Jim Edmonds

Pujols or Howard: It's a hard race to call

Phillies first baseman and St. Louisan Ryan Howard (left) talks with his Cardinals counterpart Albert Pujols during a game at Busch Stadium in 2007. Results of Major League Baseball's annual Rorschach test, otherwise known as...

Unit, Burnett act before filing deadline

Final two among most prominent to join free-agent market Randy Johnson struck out 173 batters in 184 innings with the D-backs in 2008. (Matt York/AP) Five-time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson will likely pursue his 300th...

Dempster takes talent to open market

Cubs not giving up on starter as free-agent deadline passes General manager Jim Hendry believes Ryan Dempster wants to remain with the Cubs, and he has given no indication that the Cubs don't want to re-sign him. Even though...

Photo Release -- Lanier Re-Appointed to Houston Port Commission

HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Port of Houston Authority (PHA) announced that Elyse Lanier has been re-appointed to serve as a member of the port authority's board of commissioners. The vote on November 4 by the...

BBO--FreeAgents

NEW YORK (AP) -- The 170 players who have filed for free agency. Eligible players may file through Nov. 13 (c-pending decision on club option for 2009):... AMERICAN LEAGUE... BALTIMORE (4) -- Juan Castro, ss; Alex Cintron, ss;...

Three favorites for NL top skipper

Manuel, Piniella, Torre leading contenders for NL Manager of Year Charlie Manuel finished second in NL Manager of the Year voting last year, fifth in 2006 and sixth in 2005. (AP) Charlie Manuel's Phillies won a second...

Big gap in center-field market

Beyond Griffey and Bradley, top free-agent options are few There's no mistaking the shallow end of the free-agent pool this winter: smack dab in center field. Beltran, the five-tool talent in center for the Mets, tested the...

2008 CF Defense By PMR

Team: PMR / RAA | 1B: PMR / RAA | 2B: PMR / RAA | 3B: PMR / RAA | SS: PMR / RAA | LF: PMR / RAA | CF: PMR / RAA | RF: PMR / RAA Each season, David Pinto releases his Probablistic Measure of Range (PMR) ratings based on...

Better deals will come along for Cards

Now it really IS final: Matt Holliday will not hit behind Albert Pujols next season. This turn of events saddens Cards fans who saw Holliday as the much-coveted “impact bat” to protect Albert. And the Rockies deal angers fans...

Cubs want to lock up key contributors

Other pitching-hungry teams will target Dempster, Wood CHICAGO -- It isn't a question of which free agents the Cubs will pursue, but which ones they'll be able to keep. Ryan Dempster and Kerry Wood, both key contributors to the...

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