MLB Rumors: Which 15 Free Agents Won’t Be Offered Arbitration?
Baseball’s arbitration deadline is tomorrow, and several teams still have decisions to make. A Type-A free agent who is offered arbitration and signs with a new team nets his former team a first-round draft pick and a supplemental draft pick. A Type-B free agent is worth a second-round draft pick and a supplemental pick. But there’s always the risk that a player will accept arbitration and be …
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Taking a closer look at Billy Martin’s Hall of Fame case
Last week, I wrote about George Steinbrenner’s Hall of Fame chances, and noted that his favorite punching bag, Billy Martin, also had a strong case for the veteran’s committee to judge. Steinbrenner hired and fired Billy Martin five times, which says a lot about both men. They both had enormous egos and combustible tempers. They may have been made for one another, but that didn’t stop them from …
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Hanging up the shears
Heidi Clausen Martha and Rudy Erickson recently decided to give up sheep farming after nearly a half century of raising the animals on their St. Croix County farm.
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