Posts Tagged ‘ Albert Pujols ’

Here’s a look at all the outfield-eligible players that look ownable in a mixed league right now. What’s happened on the field to this point is merely an audition; what’s below, in theory, would be my cheat-sheet if I had a new draft tonight. Players at the same cost are essentially even, and assume a...
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Matt Holliday is finally headed to St. Louis: The Post-Dispatch’s Derrick Goold is confirming that the Cardinals have completed a trade for Oakland third baseman Matt Holliday. Holliday was told by his agent Scott Boras this morning that a deal was done, and Holliday is telling his former teammates in Colorado that he’s a Cardinal, sources told...
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‘Tis the season to be dealing, so in a recurring feature, Big League Stew analyzes the bigger off-season trades made around the majors. This is Fair Trade. What’s the deal: On Friday afternoon, St. Louis and Oakland agreed to a trade that will send outfielder Matt Holliday and $1.5 million to the Cardinals in exchange for a...
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Hey, remember when an exiled-in-Oakland Matt Holliday used to be a target for our sympathy?  No mas.  Though Roy Halladay has stolen much of Holliday’s trading deadline thunder, the similarly-named slugger is again riling up other fans with the possibility of him being traded to one of their teams. Tigers fans have their eyes...
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Every so often I need to write one of these columns about nothing, get a few things off my chest. This isn’t for you, it’s for me. Regular baseball fare will return later tonight at Closing Time.   • I’ve never understand the idea that clubs shouldn’t trade with teams in their own division. Why...
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Shaquille O’Neal has been a busy, busy man this off-season. He was traded from Phoenix to Cleveland in June, filmed a Michael Jackson video tribute shortly after the King of Pop’s death, and visited Beijing a week ago, where he juggled Chinese children, dunked on a shark and nursed a panda back to health....
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This and every weekday a.m. during baseball season, let’s rise and shine together to recap the most recent diamond doings. Roll Call starts at Busch Stadium, where Cardinals cutup Joel Pineiro, your host today, took matters into his own hands after his teammates just couldn’t come through. Game of the Day Cardinals 2, D-backs 1...
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It would be an overstatement to say that Clay Buchholz was dominant on Friday against Toronto, but he won without his best stuff. The curve actually gets better. Buchholz allowed four hits (all of them to lefties) and three walks to the Jays in 5.2 innings, giving up one run and striking out three....
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