Kevin Millwood

Four other general managers who, like Oakland's Billy Beane, rely heavily on quantitative analysis in player evaluations, had varied off-seasons. Here's a recap of what they did.

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an opposing team's scout sizes up the Phillies

Kevin SentCutting through the Giants' bats like a buzz saw on Sunday, Kevin Millwood kept his string of scoreboard zeros intact by pitching the season's first no-hitter, a 1-0 Phillies win before a crowd of of 40,016...

They will be a little better offensively with a healthy Javy Lopez and newcomer Robert Fick in the lineup. Lopez was in good shape and swinging the bat really well this spring. Those two need to take some pressure...