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This quote has been applicable in seemingly every game so far. He's one of the main reasons I still tune in each game.

What I read between the lines on how they've handled Fiers recently is that they aren't too worried about whether or not he winds up in the bullpen. I think that's a pretty accurate assessment, given his lack of great stuff.

Great point. Teams are always looking for bullpen help at the trade deadline and since Henderson is cheap and will be for another year or two, he'll be an attractive trade chip to contenders. Plus he has closer experience™. I agree, good call on Henderson, ewitkows. I almost included him in my post, but left him out since he's still very cheap. However, that cheap salary may enhance what you could get for him.

I'd trade anyone for the right price, but realistically speaking would probably not be inclined to move Braun or Segura. I would definitely move Lohse if the situation presented itself. But to your last question, I highly doubt that Melvin is going to move guys like Gallardo, Weeks, & Ramírez. If he could get anything for guys like Betancourt & González, I hope he'd jump at the chance.

I'm looking forward to Ariel Speedwagon's start tonight... coming off his best start as a Brewers player (6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 10 K)

Congratulations! Hope mom's doing well, too. Obligatory "put a baseball in his left hand" mention...

This is a sad way to see Corey's time with the organization coming to an end. I really wish he could've had a go-out-with-a-bang season.

Sounds Homer Four Times in 6-5 Loss Nashville's Davis Records Two HR; Pairs With Halton For Back-To-Back Jacks Nashville Sounds http://i.imgur.com/wKJX0GY.jpg Khris Davis (Mike Strasinger / Nashville Sounds) AUDIO: Caleb Gindl Home Run AUDIO: Khris Davis' First Homer AUDIO: Davis' Second Jack AUDIO: Halton Makes It Back-To-Back NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A late-game rally featuring back-to-back home runs by the Nashville Sounds came up short Sunday afternoon at Greer Stadium, allowing the Sacramento River Cats to win 6-5 over the home team. Down 6-2 in the eighth, the Sounds jumped back in the game with Khris Davis' two-run jack to left field that stayed just fair. The home run was the 25-year-old's second of the game, cracking his first in the fourth inning. Davis becomes the second Sound this season to have a two-homer game, matching Hunter Morris' effort from April 12. Davis has six hits with the Sounds this season: three are homers. Outfielder Sean Halton, batting behind Davis, followed by lifting one of Mike Ekstrom's pitches over the left field wall. It is the team's first back-to-back home runs sequence of the season. Unfortunately for the Sounds, Halton's round-tripper was the last of their runs. Nashville had the initial 1-0 lead after Caleb Gindl hit a two-out home run to center field in the first inning, but the River Cats answered in the top of the second with a home run from Michael Choice. Andy Parrino found an RBI-single in the inning to give Sacramento a lead they would never relinquish. Sounds starting pitcher Zach Kroenke (0-6) let in another run in the fourth on three singles to Sacramento hitters. Infielder [Jemile] Weeks had the final hit of the frame to score Jeremy Barfield. Kroenke took the loss, his sixth, after five innings of work, in which he allowed three runs on eight hits with two walks and one strike out. Reliever Donovan Hand also allowed three runs to the R-Cats, all coming with two outs in the eighth inning. Working his third inning with a runner on second, left fielder Scott Moore knocked an RBI-single to center field and was driven home by Jeremy Barfield's homer to make it 6-2. Michael Olmsted allowed Sacramento one hit, pitching a scoreless ninth for Nashville. Picking up the win for Sacramento was starter Andrew Werner (3-5), who held the Sounds to two runs on five hits across six innings with two walks and six strikeouts. Dan Otero picked up his ninth save for Sacramento. With the loss, the Sounds saw two impressive streaks come to an end. Going 0-for-4, second baseman Scooter Gennett failed to reach base for the first time this season, concluding his PCL-best 29 consecutive games of reaching base. Stephen Parker, 0-for-2, wraps his career-best hit streak at 14 games, during which he went .302 (16-for-53). The Sounds play game three against Sacramento Monday night at Greer Stadium. RHP R.J. Seidel (0-0, 4.50) will make his second start with the Sounds against the R-Cats RHP Bruce Billings (2-2, 7.20). Nashville Box Gindl: 2-4, HR, RBI Davis: 2-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI Halton: 2-4, HR, RBI, CS, PO Parker: 0-2, 2 BB, SB Cole Garner: 1-4, 2B Anderson De La Rosa: 1-4 Hainley Statia: 1-4 Nashville PbP The Sounds were in a perfect situation to score in the 3rd, but couldn't plate anyone: Nashville Bottom of the 3rd -Anderson De La Rosa singles on a ground ball to center fielder Michael Choice. -Hainley Statia singles on a fly ball to center fielder Michael Choice. Anderson De La Rosa to 2nd. -Scooter Gennett out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Andrew Werner to first baseman Shane Peterson. Anderson De La Rosa to 3rd. Hainley Statia to 2nd. -Josh Prince strikes out swinging. -Caleb Gindl grounds out to first baseman Shane Peterson. The three-run home half of the 8th: Nashville Bottom of the 8th -Josh Prince flies out to right fielder Jeremy Barfield. -Caleb Gindl singles on a ground ball to center fielder Michael Choice. -Khris Davis homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Caleb Gindl scores. -Sean Halton homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field. -Stephen Parker walks. -Pitching Change: Brian Gordon replaces Mike Ekstrom. -Cole Garner strikes out swinging. -Anderson De La Rosa flies out to center fielder Michael Choice. Nashville Gameday

We still have the bulk of 2013, all of 2014, and an easy vest for 2015. That's pretty bad. It's not good, but it's really not that bad. It's not anywhere close to a Barry Zito or Carl Crawford situation. And, interestingly enough, Crawford is off to a pre-'10-career-norms start to this season. Just a reminder that even as large a stretch as the first month+ of a season is by no means a permanent indicator of loss of talent. Guys do struggle, and when Rickie does, he has always been a big-time swing & miss guy (I don't simply mean K totals). While it sucks if Rickie is completely finished as a useful hitter (I still doubt that), the Brewers can at least survive with the rest of his contract if that does wind up being the case. And, if he is simply toast, there's no way Melvin is going to let that '15 option vest. So this just isn't an albatross situation on the scale I think some are expecting it to be, no matter how you slice it. At worst, Rickie's completely toast & off the books after next season.

With Morris on the DL, that opens up 1B for Sean Halton, and LF for Khrush Davis. I have to imagine we'll see more of Davis in RF once Morris returns to action.

? You heard it here first, folks...

Thank you for doing the digging on that one & providing the update, Brad

Thank you for taking the time to respond in depth. Based on watching him with the T-Rats, at that time, I agree with how you summed him up. I've also read that his defense has improved, though I've also read that it hasn't been by very much... so who knows what to believe. I'm inclined to believe that he's gotten better, but also that his lack of good defensive tools will limit his upside in the field. While I agree with you that he can hit in terms of contact, his lack of power will be a pretty big hindrance at the highest level. Splitterpjf sums it up well in this post in the MiLB thread on Gennett & Roache: So I definitely agree with you, turborickey, that anyone stating that Gennett will never amount to anything in MLB is wildly overstating things. But imo the bulk of the discussion in this thread is centered around whether or not he projects to be an asset as a starting 2B, and at this point my opinion is definitely closer to "no" than "yes"... although still firmly in "I don't know" territory.

What can you tell us about Scooter's game from the experience you have of watching him?

Gray Leads River Cats Past Sounds In Homecoming Thornburg Fans Season-High 10 For Nashville In Defeat Nashville Sounds http://i.imgur.com/XFiDPVP.jpg Tyler Thornburg (Mike Strasinger / Nashville Sounds) NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee native Sonny Gray threw six shutout innings to lead the Sacramento River Cats to a 5-2 victory over the Nashville Sounds in front of a near-capacity crowd of 9,201 fans on Saturday evening at Greer Stadium. Gray (4-1), who grew up in nearby Smyrna, Tenn. and later starred at Vanderbilt, pitched as a professional for the first time in his hometown and authored a quality-start win for the third straight outing. The 23-year-old held the Sounds to three hits while striking out a season-high eight batters and walking five in his six scoreless frames. Tyler Thornburg (0-4) matched Gray's effort with a solid outing of his own for the Sounds. He took a hard-luck loss, however, after striking out a season-high 10 batters while limiting the River Cats to two runs on seven hits over 5 2/3 frames. Nashville batters extended a pair of significant streaks in the early going. Scooter Gennett wasted [little] time pushing the PCL's longest on-base streak of the season to 29 games, drawing a leadoff walk in the bottom of the first inning. Third baseman Stephen Parker extended Nashville's longest hitting streak of the year to 14 games with a leadoff double to right-center in the second. Sacramento right fielder Jeremy Barfield stifled an early Sounds' attempt to break a scoreless tie in the bottom of the second inning when he fielded Caleb Gindl's two-out single and fired a strike to the plate to gun down Gennett, who attempted to score from second on the play. River Cats center fielder Michael Choice spotted the visitors a 2-0 lead in the fourth when he lifted a towering two-run homer to left-center off Thornburg. Shane Peterson, who preceded Choice with a single, also scored on the outfielder's seventh big fly of the year. Sacramento doubled its lead to 4-0 in the seventh with two runs against reliever Johnnie Lowe. Jemile Weeks, the younger brother of former Sound Rickie Weeks, led off with a triple to right and scored on Grant Green's ensuing single. The River Cats tacked on an unearned run later in the frame following a fielding error by Parker at third base. Scott Moore's two-out RBI double to right plated Shane Peterson. On the play, right fielder Khris Davis combined with shortstop Blake Davis on a relay to the plate to nail Stephen Vogt as he attempted to score a second run on the two-bagger. The Sounds broke up Sacramento's shutout bid in the bottom of the eighth inning against reliever Pedro Figueroa. Caleb Gindl drew a leadoff walk and scored when Khris Davis followed with a laser RBI double to center (audio). Sacramento wrapped up its scoring in the top of the ninth when Green doubled and scored on a two-out Choice RBI single to center off Lowe to increase the lead to 5-1. Nashville didn't go down without a fight in the home half of the final frame, plating a run against River Cats closer Dan Otero. Hainley Statia (3-for-4) led off with a single before scoring from first on Gennett's one-out RBI double to the left-center wall to score the night's final run (audio). The teams continue the series with a 2:05 p.m. matinee on Sunday afternoon at Greer Stadium. Left-hander Zach Kroenke (0-5, 7.30) will look to pick up his first win of the season when he takes the hill for the Sounds to face Sacramento southpaw Andrew Werner (2-5, 8.54). Nashville Box I just caught this tonight, but Khrush Davis has played RF the last two games. Obviously LF is locked down for a little while with the big club, but I'll let everyone form his/her own opinion here. As I noted in the transactions thread, Hunter Morris did not play tonight & has been placed on the DL. I haven't seen word on what the injury is, but hopefully it's not a major issue. Gennett: 1-2, 2B, RBI, 3 BB Gindl: 1-3, 2 BB Davis: 1-4, 2B, RBI, OF assist Parker: 1-3, 2B, BB, E (fielding) Statia: 3-4 Dayton Buller: 1-4, PB, 0/2 CS Thornburg's performance tonight was quite encouraging. He absolutely pounded the strike zone, and piled up the K's. [pre]Thornburg: 5.2 IP 7 H 2 R 2 ER 1 BB 10 K HBP 104 TP (71 strikes) 3:0 GO:FO Lowe: 3.1 IP 5 H 3 R 2 ER 0 BB 2 K[/pre] Nashville PbP Thornburg had a rocky first inning, but was able to K his way out of the jam -- an auspicious beginning to his outing: Sacramento Top of the 1st -Jemile Weeks singles on a line drive to right fielder Khris Davis. -Grant Green called out on strikes. -With Shane Peterson batting, Jemile Weeks steals (6) 2nd base. -With Shane Peterson batting, passed ball by Dayton Buller, Jemile Weeks to 3rd. -Shane Peterson walks. -With Michael Choice batting, Shane Peterson steals (5) 2nd base. -Michael Choice strikes out swinging. -Stephen Vogt called out on strikes. After going down in order in the 2nd & 3rd innings, Sacramento got to Tyler in the 4th. He surrendered four of the seven hits he allowed on the evening, but wriggled off the hook before things got too ugly: Sacramento Top of the 4th -Shane Peterson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Josh Prince. -Michael Choice homers (7) on a fly ball to left field. Shane Peterson scores. -Stephen Vogt singles on a line drive to right fielder Khris Davis. -Scott Moore singles on a ground ball to right fielder Khris Davis. Stephen Vogt to 2nd. -Jeremy Barfield lines out to left fielder Caleb Gindl. -Josh Horton grounds into a force out, first baseman Sean Halton to shortstop Blake Davis. Stephen Vogt to 3rd. Scott Moore out at 2nd. Josh Horton to 1st. -Andy Parrino called out on strikes. Although he got off to a dicey start in the 6th, Thornburg came roaring back via the strikeout. Lowe got Tyler's back to finish the frame scoreless & close the book on a good outing: Sacramento Top of the 6th -Stephen Vogt singles on a line drive to center fielder Josh Prince. -Scott Moore doubles (9) on a line drive to right fielder Khris Davis. Stephen Vogt to 3rd. -Jeremy Barfield strikes out swinging. -Josh Horton strikes out swinging. -Pitching Change: Johnnie Lowe replaces Tyler Thornburg. -Andy Parrino strikes out swinging. The Sounds had a legit scoring chance in the 7th, down 4-0, but couldn't make it pay: Nashville Bottom of the 7th -Pitching Change: Hideki Okajima replaces Sonny Gray. -Blake Davis flies out to center fielder Michael Choice. -Hainley Statia singles on a ground ball to center fielder Michael Choice. -Dayton Buller singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jeremy Barfield. Hainley Statia to 3rd. -Scooter Gennett pops out to second baseman Jemile Weeks. -Josh Prince strikes out swinging. Nashville Gameday

As was speculated in last night's Link Report, Hunter Morris was indeed injured in last night's game. From the Sounds' official Twitter account: Please refer to this informative post from bkrause2 (quoted below) for details on Morris's injury. My guess in Friday's Link Report (that Morris had caught an injury on the basepaths as the first out of a double play) was incorrect.

Rickie hit to his career norms from July-September last season, so it's not like it's been some incredibly long time since he's played well. There's only one more guaranteed year on his contract ('15 is a vesting option), so it's hardly an albatross. I will be genuinely surprised & really disappointed if he is just lost at the plate for the rest of his career. I think he'll get it together this season, but imo that process starts with Roenicke sitting him down for at least a couple of games in a row. Jeff Bianchi can at least give what Weeks has been providing thus far, and Rickie obviously isn't simply playing through this slump.

It's a solid pitching matchup in Nashville tonight, with Oakland's #18 overall pick in 2011, Nashville-born Sonny Gray, squaring off against Thornburg. They're both shorter SPs... both listed at 5'11". Gray has had three excellent starts so far, and two forgettable starts. In fact, he's coming off of one of his best performances as a professional -- a complete game, four hit/one run performance at Fresno on May 1st. With such a long layoff between starts, hopefully the Sounds can jump all over him early. Thornburg hasn't made it past the 5th in any start this season, and frankly has only had two decent starts out of seven. This season, he's looked more & more like the guy who got the label from prospect watchers that he'll have to shift to the bullpen, unfortunately. Hopefully tonight he can turn in his first genuinely impressive start of the season.

If you want to see Gennett called up to replace Weeks, imo you have to be of the belief that this is a playoff-caliber team. I don't, so I'd rather let Gennett continue to try to develop at least his gap power stroke in AAA. He just hasn't shown a whole lot of any offense aside from singles so far this season, and that won't play for long at the MLB level. Gennett isn't going to be the difference between making or missing the postseason, so don't waste his service time & instead let him (hopefully) develop more as a hitter & defender.

Went out today & got used copies of CoD: World at War, & Just Cause 2. I've played World at War & liked it, just didn't own it. I typically stick to sports & war games, but I've heard only really good things about Just Cause 2, & am really looking forward to playing it. Sounds crazy.

Cool Hand Lucroy, I don't mean my post to pick on yours, but your post basically reminded me of why I'm not that excited about this season's team. Basically, if the starting rotation had an ace, and the bullpen was better, and the offense got hotter (t2nd in NL as of right now in OPS+), this team could contend for the postseason. Tells you everything you need to know about the state of the 2013 squad imo. There are plenty of teams across MLB to which one could apply the first sentence in this paragraph & have it be 100% accurate. The Brewers probably have just as good a shot to make the postseason as any of the 80- to 86-ish-win-talent teams... that is to say, a bit of a long shot. You do make an interesting point that this season's offense is probably actually a better unit than 2011's, though. So that's one thing to be genuinely excited about for this season. I also always look forward to watching Braun, Segura, & *gulp* Gómez (yes, I'm still terrified that the bottom's going to drop out on him). Peralta & Burgos are two more I anticipate eagerly, and I agree that Figaro looks like a nice role-player bullpen arm to keep around for the next few seasons on the cheap -- I love watching his explosive stuff. He's another nice find from NPBL in Japan, after Loe & Aoki.

I'd be interested to see old Carlos Gómez scouting reports. He was very highly regarded, and I'd like to see what scouts thought of his ceiling when he was a younger player. In fact, I'd love to see almost any successful modern-ish-era Latin American player's scouting report from when he was first scouted, around age 14 or so. I just think it would be fascinating to see how accurate scouts were about projecting out 13 & 14-yo kids (who wound up 'making it').

Sounds Drop Series Finale In Extras, 5-4 Nashville's Gennett, Parker and Wooten Extend Streaks Nashville Sounds http://i.imgur.com/LRdpDzx.jpg Anderson De La Rosa (Mike Strasinger / Nashville Sounds) AUDIO: Caleb Gindl's RBI-Single AUDIO: Khris Davis' Game-Tying Single NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Five hours and fifty-eight minutes after scheduled first pitch at Greer Stadium, the Nashville Sounds dropped the series finale against the Fresno Grizzlies by the score of 5-4, splitting the series 2-2. Tied 4-4 in the 12th, Fresno broke through with a one-out run on Hector Sanchez's double to the right-field corner. The extra-base knock scored Brett Pill, who reached base by drawing a walk from Sounds reliever Travis Webb (0-1). The Sounds loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the frame, but two strikeouts and a grounder ended concluded the series. The extra innings allowed Sounds third baseman Stephen Parker to extend his hitting streak to 13 games, picking up a single to right field in the 10th. The streak is the longest by a Sound this season and the longest of Parker's career. Fresno picked up two runs off Sounds reliever Mike Olmsted in the seventh inning to tie the game 4-4 and eventually send the game to extras. Johnny Monell, pinch hitting for pitcher Steve Edlefsen, lifted a home run over the left-field wall. The shot marks the second night in a row the Sounds have allowed a pinch-hit dinger, after having not allowing one since July 29, 2011. The Grizzlies tied it up with Roger Kieschnick's RBI-single. The Grizzlies got on the board first, touching Sounds starting pitcher Johnny Hellweg early for two runs on three hits and one walk in the first inning. Pill had the run-scoring blow, a single into left field to score the two runners in scoring position. The Sounds answered Fresno with two runs of their own in the bottom of the first, ignited by Scooter Gennett's lead-off triple. The three-bagger extended Gennett's on-base streak to 28 games, the longest streak in the PCL this season. Caleb Gindl, four-for-five, followed up with an RBI-single and was driven in by Khris Davis' single after two wild pitches moved him to third. Tied 2-2 in the fourth inning, the Sounds plated the go-ahead run on a passed ball charged to Fresno catcher Hector Sanchez. His counterpart Anderson De La Rosa, who had three hits on the night, scored on the play from third after already benefitting from a passed ball earlier in the inning. Hellweg shut down the Grizzlies after the first, finishing with two runs on three hits over five innings of work and left in line for the win. The 24-year-old twirled three strikeouts, walked three and further helped his cause by going 2-for-2 at the plate. Tim Dillard and Kyle Heckathorn each pitched a scoreless inning before Rob Wooten collected three scoreless innings to improve his streak to 17 2/3 innings without letting in a run. The loss was charged to Webb. The Sounds begin a new four-game series on Saturday night at Greer Stadium, hosting the Sacramento River Cats (AAA-A's affiliate) at 6:35. The Sounds will send RHP Tyler Thornburg (0-3, 6.00) to the hill against Smyrna native and former Vanderbilt pitcher Sonny Gray (3-1, 2.61). Nashville Box It looks like Hunter Morris may have gotten dinged up as the first out in a 6-4-3 double play in the 5th. He went back out & played defense in the top of the 6th, but his spot in the lineup didn't come around in the bottom half of that frame, and Halton replaced him at first base to begin the top of the 7th. Keep in mind this is purely speculation on my part, but I don't know why Morris would've been subbed out at the point he was if it wasn't due to injury. Gennett: 2-6, 3B Josh Prince: 0-5, BB, CS Gindl: 4-5, 2B, RBI, BB, SB, OF assist Hunter Morris: 1-3 Sean Halton: 1-3 Davis: 1-4, RBI, 2 BB Parker: 1-6 De La Rosa: 3-6, 2B, 2 SB, E (missed catch), 0/2 CS Hellweg: 2-2 [pre]Hellweg: 5 IP 3 H 2 R 2 ER 3 BB 3 K WP HBP 104 TP (59 strikes) 5:4 GO:FO Dillard: 1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 0 K Balk Olmsted: 1 IP 2 H 2 R 2 ER 1 BB 1 K Heckathorn: 1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 1 K Wooten: 3 IP 3 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 3 K Webb: 1 IP 1 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 0 K[/pre] Nashville PbP Nashville nearly broke the 4-4 deadlock in the 8th, due to the blazing speed of backstop Anderson De La Rosa! Nashville Bottom of the 8th -Defensive switch from left field to right field for Roger Kieschnick. -Defensive switch from right field to third base for Juan Perez. -Pitching Change: Jean Machi replaces Ramon Ramirez, batting 7th, replacing third baseman Chris Dominguez. -Defensive Substitution: Cole Gillespie replaces pitcher Ramon Ramirez, batting 9th, playing left field. -Stephen Parker strikes out swinging. -Anderson De La Rosa singles on a line drive to right fielder Roger Kieschnick. -With Blake Davis batting, Anderson De La Rosa steals (2) 2nd base. -Blake Davis strikes out swinging. -Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Cole Garner replaces Kyle Heckathorn. -Cole Garner walks. Anderson De La Rosa to 3rd. Anderson De La Rosa steals (3) 3rd base. -Scooter Gennett flies out to left fielder Cole Gillespie. I'm still trying to wrap my head around how the Sounds didn't at least extend the game in the bottom of the 12th. What a letdown: Nashville Bottom of the 12th -Pitching Change: Heath Hembree replaces Sandy Rosario, batting 5th, replacing catcher Hector Sanchez. -Jackson Williams remains in the game as the catcher. -Caleb Gindl singles on a ground ball to right fielder Roger Kieschnick. -Sean Halton singles on a fly ball to right fielder Roger Kieschnick. Caleb Gindl to 3rd. -Khris Davis walks. Sean Halton to 2nd. -Stephen Parker called out on strikes. -Anderson De La Rosa called out on strikes. -Blake Davis grounds out, second baseman Kensuke Tanaka to first baseman Brett Pill. Nashville Gameday

Gamel is as much at fault as anyone else for his missed opportunities in the past. The recent injuries have been just plain unlucky, but the guy held himself back as much as he helped himself as a younger player, and he's admitted as much. I still love his swing & approach, though, so I will naïvely continue to hold out hope for a healthy 2014 campaign...

I thought that was the case, but Cot's said "FA." If there is an option, then barring injury, it's pretty likely it would get exercised, and it would also up the value if we were to try to trade him. Here is the Cot's page for the Brewers. They list 2015 as a team option season. Yovani Gallardo rhp 5 years/$30.1M (2010-14), plus 2015 club option signed extension 4/8/10, replacing 1 year/$0.45M deal for 2010 renewed 3/4/10 $1.25M signing bonus ($0.5M upon approval by MLB, $0.5M on 7/15/10, $0.25M on 11/15/10) 10: $0.5M, 11: $3.25M, 12: $5.5M, 13: $7.75M, 14: $11.25M, 15: $13M club option ($0.6M buyout) Gallardo may void option by earning 6 points based on 2010-14 Cy Young vote (5 points for 1st place, 3 points for 2nd place, 1 point for 3rd place) full no-trade clause for 2010-12 seasons, may block deals to 10 clubs thereafter