Talking Chop

I'm going to go ahead and put this out there so everyone will be aware of what's coming up. I'm also going to do my best to adhere to this schedule, but I'm not making any promises. I'll be reviewing each player, each trade we made in the past year, as well as posting some interviews I conducted about two weeks before the end of the season. Here is the schedule:

Week 1 (Oct. 9-14) - The Infield and Utility Players:

Monday: The Giles Decision and an Interview with Marcus Giles
Tuesday: Chipper Jones Player Review
Wednesday: Edgar Renteria Player Review and Renteria/Marte Trade Review
Thursday: Interview with Scott Thorman and Adam LaRoche Player Review
Friday: Player Reviews for the Utility Infielders - Prado, Orr, Pena Jr.
Saturday: Willy Aybar Player Review and Betemit/Aybar/Baez Trade Review

Week 2 (Oct. 16-21) - The Relief Pitchers and Catchers:

Monday: Baez/Ray/Villarreal/Barry Player Reviews
Tuesday: Interview with Macay McBride and Lefty Relievers Player Reviews
Wednesday: Yates/Paronto/Moylan/Stockman Player Reivews
Thursday: Bob Wickman Player Review and Wickman/Ramirez Trade Review
Friday: Interview with Brian McCann and Pratt/B. Pena Player Reviews
Saturday: Estrada/Villarreal/Cormier Trade Review

Week 3 (Oct. 23 - 28) - Starting Pitchers:

Monday: Interview with Chuck James and Kyle Davies Player Review
Tuesday: John Smoltz and Tim Hudson Player Reviews
Wednesday: Ramirez/Thompson/Cormier/Hampton Player Reviews
Thursday: The Emerging Right-Handed Starters
Friday: The Emerging Left-Handed Starters
Saturday: The Departed Starters

Week 4 (Oct. 30-Nov. 4) - The Outfield:

Monday: Matt Diaz and Ryan Langerhans Player Reviews and Examining the LF Options
Tuesday: Interview with Jeff Francoeur
Wednesday: Replacing Andruw? Internal vs. External
Thursday: Interview with Andruw Jones
Friday: Daryl Ward and Matt Diaz Trade Reviews