The Rule V draft is essentially a legal lottery that baseball GMs play. They get to buy a ticket (i.e., a player) in each round, and each ticket has roughly a one in a million shot of turning out to be worth its cost (i.e., a lost spot on the 25-man roster for a year)….
ANAHEIM ANGELS Signed DH/1B Cecil Fielder to a one-year contract. [12/19] The more things change, the more they stay the same. The Angels were confronted with a very similar choice after the 1990 season, when they let Brian Downing walk away to bring in Dave Parker to DH. Fielder’s a better player now than Parker…
GRAB BAG "I’m a little frustrated about our pitching situation right now. We’re still going to be pretty good on the field, but our pitching staff is up in the air, and everybody knows you can’t win without pitching." — Jim Leyland, Marlins manager "I’m an independent person. After this season, I’m a free agent….