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Mr. Kelly's submission
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In response to -- and, perhaps, in spirited negation of -- Wittgenstein's declaration, American baseballing prospect Casey Kelly submits this via his
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- Kelly Johnson's Redemption
Matthew CarruthDropped from Braves at the end of 2009, Kelly Johnson found little interest in his services and ended up in Arizona on a one year contract paying him just $2.3 million. Arizona gambled that Johnson
- Kelly Johnson: Aging With Style
Jeff ZimmermanFantasy owners hoped for a bounce back in 2012 after Kelly Johnson regressed in 2011 after a superb 2010 season. A second baseman with 16 HRs and 14 SBs normally would have a relatively high fantasy
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- Kelly Johnson: Slugger
Jack MooreAs part of a critical five-run rally in the bottom of the fifth inning of yesterday's Phillies-Diamondbacks game, Arizona second baseman Kelly Johnson slugged his NL-leading seventh home run
- Casey Kelly Debuts, Questions Remain
Eno SarrisOne of the main products of the last big Adrian Gonzalez trade debuted for the Padres last night. Though he didn't allow a run to the Braves in six innings, Casey Kelly's first start was -- much like
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Jeremy BlachmanI think guys like Jonny Gomez/Kelly Shoppach/Kyle Farnsworth could have some value for the Stros.— Jared Webb (@webberoo11) October 30, 2012
Sorry, Twitter is pretty quiet regarding Kelly
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Mike Podhorzer the options.
Early Depth Chart:
Clayton Richard
Edinson Volquez
Jason Marquis
Eric Stults
Freddy Garcia
Casey Kelly
Anthony Bass
Andrew Cashner
Tyson Ross
Cory Luebke
Phew
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Mike Newman power, Mike Stanton is the benchmark for me to compare all others to. Opening Day 2011 brought Bryce Harper to Rome. During batting practice, I remember thinking, "what would Stanton do?" in an attempt
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Mike Newman Rangers in an enviable, but difficult position as they have a 10 win left-side of the infield and both the best third base and shortstop prospects in baseball.
Jurickson Profar is untouchable, but Mike
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Joe Pawlikowski three years, and Joey Votto isn't far behind him. What might surprise you is the name that sits in the 34th spot out of the 150 qualified hitters: Kelly Johnson.
At a .382 wOBA against lefties since
- Kelly Johnson, Quintessential Rays Acquisition
Paul SwydanThis afternoon, it was reported that the Rays will ink Kelly Johnson to a one-year deal. It’s an interesting match, as Johnson provides the Rays with the one thing that they like -- a player who has
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Mike Axisa is the incumbent closer for the Angels, but he did have three separate instances in which he blew multiple saves within the span of a week. With the new additions and heightened expectations, Mike
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Mike Axisa) ZiPS sees a regression back to .274/.332/.397 the rest of the way, but at least he won't kill you in AVG during V-Mart's absence.
John Jaso | Rays | 6%
Tampa has been platooning Jaso with Kelly
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Mike Podhorzer favorite sleepers out of the way first. Those two staffs I am predicting Cashner to outearn include names such as Tim Hudson, Kris Medlen, Mike Minor, Jon Niese, Shaun Marcum, Dillon Gee, and Matt Harvey
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- NL SP for $1: Mike Minor
Mike Podhorzer a guaranteed spot in the rotation and rookies that fantasy owners are typically advised to avoid, regardless of that pitcher's skill set. One of the most intriguing names in that bottom tier is Mike Minor
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Mike Podhorzer posted marks above .300.
5. Ichiro Suzuki outearns Mike Stanton.
Whaaaaaat?! Like the Bonifacio prediction above, I am actually projecting this as I have Ichiro valued right above Stanton
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Dave Cameron members the out that they so desperately want. Over in the AL, there hasn't been as much discussion for most of the summer, as Mike Trout has been running laps around the rest of the contenders, making
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Mike Newman an average offering.
Henry Owens is the most impressive high school selection to pitch for the Greenville Drive since Casey Kelly in 2009. One can't help but be enamored with his projection if things
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Mike Axisa was recalled after Kelly Shoppach hit the disabled list, and he's started five of the team's last six games (with a hat tip to Dioner Navarro's two game suspension). During that time, he's hit .412
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Mike Axisa could steal some at-bats from him, especially with the three catcher situation dissolved and the need for one of John Jaso and Kelly Shoppach to be on the bench as the backup.
I definitely like
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Mike Petriello, little in his track record indicates he can contribute in any category.
-- Kelly Johnson. Johnson isn't even really a second baseman any longer, since he's already started at first base and designated
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Mike Newman and saw similar from Padres prospect Casey Kelly when I scouted him as a Red Sox prospect in 2009. Webster's ability to clean up his arm action a touch would make it much easier to project him a starter
- Garin Cecchini: Rankings Vs. Actual Value
Mike Newman. In 2009, the young third baseman might have been the fifth best prospect on a Greenville team featuring Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo, Will Middlebrooks and Ryan Lavarnway. With the Red Sox reputation
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With reports of Lowe not opening next season in the Braves rotation, the team might want to remember what happened with Kelly Johnson not too long ago. The team chose not to resign Johnson after
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Mike Petriello. In one of the most shocking trades in baseball history, he was shipped to Los Angeles just a year-and-a-half after the Red Sox gave up Anthony Rizzo, Casey Kelly, & Reymond Fuentes to acquire
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Mike Petriello improvement was more than canceled out by a total power outage. Traded to Arizona in August in something of a challenge trade for Kelly Johnson, Hill was suddenly great in the desert for the remainder
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Andrew Cashner
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Mike Podhorzer with Joe Kelly over Miller as it seems clear the latter is ready to succeed at the big league level. He's a fly ball pitcher, but in a good ballpark to hold those in the park.
Jason Hammel
My
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Dayn Perry, here is an obscenely large photo of Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly locked in captive embrace and Frenching like teenage thunder ...
Seriously, click to embiggen: This thing is huge!
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- Mike Petriello's 10 Bold Predictions For 2013
Mike Petriello year. (This is also in somewhat direct opposition to Mike Axisa saying that League will be the first closer to lose his job.) Obviously, I'm not going to argue that League is the better pitcher, because
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- Jays Ship Hill to Arizona for Kelly Johnson
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Mike Podhorzer and speed skills don't become available in deep leagues very often.
Mike Stutes, PHI RP | 3% Owned
Ryan Madson is out, which apparently leaves Antonio Bastardo. He's certainly solid, but: .153 BABIP
- Q&A: Kelly Johnson, Sabermetrically Savvy FA
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Mike Podhorzer if they have any fantasy potential in deeper leagues.
Mike Wilson, OF | 2% Owned
Wilson is not exactly a prospect, as he is already 27 years old and has received Triple-A each season since
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Carson Cistulli the major-league debut of real-live prospect Casey Kelly.
Regarding Casey Kelly, Who That Even Is
Casey Kelly is a right-handed pitcher whom the Padres acquired in the trade that sent Adrian Gonzalez
- GIF: Kelly Johnson's Backhand Flip Ooh La La
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The Blue Jay Hunter was at it again last night, capturing, for our viewing pleasure, another hot GIF, this time of Kelly Johnson's defensive wizardry in Kansas City.
It was the kind of play
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Jack MooreAfter a disappointing season with Atlanta, 27 year old 2B Kelly Johnson was non-tendered and hit the market. In a deal made official on Wednesday, Arizona added Johnson for one year and $2.35M, who
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By the time you read this, and perhaps even by the time I’m done writing it, Mike Carp will no longer be a Seattle Mariner. He won’t even be Mike Carp any more, by the way I measure the Mike Carp
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- A More Different Mike Schmidt
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Mike Schmidt is a mustachioed former third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies. A different Mike Schmidt is Madison, Wisconsin's funniest comic and the author of the joke you see embedded
- Mike Trout and a Relative Pittance
Jeff Sullivan contract, so it should tell you something that we're talking about one now.
Presumably, you've heard. Over the weekend, it was announced that Mike Trout had his contract renewed for 2013. After making
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- "Interrobang" Showdown: Nyjer or Mike?
Dayn PerryCitizens:
We have a first in the annals of "Nickname Seeks Player": a tie. Indeed, Messrs. Nyjer Morgan and Mike Stanton both garnered the exact same number of votes, and that means an urgent
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Jeff Sullivan not playing extra baseball, but now it's looking like no such luck.
It's all about Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera, with Adrian Beltre being the subject of the occasional whisper. Pretty much everybody I've
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Eno Sarris together. Now, just two years later, we've got Mike Trout and Bryce Harper one-upping them. That's just how it goes.
With an injury (and a team deflation) taking some of the wind out of Stanton's
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Jeff Sullivan to talking about Mike Pelfrey.
Pelfrey was signed as a free agent by the Twins, and so far he's been bad. He's struck out four of 56 batters, and he's allowed a .400 OBP. Naturally, it's still
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Sky KalkmanOk, I'll admit it. I thought Mike Lowell was done. Toast. Stick a fork in him. I mean, the guy hit .236 with a sub-.300 on-base percentage and only eight home runs in 558 plate appearances last
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Dave Cameron were actually true. It was part information, part reverence.
That format is the only one I can think of that will do justice to what Mike Trout is currently doing. This has gone beyond "wow
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Steve Slowinski. The Marlins are now committing $9 million per year into one reliever, but wouldn't they have been better served trying to sign young slugger Mike Stanton to an extension? They could have use
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Jeff SullivanThink fast! Tell me something Mike Trout isn't very good at. If you said "winning Most Valuable Player awards", you're not wrong. If you said "ice hockey" you're also not wrong, probably
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Erik HahmannSo, 19 year-old Mike Trout was promoted last night. No, not to Triple-A, to the majors, thanks to an injury to Peter Bourjos. Yeah, I’m kind of in shock too. The Triple-A level isn’t the prospect
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Ruiz isn’t quite the 31-year-old rookie, instead he was 30 last season when he made his debut. In 22 games, Ruiz possessed and OBP driven .693 OPS. That’s
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Brandon WarneA solid, if not a bit underrated career came to an end as Mike Cameron called it quits over the weekend, exactly two months after inking a minor league pact to play in the nation’s capital. Cameron’s
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The title of this post actually says it all and if I wanted to just type out his batting line over the last few
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Eno Sarris of Mike Morse on Saturday. Today it's time to be negative.
To be perfectly clear, if Mike Morse is on your waiver wire still, he's certainly a playable dude. To some extent, the gains he's made so
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Dave CameronYesterday, the Kansas City Royals acquired Mike Jacobs from the Florida Marlins for reliever Leo Nunez. The Marlins, always in cost-cutting mode, weren't particularly interested in taking Jacobs
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Jack MooreAlong with Heath Bell, Padres reliever Mike Adams forms one of the best closer and set up man tandems in the National League. That tandem was on display last night against San Francisco, as Bell
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If Mike Trout Had Won the AL MVP last night, I would have woken up this morning about 11 minutes later than usual. I would have tried to take a quicker-than-normal shower, and failed. I
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David GolebiewskiMike Leake went from Arizona State to the Arizona Fall League to Goodyear, Arizona to Cincinnati in the blink of an eye. The Reds selected the 6-1, 190 pound right-hander with the eighth pick
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Eno SarrisIt may seem like I've been writing about Mike Aviles forever. Two years ago, I compared him to Kevin Maas during Aviles' rookie year and recommended that people pass on him in 2009 drafts
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Eno SarrisThe Marlins finally have their new park, and now comes the hard part: filling the seats. No, that's for them to worry about. Our difficult project of the day is attempting to project Mike Stanton's
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Erik Hahmann 1999 type season, and will certainly happen again, but I don’t think anyone could foresee who would take over a month into the season.
Mike Aviles isn’t a household name. I’m sure most
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Jeremy BlachmanSick homestand boys!!! Let's take this act on the road!! @davidortiz stay fair!!!— Mike Aviles(@Themikeaviles) June 27, 2012
Took the kids to the aquarium earlier today and daddy
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Dayn PerryIf you tuned in to this writer's most recent appearance on FanGraphs Audio -- and you surely did not -- then you'll know that when it comes to new Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, I could just eat him
- Mike Minor: Major Sleeper
David GolebiewskiMike Minor is a forgotten man. The lefty is overshadowed by young studs like Julio Teheran, Randall Delgado and Arodys Vizcaino within the Braves' organization, and a career ERA closer to five than
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Howard Bender on Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas, now might be the time to pounce.
Moustakas is definitely a frustrating character right now. Last season, he smacked 20 home runs with 73 RBI, but tormented his
- Mike Moustakas: Mining the Minors
Jason Catania this season.
Players listed in order of 2011 fantasy impact.
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Mike Moustakas, Royals 3B
Minor-League statistics: .287 BA; .845 OPS; 10 HRs; 44 RBIs
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Jeff ZimmermanA couple of days ago, I used comparable players to show how much regression should be expected from Mike Trout. Today, I am going to dive into Trout's numbers from last season and see if any red
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Marc Hulet recalled by the Reds (along with Aroldis Chapman). Wood was originally a second round pick out of a Arkansas high school in 2005 (signed by Mike Keenan).
In this game, Wood gave up three runs on two
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Robert J. BaumannI usually cannot go a single day without Googling Mike Napoli, I don't know about you.
In a recent Google image search, I happened upon this infographic, which was part of an article by Mike Fast
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Prospect analyst Mike Newman discusses three players he saw in person this season -- catcher Mike Zunino (Mariners), shortstop Brad Miller (also Mariners), and German outfielder Max
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A few footnotes missing from the ESPN article about Mike Quade's dismissal as Cubs manager.
The Chicago Cubs fired manager Mike Quade on Wednesday, and president of baseball operations Theo
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Jeff Sullivan. Then there are the free agents whose markets seem better known. B.J. Upton appears to be nearing a decision, and we have a pretty good idea of who he's deciding between. And Mike Napoli's market includes
- FanGraphs Audio: Prospects with Mike Newman
Carson CistulliEpisode 296
Prospect analyst Mike Newman considers, among other matters, the candidates for entering the season as 2013's "top prospect" -- and what significance that designation has, if any. Also