Archive for January 21st, 2008

The day in MLB transactions…

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Royals sign Brett Tomko for 1-year and $3 million: Good for Tomko. Dude got 3-mil to be the 4th or 5th man on KC… a nice payday for a no-pressure pitching gig.
On a sidenote, Ballparkbob was in negotiations with the Royals until last evening on a two-year deal somewhere in the $4-million range, but the […]

Who you got? Mike Cameron or Tony Gwynn (Jr)?

Monday, January 21st, 2008

For me, it’s Cameron all the way. Apparently, the Brew Crew agree.
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel writer Tom Haudricort hit it right on the head when he wrote…
“Cameron has his offensive shortcomings, such as striking out too often (160 times in 571 at-bats in 2007 with San Diego). But he also has pop in his bat, is a […]

Cards’ Carpenter is back

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Ok, so the AP ran into Chris Carpenter at the Cardinals’ winter fan fest, and he is throwing again. Cards fans must be happy about this, right?
I was in a 10-team league last season, and Carp got the axe from one team when he went on the DL… so I carried him on my squad […]