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“Crush” Davis is heading back to Baltimore. Davis was seeking a contract somewhere north of $200MM this offseason, and as a Scott Boras client that has hammered 126 homers in the last three seasons, that request seemed plausible. Although a lot of the money spent this offseason has gone into

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One of the more fun things about the offseason is watching the game of musical chairs evolve. There are 30 starting spots at each position and when one team improves at a spot, then that guy might end up landing somewhere else. The Padres were the latest recipient of the shuffling

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C.J. Cron has been a player that has peaked my interest since I first drafted him to one of my dynasty teams back in 2012. While he’s never done much at the major league level for him to really catch anyone’s eye, 2016 might be the first year he actually

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Prior to this year, the Marlins organization had been notoriously known throughout Major League Baseball as one not to shy away from a “fire-sale.” They took this approach in both years following their World Series Championships in 1997 and 2003, and they also cleaned house when their experiment with Ozzie Guillen, Jose

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The Colorado Rockies made an interesting move, singing outfielder Gerardo Parra to a three-year, $27.5 million dollar contract, with a club option for the fourth year. This move is interesting because it makes Parra the fourth outfielder, which would indicate that one of Carlos Gonzalez, Charlie Blackmon, or Corey Dickerson

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The San Francisco Giants continued their offseason spending this past week, signing outfielder Denard Span to a three-year, $31 million dollar contract. Span, of course, spent much of last year on the disabled list, which is one of the reasons he’ll be earning an average of $10.3 million dollars a

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Christian Yelich has been a much better player for the Miami Marlins in his three seasons in the Majors than he has for fantasy owners. Yelich has put up 7.9 fWAR in just over two full-seasons’ worth of games (332). His wRC+ in each season? 117. His wOBA? .341, .341,

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The Washington Nationals and Toronto Blue Jays made a trade on Friday that flew a bit under the radar but really addressed the needs of both ball clubs. As first reported by MLB Network insider Jon Heyman, the Nationals will acquire outfielder Ben Revere and a player to be named

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It seems I write a column about this every year. For those new to the site allow me to establish a baseline for moving forward. I love the Hall of Fame. I care deeply about the Hall of Fame and the criteria for players to be elected. Many of you

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The defending champions did an about face today when they agreed to a new contract with left fielder Alex Gordon. Previously, they had stated they weren’t willing to meet his demands, but the two sides came to an agreement on a four-year, 72 million dollar deal. The agreement marks somewhat

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