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Projected NL East 25 Man Rosters

Posted in Braves, Marlins, Mets, National League, Nationals, NL East, Opening Day, Phillies, Projections on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The final rosters do not have to be finalized until Sunday afternoon, but looking at what we know today, here’s how I see it in the NL East: Pos Mets Marlins Braves Nats Phils C Barajas Baker McCann Rodriguez Ruiz 1B Jacobs Sanchez Glaus Dunn Howard 2B Castillo Uggla Prado Kennedy Utley SS Cora Ramirez [...]

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No Maybin: Marlins Show What Not To Do

Posted in Braves, Marlins, Minors, National League on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I guess given the Marlins hot start this year, the Florida Marlins brain trust has mistakenly bought into that their early season success is more of the trend, than a fluke.  It seems they really are banking on Emilio Bonifacio as an everyday player, rather than as a super sub. In doing so, they have [...]

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Phillies Batting Order

Posted in Braves, National League, Phillies on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

After the Phillies unveiled their new Utley-Howard-Ibanez batting order combination (all of which are left handed batters) against the Braves on opening day,  it appears Charlie Manuel has already scrapped that plan after the group went the 0-11.  They have inserted Werth after Howard breaking up all the left handed batters.  It didn’t even take [...]

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Its Schafer Time

Posted in Braves, National League, ROY, Twenty Something Stars on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

What a difference a year makes.  At this time last year Jordan Schafer was suspended for the “so called”  HGH positive test. Now, lets  fast forward a year and take you to where this remarkable journey begins again. Jordan Schafer earned  a spot in the Braves starting lineup,  with the second consecutive spring where he [...]

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Hampton and the Pectoral Strain

Posted in Braves, disabled list, MLB on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

With Mike Hampton having injury after injury since 2005, the fact that he was scheduled for a start this past Thursday had many people thinking how long will he last before he is hurt again. This was after he suffered a minor injury this spring, but managed to get past it and land a spot [...]

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Barry Bonds Destination Updates

Posted in American League, Around the Web, Braves, Former Player, Giants, MLB, National League, Rays on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It was MLBTR with their weighing in on the Barry Bonds situation. Originally, I had Braves #1 on possible landing: 1. Braves: The Braves have career backup Matt Diaz slated to be the starter. Bonds could serve a role here. … 7. Rays: He would just have to beat out Gomes at DH. Baldelli eventually [...]

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What Can Ground Balls Do For You?

Posted in Around the Web, Braves, Cubs, Defense, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Infield, MLB, National League, Padres, Pinto, Pitching, Sabermetrics on March 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »

In 2007, Jake Peavy was rewarded with his first Cy Young award as a 19 time game winner, while pitching most of his games in pitcher friendly Petco Park. His progression from one of the best best power pitching prospects in baseball, to one of the best pitchers in all of baseball seemed to have [...]

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Bonds Away?

Posted in Braves, Diamondbacks, Giants, Great Players of Past, Long Term Contracts, Mariners, MLB, MVP, National League, NL East, Orioles, Padres, Pirates, Rangers, Rays, Royals, Steroids, Tigers, Twins on February 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Early on in the baseball career of Barry Bonds, he was known as one of the Pittsburgh Pirates Killer B’s. With the numbers Bonds was putting up on scoreboards throughout Major League Baseball for the Pirates in the early 90′s , he won two National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, and was proving to [...]

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C.J. Playing Japan

Posted in Braves, Former Player, Japan Player, Mets, podcast, Yankees on February 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I just added a podcast feed to the Trophy League Planet. For newbies, a feed is a collection of sites I aggregate under a single web address. The address http://trophyleague.com/planetrss?group=podcasts features the six most recent or upcoming podcasts that are some of my favorites. I listened to a podcast on Gotham Baseball interviewing former MLB [...]

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Accolades Continue For Superstar David Wright

Posted in Around the Web, Athletics, Braves, ESPN, Indians, Infield, Interviews, Mets, Minors, MLB, National League, NL East, Prospects, Twenty Something Stars on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Even before their was the legend that is growing in David Wright, just about every publication was calling Andy Marte the best overall prospect in the land. But, there was this sleeper prospect named David Wright. He slugged his way through the minor leagues that year, and has gone one to become one of the [...]

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