. Cabrera and Eric Hinske were the only two guys I could think to speak
- Adam Jones, Unfinished Product
Dave CameronIn the weekly Wednesday chat, one of the popular subjects was the Braves pursuit of Baltimore outfielder Adam Jones. According to reports, Atlanta has been trying to land Jones for the better part
- Chipper Jones Unhappy With Basement Dwellers
Jack MooreJeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution caught up with Chipper Jones today, and he wasn't terribly happy, particularly with some denizens of the lowest floor of houses owned by their mothers
- Is Adam Jones Pulling a Matt Kemp?
Dave Cameron above Freddy Sanchez and right below Jeff Francoeur. Every batter who was walked less often than Jones since he began his career is either a middle infielder or a catcher, with the exception of Kevin
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Dave CameronSo far, Andruw Jones hasn't had the start to his Dodger career that anyone would have hoped for. His .149/.259/.234 line would make him a decent hitting pitcher, but as an $18 million dollar per
- Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 4/30/13
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Jeff Sullivan Robertson's 13-pitch appearance in Baltimore Thursday night:
-David Robertson relieves Justin Thomas
-Adam Jones homers
-Matt Wieters singles
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-Boone Logan relieves David
- The Worst of the Best: The Week's Wildest Swings
Jeff Sullivan need a little help.
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Batter: Garrett Jones
Pitcher: Michael Bowden
Date: April 3
Location: 39.7 inches from center of zone
A lot of the time, you'll see these swings attempted
- Batted Ball Outliers: Part Timers
Jeff Zimmerman the hitter's batted ball data did not have a chance to stabilize.
HR/FB%
Name
HR/FB
PA
Jason Giambi
29.5%
152
Andruw Jones
25.0%
222
Mark Reynolds
22.9
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Jeff ZimmermanWhile attending a few garage sales in my hometown in Kansas, I seemed to have come across a relic that is many miles from its home: Jeff Francoeur's little league bat, a PRO-LINE Little League SUPER
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Jeff SullivanGive this to Jeff Keppinger: he's a long way from history. Keppinger, to date, has started 29 games for the White Sox, and he's still searching for his first base on balls. That's a long streak
- Mechanical Adjustments: A Reference Post
Jeff Sullivan made in camp -- getting more length in his left arm as he brings the ball out of the glove -- has to be in place.
Rick Porcello
link
Tigers pitching coach Jeff Jones asked Porcello to work on his
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Jeff Zimmerman Vazquez
Matt Capps
Chad Qualls
Tim Hudson
Jason Kubel
Here was my plan and the results:
1. I was going to get batters first.
Asdrubal Cabrera
Garrett Jones
Juan Rivera
Scott Sizemore
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Jeff Zimmerman by being qualified at 1B and OF.
Chipper Jones (42%, 31%) - I am completely surprised by his low ownership rate. Do 60% or more of all leagues have no DL slots? Chipper is the best available hitter
- Jeff Zimmerman's 10 Bold Fantasy Predictions
Jeff Zimmerman is not used to him yet and may initially struggle against him.
Jeff Francoeur will out produce Wil Myers.
That hurt to type. Myers will be held back from starting the season in the majors because
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Jeff Sullivan in it. It left many Braves privately infuriated, and at least one publicly steamed.
``I'm so damn mad I can't even see right now,'' Braves third baseman Chipper Jones said. ``I know I swung at a couple
- Hitter's Luck as a Rate Stat
Jeff Zimmerman
Bartlett Jason
-8.6
-5.6
Revere Ben
-9.8
-9.6
New Luck Leaders and Laggards:
Name
New Luck
Old Luck
Jones Andruw
14.8
4.4
Jennings Desmond
11.3
3.2
- O's Sweep Rays, Jake McGee Sweeps O's
Jeff Sullivan out swinging
Chris Davis strikes out looking
Manny Machado strikes out swinging
Lew Ford strikes out swinging
Adam Jones strikes out swinging
Chris Davis strikes out looking
I suppose
- Jeff Zimmerman’s 10 Bold Predictions for 2012
Jeff Zimmerman
- Adam Dunn's 2nd Half Rebound
Jeff Zimmerman, Scott Rolen, Alan Trammell, Chipper Jones, Tony Clark, Gary Sheffield, Craig Wilson, Larry Sheets) and here are the results:
AVG
OBP
SLG
ISO
3 Previous Year Average
0.283
0.369
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Jeff Zimmerman Lee (3.0)
Dustin Ackley (2.7)
Chase Headley (2.6)
J.J. Hardy (3.8)
Adam Jones (2.7)
Cameron Maybin (4.3)
Jason Bourgeois (1.3)
Michael Cuddyer (2.9)
It would not be great lineup
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Jeff Zimmerman' aging curves is knowing when to consider them elite. Several hitters who are playing right now appear to be sure-fire hall-of-famers — just as long as their careers don't do an Andruw Jones nose-dive
- Modern Baseball's Worst Rookie Season
Jeff Sullivan OPS was .534. Guzman's second-half OPS was .554. His September OPS was .317. Which isn't to say that Guzman didn't accomplish anything in the second half:
After [Jacque] Jones, who went 3 for 4
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Jeff Sullivan a really little mouth. Now you know this about him, too. Good luck unknowing that.
(5) Billy Butler, August 7, vs. Nate Jones
video highlight
99.1 miles per hour
And here's ol' Little
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Jeff Sullivan with adrenaline. Verlander and Parnell topped out at 101.5. But Henry Rodriguez topped out around 101. Nate Jones topped out around 101. Trevor Rosenthal topped out around 101, and he's staying as a reliever
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Jeff Sullivan to Derrek Lee, unsuccessfully. Cashman reached out to Chipper Jones, unsuccessfully. And now the Yankees are taking Vernon Wells off the Angels' hands, two years after the Angels made the mistake
- The Unthinkably Exceptional Scott Kazmir
Jeff Sullivan
0.673
0.789
117.2%
Jake Westbrook
0.693
0.806
116.3%
Woodie Fryman
0.669
0.777
116.1%
Reggie Cleveland
0.654
0.759
116.1%
Randy Jones
0.636
0.734
115.4
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Jeff Zimmerman."
Paige was hardly the only African American on the team. At least two Salina regulars, Jim Knight and Al Jones, were black. It's a little surprising to see an integrated team in the middle of Kansas
- Is Andruw Jones A Hall-Of-Famer?
Dave CameronI wrote a piece for ESPN Insider today that talks about defensive metrics and Hall Of Fame voting. The main example used in the story is Andruw Jones, who you might be shocked to learn has
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Matt Klaassen this season, there have also been some bright spots. Among them has to be the offensive contributions of Adam Jones so far this season. Stardom has long been predicted for Jones, who is just 25 years old
- Garrett Jones' Arrival
Matthew CarruthGarrett Jones was drafted by the Atlanta Braves with the last pick of the 14th round in 1999 as a first baseman out of Victor J Andrew High School in Illinois. Jones failed to do much of anything
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Brian JouraIs it better to be lucky or good? Annual injuries aside, Chipper Jones was both of these things in 2008 as he batted over .400 for the first two-and-a-half months of the season. How was he lucky
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David GolebiewskiAndruw Jones bashed three home runs last evening, taking his total up to 14 long balls for the season. Jones' triple-slash line rests at .250/.348/.581, with a wOBA of .392. On a per-at-bat basis
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Jeff Sullivan. The position has been something of a trouble spot, and on Wednesday the White Sox addressed said trouble spot by agreeing to terms with Jeff Keppinger. Word is it's a three-year contract worth something
- The Lamentation over Jones
Dave CameronWhen the Mariners caved in to Baltimore's demands and agreed to build a package for Erik Bedard around outfielder Adam Jones, most of the Mariners blogosphere was livid. I personally wrote that I
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David GolebiewskiThe first memory most fans have of Andruw Jones is witnessing the then-teenager terrorize the New York Yankees in Game One of the 1996 World Series. While Jones' Braves ultimately came up short
- Andruw Jones to the White Sox
David GolebiewskiAccording to MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez, the Chicago White Sox have come to terms with Andruw Jones on a one-year, $500K contract with $1M in possible incentives.
Jones famously fell of the face
- Adam Jones' Offensive Jump
David Golebiewski Sherrill, Tony Butler, Kam Mickolio and Adam Jones.
Tillman will team up with 2008 first-rounder Brian Matusz to give Baltimore a deadly one-two punch at the top of the rotation. Sherrill was shipped
- Jones Bashes in the 'Burgh
David GolebiewskiOn July 1st, the following scrolled across the transaction wire:
Pittsburgh Pirates purchased the contract of outfielder Garrett Jones from Indianapolis of the International League (AAA).
Few
- ADP Crowdsourcing: Adam Jones
Zach SandersAdam Jones always seems to get a ton of love from someone on draft day, then never lives up to the hype and disappoints. However, his transition from 2008 to 2009 was impressive, so he hasn’t always
- Adam Jones' Emergence
Matthew Carruth to be growing at a rapid rate.
Adam Jones in Baltimore got his first taste of regular play last year following the trade to the Orioles from the Seattle Mariners in the Erik Bedard deal. He responded
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R.J. AndersonGeorge Romero may have never considered the possibility of smiling zombies. The walking undead Andruw Jones is infectious with smiling, and he’s spreading the condition all around the Southside
- Daily Graphing - Todd Jones
David AppelmanTodd Jones really pissed me off last year. See, I had Guillermo Mota in my fantasy league and when he got injured, Todd Jones pitched so well that Guillermo Mota never got his closer job back. Now
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David AppelmanWith all talk of the Yankees signing Johnny Damon, it seems like the Cubs signing Jacque Jones to a three year, $16 million contract got lost in the news. Jones is currently a career .280 hitter
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Robert J. BaumannBit of old news, but did anyone notice Chipper Jones's tweet on August 2? Allow me to remind you:
We need a dome! These rain delays stink. Nothin a couple of 2run dubs wont fix. Back on track
- Adam Jones’ Regression At The Plate
DanielMorozI don’t think it’d be a stretch to say that Adam Jones has been a big disappointment at the plate so far in 2010. He came into Saturday’s game batting just .254/.283/.384, and instead of taking
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Howard Bender center fielder Adam Jones would be a great place to start.
Jones is by no means a hidden gem in fantasy baseball. He was a highly touted prospect in the Mariners system, offering a nice blend
- Chipper Jones and The Couch
Robert J. BaumannYou know this player: it's Chipper Jones, the shoe-in Hall-of-Famer who's about to play the final regular season series of his career.
It was a different time, you understand -- 1992, or '93
- Adam Jones: UZR and Me
David LaurilaUZR is catching up to Adam Jones, or maybe it‘s the other way around. Either way, the Orioles centerfielder is finally receiving some love from defensive metrics -- his league-leading 5.9 UZR
- Crowdsourcing Results: Jones and Volquez
Zach SandersBelow are the results for this week’s ADP Crowdsourcing. If you have any suggestions for next week, leave them in the comments for consideration.
Adam Jones
My vote: 10
Average: 10.05
Median
- Contract Extension Comps for Adam Jones
Steve SlowinskiThe Baltimore Orioles recently avoided going to an arbitration hearing by signing Adam Jones to a one year, $6.5 million contract, but there are still rumblings about a long-term deal being in play
- Adam Jones Is Never Room Temperature
R.J. Anderson of month-by-month analysis with Adam Jones as the subject.
April (.223/.245/.388)
May (.279/.303/.375)
Creating outs is the greatest crime in this game of baseball. In April, Jones created many outs
- Nate Jones Is in Agony
Bradley Woodrum
- Chipper Jones To Retire After 2012
Mike AxisaAfter more than 17 years as a fixture in Atlanta Braves baseball, Chipper Jones has announced that he will retire as a player after the 2012 season. His $7 million club option for next year would
- Adam Jones Just Got Stronger
Howard BenderC'mon readers of RotoGraphs, you didn't really think I was going to let the year end without another piece on Adam Jones from me, did you? I was just waiting for the appropriate time
- FanGraphs Audio: Jeff Samardzija
Carson CistulliEpisode 224
David Laurila, curator of FanGraphs’ Q&A Series, talks with Cubs right-hander Jeff Samardzija.
Don't hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter.
You can
- Jeff Huson, Disapproving Pastor
Dayn PerryStudy closely the countenance of American Baseball Broadcaster Jeff Huson ...
You'll note the solemn look of disapproval in tandem with the finest in Evangelical's Choice Menswear and Hair
- Daily Graphing - Jeff Bagwell
David AppelmanFor tonight's World Series opener it appears Jeff Bagwell will be the designated hitter for the Houston Astros. Since coming back from shoulder surgery, he has 4 singles, 1 walk, and 3 strikeouts
- Jeff Karstens: Afro'd Robot
Robert J. Baumann be so bold as to consider that Jeff Karstens is from the future. Indeed, these additional images suggest as much:
Jeff Kartsens: Re-Kafoobling the Energy Motron Since 2012.
I know now why you cry
- Mustache Watch: Jeff King
Dayn Perry as "The Payback McGloin." It is Jeff King's mustache. It is your Daguerreotype of the Evening.
- Andruw Jones & DeWayne Wise Find Jobs
R.J. AndersonWhite Sox sign OF Andruw Jones for $500K
Jones’ 2009 season was hardly as well publicized as his 2008 voyage through the depths of offensive hell, but he managed a decent bounce back in 331 plate
- A Triptych to Jeff Francoeur
Eno Sarris baseball is still baseball.
And so it goes with Jeff Francoeur. He represents that same eternal ebb and flow. He is legion.
Perhaps this triptych of words, sounds and pictures combined will do
- American Hero: Jeff Motuzas
Dayn Perry
While tenured academics tell us we're no longer in a recession, it remains, to a man, hard out there for a pimp. So it is uplifting to learn of a man like D-backs bullpen catcher Jeff Motuzas
- Bizarro Jeff Keppinger
Michael BarrEven Jeff Keppinger might not have expected to be among the more interesting free agent possibilities this past off season, but after a (surprising?) impressive campaign with the Tampa Bay Rays
- Daily Graphing - Jeff Weaver
David AppelmanSince the Dodgers and Jeff Weaver were unable to reach a contract agreement, Weaver will now seek to join a different team. After a uncharacteristically horrible season with the Yankees in 2003, he
- Daily Graphing - Jeff Francoeur
David AppelmanI feel like this Daily Graphing column has been a bit too bullish recently, so after trolling the FanGraphs database I settled on writing about Jeff Francoeur. After being called up in mid-July from
- Jeff Suppan and Poetic Justice
Jack MooreJeff Suppan started his ninth game of the season for the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday. The 35-year-old starter, acquired after the Brewers released him and his albatross contract, pitched five
- Time to Believe in Jeff Samardzija?
Eno SarrisIt hasn't been easy to be a Jeff Samardzija owner all season long. Coming into the year, he'd shown some strikeout promise (8.9 K/9, 22.% K% in 2011) and a lot of bad control (double-digit walk
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R.J. AndersonA common adage is that a pitcher needs either good stuff or location to make it in the major leagues. Jeff Karstens is not someone with good stuff. On the best of days his fastball can average
- Jeff Francoeur and the Opposite Field
Matt Klaassen on Judge as something from his comments after last night's Royals versus Orioles match-up regarding our old friend Jeff Francoeur:
Jeff Francoeur doubled to right in the third, continuing his trend
- To The SIVault: Jeff Bagwell
Navin Vaswani
If you're like me, you've read more about Jeff Bagwell over the past two weeks than you have in your life. Naturally, this is another Bagwell piece. I may or may not have dreamt about Bagwell
- Jeff Samardzija's Seesaw Season
Michael BarrBack in March, there were still questions about whether Jeff Samardzija could successfully transition into a starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. The lanky right-hander served mostly as a long-duty
- Position Battles: Rangers' OF, Pt. 2: Jones and Murphy
David Golebiewski repeat performances. Now, let's turn our attention to a guy who has nowhere to go but up (Andruw Jones) and a sophomore fighting to stay in the lineup (David Murphy).
It's difficult to avert one's
- Jeff Weaver May Return
Eric Seidman into the mix. One recently signed pitcher who will not compete for the fifth spot in Spring Training is Jeff Weaver.
Weaver inked a $500,000 minor league deal this week with an invitation to Spring
- Jeff Francoeur, Extended
Eno SarrisAt least one person in Kansas City will be flashing his trademarked smile today. Jeff Francoeur had his contract extended two years. Fans in New York and Atlanta are probably stifling laughs
- Assessing Jeff Karstens's Value
Jack MooreBack on October 1st, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported the Pirates may not tender a contract to Jeff Karstens despite his success in limited action this season. The 30-year-old posted a 3.97 ERA
- Orioles Wisely Lock Up Adam Jones
Dave CameronLast Friday, I wrote that if Adam Jones sustains his performance all year, he could be looking at a contract extension in the range of $120 to $140 million by selling himself as Matt Kemp Lite
- Jeff Samardzija Is the Real Deal
Bradley WoodrumOn Sunday night against the Washington Nationals, Jeff Samardzija pitched the game of his career. Not the game of his MLB career, but his professional baseball career. After coming to the Chicago
- Andruw Jones Effectively Summarizes Own Career
Patrick DubuqueOn May 1, 2007, Andruw Jones was hitting .264/.405/.527 and was on his way to winning his tenth gold glove. His Hall of Fame status was all but assured. Five years, three months, and fifteen days
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Brian JouraThe Jeff Francoeur hype machine never ceases to amaze me. The new meme is that Francoeur is producing because he is freed of the pressure of playing in front of the hometown crowds in Atlanta
- Jeff Samardzija Emerges
Chris CwikJeff Samardzija is the real deal. After winning a rotation spot with the Chicago Cubs this spring, Samardzija was seen as a very deep sleeper. His spring training stats were great, but he had never
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Jack Moore -- Ryan Braun, Adam Jones and Hunter Pence find themselves in a class of their own.
Although most fans should be somewhat aware of the speed of this trio, their star power -- as with most hitters
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Jack MooreJeff Karstens's free agent case was, to me, one of the most intriguing of the offseason. I covered it multiple times at multiple outlets. I thought the Pirates' decision to non-tender Karstens
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Colin ZarzyckiThe Cubs' move to plant Jeff Samardzija in their 2012 Opening Day rotation certainly raised a few eyebrows. Here was a formerly highly-touted prospect who had struggled immensely from 2008-2010 as he
- FanGraphs Audio: Org Reports, Elijah, Larry Jones
Carson CistulliEpisode Thirteen
In which the panel survives off deception.
Headlines
Organizational Reports: Whys and Wherefores
Elijah Dukes: Released
Chipper Jones and Evaluating Situational Play
- Rick Jones, Tragic Experiment Gone Awry
Patrick Dubuque could tell the difference.
Drunk with power, the Topps executives decided to take this even further, by creating Rick Jones. The plan was simple: using state-of-the-art Apple II computing
- Introducing Jeff Karstens' New Cologne
David G Temple
Jeff Karstens knows many things. He knows how to throw a fastball. He knows how to operate a door to a hotel room. And Jeff Karstens certainly knows how to conquer women. His sexual exploits
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Mike Axisa scoring category -- in Davis' case, power and likely batting average -- to boost another if you've fallen behind.
Chipper Jones | 3B | Braves | Owned: 32% Yahoo! and 38.0% ESPN
Now 40 years old
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Carson CistulliEpisode 230
New FanGraphs contributor and longtime (in Internet Years, at least) curator of Mariners SB Nation site Lookout Landing Jeff Sullivan discusses volcanoes, for which subject (i.e.
- Daily Notes, Beginning with a Line by Chipper Jones
Carson Cistulli Comment Regarding Strasburg
Here's a recent comment -- notable because of who made it -- regarding Strasburg:
Chipper Jones on #Strasburg: "He has the best stuff, the best repertoire of pitches
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Bradley Woodrum for about 150 different places around the web. We think he's going to be a great fit here at FanGraphs.
On June 17, 2010, Jeff Baker cracked a Dallas Braden changeup so hard it dangled in the Chicago
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Dave AllenSurprising fact of the early season: with 8 games and 35 PAs Jeff Francoeur has six walks. That puts him in the top 35 for number of walks and walk rate. Last year his walk rate of 3.6% was 4th
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David GolebiewskiThe fourth overall pick in the 2004 draft, Jeff Niemann took a his sweet time reaching the majors. Niemann, a towering 6-9, 280 pound righty, stuck out over a batter per inning on the farm
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R.J. AndersonIt took a while, but Jeff Weaver has finally stepped in from the rain.
Yesterday, he rejoined the Dodgers, but not on a Major League deal; oh no, on a minor league deal. The inking is a pyrrhic
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Jack Moore by Ubaldo Jimenez, but they received contributions from up and down the rotation, most notably from Jhoulys Chacin, Esmil Rogers, Jason Hammel, and, finally, Jeff Francis.
Francis missed the first 36
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Zach SandersJason Hammel and Jeff Niemann will always be connected. Both came up through the Rays system, are big dudes (6’6” and 6’9”), and were in the running for the fifth starter spot in Tampa last spring
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Matt Klaassen, especially if he can be had on a minor-league deal.
Which brings us (finally) to the player at-hand: Jeff Bailey. He'll be 31 next season (almost as old as Phelps). He's accumulated 159 plate
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Brian JouraAfter missing the entire 2009 season due to surgery on a torn labrum, Rockies pitcher Jeff Francis is back pitching and is in the running for the fifth starter’s job. Saturday’s outing was rough (4
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Erik Hahmann, but they’re joined by the likes of Sam Fuld and backup catchers Jose Lobaton and Robinson Chirinos. The latest to catch the injury bug is big right-handed starter Jeff Niemann.
Niemann was pulled from
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Ben DuronioIt has not all been rosy in Jeff Samardzija's first season as a major league starting pitcher, but it has certainly been successful. With a 4.06 ERA backed by a 3.54 FIP and 3.59 SIERA, Samardzija
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Mike PodhorzerYour voices have been heard. Tallying six big votes for the next pitcher to be Pod Projected was 2012 breakout starting pitcher, Jeff Samardzija. I owned him in all of my leagues last year after
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Navin Vaswani