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[ESPN] - Twins overspend on veteran, again

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:24:26 GMT

... that they couldn't afford Johan Santana but quite happily blew $9 million on Craig Monroe and Livan Hernandez . And if they're not able to keep Justin Morneau and Joe ...

[Twins Territory] - Off-Season Outlook: Bench

Twins_Territory — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:33:36 GMT

... , the Twins have one weakness in the bench. In recent seasons Rondell White, Craig Monroe, Ruben Sierra and others have become the power hitters off the bench. With t ...

[MLB - Pirates] - No Pirates eligible for free agency

Jenifer Langosch — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:58:40 GMT

... hez and John Grabow were all traded within a month's span. The sixth player, Craig Monroe, was designated for assignment in June and then granted his release. The fac ...

[AaronGleeman.com] - Realistic Free Agent Options: Shortstop

Aaron — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:50:57 GMT

... st of washed-up veterans like Tony Batista , Livan Hernandez , Ramon Ortiz , Craig Monroe , Juan Castro , Sidney Ponson , and Luis Ayala (among others) with only an o ...

[AaronGleeman.com] - Realistic Free Agent Options: Second Base

Aaron — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:43:17 GMT

... st of washed-up veterans like Tony Batista , Livan Hernandez , Ramon Ortiz , Craig Monroe , Juan Castro , Sidney Ponson , and Luis Ayala (among others) with only an o ...

[Federal Baseball] - Get Ready to Shred. Blueline's Offseason Suggestions

bluelineswinger — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:15:18 GMT

... fensive mainstays were role players Brandon Inge (C in 2003, 3b in 2006) and Craig Monroe. Between 2003 and 2006, the Tigers went out and signed or traded for: Ivan R ...

[Twinkie Town] - All Ex-Twins Team, 2009

Jesse — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:35:09 GMT

... is Castillo (2B - NYM) , David Ortiz (DH - BOS) , Garrett Jones (RF - PIT) , Craig Monroe (RF - PIT) , Randy Ruiz (DH - TOR) , Torii Hunter (CF - ANA) , Kyle Lohse (P ...

[AaronGleeman.com] - Twins Sign Miguel Angel Sano For $3.15 Million

Aaron — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:21:12 GMT

... look for about as much as they wasted on Livan Hernandez , Ramon Ortiz , and Craig Monroe . Sano's contract was contingent upon his receiviving a work visa, which the ...

[The Detroit News] - Playoffs are here, let's hope it's worth the wait

Associated Press — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:02:26 GMT

... , 72 Erick Aybar, 58 Pudge Rodriguez, 63 Showboat Fisher, 61 Mike Napoli, 56 Craig Monroe, 55 Gus Mancuso, 59 Chone Figgins, 54 Sean Casey, 54 Jimmie Wilson, 58 Vladi ...

[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] - Dejan Kovacevic's Pirates chat transcript

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:01:36 GMT

... nce the team came north? Was it as simple as a lack of talent? Bad eggs like Craig Monroe in the clubhouse? Or was it just "the seven letters stitched on the uniform" ...

[Just Plain Bucco Blog] - 2009 misery: Doumit’s inning ending at bats

Jake — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:33:46 GMT

... e contributing reasons why Cutch led this team in clutch hitting this year. Craig Monroe was also one of the better clutch hitters for this club but also was second ...

[Star Tribune] - Gardy gets a blessing from Sparky

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:42:33 GMT

... or never really arrived (Tony Batista, Juan Castro, Mike Lamb, Adam Everett, Craig Monroe), and while depending every year on young, unproven players. This might be h ...

[Pittsburgh Lumber Co. MVN] - Duke, LaRoche Lead Pirates Over LA

Randy Linville — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:20:10 GMT

... me in 2009 in which a Pirates collected six RBI. Andrew McCutchen and (gasp) Craig Monroe have the other two. This was the 7th time in 2009 that Duke went at least 8 ...

[By Gosh, It's Langosch] - September 25: Dodgers (92-61) @ Pirates (56-95)

Jen Langosch — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:53:42 GMT

... r someone in that situation. Even though it didn't work out well for either, Craig Monroe and Eric Hinske fit in this category this year. Monroe wanted a chance to pr ...

[Pittsburgh Lumber Co. MVN] - Looking back at some preseason predictions

Matt Bandi — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:09:45 GMT

... n become a productive major leaguer. But I was way off with this prediction. Craig Monroe will be a disaster I nailed this one, but I wasn't exactly going out on a li ...