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Rays Cancel the Gabe and Gabe Show
During their daily pre-game news conference in the Rays dugout, the Tampa Bay Rays have just announced that they are going to release both Gabe Kapler and Gabe Gross this afternoon to make room on their roster for two additions to be announced later today. This is a huge departure from the scenario that was evident a few days ago where the duo would be a platoon action in right field for the Rays. It seems that their Spring Training averages, and their scaled back defensive play might have been a factor in the decision. " I was extremely shocked, " Gross told the Clearwater Sun. " I thought after I signed my one-year contract, this would be my home for the year, defensing right field for the Rays."
Gabe Kapler, who gave up a chance to again manage in the minor league system has been given the same option in the Rays minor league system if he so desires. "I was told I could manage the Tampa Bay Rays rookie league team if I desire until they can find a suitable position for me." Kapler told the Evening Independent. " I actually think this might be a great start to a long and prosperous managing career and I want to thank the Rays fans for not being an ex-Red Sox this Spring." Kapler also will be still conducting his daily pose-offs with Rays designated Hitter Pat Burrell while he is in the Tampa Bay area.
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Rays Run and Gun Outfield
For a last couple of years, the Tampa Bay Rays have been one of the models people have used when they are considering re-tooling or acquiring players to fill their outfield slots. the team has used its draft picks and trades to fortify their outfield to be one of the youngest and fastest in the major leagues. And along those lines, they also have two of the best snipers in the outfield at gunning down runners from any angle or position. And the Rays have truly done it from the draft and the trades they have made in the last several years.
This first piece of the current Rays puzzle arrived in July 20, 2002, when Carl Crawford made his major league debut for the Rays. All this guy did his first five years in the majors was increase his batting average and rule the bases in the American League. His speed has kept catcher and pitchers at bay since he first stepped onto the bag at first. In his first 7 years in the majors, Crawford has 1,111 hits and 84 triples. That figures out to 12 triples a year and around 159 hits a season. And you do not want to even try and consider what he has done on the base paths. Okay since you really want to know, how about 302 steals, or an average of 43 a season.
He might not have the strongest arm in the league by any means, but if the ball is in the air, there is a good chance he can get to it before it falls to the turf. He has one of the quickest reads in the league, and has demonstrated his ability to leave his feet to make plays countless times on ESPN Web Gems over the past 7 seasons. He is the 2-time All-Star who hit a monster homer in the 2007 All Star game in A T&T Park. He is recognized by his peers and the media alike as the cog that turns the wheels in the Rays outfield. With his two injuries in 2008, he did not spent his usual time in the Rays outfield last season.
His hamstrings and quad muscles seem to not play well on the turf at Tropicana Field. And an odd finger injury shelved him for the last month of the 2008 year. A tendon on top of one of his fingers some how torn away from the tendon and it would flip and flap when he swung his bat. He tried to play through it, but it was no use. He finally opted for surgery, and made it back to the team in time to help the Rays in the 2008 playoff run. This off season he consulted a trainer to focus on his hamstrings and quads and strengthen this region and also learn better stretching and observe more adaptability to the stresses of playing on turf. He is feeling better than he as in a long time coming into the Spring Training, and his 2 triples in a recent game shows he is here to play in 2009.
With left field pretty sewn up for the year, we turn out attention to center field and the budding star that decided to try his hand outside of the clay and grass regions of the infield for his place in this squad. B J Upton has become one of the rising young stars in the outfield because of his graceful effort to gain ground an hard hit balls and make plays on them seem effortless and without stress. His long strides make him look like he is not running at full speed as he closes in on strongly hit balls even towards the gaps in the Trop. Some question why he plays so shallow in the outfield, but if you have watched the way he tracks the ball, you know he has the closing speed to get almost any ball hit within his range, at any time. What is great about Upton is the fact he wanted to try out this new position.
That fact that he has had a few problems adjusting in the past have also been mirrored by the fact he has a rocket in his right arm and can throw out anyone, anytime, from anywhere on the field. His play is still a work in development, but it is rare for a ball to be out hit to him in the field. His arm was fully on display in 2008, when he gunned down a total of 12 base runners in 2008, third in the American League. But where he is going to make the biggest impact in 2009 will be at the plate. Upton got off to a great start at the plate in 2008, but after suffering a separation of his shoulder in a series with Baltimore early on in 2008, he struggled a bit at the plate the rest of the year. But near the end of the year he found his stroke again and started to put up some power numbers that were very evident during the Rays playoff run.
During the 2008 off season, Upton underwent shoulder surgery to correct his problem and has yet to participate in Spring Training games for the Rays. He has been a recent participant in batting practice, but no tentative schedule is in hand for him to be back in the Rays lineup before April. But the absence of Upton from the lineup has given certain Rays players time to show their stuff in hopes of securing a fourth outfielder spot on the Rays 25-man roster. Justin Ruggiano, who the Rays got in a trade for Toby Hall and Mark Hendrickson back in 2006. Ruggiano was the "player to be named later" of that trade. His ability in the outfield has proven useful in the last year as he was the guy the Rays turned to when Crawford went down with his injury on September 19 of a groin injury.
He might have played only 7 games at the major league level in 2007, but his catch off the bat of Rod Barajas late in the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at home will be remembered for a long time. He went full bore into the left field wall catching the ball just as me hit the plastic of the outfield wall. His bat was not his strong point during the 2008 season, but so far this spring, he is hitting .269, with a .423 Slugging Percentage. He has combined for timely hits and has 2 stolen bases this spring. He will probably get a long look by the Rays after the recent injury to Fernando Perez. Ruggiano might get the call to start the season with the Rays during the first road trip as Upton gets in game shape to take over after the Rays return home on April 13th.
Fernando Perez has everything the Rays love in a out fielder. He had blazing speed on the field and the base paths, and he hit with intelligence. He came up late in 2008 and rallied the Rays with his base running abilities in the playoff run. He got 14 starts in 2008, 10 in center field for the Rays. In 2008, he was picked by Baseball America as being the fastest man in the International League. There was some talk around the dugout that he might have been able to supplant Gabe Kapler for the Rays right-hand platoon partner with Gabe Gross for right field in 2009. But his recent wrist injury will side rail him for at least three months with a dislocated wrist. This will put an end to the chatter in the stands for him to break camp with the team in April. With Perez in the lineup, the Rays would have had the fastest outfield in the majors.
If you consider that Crawford stole 25 bases and Upton had 44 last year. Then if you factor in the 5 bases Perez stole in 23 games ( could be a total of 35 bases in 161 games) , you might have a trio who could steal over 125 bases in a single season. That would make the team threat anytime either of these three hit the base paths. But before his injury, Perez also was not lighting up the Spring Training scoreboards with hits or stolen bases. He might have only had 19 at bats, but he is hitting a lowly .211, with 2 stolen bases this spring. But another face had emerged out of the darkness and might be on the Rays radar right now.
In a recent two-game home-and-home series against the Boston Red Sox outfielder Jon Weber was trying to make a name for himself on the base paths for the Rays. In that series he garnered 7 RBI's in two games, with a timely home run and a 3-run dingle. Weber has been very effective in the field this spring and also is hitting .364, with 10 RBI's and 5 stolen bases. He is making an outside run at making the Rays decision difficult for him to be sent down to Triple-A this year based on his spring numbers. But if his numbers are making the Rays salivate for their depth, the recent slump of Gabe Kapler is making them question his signing.
Gabe Gross, who the Rays acquired on April 23, 2008 for minor leaguer Josh Butler, played in 78 games for the Rays in 2008. His bat and his outfield play were the reason for many of the Rays late innings triumphs, and his arm became a great weapon for the Rays. In one game against the Seattle Mariners at home, he was the first player to gun down Ichiro as he tried to stretch a double into a triple. He also combines to throw out a total of 5 base runners, which was second on the team. He is currently hitting .308 after getting off to a rocky start this spring. He is currently tied with Pat Burrell for the team lead with 6 walks this spring. Gross will be with the team this season in right field barring an injury. Who will be his combo mate might still be up in the air.
Another name that could be fit into the mix is super utility man Ben Zobrist. In recent games he has been a late inning replacement in center field as a insurance policy this year. He has regained an awesome power stroke and could be another guy who could help the team get over the first week absence of Upton by filling in for him until the home stand. No one can discount his abilities in the outfield where he played 3 games there in 2008. Last year was his first playing the utility role and he appeared in the outfield a total of 12 times in 2008. But his new power might be his ticket to getting more playing time this coming season. He hit 10 homers in only 189 at bats. This is a new addition to his game, which has always included solid defense on the diamond.
So the Rays are pretty set in the outfield in 2009. There are other names that have made huge strides for the team in spring training this year, but they might not get a chance to break camp with the big club. Another name to keep an eye on is Ray Sadler, who is currently playing a lot if the outfield for the Rays and is hitting a nice .316, with 3 homes and 7 RBI's. But he probably a guy looking in from the outside of the current outfield package. All indications show that the Rays will have a great outfield in 2009. There is talk that Upton might have his breakout year this season following his off season surgery. He is capable of a 30-30 season, but his swing and his power will need to stay consistent during the year. Crawford, who feels fast and truly healthy this spring might also spell doom for catchers and pitcher this season. This unit has a huge upside of potential, and they might be the trio of outfielders' to be feared both at the plate and in the field this year. But for the Rays to even consider making a run at their 2008 record, or another shot to the post season, this outfield unit has to play above its 2008 level.
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Red Sox Dissect Rays Pitching for Win
here we are with the second half of the home and home series today in Fort
Myers. The Rays kind of put the Red Sox fans in the back of their seats
yesterday, but today's contest is a whole different ball game. Not only will the
Red Sox be in their home stadium, but they will have the multitudes of Red Sox
fans who love to cheer on their team. I do have to make a note that yesterday's
game had a total of 7,148 fans in and around the stadium, which is a new record
for this young stadium location. I do have to say that at some point in the
berms and the outfield it was total standing room
I do
have a huge suggestion to the Rays and the Sandcrabs for future games in this
stadium. It seems that we need a secondary speaker system throughout the
outfield section of the stadium. Maybe a series of those upside down speakers
that look like free standing light poles could be put in areas around the kids
area and near the boardwalk and Tiki Hut. You can hear the game, but you get a
delayed sight to sound response because of no audio out in that area of the
ball park. I play my game day audio from my laptop to hear it no matter where I
am in the stadium, but some games are not on the radio. Just a thought. Now
let's get back to our Sunday recap of the Rays versus the Red Sox
The Rays
sent Wade Davis, one of their top prospects from Triple-A to the mound today.
Davis has been tweaking a few of his pitches and has had a few outstanding
performances this spring. But he is penciled into be sent to the minor league
camp sometime in the near future to begin his season in Triple-A again for the
Durham Bulls. Davis will make his major league debut sometime in 2009 with the
club, but I do not see him winning the fifth rotation spot this spring. With
that said, another guy who might have pitched his way out of contention for the
fifth spot is Mitch Talbot. But if you really consider the top three pitchers
for the Rays at their Triple-A level in 2009 of David Price, Davis and Talbot.
There are club throughout baseball who would love to have that kind of
consistent staff starters in their
game got off to start with the Boston Red Sox sending Justin Masterson to the
mound. The wild thing about Masterson is that he can be in the same boat as Jeff
Niemann and Jason Hammel this year. He can be both a starter or a reliever for
the team and might make some heads turn with a great outing today. With Brad
Penny not throwing yet in Spring Training, he could get a start or two early in
the year, then settle into the Bullpen for 2009. Fernando Perez lead off for
the Rays today and quickly hit a grounder to Julio Lugo, who was
playing shortstop today for Boston. Adam Kennedy then struck out. Evan Longoria
then hit another grounder to Nick Green who threw out Longoria to end the
inning 1-2-3 for Boston.
Davis came out for the Rays and gave up a sharply hit single down the third base
line that eluded Longoria. Rocco Baldelli then came up and hit a ball to
Longoria that he quickly threw to Kennedy at second base to force out Lugo.
Jason Varitek then came up and struck out. J D Drew then walked to put me at
first and second base. Lars Anderson then hit a RBI single through the hole at
short into left field and the throw to the plate was cut off and Baldelli scored
to put Boston in front 1-0. Zack Deages then struck out to end the Boston rally
stranding two runners on base.
Masterson again came out for the top of the second inning and got
Carlos Pena to strike out to lead off the inning. Dioner Navarro then hit a long
fly ball to left field that Zack Daeges caught for the second out. Gabe Gross
then hit a single to right center field for the first Rays hot of the day.Morgan
Ensberg then came up and struck out to end the Rays chances in the
also again took the mound for the Rays and got Jonathan Van Every to hit a ball
down the first base line and covered first for a flip from Pena for the first
out. Green then took the first pitch from Davis and drilled it past the left
field fence and onto the adjacent field's dugout for a solo home run. Ivan Ochoa
then put a nice bunt down the third base line to get an infield single. Lugo
then came up and hit a screaming RBI double to left center field to easily score
Ochoa. Baldelli then struck out. Varitek came up and hit a single to left field
that split the outfielders, but Lugo tired to score from second base and was
thrown out at the plate by Ray Sadler in left field to end the inning. Boston
was ahead at that point 3-0 over the
Masterson came out for his third inning and quickly got Sadler to
hit a grounder to Lugo, who got him in time at first base. Elliot Johnson then
hit a fly ball to Drew in right field for the second out of the inning. Perez
then came up and hit a ball to the left of Masterson that he quickly picked up
and fired to first barely getting Perez in time. At that point, Masterson had
gone 3 innings and had given up only 1 hit, with 3 strike outs against the
came to the mound in the top of the third again for the Rays and got Drew to hit
a quick fly ball to Gross in right field for the first out. Anderson then
walked to give Boston their first runner of the inning. Daeges then hit a
2-run home run to right-center field. Van Every hit a foul pop-out to Longoria
and quickly the Red Sox had two outs in the inning. Green then came up and hit a
double to left field and after that Rays Manager Joe Maddon came out to make a
pitching change. The Rays brought in Calvin Medlock, who quickly gave up a RBI
single to Ochoa to right field. Lugo then came up and hit a double to left
field that scored Ochoa. For the day, Lugo went 3-3 against Rays pitching.
Baldelli then came up and hit a foul pop-up to first base to end the inning with
the Red Sox up 7-0.
In the fourth inning, the Red Sox sent closer Jonathan Papelbon to
the mound to face the Rays. He got Kennedy to strike out to lead off the inning.
Longoria then took his first pitch to right-center field for a single. Pena then
struck out to give the Rays one last out in the inning. Navarro hit a single to
left field, but Longoria stopped at second on the play. Gross then came up and
struck out to end the inning. Even though Papelbon gave up two hits in the
inning, all three outs were
Day came out for the Rays in the bottom of the fourth inning. He quickly got
Varitek to ground out. He then fooled Drew with a nice breaking ball for a
strikeout. Anderson then came on and hit a hard smash to Chris Richard, who was
now on first for the Rays. Day was backing up Richards on the play and Richards
tossed the ball to Day, who dropped the ball. Day was given an error on the play.
Daeges struck out to end the Red Sox
heralded prospect Daniel Bard then took the mound for the Red Sox. In a recent
game, Bard had thrown over 100 mph on the stadium's jugs gun. He got Ensberg to
strikeout for the first out of the inning. Sadler then followed with a
strikeout. Bard completed the trio as he got Johnson to also strike out to send
the Rays down 1-2-3 in the inning. At that point in the game, the Rays had
struck out swinging in six straight at bats, with only Gross being a called
third strike.
Day came
out again for the Rays and walked Van Every to lead off the inning. Green then
hit a fly out to Sadler that he easily caught for the first out. Ochoa was
fooled on a breaking pitch outside for a strikeout. Lugo then walked to give
Boston two men on base in the inning. George Kottaras then pinch hit and was hit
by the pitch to load the bases with two outs. With Varitek at the plate, Day
threw a wild pitch and Van Every tried to score from third base on the play.
Navarro quickly got the ball to Day, who tagged out Van Every before he reached
the plate for the third out of the
pitcher Junichi Tazawa then came on to pitch for Boston. Tazawa was the young
pitcher that did not go into the Japanese Baseball League before signing with
Boston this off season. He might not make the 25-man roster of the big club
this year, but this was the first time the Rays would see him pitch outside of
Japan. Tazawa's first pitch to Perez was rifled into center field for a lead
off single. Kennedy then hit a double into left center field that scored Perez
from first base. Longoria then struck out for the first out of the inning.
Richard also struck out, and Varitek threw a strike to third base to nail
Kennedy who was trying to advance on the play for the final out of the
Abreu then took the mound for the Rays. He got Varitek to quickly fly out to
right field for the first out. Josh Reddick, who came in to replace Drew in
right field then hit a fly ball to Johnson at shortstop. Anderson then hit a fly
to Longoria to complete the first 1-2-3 inning for the Rays today. But Boston
still lead 7-1 in the game. Tazawa came back out for the eighth inning and quickly got Reid
Brignac, who came in to play shortstop to strike out. He then got Ben Zorbrist,
who came in to play second base to fly out to center field, The Ensberg struck
out to give Boston a 1-2-3 inning against the
again took the mound for Tampa Bay and he went straight to work striking out
Daeges to lead off the inning. At that point, Abreu had gone 4-up, 4- down for
the Rays Maddon again came out and swapped Abreu for Chad Orvella with one out
in the inning. Orvella, who is fighting for a roster spot after coming back from
a shoulder injury gave up a towering solo shot to right field to the next
batter, Van Every. This is the second homer in two days against the Rays for Van
Every. Gil Velazquez then hit ball to Chris Nowak at third base. Nowak got off
a bad throw that seemed to two-hop before Richard dug it out at first for an out.
Ochoa ended the inning by striking
The Rays
sent Rule-5 player Derek Rodriguez to the mound for the 8th inning. Rodriguez,
who the Rays picked up off the Rule 5 draft from the Red Sox, quickly got
Argenis Diaz to fly out to right to start off the inning. Kottaras also hit a
long fly ball to right that Justin Ruggiano caught for the second out. Pinch
hitter Carlos Maldonado then hit a slicer to Brignac at shortstop that he
quickly threw to first to get Boston 1-2-3 in the
inning . In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Red Sox sent Michael Bowden to the mound. Rugginao lead off the inning with a single to center field. He then stole second base to put himself in scoring position for the Rays. Johnson then walked. The Rays then attempted a double-steal with Johnson and Ruggiano taking second and third base respectively. John Jaso the struck out for the first out of the inning. Jon Weber then hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score Ruggiano. Weber has no produced 7 RBI's in the last two games for the Rays. Chris Nowak then hit a pop-out to first base to end the rally for the Rays.
Jones took the mound to try and preserve the Red Sox victory. Jones is a
prospect in the Red Sox system who once broke his arm in three spots and had to
have multiple plates in his arm to heal the bones correctly. He gave up a
lead-off single to Richard to right center field. Brignac then struck out on a
nice called third strike. Zorbrist hit a ball to center that was easily caught
by Van Every. that left the Rays with one out to play with against the Red Sox.
Tim Beckham came up as a pinch hitter and hit a sharp ball to Diaz, but he
quickly threw the ball to end the game for the Rays. the final score was 8-2
Boston. It also marked the first win in three tries against the Rays this
For the
Rays, the game seemed to bring out some impatience in the Rays batters. For the
day they struck out 15 times, including 4 times to Tazawa in the game. For the Rays to
be productive against any team, mush less the Red Sox, they must be patient at
the plate. Tomorrow the Rays will again travel to Fort Myers where they will
take on the Minnesota Twins in a 1:05 contest. Leftie Scott Kazmir will be
making his spring debut on the mound for the
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Love Me Non-Tender Candidates 2008…Part One
After all the Post season celebration have muffled to a silent roar, we embark on a journey that no player wants to roam. That journey down the road of arbitration. Where the road is lined with pitfalls and traps, one of tendering offers or letting the players kneel by the wayside to gather themselves after being cast off by their clubs. It is a time to reflect and expose the best and worst of this time of year for baseball. It becomes the time when you really know what your team GM and your coaching staff think of you as a productive member of their franchise. And the journey starts now……………….
On this date, Friday, December 12th, every team in the major leagues must decide to either tender contracts to their arbitration-eligible players, or set them free as more glut in the 2009 free agent market. And while in past years the non-tendered players weren't considered to be difference-makers, the list could be more interesting this year. There are several players on this list who either had bad situation on their teams or might have been fighting back from injuries in 2008.
Players who are "tendered" on Friday are considered signed for 2009 at a salary to be determined, not less than 80 percent of his salary the previous season, and both sides continue negotiating. If a deal cannot be struck, the team and the player will each file a proposed 2009 salary in early January. Those figures are exchanged on Jan. 19, and a date for a salary arbitration hearing is then set for Feb. 1-21.
If the sides still cannot come to terms before the date of the hearing, a representative for the team and one for the player present a case before a panel of arbiters, which chooses one salary or the other. On the other hand, if a player is not tendered a contract before Friday's deadline, he becomes a free agent.
A nationwide economic downturn has affected how Major League Baseball teams are conducting business, and in an effort to cut corners, the number of non-tendered players could increase, based solely on the market's projected rise in their salaries based on arbitration data and past results.. The same can be said for the quality of those players. Some of the guys being considered for non-tender have been great contributors to their teams in the past, but not during the 2008 season.
Past players non-tendered include David Ortiz, Rick Ankiel, Ryan Franklin, David Eckstein, and Chad Durbin. Usually at least a few useful guys are unearthed. I am going to submit a few names that are being considered to be non-tendered starting at midnight tonight. Some of these names might sign free agent contracts with their old teams, but usually if a player is released from that team, they tend to float to another organization instead of resign with their old clubs.
Coming into the deadline are a few names that might mean somehting to several Tampa Bay Rays fans. A few names from the past are being considered to be non-tendered tonight. One of them is currently on the Rays roster and might have been pre-destined for this list during the season with the acquiring of Gabe Gross during the season.
Designated Hitter/ Right-fielder Jonny Gomes has been the emotional sparkplug of this Rays young team for several seasons. But in 2008, after some spotty play in the outfield, both in left-field and right-field. Posting a ugly .167 batting average during the season might not bode well for Gomes to even be considered a contract in 2009. But one of the great facts of arbitration is that Gomes made $ 1.25 million in 2008, and the arbitration might not even give him a substancial increase.
He might skate by and be offered a contract based on his loyalty and the teams' need for at least some kind of right-handed bat in the rightfield corner. Situations could change in the next few months, but the Rays could "rent" Gomes for now and get a trade return on him later in the Spring if needed.
The Rays have other players who will be on the bubble on Friday, like right-fielder and left-handed bat, Gabe Gross. He might be the best cltch hitter the Rays had in 2008, but he also might be caught in the numbers games as the team just traded for the young and undercontract for 6 more years Matt Joyce. Both players have a defensive pedigree, and it all might come down to if the Rays think that Gross will win the spot and be worh the money to keep, or set Joyce up in right and let Gross go, hoping he remains to be put under a free agent contract at a reduced price.
This might be the tricky one for the Rays. Gross did everything asked of him in 2008. He also is a great clubhouse guy who is never in trouble and always helping the younger outfielders. His ceiling might be higher than Joyces' right now after a banner year where he set career numbers in almost every offensive category. It was a year where he was used more, and saw more plate appearances than any other time in his career. Gross might join Gomes on the free agent market where there is a glut right now for corner outfielders. If not for that trade during the Winter Meetings, Gross would have been offered a contract without question.
An ex-Rays who might be getting considerable consideration from his current team is the Houston Astro's Brandon Backe. However, with the current state of the Astros' rotation — they have little Major League-ready depth in their farm system and few backup options to protect themselves from injury and inconsistency — they may decide to hold on to the right-hander. And with a salary of only $ 800,000 for 2008, he might come in at a considerable discount compared to the free agents on the current starting pitching market.
Astros General Manager Ed Wade sounded like he's willing to give Backe another look but at the same time noted the right-hander's 2008 season was a disappointment and he'll have to prove a few things in 2009. But the Astros have very little pitching depth, and the three top prospects — Brad James, Sergio Perez and Bud Norris — likely won't be ready for the big leagues come Opening Day. That alone may ensure Backe is tendered a contract on Friday.
Another ex-Rays who has had to basically live out of his suitcase this past season is reliever Chad Gaudin. Two years ago it seemed that the Toronto Blue Jays were serious about the young pitcher and staked him a claim in their Bullpen. But during the off-season he was traded to the Oakland A's where he started and relieved for the Athletics. He was then sent packing to the Chicago Cubs in the deal for Rick Harden as a key plug for the Cub's Bullpen problems.
Since arriving in Chicago, Gaudin went 4-2, with a 4.26 ERA and got 27 strikeouts in 27.1 innings of work in 2008 for the Cubbies. Gaudin is known for his slider and his sinker, which both have above average movement to both sides of the plate. Also in his arsenal is a sinking change-up that can come in on left-handers. Gaudin might be a casualty of expectations in 2009, and might be non-tendered as rendered a free agent by the Cubs.
Another possible casulty to the non-tender pile might be a National League pitcher who has been fighting to get into game shape for over a year after having 2 injuries in the past 2 seasons. Milwaukee Brewers' starter Chris Capuano came to the team with high expectations. He was considered one of the top 5 pitchers in 2007 before a labrum injury forced him to have surgery on 10/11/2008. Capuano rehabbed and was struggling to get into game shape when another injury hit him during 2008 Spring Training. This time a torn ligament in his left pitching elbow basically shelved him for the entire 2008 season. He was retroactively posted to the 15-day DL on March 27th.
He was twice transferred on the DL lists in 2008, going from the 15-day disabled list again on September 1st, then subsequently put back on the 60-day DL on October 31, 2008. Capuano's case is complicated because he earned $3.75 million last season but did not pitch because of the injury. If the Brewers tender him a contract, they could not cut his salary by more than 20 percent, and it seems unlikely they would commit such an expense to a pitcher still rehabilitating. If the Brewers in fact decide to non-tender Capuano, they would try to re-sign him to a new, less expensive contract for 2009. He's eligible for free agency after next season.
There are other "big names" being considered during the non-tender phase of arbitration. A few might have seemed like promising rising stars in the MLB a few years ago, but might have had tough times and might be in consideration for being released by their clubs. One of the most visible name on this list might be former 2003 Rookie of the Year winner Angel Berroa of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Another name sure to be heard on Friday will be Baltimore Orioles' pitcher Daniel Cabrera. The club has to decide whether to offer a contract to Cabrera. If Baltimore doesn't, the hulking right-hander will become a free agent one year ahead of schedule. If the O's do, they may wind up going to arbitration. Andy MacPhail, Baltimore's president of baseball operations, said Thursday that he's still trying to make a decision. Cabrera, although erratic, remains one of the most experienced starters in the Orioles' organization .
Baltimore has just one starter penciled into next year's rotation and is trying to add at least two veterans by trade or free agency this offseason. Jeremy Guthrie remains the only surefire member of the starting staff, and Baltimore must decide whether Cabrera is a replaceable asset or one that's worth one last shot at trying to salvage his potential. Cabrera has made at least 26 starts in each of the past five seasons, and he's logged at least 140 innings in each of those campaigns. The 27-year-old started relatively strong in 2008, jumping out of the gates to a 6-5 record and a 4.33 ERA in the first half of the season. After the All-Star break, however, he was 2-5 with a 7.59 mark.
And still, the overall numbers represented an improvement on his previous season. Cabrera went 8-10 with a 5.25 ERA in 2008 and snapped a two-year streak of leading the league in walks. One year earlier, he went 9-18 with a 5.55 ERA. I think the Birds will take a gamble on Cabrera for one more years and help place at least one more piece into the pitching puzzle for 2009. But I do think he will have a short leash in 2009 with the Orioles, and might be a trade deadline casualty if he is again wild and uncontrolable next year.
Pittsburgh management has still not made a determination to whether or not they plan to offer a contract to right-handed reliever Denny Bautista before the midnight on Friday for teams to tender contracts to all arbitration-eligible players. Bautista is the only one of the team's eight arbitration-eligible players whose status is in question. The Pirates' management team has had internal debates this week about whether or not to keep Bautista, though no resolution has yet been made.
The Pirates acquired Bautista late last June in a minor trade with the Tigers, and the control problems that Bautista had in Detroit and other previous stops resurfaced again with the Pirates. He allowed 28 earned runs and 28 walks in 41 1/3 innings of relief for Pittsburgh. He struck out 34. Bautista earned $395,000 in 2008, just over the Major League minimum. He would be in line for a significant pay raise should he go through the arbitration process with the Pirates.
The Pirates will tender contracts to their seven arbitration-eligible players — Ryan Doumit, Zach Duke, John Grabow, Adam LaRoche, Paul Maholm, Nate McLouth and Tyler Yates. Of that group, Doumit, Duke, Maholm and McLouth are all arbitration eligible for the first time.
The Red Sox must tender 2009 contracts to all unsigned players on their 40-man roster by Friday at midnight ET. The only players this truly impacts are those eligible for arbitration. For the Red Sox, that list includes first baseman Kevin Youkilis, closer Jonathan Papelbon, backup catcher Kevin Cash and lefty specialist Javier Lopez.
Reliever Manny Delcarmen was seven days short of enough service time to qualify for arbitration, so the Red Sox can simply renew his contract in Spring Training. Cash is the most likely candidate to be non-tendered on Friday. The Red Sox's catching situation is in a state of flux, as the team continues to negotiate with Jason Varitek and scour the market for trade possibilities.
Even if Varitek returns, the club might seek a young player with more offensive potential than Cash to be the backup. The Red Sox like Cash defensively, and he does a nice job of handling Tim Wakefield's knuckleball. However, there's a chance he simply doesn't fit into the plans for 2009. Even if the Red Sox non-tender Cash, they are still free to negotiate with him or re-sign him at some point. The same goes for any non-tendered player.
The Royals need to find some room on their 40-man roster and that could be accomplished on Friday, the deadline for clubs to offer contracts to players. When the Winter Meetings closed, the Royals had 39 players on the winter roster but had signed pitchers Doug Waechter and Horacio Ramirez. They'd also reached an agreement with pitcher Kyle Farnsworth, and when that contract is approved another body will be added.
Adding Waechter filled the roster and, by Friday, a spot will be needed for Ramirez. The Royals could designate a player for assignment or non-tender a player, in short, not offer him a contract. The only way a club can keep an unsigned player is to tender a contract. If a player is non-tendered, he goes off the roster and becomes a free agent. Then he can sign with any club, including the Royals.
One possible option for the Royals would be to non-tender pitcher Jairo Cuevas and sign him to a Minor League contract. Cuevas has been the subject of a tug-of-war between the Royals and the Braves, each team claiming him on waivers from each other in the last two months. One writer speculated that, in order to save money in an effort to sign shortstop Rafael Furcal, the Royals might non-tender such players as catcher John Buck and outfielder Mark Teahen who both figure to do well in salary arbitration.


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Rowe said too much was being made of the footage from Michael Jackson's final rehearsals. And while it may have seemed he was putting on a good show, anyone who followed Jackson closely could see he wasn't up to his previous standards.
"Every move you see Michael Jackson doing on the rehearsal stage is a move I can do," Rowe said, noting the footage lacked Jackson's traditional spins and exertion.
Rowe said he also predicted that Jackson wouldn't even make it to London if something wasn't done about what he called Jackson's addiction to prescription drugs. He claims he called several Jackson family members in the days before the singers' death regarding an intervention, including his eldest sister Rebbie, youngest brother Randy and Joe Jackson.
"We planned to bring everyone together as soon as possible to get everyone on board," he said. "But we were just a little bit too late."
While Jackson's death has brought out many accusations and rumors about the entertainer's use of powerful sedatives and prescription drugs, the official cause of death has not been released. The coroner told ABC News that toxicology results could be back within a week.
La Toya Jackson was quoted in the British tabloids over the weekend as saying she believes her brother was murdered as part of a conspiracy to steal his money and assets.
Joe Jackson left no doubt about what he thought would be best for Jackson's children Prince Michael I, 12, Paris-Michael Katherine, 11, and Prince Michael II, 7, also known as Blanket.
"Their grandmother -- Katherine -- and I" should raise them, he said. "Yes, there's no one else to do what we can do for them. We should keep them all together and then make them happy, feed 'em like they're supposed to be fed, and let them get rest, plenty of sleep and grow up to be strong Jacksons."
Joe Jackson, famous for catapulting his sons into superstardom via the Jackson 5, said he already sees signs Michael Jacksons children may someday follow in their father's fast-moving footsteps.
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The volumetrically abundant basalts on the earth, its moon, and the eucrite parent planet all have chemical compositions that are controlled to a large extent by dry, low-pressure, crystalliquid equilibria. Since this generalization is valid for these three planetary bodies, we infer that it may also apply to the other unsampled terrestrial planets. Other characteristics of basaltic volcanism show variations which appear to be related to planet size: the eruption temperatures, degrees of fractionation, and chemical variety of basalts and the endurance of basaltic volcanism all increase with planet size. Although the processes responsible for chemical differences between basalt suites are known, no simple systematization of the chemical differences between basalts from planet to planet has emerged.
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The silver market fell slightly during the session on Tuesday as the $35 level continues to hold as resistance. This area represents a significant barrier for the buyers to get over, and as such it may take some time for the market to break out. However, the fact that this level has been given way doesn't suggest to us that the market is certainly going to turn around and start selling off.
Granted, it is very possible that we do get some type of pullback, but this will more than likely be a buying opportunity. After all, the silver market broke down decisively over the $30 level just a couple weeks ago, and it looks like we are going to continue much higher once it's all said and done.
Looking at the chart, the Wednesday hammer from last week suggests to us that the $34 level will be rather supportive and as a result we think this market will more than likely consolidate between $34 and $35 in the short-term. With the Federal Reserve printing money as fast is a can, it does make sense that the precious metals markets continue to rise over time, and as a result we think that silver certainly has a bright future.
If the economy suddenly gets stronger, silver also has a part to play in that as well. As it is an industrial metal, and a lot of ways silver is the more interesting of the precious metals as it not only works against inflationary forces, but it also helps itself along once we have strong demand in the industrial sector. Unlike gold which is primarily used as jewelry, silver is used in literally hundreds of applications.
If we can get a daily close above the $35 level, we suggest that this market will more than likely run up to the $40 level. Ultimately, we think silver goes much higher than that and advocate buying silver in this physical form if at all possible as it takes out all of the volatility. However, if you cannot do it in that form, we suggest the SLV ETF as a great way to play a longer-term core position, while adding to it from time to time on pullbacks that shows signs of support in the silver futures market.
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While Charleston and Aiken are reeling from expected defense cuts, the Upstate received two pieces of good news last week that could have positive and dramatic economic impact here. One of them is that Charlotte and Mercedes-Benz are showing interest in each other. The other is that the textile industry is getting an unprecedented shot-in-the-arm in terms of federal research dollars. One has the potential to turn the western Carolinas from the "textile belt" to the "German automotive belt." The other will ensure that our region's dominant employer - textiles - has a future. It's too early to say whether the Mercedes plant will end up in Charlotte, but it is obvious that North Carolina officials are already working on ways to serve the car maker. They need about 1,000 acres outside the metro area and money to fund roads and utilities. North Carolina didn't like losing the BMW plant and doesn't want to miss this one. Another site for a possible Mercedes' plant is Roanoke, Va. Mercedes won't come to South Carolina, one state official said, because BMW has already staked its claim here. A Mercedes plant up the road from Spartanburg will automatically create jobs in the Upstate. South Carolina has a head start on getting automotive suppliers, and BMW is purposefully steering them to this state. But there could be a bad side, too. Freightliner truck plants in North Carolina, owned by the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, are unionized, and it could create a domino effect that could lead to a union at the BMW plant in Greer. Regardless of whether Mercedes materializes, textile companies in the Upstate can feel a little safer Monday when the Clinton administration signs an agreement to funnel millions of dollars into textile-related research. Having hundreds of Department of Energy scientists working on textile research will ensure that our companies keep up in technology with Europe and Asia and find new consumer products and markets to serve.
In other tidbits of business news from around the Upstate: Hanscomb-Harbert, BMW's construction management team working out of the Montgomery Building, has transferred 10 people into the Upstate. Of those, about half have bought houses and the other half are living in apartments. Spring City Knitting in Gaffney called a news conference last week to announce it plans a $4.6 million expansion that would be the second major investment there within a year. The event was swiftly called off by the parent company, Sara Lee, which wanted to coordinate the release of the news itself but wasn't ready. Kmart has submitted plans to the Spartanburg County Planning Commission for a 160,000-square-foot super store at Hearon Circle. The plans haven't come up for review yet because Kmart hasn't made a decision whether to proceed. A real estate company acting on behalf of Kmart is scheduled to close on a 20-acre site at the end of March. Commercial real estate agents have their hands full with new restaurants that want to come into the area. Among them are the Sonic Drive-in, T-Bones, Olive Garden, Checkers and a westside Red Lobster. There's also word that the Piggly Wiggly center on Reidville Road could be expanded to include a Gold's Gym. MERCCO.L1
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Anyone who is off to somewhere very hot this summer—it could be the Burning Man Festival or a tour of duty in Iraq—might find Romteck's heat stress monitor useful. The gadget, which is a miniature weather station, can predict whether your body is in danger of collapsing due to excess heat and humidity. It also works on buildings to measure airflow in partitioned offices and for health inspectors to assess food outlets for food regulations, and you can even use it as a stand-alone weather station.
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In the federal courts, criminal cases are generally assigned to judges on a random computerized basis. Given this understanding, legal observers in the Western District of Texas took notice when the chief judge intervened and assigned a case involving a former state attorney general to a trial judge who by some accounts is the tougher of the two judges who handle federal criminal cases in Austin. Reporter Marro Robbins laid out the situation -- including an on-the-record comment from one law professor who asserted that the chief judge and the litigant had feuded in the past. Robbins used TRACFED data to document that the median sentence of the judge assigned to handle the case was in fact two years longer than the other judge who normally would have handled it. Marrow noted, however, the composition of the cases assigned to the two judges in the past may have had some impact on their sentences.


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August 22nd, 2009, 09:25 AM | #101 |
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Thats a 700R4 or early 4L60e, its got a 4 bolt square output. Do your picture with a modern 4L60e, its another 2-3" shorter. Its shorter than a TH350.
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August 26th, 2009, 09:55 AM | #102 |
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For what its worth, I am running a stock 4L60E Gen 2 trans in my tj with a Cam'ed 5.3. I will run it till it blows than rebuild it. I have talked to some guys in CO that run this set up and seem to be doing fine so I am planning on giving it a try.
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August 26th, 2009, 01:21 PM | #105 |
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sorry it's not a jeep thing.....
but, I'm running the LQ4 in my s10 and love it. found it with very little miles on it. tossed a cam in, did some tuning and it runs great so far. it's a downright beast in 4lo and that's only with the current 233 (which is coming out now so the Altas can go in). we're guessing in the low 400s for HP (didn't get a chance to dyno) rig is 5600# with 42" iroks and 5.38s, built TH350. ast time out we hit 48mph in low range (GPS) haven't found a good place to try 2wd/4hi yet (might scary with the full hydro). almost bought one from Schramm (sp?), but it was gone when I called back. a friend found me the one I have now. believe it's an '04 |
August 26th, 2009, 05:37 PM | #106 |
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I knew the output changed on the newer ones but I've never heard anything about the length. From my understanding they were basically the same for all 700R4s and 4L60Es, just different internals and controls.
August 26th, 2009, 06:16 PM | #107 | |
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August 26th, 2009, 10:48 PM | #109 |
You Get the Big One
Well I sent an e-mail to Schramm to see if they have any LQ9 motor tranny combos. I also asked if they had a H.O. aluminum 5.3 or a lq4 4l65e out of a Hummer. I really want an LQ9 but will see what they got. On another note I talked with Novak Conversions yesterday and asked about thier turn key set up. They offer a complete drive trein and everything you need assembled and ready to go, including headers radiator shift linkage programmed ecu easy install harness all the relays...Awsome right up till I found out the price. $11,0000.00 and they only really do the 5.3l. The price of easy I guess but way to rich for my blood, hence the e-mail to Schramm.
August 27th, 2009, 07:00 AM | #110 |
Send an e-mail to LKQ with a list of what you want. If nothing else it gives you another cost comparison.
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August 27th, 2009, 07:34 AM | #111 |
If you get into the $3500+ range you should look into an aluminum block in an L92 or LS2 or something along those lines. There was a trailblazer ss LS2 and trans for sale on craigslist a few weeks ago for about 4k |
August 27th, 2009, 09:33 AM | #112 |
Covered in mud...
This would be a 4L80e, right?
August 27th, 2009, 09:45 AM | #113 | |
it's either an 80 or an 85 since it's the HD... if I got a VIN I could tell you exactly what trans it is. |
August 29th, 2009, 05:25 PM | #115 |
You Get the Big One
Well no respounce from Schramm. Oh well. Yeah if I could find an LS2 with a tranny fro 3500. to 4000.00 that would be awsome. As I stated befor Pacific Fab wanted 4000.00 for a LQ4/ 4l60e combo but it did come wired and ready. I don't know what the hell to do now I'm half tempted to strech my wheel base a little and just go with an LQ4/ 4l80 combo because it's the easy way but then I would have to get yet another tranfer case, do my 4link and coilover set up blah blah blah. I have a set of brand new coilovers for the rear that I orderd awhile ago but I did'nt want to mount them in until i was positive on what drive train was going under it. I just want a freakin' LQ9 with a 4l65e complete for 2000.00 to 3500.00 and some Sharks with lazer beams on thier head.
August 29th, 2009, 08:31 PM | #116 |
Covered in mud...
Schramm has at least 5 LQ9s right now, ranging around $2200-$2600. Go to www.car-part.com.
There are LQ9s for $1200-$1400 out there. Schramms is $$$$, but they are lower mileage. |
August 29th, 2009, 10:24 PM | #117 |
You Get the Big One
Thanks Jesus holy crap www.car-parts.com...awsome.
August 31st, 2009, 08:41 PM | #119 |
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Measuring (or even estimating) productivity growth in health care (and education) is extremely difficult, and I feel that productivity growth in medical care has been much greater than indicated by official statistics. Real growth measures depend on price measures, and I believe price measures for medical care do not come close to capturing the benefits of medical advancements (much less pain and the ability to save teeth in dental care; elimination of polio; saving vision for people with diabetes; longer life expectancies; etc). As medical care becomes more important, this measurement bias becomes more important. I agree that government involvement in medical care may slow productivity growth in many ways, but it also speeds productivity growth in many ways, particularly in basic research. I don't know how you can say that the government depresses medical productivity growth on balance without somehow measuring these things. It would be better to analyze specific policies and areas of medical care than to jump to blanket statements. Posted March 18, 2011 9:38 AM
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John, I agree that productivity in health care is tricky to measure, and certainly is difficult to measure meaningfully in a sector-wide way. However the point of health care is to contribute to improvements in health, and population health gains are much easier to track. In some areas it is true, as I think you imply, that there can be significant consumer surplus, but in many other areas (e.g., psychotherapy, ultrasound for healthy pregnant women, antidepressants) there can be significant destruction of value through excessive consumption and provision. One of the problems in health care is that its main focus, health, is overwhelmingly determined by genetics, education, and income, and yet we continue to believe that our vast health improvements over the past century are due to improvements in medicine. I am 80% Fogel and 20% Hanson on the problem of bloated health care growth. As we have grown wealthier and more secure, we have turned to health care as a symbolic consumption ritual far in excess of its marginal utility. Getting back to Arnold's point, this is one of the reasons sustaining employment growth, especially since productivity in health care is so far behind other sectors. The demand is increasingly not for enjoying its marginal utility, but for enjoying its consumption. Posted March 18, 2011 10:21 AM
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Hugh writes:
I'm 95% cranky on this one. People are spending more on health care without getting richer - look at levels of private debt. Education basically ditto. Make that 99% cranky. Posted March 18, 2011 11:33 AM
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Government intervention into the medical field has slowed productivity growth because the medical field must slow down for government. government is not nimble and does not adjust to change. this is why paper records are the norm rather than computerization because the govenment can't allow one company to dominate the computeriztion process. Posted March 18, 2011 4:03 PM
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What it also means is that more of the economy will be in the realm of sticky wages and prices. Posted March 18, 2011 11:40 PM
Elvin writes:
I've always thought that health care and education were luxury goods. As our incomes rise, we spend a greater fraction of our income on these goods. Education is definitely a labor intensive industry, so it's no surprise that employment has risen so much if we assume that it is a luxury good. Health care is more capital intensive--drugs, dialysis, cat scans, lasik, etc. My guess is that education had higher relative employment gains than health care. Posted March 18, 2011 11:48 PM
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A wide variety of companies utilize direct selling to market their products and services. This document is intended for salespeople who must seek out potential customers, as opposed to waiting for prospects to enter a retail establishment. For these sales professionals, the sales process begins with the salesperson contacting the potential client to schedule an appointment. One method of doing this is called prospecting, where the salesperson obtains a list of names and telephone numbers of people with whom they have not had prior contact. One well-known type of prospecting method is referred to as cold calling. Many salespeople are hesitant to cold call due to fear of failure and/or rejection. This hesitation is referred to as Sales Call Reluctance.® Call Reluctance can extend beyond the cold call to subsequent meetings with a prospect. It is also detrimental to the sales process because, if the salesperson is not making calls, there will be few appointments, fewer sales leads, and ultimately lower sales and profits for the salesperson and the company. Types of Call Reluctance, reasons for Call Reluctance, and suggestions for reducing Call Reluctance are presented in this document.
According to Exceptional Sales (2002a), there are 12 types of Call Reluctance that deal with both telephone and face-to-face selling. The following four types of Call Reluctance are most relevant to this document: over-preparing, stage fright, telephobia, and oppositional reflex. Over-preparing occurs when a salesperson over-thinks what needs to be done to obtain a sale, yet under-acts due to stress. In addition, over-preparing results in closing only 43 percent of sales quotas, according to Exceptional Sales (2002a). A salesperson suffering from stage fright usually fears public speaking, losing an estimated $10,800 in sales per year. Telephobia is the fear of telephone prospecting, which can cost a salesperson up to $10,000 in commissions every year. Oppositional reflex means that a salesperson tends to argue and blame new coaching techniques for lost accounts, resulting in an average loss of nine accounts per year. The dollar amount associated with the loss of accounts will vary depending on the industry in which the sales are being made.
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Exceptional Sales. 2002b. Overcome sales call reluctance with exceptional sales performance. [Online] website at: http://www.exceptionalsales.com/. Dated visited: September 10, 2002.
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