If you don’t agree with a pick here and there, that’s OK; half of the authorship probably doesn’t either. As always, we welcome your comments at info@baseballprospectus.com. Catcher Starter: Pudge Rodriguez (Texas) Reserve: Darrin Fletcher (Toronto) Okay, picking Pudge is easy, because he’s probably the league’s MVP. But after that? Several teams are platooning or…
He was through, but it still hurt when the Giants traded Willie Mays early in the 1972 season. It wasn’t just that Mays was my favorite player; it was that yet another seemingly permanent fixture of my youth was shown to be as temporary as everything else. Before that, the deal that really bothered me…
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Placed 2B Andy Stankiewicz on the 15-day DL (knee). [6/27] Activated C Jorge Fabregas from the DL; optioned OF Mike Robertson to Tucson. [6/30] Uncanny. The D-backs replace one utterly useless player for another. Both Kelly Stinnett and Damian Miller are better players, but Fabregas has his defensive reputation, and he’s blessed to…