mlb hotstove Stories - SB Nation
What's the Fuss? #3 Tim Redding
Tim Redding is a free agent commodity. Sort of. The righty from Rochester became a free agent after the Nationals non-tendered him - making him their only arbitration eligible player to be sho...
A Thought on Penny
The Red Sox seemed to have taken a good risk by signing Brad Penny. When he's healthy, he's an impressive power pitcher. By that, I mean 2008 was not impressive. One of the things that st...
Travis Blackley is not Randy Johnson
It should go without saying, but the Diamondbacks did not bring Travis Blackley to Arizona to replace Randy Johnson. Blackley is a southpaw, and historically a starter, but a rotation spot doesn...
Valuing The Free Agent Starters
Other than Manny Ramirez's hair and the daily Steinbrenner rants, nothing creates more buzz during the hot-stove season than fans clamoring for their teams to add quality starting pitching. If y...
Valuing The Free Agent Hitters
There's plenty of speculation floating around the web about how much the current class of free agents will sign for, but there's not as much discussion about what they should sign for. I come to...
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