Cliff Lee to Rangers & other notes

 

 

As everyone I’m sure knows by now Cliff Lee was traded to the Rangers this afternoon. I’m a huge fan of small to mid market teams, like the Rangers and I’m excited for the fans there in Arlington as well for the organization.

On my earlier post I discussed Lee to the Yankees. When I woke up this morning, rumors were a swirling. I’m very happy to see the deal did not work out with New York. A lot of NYY fans were upset. Cry me a river! You have CC, Burnett, Pettitte, Mo. I mean, do I need to go on and on? I feel like big market teams fans are very greedy. Welcome to the life of a Pirate fan. I cheer for the underdogs and the mid market teams. I think home grown talent is how baseball should be ran (but that’s another story)I’m very excited to see him in a Rangers uni.

 I’m done rambling..

 

Some tweets regarding the trade:

@MLB “Today is a great day for the Texas Rangers organization.” – MGR Ron Washington

@MLB Nolan Ryan: “A proven starter, an innings-eater…he’s going to bring a presence to us that is gonna have an impact…on rest of staff.”

@MLB “They said, ‘Great move, Jon Daniels.’” – Ron Washington on #Rangers player reactions

@MLB #Mariners GM Zduriencik: “We decided that if we were able to acquire the amount of talent we wanted, we would make a deal for Cliff. ”

@MLB “The process of building a World Championship team…is based on continually acquiring more top talent for the organization.” – Zduriencik

@MLB #Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik: “We believe we have taken another step closer to winning a championship in the future with this trade.”

 

 

• For all the reactions (from players, management, broadcasters, ect) regarding the trade read mlbtraderumors
• The full MLB article on the trade and to see who the Mariners got in return read more.

 

 

Other News:

• Jake Peavy to undergo surgery to repair detached latissimus dorsi muscle in right shoulder Wednesday. He will resume throwing in Spring Training.
• Padres, Matt Latos (Since May 1st) 9-2, 1.56 ERA, 9.0 K/9IP
• The Padres won 7-1 over the Nats yesterday. It was they’re 50th win before the All-Star Break- the 1st time since 1998 and only the 3rd time in franchise history.
• Clayton Kershaw (last 12 games) 8-2, 2.20 ERA, 6.2 IP per start, 10.1 K per 9 IP
• Carl Crawford hit a 445 ft homerun yesterday vs Cleveland. He went 2-4, 2HR, 4RBI. It was his 5th career multi HR game.

 

It’s getting closer to the July 31st trade deadline. Let the madness begin.

• Some noteable Potential free Agents (position players for 2011)

Have 2011 Option:

Lance Berkman

David Ortiz

Jose Reyes

No 2011 Option:

Carl Crawford

Adam Dunn

Derek Jeter

Paul Konerko

Derek Lee

Victor Martinez

Carlos Pena

 

• Noteable Potential Free Agents (Pitchers for 2011)

Have 2011 Option

Tim Hudson

Jon Garland

No 2011 Option

Mariano Rivera

Bronson Arroyo

 

 

 I am watching Pirates Pre Game and here are some good Pirates/Brewers Stats:

• Last series @ Miller Park April 26, 27, 28)

Pirates Record: 2-1, 16 runs, 35 hits, 6 doubles, 7 Home Runs (2 by McCutchen, 2 by Doumit)

Both wins came in last at-bat.

• Flat Brews (Last 5 games)

Record 0-5

1.6 runs per game

6.6 hits per game

2 Home runs

.200 AVG

0.71 AVG w/ RISP

10.4 strikeouts per game

team ERA 5.73

Home runs allowed 9

opp avg .301

8 errors

They left 17 runners on base yesterday.