So the big news today is that Jacoby decided to hire Scott Boras as his agent. At first I was stunned - how could such a nice kid hire someone like that? Then I read this comment on the Globe's discussion boards:

The key thing that happened yesterday is Ellsbury signing with Boras. That's HUGE. The Twins do NOT want a Boras client on their roster ( Read more... )

I lost more sleep over Jacoby Ellsbury last night. I was convinced that I would have bloodshot eyes this morning, but by some kind of miracle I didn't. I woke up convinced that Theo was merely toying with Minnesota and New York - that he's upped his offer to either make the Yankees raise theirs one more time or force them out and will then lower ( Read more... )

I didn't think I'd be using this icon again this year. I guess I was wrong.

Okay, so it's pretty unlikely that we'll end up with Santana. We know this. But now there's a bit of a possibility that we might try to give them my pet prospect, Jed Lowrie.

Got further confirmation today that the Twins want Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury and prospects for ( Read more... )