Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Daily Links - 7/16/08

I didn't get a chance to write a main post for today because I needed to finish up a post for Future Redbirds that I'd been procrastinating about for a while. You'll just have to make do with links today.

Joe Sheehan posts about a late night walk through Yankee Stadium.

Also from Baseball Prospectus, here is a look at the warming trade market as we enter the last two weeks before the deadline.

I find this kind of stuff interesting because looking at groupings of 162 game periods that don't begin and end with the start and finish of a baseball season can provide you with some unexpected results.

This breakdown of a poor trade by the Tigers illustrates the danger of "going for it" and sending prospects for a veteran with little left in the tank.

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