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rotoworld - A source tells Ken Rodriguez of FOX 5 in Atlanta that the Braves will name Fredi Gonzalez as the team's next manager. We've assumed for months that Gonzalez would replace long-time skipper Bobby Cox, but it's almost official. Cox is scheduled to have his farewell press conference on Wednesday, so the Braves could announce the hiring of Gonzalez as soon as Thursday. Stay tuned.
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metsmerized - The new administration needs to learn from the past administrations mistakes. They will need to go after younger pitchers. I for one would hope whoever gets the GM job (hopefully Alderson) tries to trade for Zack Greinke from Kansas City. It’s well known that Greinke wants a trade. I know a lot of people would say to trade Pelf but keep in mind Pelf only has 1 more season to free agency and he’s a Boras client also. Without a doubt we’ll have to give them Mejia and I’m OK with that. Niese is under team control for several more seasons and we’ll have to part with him as well since he’s major league ready. You might have throw in Duda and another prospect but If that’s what it takes then the new GM needs to make that deal.
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bleacherreport. - Grade: D - Stats: (2-4, 6.00, 1.41) - After pitching well in eight starts for the Mets last season, Nieve earned a spot in the Mets bullpen. Unfortunately, this was a disappointing experience as Nieve could not harness the success he had last year.
nj.com In Hahn, the Mets met with a rising star, an administrative whiz who Baseball America tabbed before the 2010 season as the top general manager prospect in baseball. In White, they will find a highly touted talent evaluator, a scout whose draft picks formed the young core of the Dodgers. Before joining the White Sox, Hahn worked for two years as an agent with Steinberg, Moorad and Dunn. He ingratiated himself into the inner workings of the agency, aiding in contract negotiations and “solving the everyday problems that clients would have,” said David Dunn, one of the firm’s former partners. “To rise in our firm,” Dunn said, “you needed to be of value to us. And he always knew the right collective bargaining answer. He always was ahead of us, with the smallest of things, whether it was getting a client a car, a dealer car.
BTF - The latest example, and probably the most ridiculous thing I have heard yet from the “sabermetrics” crowd (those who mostly subscribe to the New Age baseball stats) comes from baseball historian Bill James. James’ produced a “metric” that says that Tim Lincecum’s complete-game, 2-hit, 14 strikeout win over the Braves in game 1 of the NLDS was more dominant than the Phillies’ Roy Halladay’s no-hitter against the Reds in game 1 of their NLDS series. Think that’s bad……it gets worse! That same “metric”, according to James, says Lincecum’s performance was also more dominant than the Yankees’ Don Larsen’s perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in game 5 of the 1956 World Series. Read that paragraph again if you would like. If you have any common sense (which most of us do), the results of that “metric” won’t make any sense to you, and they shouldn’t! How can a 2-hit shutout be more dominant than a no-hitter, or a perfect game?!?! Here’s even more evidence that James’ metric is bogus. Halladay no-hit the Reds, who had the 4th best slugging percentage in the major leagues during the regular season; Lincecum gave up two hits to the Braves, who were 17th in slugging percentage. And the light-hitting Braves were without the injured Martin Prado and Chipper Jones, two of their best hitters!
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