Is there an Evan Longoria in the 2009 Rookie Class? The 2009 RotoRob MLB Draft Kit continues today as we kick off the RotoRob Top 10 Lists of Lists that Fantasy Owners always Wanted, but were Afraid to Ask For with the RotoRob debut of our newest voice, Todd Habiger, who brings us the Top 10 rookies...

Team USA Key to Canada’s Success Well it looks like Team USA was the Key to Canada’s success, at least at the box office for the WBC. Last night’s game against Italy drew under 13,000 fans. As we all know by now Saturday’s game vs the USA had over 42,000 in attendance. Of cou...

4:02pm: The Canadian Press adds that the Jays have an option on Miller's deal for 2010. 11:03am: According to ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick, the Blue Jays have reached agreement on a minor league contract with pitcher Wade Miller. The deal is pending a physical exam.  Miller, 32, hasn't pitched in ...

You can smell spring in the air. Today, Canada takes on the USA in WBC baseball action at the ballpark formerly known as SkyDome. The Blue Jays are playing spring training games in Florida and I'm getting excited about another season of slo-pitch. In this spirit on this fine Saturday in March, here'...

Is Jerry Manuel putting a gun to his own head by shifting Jose Reyes out of the leadoff spot? Oh, baby! Spring Training games start Wednesday – meaning that in less than 24 hours, we’re going to be checking out boxscores. It doesn’t get any sweeter than that. Well, except checking out boxscore...

Cale Iorg Update “I’m not gonna lie. It was money, 100 percent.â€� That’s Cale Iorg, commenting on his decision to sign upon the return from his Mormon mission. About a year ago I checked in on the Baby Jays and mentioned Cale Iorg, the son of Garth Iorg. The youngest of Iorg’s three so...

Alex Rios 2009 Keyword: GB Ratio The Keyword(s) to Alex Rios 2009 success or failure is - Groundball Ratio. Below is a graph (via fangraphs.com) of Alex Rios batted balls. Take a quick glance at 2006 & 2007 and then focus on the 2008 season. In 08 we can see that GB % is up considerably vs care...

Sign Andrew Brown The Oakland A’s signed free agent Russ Springer to a one-year, $3.3 million contract yesterday and in a surprising move, released reliever Andrew Brown from their 40 man roster. Brown is an ex-team USA member and has played portions of the past three seasons in the major leag...

My buddy and slo-pitch teammate Kic put up a Facebook profile pic that took me back to the moment before it all changed. It's a moment we Toronto sports fans are still stuck in, a moment of collective elation that will likely never be topped. Before I continue, here's the pic of that moment. I shoul...

I'll keep this updated as more comes in, but for now these are your Saturday links... Patrick Newman found that Akinori Otsuka will work out in front of reps from all MLB teams next month. Apparently Padres GM Kevin Towers is interested if Otsuka's healthy. Roch Kubatko knows there's pitching talent...