Marichal came up in 1960 at the age of 22. He developed a high leg kick and thrilled baseball fans for a decade and a half. He spent most of his career with the San Francisco Giants, playing with such immortals as Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda and Willie McCovey. It was his misfortune, however, to pitch in the same era as Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and Bob Gibson. Nevertheless, Marichal put up great numbers and was deservedly enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 1983. Take a look at these statistics: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/11/10/by-the-numbers-juan-marichal-the-dominican-dandy
The Miami Marlins were a Minor League outfit that underwent several transformations. They initially played in the Independent League from 1956-60. They also developed their own history, their own legacy, featuring some high-profile names. Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary right-hander of Negro League and MLB fame, was pushing 50 when he joined the 1956 Marlins in their first season. Years later, the Miami Marlins reorganized and played in the Florida State League from 1962-70, and then from 1982-88. Catcher Benito Santiago, the Florida Marlins' Opening Day catcher in 1993, was an 18-year-old playing for the Miami Marlins in '83. The up-and-coming catcher actually was sent to Miami, an affiliate of the Padres, by Jack McKeon, who at the time was San Diego's general manager http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111110&content_id=25948494&vkey=news_fla&c_id=fla
Let’s face it, Barry Zito has been a veritable train wreck since he came across the Bay to San Francisco. It still boggles the mind that the Giants ponied up $126M for 7 years to a guy who was already losing velocity on his fastball, was losing break on his curve, and saw his ERA stabilize up in the 3.80+ range with an FIP about a full point higher during his final two years in Oakland, but alas, that’s what happened. Ask any Giants fan and he/she will tell you it was the worst mistake in the history of baseball. But fantasy-wise, there still might be a little something worthwhile left, especially considering how little he should cost this year. Given last season’s atrocity, a soon-to-be 34 year old Zito would probably cost no more than a dollar in auctions and could easily be had with your final pick in a draft of 25 rounds. And in actuality, he’ll probably still be sitting on the waiver wire in most leagues even after drafts are complete. It may be a little different for really deep NL-only leagues, but still, there are very few people that would be willing to take a chance on him. That being said, if he can even just return to the form we saw in 2009 and 2010, he would give you a positive return value. A guy who tosses nearly 200 innings, has a K/9 that sits between 6.5 and 7.0, a low 4.00-range ERA, and 10 wins for a buck is a solid back end of your rotation kind of guy. Even Zito’s peripherals looked good then with a solid walk rate, LOB%, and an FIP that was fairly close to his ERA totals. The numbers certainly aren’t gaudy but if those are the totals coming from your fifth or sixth starting pitcher, then you’re probably doing ok. http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/does-barry-zito-still-have-value
Minor League Baseball has apparently found a solution to its financial problems at Vero Beach Sports Village, at the same time infusing a bit of history and new investors into the former Dodgertown complex in Florida. Minor League Baseball announced today that it has formed a partnership with former Dodgers president Peter O’Malley and his sister Terry Seidler, along with former Dodgers pitchers Hideo Nomo and Chan Ho Park. Each of the five entities will have an equal stake in the Vero Beach complex, which Minor League Baseball has been operating at a loss as a training and sports destination facility for the past two and a half years. http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2011/11/former-dodgers-will-run-former-dodgertown-complex
“Sources”: At once the most vague and yet most authoritative-sounding supplier of offseason information, “sources” could be practically anyone. Maybe it’s a whole coalition of baseball insiders surveyed by the dutiful reporter. Maybe it’s a rough cross-section of talk-radio callers. Maybe it’s a group of the writer’s ancestors who came to him in a peyote-induced sweat-lodge hallucination to inform him of a possible Rockies-Cubs trade. All possible sources. None really any more likely than the others to predict an offseason move with any certitude. Could be: The A-Team. Hopefully isn’t: Entirely made up http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=15509
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