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Keith Law discusses the controversy surrounding his NL Cy Young Award ballot. Law believes that Tim Lincecum, Javier Vazquez and Adam Wainwright were the three best pitchers in the NL.

One Big Thing

Scott Van Pelt shares his thoughts on baseball's Rookie of the Year award winners in his "One Big Thing."

Jayson Stark, MLB

ESPN.com senior MLB writer Jayson Stark says agent Scott Boras is right about teams who are taking in revenue-sharing money and not spending it to improve their teams. Stark offers a proposal that would punish teams that drop below a minimum payroll.

Baseball Today Podcasts

Baseball Today: 11/19

Eric Karabell and Peter Pascarelli recap the awards season and answer e-mails about free agents, the Angels, Yankees and Mets.

Baseball Today: 11/5

Eric Karabell and Peter Pascarelli congratulate the Yankees, discuss Chase Utley not winning the MVP award and comment on A-Rod's validation.

Baseball Today: 11/4

Eric Karabell and Peter Pascarelli preview Game 6 of the World Series and wonder if Pedro Martinez can lead Philadelphia to a Game 7.

PLAYER RATINGS

	PLAYER	TEAM	POS
1	Albert Pujols	STL	1B
2	Zack Greinke	KC	SP
3	Tim Lincecum	SF	SP
4	Joe Mauer	MIN	C
5	Chris Carpenter	STL	SP
6	Chase Utley	PHI	2B
7	Felix Hernandez	SEA	SP
8	Roy Halladay	TOR	SP
9	Javier Vazquez	ATL	SP
10	Prince Fielder	MIL	1B

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MLB BLOGS

Jayson Stark

Three Strikes -- Mailbag edition (11/20/09)
Jason Grey

Final notes from Arizona Fall League (11/20/09)
Peter Gammons

Marlins aren't your typical small-market team (11/19/09)
Keith Law

My 2009 NL Cy Young ballot (11/19/09)
Buster Olney

The most popular free agents (11/16/09)

COLUMNISTS

Jayson Stark

It Starts At The Bottom

Cries for a salary cap were sparked by the Yankees' winning the World Series, but what baseball really needs is a minimum payroll threshold.

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Jerry Crasnick

A Subjective Matter

When it comes to defensive analysis, should we believe our eyes or the numbers? Perhaps a little of both.

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Howard Bryant

Capped Out

In an offseason focused on money, cries for a salary cap are way off the mark.

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Tim Kurkjian

Offseason Storylines

Where will Matt Holliday end up? What about John Lackey? They are among the top 10 storylines of the offseason.

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Jim Caple

A Great Finish

Alex Rodriguez turned numerous negatives to begin this season into the ultimate positive to end the year: A World Series title.

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Amy K. Nelson

Quick Exit

Pedro Martinez's outing in Game 6 was brief, as was his bizarre session with reporters after he tried to bolt the Phillies' clubhouse without speaking to the media.

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Rob Neyer

Bad On The Bases

Nick Punto and Carlos Gomez are included on the list of the top 10 all-time baserunning blunders.

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Buster Olney

Fall Pitching Prizes

Highlighting six pitchers who will draw the most interest this offseason.

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MLB ON TWITTER

@Jason_Grey Final AFL thoughts, including two random anecdotes. Yes, two! Also open Q&A thread on any players I missed. http://bit.ly/7SGc4r 32 minutes ago
@jaysonst That trivia question: 6 men threw a pitch that could have won or lost the WS on that pitch. Answer in blog for Insiders http://tiny.cc/WAXqP about an hour ago
@jaysonst New blog post: Mailbag on Pirates' spending, Isaac Newton's favorite WS droughts & an awesome WS trivia question http://tiny.cc/WAXqP about an hour ago
@Jason_Grey @keithlaw Sometimes exponentially, it seems about 2 hours ago
@MLBRumorCentral Yankees passing on Bay, Holliday to wait for next year? #yankees #rays #freeagents #mlb http://bit.ly/8UYAkG about 3 hours ago
@MLBRumorCentral Prince getting big dollars to stay in Milwaukee? #brewers #trades #mlb http://bit.ly/64mvZ9 about 4 hours ago
@MLBRumorCentral Yankees logjam: Swisher, Matsui, Damon -- one may have to go #yankees #mlb #trades #freeagents http://bit.ly/14z6qd about 4 hours ago
@MLBRumorCentral Keith Law's No. 3 overall free agent wants $82.5 million -- or more #angels #yankees #redsox #mlb http://bit.ly/Iw2ZV about 4 hours ago
@MLBRumorCentral Russell Martin on his way out of LA? #dodgers #mlb http://bit.ly/8T501g about 4 hours ago
@MLBRumorCentral Might the Cardinals look to Placido Polanco at second base? #cardinals #tigers #mlb http://bit.ly/5siRrd about 4 hours ago
@robneyer Seven CY voters listed Carpenter third. So it's perfectly reasonable to have him third ... but downright insane to have him fourth? Got it. about 4 hours ago
@robneyer RT @fungoes Lot of people hating ... today. Nothing brings out the ad-hominem attacks like reasoned opinions and people too lazy to think. about 5 hours ago
@pgammo David Oritz admonishes Red Sox for not adding power. 2007 WS year they scored 867 runs, hit 166 HR. In 2009 scored 872 runs, hit 212 HR. about 5 hours ago
@jaysonst At least 10 teams in MLB took in $80M-plus before they sold a ticket. More in this week's Rumblings http://tiny.cc/3ai6u about 6 hours ago
@MLBRumorCentral The bidding for John Lackey reportedly will start at $82.5M over five years, the same contract given to A.J. Burnett ..http://bit.ly/Iw2ZV about 7 hours ago
@MLBRumorCentral Nationals prospect Stephen Strasburg said he heard a pop in his knee and won't pitch in the AFL title game..http://bit.ly/3WYE3A about 7 hours ago
@robneyer So many fans I never even got to say hello! RT @modenwelder @robneyer Did you guys chat about what it's like to get through a marathon chat? about 16 hours ago
@robneyer Just got back from a Bill Simmons book-signing. I knew the Guy was beloved ... but, Jeez Louise he's a rock star. about 16 hours ago
@Jason_Grey @keithlaw You should make "idito" a recurring Klawchat theme. about 19 hours ago
@jimcaple Back from vacation with a bit on Lincecum's Cy Young: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/091104&sportCat=mlb about 19 hours ago

2009 PLAYOFFS

The Yankees, after a one-year break from the playoffs, returned to the postseason and captured the franchise's 27th title.

Stark: Gang of Four endures for Yankees

Wojciechowski: Thinking of The Boss

Crasnick: Matsui wins MVP, exit from NYC next?

Arangure: Five reasons the Phils didn't repeat

KISS 'EM GOODBYE

Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and the Insider staff offer in-depth looks at the teams that were eliminated … and the one team, the New York Yankees, still standing at the end.

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