Quick reminder: The Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual is now shipping. Go buy a copy or five… In case you missed it, we’re doing community projections again this year. Read the introduction to learn more about the comatosely accurate IVIEs, available only here at Ducksnorts. Padres IVIE Pr...

So, in 2007, who were The Most Hated Astros? Or perhaps I should say, who did the fans want off the team? Brad Lidge, Chad Qualls (you can’t have a reliever who ever gives up homers), Chris Burke, Mo Ensberg, Jason Lane,  Adam Everett, Jason Jennings and Woody Williams. The fans, unlike the m...

Chris Burke is going to have a second chance to prove he can play second base. The Astros, ducking questions about accused steroid user Miguel Tejada, traded Burke, Qualls and Juan Gutierrez to the Diamondbacks for their closer Jose Valverde. Seems as if Tal Smith wanted just about everyone from las...

When Arizona Diamondbacks woke up on Friday morning, it’s unlikely that they could have imagined the implications the ensuing dozen hours would have on their team’s roster. An unfathomable thirteen players were shuffled in and out of the D-backs organization between general manager Josh ...