I realize that newspapers are a dying breed, but it's nice when a newspaper has an excellent grasp of covering all the top stories of baseball. Since it's the offseason for most teams, that means writing about potential free agents and player movement from across the country.
The Boston Globe does a good job of not just writing about the Red Sox, but branching out to report the top stories everywhere. Click this link to read about a bunch of different stories in baseball, but I've pulled out two interesting Diamondbacks notes and published them below.
Here's the first D'Backs note about Stephen Drew:
"2. Stephen Drew, SS, Diamondbacks - He is expected to be shopped by the Diamondbacks, and there should be discussions with the Red Sox. Stephen is not the OPS machine that big brother J.D. is (.748 this season) but his other numbers weren’t bad for a shortstop: .261, 12 homers, 65 RBIs (only three fewer than J.D.). He also made only 11 errors. Who knows if hitting in a more patient lineup will help his OPS?"
And then a little bit on Mark Reynolds:
"4. Mark Reynolds, 3B, Diamondbacks - The cutoff for the “Super 2’s’’ is 141 days of service time (last year it was 140). Reynolds has 138 days because he was brought up in mid-May of 2007. Instead of something close to a $5 million salary, Reynolds will get about a 10 percent raise to $425,000. Great bargain for the only guy in the majors who hit 40 homers, had 100 RBIs, and stole 20 bases this year."
The first note is interesting because I'm not sure a lot of people are expecting Drew to get traded. The second one is a huge deal financially for the Diamondbacks, when you consider it saves them 4.5 million dollars this season.
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