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Xavier Nady Agrees to Deal With D'backs

The Arizona Diamondbacks made a move to bolster their outfield situation, signing Xavier Nady to a one-year contract on Wednesday. The deal is worth $1.75 million, and includes an extra $1 million in incentives, according to SI.com. Nady had 347 plate appearances for the Chicago Cubs last season, hitting .256 and belting...

The Starting Rotation: Valuing Shortstops

Get your weekend off on the right foot with an eclectic look around the major leagues from Pat Lackey and Andrew Johnson in The Starting Rotation. The Ace: Premium Position? Maybe the biggest controversy of the offseason so far has been the huge contract extension given to Troy Tulowitzki by the Rockies, which amounts to...

Twelve Thoughts: Remember the Expos, Barry Bonds, Red Sox Survivors

Sixteen years ago today, greed dealt a fatal blow to one of baseball's emerging franchises. The Montreal Expos never fully recovered from the labor stoppage of 1994, which removed a great young team from baseball's landscape that could've challenged the Yankees and Braves. Felipe Alou's exciting club led the majors with...

Granderson Makes Catch of the Year

Curtis Granderson is already having quite a year for Detroit. With nine home runs and 19 RBI, he's seemingly developed a new power approach to his game and on pace to shatter his career highs.But on Friday night, it was the gifted center fielder's glove work that wowed the crowd and had Cleveland's Grady Sizemore dropping...

Wily Mo Pena Signs Minor-League Deal With Mets

One of my favorite ballplayers to watch in the past few years has always been Wily Mo Pena. I'm not exactly sure how he does it, but he's hit some of the longest home runs I can ever remember seeing, both at Great American Ballpark and Fenway Park. Of course, he coupled that with some of the most spectacular swinging...

Wily Mo Pena News From the Web

05/26/12 Injuries, departed players present challenges for... Source: The Japan Times The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks had hoped to absorb the loss of three top pitchers and their starting shortstop to free agency and maintain their high standards, but it appears the defending Japan Series champions may be sinking into mediocrity as the 2012 season approaches its one-third mark.
05/07/12 Wladimir Balentien, Wily Mo Pena crushing the ball in... Source: Comcast SportsNet A pair of former major leaguers are topping the Japanese League leaderboards in the early going.

Background on Wily Mo Pena

Wily Modesto Peña (born January 23, 1982 in Laguna Salada, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.

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