With Uncle Albert now in Anaheim, Heath Bell leaving San Diego for Miami, Carlos Quentin to the Padres (you'll love him Grandma), the Marlins making huge splashes signing CJ Wilson, Jose Reyes and Carlos Zambrano, this next year of baseball will be one to remember, hard as it might be to imagine after the magical run by the Cardinals last year.
The latest news includes Yu Darvish, a Japanese pitcher who is highly sought after. The Texas Rangers won the bid to talk to him (51 million), and have until 5 ET Wednesday to sign him to a contract. To me, he looks unimpressive. His fastball is straight as an arrow, and just doesn't have much movement to any of his pitches. Look at the best pitchers in baseball (Halladay, Strassburg (yes he's THAT good), Hernandez, Sabbathia, Verlander, Lee, Lincecum) and they all have great movement on their pitches. Considering Pujols would be in the same division as Darvish, I give him no chance to succeed. Plus, if they end up signing him, they wouldn't have the money to pay Josh Hamilton, or if he leaves, Prince Fielder (let's go get him Rockies).
The other bad news comes from Detroit, where their excellent catcher Victor Martinez tore his ACL in conditioning. This means the likelihood of him playing this year is not too great, and only hurts their chances of claiming the American League Central.
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