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Today’s pitch count is 4.

1. With the emergence of Dice-K, Takashi Saito and Hideki Okajima people are now very excited to see who the next Japanese pitching import will be. Ted Berg takes a look at a few of the pitching options from the Japanese free agent pool.
2. Torri Hunter says that a large African American population is a reason why he’s going to consider playing for the Washington Nationals or the Atlanta Braves in 2008.
3. I’ve just found seven easy steps to making the Cincinnati Reds a competitor in 2008.
4. As a nice addendum to my post earlier about the Atlanta Braves outfield, Chop-n-Change writes about the two biggest questions on Braves fans, who will be in center field in 2008 and will the Braves grab another starter to bolster their rotation.

Every once in a while, well most of the time actually, other people say it better or before I do. Or, maybe a baseball topic could help a fantasy GM, but it isn’t exactly “on-topic” for this fantasy baseball blog. That’s the sort of stuff you’ll find in the Pitch Count, a periodical (hopefully daily) look around the baseball blogosphere.

Today’s pitch count is 10.

1. The Talking Chop crew, over the next 2 weeks, will be counting down the top 35 Atlanta Braves prospects. In addition to those 35 guys, they will also take a day to analyze prospects they’ve traded (where’s Saltalamacchia going to fall on this one?), and a day to let their readers pick their top 25.
2. An extremely interesting look at a team’s expected starting rotation at the start of the season, and how many pitchers it actually takes to make it through a major league baseball season. No, the answer is not a 5 man rotation.
3. Brew Crew Ball is taking a daily look at all the Milwaukee Brewers participating in Winter League baseball.
4. San Diego Padres blog, Ducksnorts, has already posted some 2008 MLB projections.
5. Baseball America posted their list of the top 20 prospects from the Texas League.
6. Here are 10 ways to fix the New York Mets. If I had a vote, #1 would have been to re-play the last 3 weeks of the season.
7. Baseball America again. This time their list of the top 20 International League prospects.
8. Here are some early, and very incredibly in depth, Philadelphia Phillies 2008 MLB projections.
9. In 2007, nobody entered the 40/40 (HR/SB) club that Jose Canseco “founded”. But, here is a list of 47 players who hit the 10/10 mark. The youth on this list, especially in the 15/15 category (Ryan Braun, Nick Markakis, Russell Martin) and 20/20 category (Corey Hart, Hanley Ramirez) is impressive.
10. Thee are many players that could be labeled as major disappointments in 2007. But who is the Fantasy Bust of the Year?