Tony Boy’s 15 Fantasy Guarantees

Tony Andracki Bringingheat Lead Journalist Tommy: Let’s think about this for a sec, Ted. Why would somebody put a guarantee on a box? Hmmm, very interesting. Ted Nelson, Customer: Go on, I’m listening. Tommy: Here’s the way I see it, Ted. Guy puts a fancy guarantee on a box ’cause he wants you to feel [...]

Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins ink blockbuster deal

Let all the rumors cease. Let all the skeptics be silenced. And let all front offices sigh with disappointment. Joe Mauer is staying in Minnesota—for a long time. In a massive eight-year, $184 million deal, the 27-year old catcher is slotted to spend presumably the rest of his playing career in the Twin Cities—the deal [...]

Twins Re-Sign Span

The Twins re-signed center fielder Denard Span to a reasonable contract over the weekend. This is a good deal for the Twins moving forward.

My (reluctant) case for Nick Punto

To address the title, I’ll simply say I am not a fan of Nick Punto. I am letting all bias be known, simply and outright. I’m sure Nick Punto is a very amiable and likable guy in his personal-life; I’m not debating his character here. I have just never been a fan of Nick Punto: [...]

Gulp- Can Joe Mauer be on the Blocks?

If you’re a Minnesota Twins fan, you know about the contract negotiations taking place between Minnesota’s favorite Son Joe Mauer, and the Twins. Well- you might not know everything as all negotiations are apparently taking place privately, but the fan base has to be extremely worried about this. It sure looks like Mauer is willing [...]

Fantasy Baseball Planning Part II

Last week, I posted Fantasy Baseball Planning Part I, where I laid out some of the tools and methods to use for a fantasy draft. In Part II, I’m going to go a little more in depth. Positional Scarcity If you’ve looked at a list of players at all this offseason, you’ve noticed that there [...]

Hudson on his way to Minnesota

In a move that many predicted, Orlando Hudson has finalized on a deal that would bring him to the Minnesota Twins. ESPN.com reports that the deal will be a 1-year contract worth 5 million. Hudson is a league-average offensive second basemen and middle-of-the-road defensive player. Don’t let his Gold Glove in 2009 fool you, Orlando [...]

Players on the Market in 2010

The 2009-10 off-season has been a rather dry market. There have been very few heads popping headlines, other than the expected Roy Halladay trade, the re-signing of Matt Holliday and John Lackey joining Red Sox Nation. So will the 2010-11 off-season give us more stories? There are a few more bigger names becoming free agents, [...]

Brett and Tony’s All-Decade Team

Bringingheat’s All-Decade team of the ‘00s Tony Andracki Brett Rosin This past decade of baseball has been one for the ages. From record-setting personal seasons (Barry Bonds’ 73 home runs in 2001) to walk-off playoff game victories (See: David Ortiz circa 2004 or Luis Gonzalez in the ’01 World Series) and from the Mitchell Report [...]

Mets Persuing Bengie Molina?

The New York Mets are still looking for that catcher who can consistently start in 130 games or so. The guy on the market that could and should  fit their price tag is…(Name that Molina…Bengie!). Molina has had a couple pretty decent offensive seasons for the Giants and his bat could be badly needed in [...]

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