There is no question that MLB Front Office Manager is for very specific types of gamers - the ones that spend most of their time in the franchise/dynasty mode of current sports titles, building their rosters through savvy trades, drafts and free-agent signings. In essence, this game is a franchise m...

We live-blogged the '08 amateur draft last Thursday, and it was a lot of fun.  Over 4,000 people came along for the ride.  You can read the transcript here. Immediately after each of the first 30 picks, I polled readers on whether the team "made the right choice."  We can ke...

Let's take a look and see what is being said about the first round selections from day one of the Rule 4 Draft... K eith Law calls this year's first round "unusual in a number of ways," noting that more than half of the picks were college relief pitchers, corner infielders and catchers, three areas ...

The New York Mets took shortstop Reese Havens with the 22d pick and Jason Castro was a surprising pick by the Houston Astros at No. 10, so the Boston Red Sox had to look elsewhere for who they wanted. They found their guy in shortstop Casey Kelly, a shortstop and right handed pitcher from Sarasota H...

With last year's top pick, David Price, making his pro debut yesterday, we are now two weeks from the 2008 "Rule 4 Draft" and the top of the draft is not as clear this time around. There are five candidates that could go in the top slot: Buster Posey, the FSU catcher; Vanderbilt's third baseman Pedr...

4:45pm: Updating the Tavarez item - the Boston Herald reports that he's accepted a minor league assignment in order to buy the Red Sox more time in trading him. 10:38am: Here's today's link collection. MLB.com's Dick Kaegel hears the Royals are leaning toward an impact bat in the June draft.  B...

John Perrotto of the Beaver County Times chronicles the Pirates' recent draft blunders.  So many wasted picks.  Under different management, the Pirates could have David Wright, B.J. Upton, Carlos Quentin, Tim Lincecum, and Matt Wieters in the organization.  Sounds like a fantasy team....

Roundup of links! According to Jamey Newberg, Jason Botts has cleared waivers.  He probably won't get another chance with the Rangers though. Gordon Edes notes that the Red Sox have five picks in the first three rounds of the June draft.  Even though they don't start until the 30th pick, t...

In MLB.com articles here and here, Dick Kaegel attempts to decipher the Royals' plans for their #3 pick in the June draft. Comments from Royals' scouting director Deric Ladnier have been understandably cryptic.  Kaegel's interpretation is that the Royals will lean toward a college power hitter ...

Before we hit the links, a quick reminder that FriarFest is this weekend. I went last year and it freakin’ rocked. Anywho… Sdpads1 continues his reflection on the Petco Park era by examining the relationship between a team’s payroll and its on-field success. This line of inquiry fa...