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One Year Makes a Difference
By Gary Armida
In this hot stove season dominated by the names of AROD and Johan, there is one big free agent that is quietly flying under the radar. This free agent is in the prime of his career, is a 10 year veteran, and is only 30 years old. During his career [...]

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A tour of the MLB newspapers for your Friday…

Ah, the calm before the Winter Meetings, which begin Monday and run until Thursday. I am looking forward to some trades this year. The past few years have been a bust on big name deals, but with the lack of quality free agents available, the one way [...]

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New Logo, New Uniforms, New Outlook.
By Gary Armida
For ten years, the Tampa Bay Rays (formerly Devil Rays) have been the doormat of Major League Baseball. Their uniforms were ugly, their stadium was ugly, and most importantly, their play was ugly to the tune of 642 wins against 974 losses. The Rays have never been a [...]

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Here’s a quick round to get your Thursday rolling…

Hopefully the first of many trades went down late Wednesday night as the Twins and Rays completed a nice six player deal. The Twins sent SP Matt Garza, SS Jason Bartlett, and RHP Eduardo Morlan to the Rays for OF Delmon Young, IF Brendan Harris, and OF [...]

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Trades that should and shouldn’t be done this off-season
By Andrew Armida, FCP Correspondent
As the winter meetings approach, the rumors are spreading like crazy and we find ourselves saying “I hope we can land him,” “No way that should be done” and “I can’t believe they’re even considering trading him!” Here’s a breakdown on some trades [...]

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FCP Welcomes 13 year old Wunderkin to staff
FullCountPitch.com would like to welcome Andrew Armida, 13 years old, to the staff. Andrew brings with him a wealth of baseball knowledge with an honest, fresh look at the game. Andrew, an 8th grade student, will provide his insights from time to time during the course of the [...]

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Johan is not worth the price of admission…this year.
By Gary Armida
A pitcher as great as Johan Santana is rarely available when he is in his prime. In a rare case such as this, fans and media outlets will yell, “Trade whoever to get him.” We even read in the Fungos section here that the Yankees [...]

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A quick glance at what’s making news around the baseball pages…

The Brewers are now linked to middle reliever David Riske. After slamming the Brewers for the moves thus far, this would be a nice pickup for them. Riske is a solid middle reliever who may be able to close in the NL if he had [...]

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