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12-23-2013, 02:09 AM
AL East **tes: Orioles, Yankees, Beltran
The St. Louis Browns were officially re-christened the Baltimore Orioles on this date in 1953. Jack Dunn III, whose family had operated the International League's Baltimore Orioles for decades, turned over rights to the Orioles name and became the first traveling secretary of the MLB franchise. Here's the news and **tes from today's AL East:
In the wake of what happened with Grant Balfour (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/balfogr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), one agent's solution to dealing with the Orioles is to never discuss money until the player's medicals have been examined, tweets Peter Gammons of GammonsDaily.com (https://twitter.com/pgammo/status/414723252590637056).
Despite the retirements of Maria** Rivera (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riverma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and Andy Pettitte (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pettian01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), the Yankees have managed to become an older team this offseason, reports the New York Post's Joel Sherman (http://nypost.com/2013/12/21/yankees-roster-is-one-for-the-ages/). The eight projected position starters will be at least 30-years-old come Opening Day and Sherman **tes*the chances six or seven of them performing at a high level are **t good and there's a lack of talent in the pipeline ready to step up and provide quality and energy, if needed.
Carlos Beltran (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beltrca01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), one of the Yankees' 30-something acquisitions, is listed as the best free agent signing this winter by Rich Dubroff of CSNBaltimore.com (http://www.csnbaltimore.com/blog/orioles-talk/what-are-best-and-worst-signings). The Yankees' signing of 30-year-old Jacoby Ellsbury (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/ellsbja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), however, is ranked as the second worst by Dubroff because speed doesn't age well. The worst? Robinson Ca** (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/ca**ro01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com)'s 10-year, $240MM pact with the Mariners.
Beltran told reporters, including Newsday's David Len**n (http://www.newsday.com/sports/which-ny-cap-will-carlos-beltran-wear-if-someday-he-reaches-the-hall-of-fame-1.6655872), he insisted on a third year to improve his chances of making the Hall of Fame. "I felt that having the third year, it allowed me to play longer, and it allowed me to put up better numbers. In my consideration, it would be more realistic." Beltran also hinted this may **t be his final contract.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?a=0fS8JKJH6qQ:PZ5o43CrjyI:yIl2AUoC8 zA)
The St. Louis Browns were officially re-christened the Baltimore Orioles on this date in 1953. Jack Dunn III, whose family had operated the International League's Baltimore Orioles for decades, turned over rights to the Orioles name and became the first traveling secretary of the MLB franchise. Here's the news and **tes from today's AL East:
In the wake of what happened with Grant Balfour (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/balfogr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), one agent's solution to dealing with the Orioles is to never discuss money until the player's medicals have been examined, tweets Peter Gammons of GammonsDaily.com (https://twitter.com/pgammo/status/414723252590637056).
Despite the retirements of Maria** Rivera (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riverma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and Andy Pettitte (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pettian01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), the Yankees have managed to become an older team this offseason, reports the New York Post's Joel Sherman (http://nypost.com/2013/12/21/yankees-roster-is-one-for-the-ages/). The eight projected position starters will be at least 30-years-old come Opening Day and Sherman **tes*the chances six or seven of them performing at a high level are **t good and there's a lack of talent in the pipeline ready to step up and provide quality and energy, if needed.
Carlos Beltran (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beltrca01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), one of the Yankees' 30-something acquisitions, is listed as the best free agent signing this winter by Rich Dubroff of CSNBaltimore.com (http://www.csnbaltimore.com/blog/orioles-talk/what-are-best-and-worst-signings). The Yankees' signing of 30-year-old Jacoby Ellsbury (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/ellsbja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), however, is ranked as the second worst by Dubroff because speed doesn't age well. The worst? Robinson Ca** (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/ca**ro01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com)'s 10-year, $240MM pact with the Mariners.
Beltran told reporters, including Newsday's David Len**n (http://www.newsday.com/sports/which-ny-cap-will-carlos-beltran-wear-if-someday-he-reaches-the-hall-of-fame-1.6655872), he insisted on a third year to improve his chances of making the Hall of Fame. "I felt that having the third year, it allowed me to play longer, and it allowed me to put up better numbers. In my consideration, it would be more realistic." Beltran also hinted this may **t be his final contract.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?a=0fS8JKJH6qQ:PZ5o43CrjyI:yIl2AUoC8 zA)