Defensive Indifference

Apologies to the comic that I’ve never heard of who I saw on Comedy Central and stole the joke for that headline from, but I’m raging right now. Yes, Dusty Baker finally did it, folks. It took him like a couple of weeks and tons of scrounging amongst the refuse of the free agent market, […]

And if you didn’t know that, it’s time to crawl out from under that rock. There’s pretty much no debate here, the Mets absolutely robbed the Twins. Here’s my take at AOL.
Rather than more analysis, here’s a link dump of other people’s work on the deal:

Nate Silver has the PECOTA for Santana. [Baseball Prospectus]
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Wow, it’s a desperate and hard world out there for GMs looking to upgrade their bullpen. Octavio Dotel, a guy who has pitched fewer innings in the last three seasons than a severely babied Jonathan Papelbon did during the 2007 regular season, was signed to a two-year deal by the White Sox for a whopping […]

Carlos Silva is now a Mariner. That’s right folks, for the bargain-bin price of 4 years and 48 million dollars, Seattle has added a (at best) slightly-above average 28 year-old starter to their rotation.
Now, given the recent tendency of MLB teams to hand out fat contracts to mediocre starting pitchers (e.g. Kevin Millwood: 5 […]

In another big MLB move this winter, the Astros traded for 31 year old Miguel Tejada yesterday in exchange for five players, most notably Luke Scott and Troy Patton. I love this story for so many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that Tejada was one of the players named in the […]

When I think of things the Giants need, the first thing that comes to mind is 30-year-old center fielder with a spotty injury history and a league average bat that will require a five-year deal of close to $100 million. Cause, you know, Dave Roberts and Randy Winn isn’t nearly enough mediocrity for one outfield. […]