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Saunders down, Greg Halman up

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Surprising and yet not.

One hell of an at bat by Brendan Ryan, according to MLB Gameday.

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One hell of an at bat by Brendan Ryan, according to MLB Gameday.

How Pitchers Look At Home Runs

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I can't believe I've gone to MTV for baseball coverage. I also can't believe it referenced Baseball Prospectus. (Vargas, Putz mention)

Figgins Back and Delcarmen to Texas

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Chone Figgins back batting 8th and the Rangers signed Manny Delcarmen. The Earth has literally been shattered by this news.

Jake Fox DFAd

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Jake Fox gets DFA'd to make room for Matusz. He's having a crap season, but even his current line is an upgrade over much of the roster. His RoS ZiPS projection is for a .332 wOBA and he is two years removed from a .554 wOBA in ~200PA in AAA (followed by an average-ish ~400 in the majors). There is no way that Mike WIlson is a better player than this guy right now. Edit: I didn't realize how old Fox is. Maybe they're not so different after all, he and Wilson.

Manny Delcarmen requests and is granted his release

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With Jeff Gray having such a death grip on the final bullpen spot in the Majors, it's easy to understand why Delcarmen would want to seek out another opportunity.

Figgins out of the lineup again for Tuesday's game

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Luis Rodriguez is his replacement at third base.

The 2011 Draft: Many Names, One Pick

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I don't know if Jeff/Matthew were planning on doing any sort of draft preview stuff, and the pieces that tarheels1 and Humbled Fan were posting seemed more focused on the mock draft at Minor League Ball, so this is what I have on the names in the first round. Nothing about it is groundbreaking, but I tried to be fairly comprehensive. (toot toot)