Defensive Indifference

Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick gets taken for the ride of his life.
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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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Via FanHouse and Geoff Baker’s Seattle Times blog comes the news that Erik Bedard, as long anticipated, is about to become a Mariner. Seattle has called back Adam Jones from the Venezuelan Winter League, in which the playoffs are underway. That’s a rare move and something the Mariners wouldn’t do unless they had a really […]

So it appears that the Blue Jays and Cardinals will be swapping aging third basemen soon, assuming Glaus and Rolen pass their physicals on Monday. This trade is pretty interesting—it’s not often you see potentially All-Star caliber players at the same position traded straight up. Of course, both Glaus and Rolen had serious issues […]

But not in a good way if you’re a Baltimore fan. According to Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune, the Cubs are closing in on a deal for Baltimore second baseman Brian Roberts. That’s not, though. According to Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal, the Orioles and Mariners are only one player apart from agreeing on an […]

If you hadn’t already figured it out, the week from Christmas to New Year’s Day is officially the slowest week in the baseball world. It’s the only sport truly in the midst of its offseason. Finally, there’s something interesting to report, though. The A’s are officially in rebuilding mode.
Billy Beane followed up the Dan Haren […]