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Another Lap Around the Central

By Harry Pavlidis  |  March 21st, 2008  |  Posted in General  

The next lap will be the bell lap for the Spring season.

Here’s what’s been happening with our rivals

Cardinals

• Amazingly, Juan Gonzalez is hurt.
• Kyle Lohse signed to try and fill out a crumbling rotation
• Top Prospect Colby Rasmus didn’t make the team
• Rick Ankiel is their center fielder until further notice; Rasmus must wait.

Reds

• Of course, Dusty gets Corey Patterson, sends Jay Bruce to the minors - which is just the dropping of the other shoe
• Joey Votto, on the other hand, may get to start at first, while Hatteberg takes a hike.
• Turns out Reds tickets are cheaper than Cubs tickets, which cost an arm and leg - all you need for Reds tickets is luck and a pint of blood.
• They traded some Salmon for cash or PTBNL

Astros

• Gary Redus, base-running coach. If you can’t hit, you gotta run.
• I’d rather not talk about Kaz Matsui’s problem. Never happened to Biggio.
• A Rule V lefty is making a good case to stick around
• The ’stros closed down Dodgertown

Brewers

• Yovani Gallardo goes on the DL
• Chris Capuano is ailing yet again
• Attanasio is like every other owner and is finding an unsurprising way to raise money
• Mike Cameron wants a greenie waiver

Pirates

• Freddy Sez his shoulder is getting worse
• Ian Snell will front the rotation armed with a contract extension
• Zack Duke, also a recipient of a new contract, is finding his form
• Paul Maholm fell behind 3-1 to Billy Crystal

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2 Responses to “Another Lap Around the Central”

1. Josh H. Says:
   March 22nd, 2008 at 11:02 am

   Thankfully, Dusty is now the Reds problem.

   Ryan Freel is said to be on the trading block because he is the odd man out in the outfield. I know that he is injury prone, but let’s compare his stats to those of Corey Patterson:

   Patterson: .258/.298/.414 OPS+: 83
   Freel: .270/.358/.378 OPS+: 91

   Of course, Dusty probably likes Corey because he doesn’t clog up the bases:

   http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2008/02/have-you-ever-noticed-this-about.html

   http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2006/08/gentlemen-we-have-another-clogging-up.html

2. harry Says:
   March 22nd, 2008 at 5:55 pm

   FJM is going to have loads of great material, thanks to Dusty, this year. They’ve had a great Spring