Squawking Baseball has an excellent interview on its site with John Coppolella, Director of Baseball Administration for the Atlanta Braves. The discussion: salary arbitration. Here are my favorite Q&A’s: How much do you weigh past precedent in formulating the team’s offer? Past precedent definitely plays a role, but as any agent will tell you, the […]
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After A-Rod’s memorable apology and admission of using steroids and performance enhancing drugs from 2001-2003, many comments and allegations, both positive and negative, have been thrown around. Alex Rodriguez was another big name star on the list of admitted steroid users during baseball’s “asterisks era.” Although Alex did tarnish his reputation by acknowledging his use […]
If you took notice of my recent Crash Course on MLB Free Agency, then you would know that the deadline for clubs to offer their potential free-agents arbitration expired on December 1 (this past Monday). Twenty-four players were offered arbitration prior to the deadline, but just because a player was not asked to join their […]
After the dominating performance Manny Ramirez gave with the Dodgers this past season, LA is not ready to see their prize walk away just yet. In an interview, Manny stated, “I want to see who is the highest bidder. Gas is up and so am I.” This past Wednesday, General Manager Ned Colletti said that […]
We are in one of the most exciting periods of the year for baseball aficionados. With the culmination of the World Series, free-agency is quickly approaching. Use this guide so that you do not become confused with how all the events go down. Free-agency’s implications go well beyond the signing of those who become eligible. […]
If it smells like collusion, and it looks like collusion, minus it not tasting like collusion, it probably is collusion. At least that is what Jeff Borris, Barry Bonds’ agent, has been preaching for a while now. And it finally seems like the MLBPA is going to take up Barry’s cause. Well…eventually. While the MLBPA […]
Was it all an image issue? Was Boras Corp pissed that Buster Posey, a guy drafted later than Boras client, Pedro Alvarez, received the highest signing bonus in the history of the MLB Amateur Draft? At dusk on August 16th, reports stated that Posey received a $6.2 million bonus from San Francisco while Alvarez ended […]
While I was frantically trying to find a class to substitute the terrible Child Support Enforcement Law that I dropped yesterday, I received an IM from Brian Foley of TheCollegeBaseballBlog.com. I had read headlines about Pedro Alvarez yesterday, but had not checked the full story yet. He wanted a quote, so this is what I […]
You put in a quarter, pull the handle, and hope for the best. You may end up with the jackpot, but odds are you are going to fall victim to the law of averages. Vegas-style slots are set up so that more often than not, you will walk away without that quarter or any additional […]
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The Waiver Wire
Every year, major sports media outlets make a huge deal out of the MLB trading deadline. But is the coverage of the deadline overblown? Once July 31st passes, teams officially are no longer allowed to make formal trades with other clubs; however, every front office is well aware of the month of August, also known […]