Burres wins 5 spot!

Didn’t see this coming, but saw it on Camden Chat today. Brian Burres is 5th starter and Matt Albers will start in the pen. I don’t think this will last too long. I remember well Burres’ starts last season. He’d do ok for a few innings and things would often run afoul in the 4th [...]

NL Picks

Here’s my fearless picks for the National League. I’m definately more of an AL guy than an NL guy, so my knowledge of some the teams (especially in the West) is slightly lacking. But I know enought to pick ‘em.
NL East
Braves
Mets
Phillies
Marlins
Nats
I like the Braves offense better than the Mets (Jones, Teixiera, Francour, and McCann) over [...]

A hunch

MacPhail has said that the Brian Roberts to Cubs deal “is all but dead.” That may be, but through this offseason, when has he been forthcoming to the press? Through the Bedard trade saga, he was never very chatty with the press and why should that change now.
Maybe it is dead, or maybe he’s just [...]