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Monday Rockpile: Post-Super Bowl, Pre-Spring Training Roundup

Rowbot Radio - Episode 2 - Purple Row
"In this edition, we discuss the state of the starting rotation going into Spring Training, including the condition of Jeff Francis, our stacked minor league options, and what we expect from our pitchers in 2010."

FanGraphs Splits | FanGraphs Baseball
The Home/Road Splits | FanGraphs Baseball

If you don't love FanGraphs yet or not enough, maybe you'll love will for the site will go up as they just added splits to their player pages. The second link look at how to look at home/road splits.

Pre-FanFest Giants news: Posey could work at other positions, Lincecum tries to take contract haggling in stride | Extra Baggs
In an article filled with notes on the Giants, Andrew Baggarly indicates that Bruce Bochy wants Buster Posey to get some playing time at first base. This way Posey won't start the season in the minors. But apparently, Posey had no idea about this until Baggarly told him.

The College Baseball Blog " Aman Reaka’s Top 100 Countdown: 100-75
I hope to have more coverage leading up to the 2010 draft than I did for the 2009 one, but for now here's one writer from the College Baseball Blog on the top eligible college draftees.

Washington Nationals: 2010 Draft Watch: Bryce Harper/Jameson Taillon. - Federal Baseball
Federal Baseball has video of top 2010 prospects Bryce Harper and RHP Jameson Taillon.

Viva El WAR (Part 1: Hitters) - Viva El Birdos
If our stats guys haven't fully gotten through to you yet on what WAR is, Viva El Birdos takes a stab at it.