For the fantasy baseball geeks out there, check out my Randy Johnson projection at RotoAuthority. And for the Yankee fans, here’s my take on Kei Igawa (yes, I know that he has a third pitch). Where do you stand on these two southpaws? Make your projection and have it preserved forever in the comments. Other odds and ends:
Lot of Alex Rios rumors floating around, but nothing I can confirm. I did verify that Rios placed at #41 on D.A. Humber’s Top 50 Awesome Players list.
Southside Sox weighs in on the McCarthy/Danks trade. Well reasoned. And then on the other end of the spectrum, there’s this. The silliest argument against Kenny Williams’s decisions this winter: "Remember when the Sox had a fifth starter competition, with guys I never heard of, and it didn’t work out? That proved that John Danks et. al can’t possibly succeed."
Word on the street is that Baseball Prospectus injury analyst Will Carroll may be taking his baseball services over to ESPN.
Does anyone else feel a void in their life without Buster Olney’s blog for a week?