Jorge De La Rosa:The Rockies will not be re-signing Jorge De La Rosa before he becomes a free agent. But they remain poised to make an aggressive multiyear bid for the left-hander, and could be helped by De La Rosa landing Type-A status Monday.
Any team that signs De La Rosa will have to surrender two compensatory draft picks, which might limit his suitors as it has done in past years with reliever Juan Cruz and second baseman Orlando Hudson.
Denver Post
RHP Brian Bannister - 3rd season of arbitration - Non-tender - Basically, the Royals probably need to retain either Bannister or Davies, because they need some relatively cheap guys to fill out the rotation behind Greinke, Hochevar and hopefully a healthy Gil Meche. After the year that Bannister had, though, it's hard to tender him and his $2.7M salary. He experienced a rebirth last season after making the cutter a core part of his repertoire, but he moved away from that this season with disastrous results. With more fastballs and less cutters, he saw his greatly improved groundball rate (the key catalyst of his improvement) regress, and the change didn't benefit his walk or strikeout rates, either. When Bannister is putting up 127 innings of replacement level pitching while Davies put up 2 WAR, it's not easy to lean towards Banny, regardless of how likable a character he is.
BTBS
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Maybe I´m biased because I´ve watched him play in person several times but Gronauer has been – by far – the best player coming out of Germany to sign with a major league team thus far. While it´s tough comparing a fully grown C in his early 20s with a work in project like Twins teenie prospect Max Kepler, Gronauer seems prettty advanced and very much held his own in the FSL this year. Especially considering the lack of playing time in Germany for any player (about 15-18 games per season until age 16 and about 35-40 games per season afterwards in a totally amateur league). And once you consider that, the positive reports on his catching skills are even more impressive besides a solid bat. He definitely needs to make this list and actually adds some flair
Sickels
Fuson has been with Alderson since his days in Oakland and was brought in with the Padres; he is considered an excellent scouting director, assistant GM and always ranks high as a potential GM. Despite never getting a shot as a GM he has been considered the heir apparent in Oakland, Texas and San Diego. Despite not landing the job he has been credited in all three cities for developing the farm with his drafts.
Mets Fever
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Reyes didn’t play up to his normal standards in 2010, either. He put up a .282/.321/.428 line which, although above average for the league and well above average for the shortstop position, comes in at 14 points of OBP and 6 points of SLG lower than his typical season. The biggest standout in his 2010 statistics is a walk rate of only 5.1%, his lowest since 2005 and the culprit for his relatively low on-base percentage. Reyes also rated poorly by UZR (-5) and TotalZone (-4) and was graded as average by DRS. In Reyes’s three year all-star stretch, fielding was a key component of his value, as he was +19 by both UZR and DRS and even better by TZ and TZL.
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