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Garrett Atkins Signs Minor-League Deal With Pirates

The fall from near-stardom to unemployed has been steep and rather swift for Garrett Atkins, but he'll give it another shot in 2011. The former Rockies third baseman, who spent the final two months of the 2010 season at home after being released by the Orioles, has signed a minor-league deal with the Pirates. He'll be in...

Chase Utley to Have Surgery on Thumb, Miss at Least 8 Weeks

Making up the gap in the National League East standings could be a lot more difficult for the Phillies. Chase Utley, placed on the disabled list Tuesday, was scheduled to undergo surgery on his injured thumb Thursday. Multiple reports out of Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon say Utley is likely to miss a minimum of eight...

Roto Rush: Orioles Dropping Like Flies

It's pretty tough to capture the emotion of an entire baseball season in one photograph, but Miguel Tejada accomplished it Monday night. Just look at that face. He looks like he accidentally swallowed five gnats soaked in bitter beer. As if that's even possible! If you're a fantasy owner of any of the Orioles hitters,...

Fantasy Baseball 2010 Preview: Orioles

With fantasy baseball season on the horizon, it's time to preview each individual team. Perennial also-rans in the American League East, the Baltimore Orioles stand right on the precipice of contending with the free-spending Yankees and Red Sox, thanks to an unbelievably talented group of youngsters that are close to...

From the Windup: Deadline Dabbling

From the Windup is Matt Snyder's extended look at some aspect of America's pastime each Thursday. There's little more difficult to predict in February than which players will be available come July. Each season names big and small change addresses in late July and ultimately alter the pennant race. There's no way of...

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05/22/12 Rockies select '07 hero Atkins as Draft rep Source: MLB - Colorado Rockies Former Rockies third baseman Garrett Atkins, whose late-season improbable inside-the-park home run was one of the high moments in the club's 2007 run to the World Series, will serve as a representative for the club at the annual First-Year Player Draft June 4-6.