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Sorting through the damaged-goods bin

By Phil Rogers
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Is there a Chris Carpenter or a Frank Thomas in this year's free-agent crop? No, not the guys who were on top of the world in 2006, but the guys who were thrown onto the market as damaged goods after injuries that caused them to be devalued by their original teams. You can't be a general manager if you aren't something of a risk taker. The key is taking the right risks or, as one longtime scout suggests, "getting lucky" on the players you acquire. Few teams have ever gotten as "lucky" as the ...

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