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By Gary Armida 
 Steal. Embezzle. Burglarize. Fleece. Heist. Poach. Pillage. Ransack. Swindle. Those are all appropriate words to describe what the New York Mets organization did to the Minnesota Twins organization.
Ok, that might have been a tad dramatic, but you get the idea. Pending the signing of a long-term contract, the Mets acquired arguably the best [...]

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Is signing pitchers to long-term contracts worth the risk? 
By Gary Armida
With a Johan Santana trade seemingly imminent, baseball analysts have started to discuss the value of signing a starting pitcher to a long term contract yet again. In this case, Santana is rumored to score a contract of seven years for more than 160 million dollars. The [...]

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A Quick Look Around the League to get your Week Started…

With the Winter Meetings beginning today, we should see some trades start to fly. Once the Johan Santana sweepstakes ends, it will get more interesting with Dan Haren, Erik Bedard, and Dontrelle Willis all possibly available.

Over the weekend, we saw the Padres sign lefty starter [...]

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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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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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Here’s a quick round to get you started on a Monday…

First and foremost, a Happy Veterans Day for all Vets. Without all of our troops, past and present, we don’t have the freedom that we all enjoy. Thank you is not enough.
While watching the Knicks game Sunday night (hey, there’s no baseball!!), Jorge Posada was [...]

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