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Marlins Trade Yunel Escobar to Tampa Bay

The Miami Marlins just keep trading away major league talent. Of course, this is one everyone saw coming. Late Tuesday night the Marlins agreed to trade shortstop Yunel Escobar to the Tampa Bay Rays.…Read More

A’s in Talks for Yunel Escobar, Will Meet with Stephen Drew

The Oakland Athletics have a gaping hole at shortstop and a weak free agent market to deal with at that position. The Miami Marlins happen to have a spare shortstop in Yunel Escobar. It makes sense then…Read More

Yunel Escobar’s Lame Joke

A few days ago practically nobody knew who Yunel Escobar was as a baseball player. Now he is widely known as a jerk. Probably not the best tradeoff for the 29-year-old Toronto Blue Jays shortstop, who…Read More

Toronto Blue Jays option Eric Thames

The Toronto Blue Jays have optioned 25-year-old outfielder Eric Thames to Triple-A Las Vegas after a poor start to the season. Thames won the starting job in left field over the powerful Travis Snider,…Read More

Mike Fontenot Rumors: Phillies, Blue Jays Interested in Fontenot

According to Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle, free agent infielder Mike Fontenot is drawing interest from the Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays.  Fontenot had previously been tied…Read More

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Yunel Escobar and Asdrubal Cabrera’s Similar Careers Continue in 2011

Let’s get this out of the way now, it’s still April and everything that’s happened…Read More

Picks of the Pen (7/19): New and Improved? We Think So

Welcome to the new and improved format of Picks of the Pen! There are two noticeable changes to this…Read More

Blue Jays/Braves Trade Analysis: Alex Gonzalez, Yunel Escobar, and More…

It’s certainly been a busy July on the trade front, and it got busier earlier today, as the Toronto…Read More