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Around the Ballparks 07/28

  • The Indians traded Jhonny Peralta to the Tigers for LHP Giovanna Soto.
  • The Angels Joel Pineiro will be out six to eight weeks (strained left oblique) He was a late scratch on Wed after sustaining a left oblique strain while warming up in the bullpen.

Noteable players on the DL this season (with abdominal or oblique injuries)

MIL – Yovanni Gallardo (RHP)

TEX – Tommy Hunter (RHP)

SD – Mat Latos (RHP)

TEX – Cliff Lee (LHP)

BAL – Brian Roberts (2B)

SD – Mike Adams (RHP)

SF – Jeremy Affeldt (LHP)

NYM – Rod Barajas (C)

PHI – Shane Victorino (CF)

  • Derek Lee rejected a trade to the Angeles yesterday. Lee “agonized” over the decision about whether to accept the trade but he decided his family came first.

“When the trade was presented to me, I felt for me and my family the best thing to do was to stay here,” Lee said after the Cubs’ 8-1 loss to the Astros. “That was a decision we made. Jim and I had a great conversation about it. That was the decision.”

“It just shows the kind of guy he is,” pitcher Randy Wells said. “He’s a great guy, great teammate and a valuable asset. Without a guy like him on your team, you never know where you’re going to be, and not just on the field but in the clubhouse. He’s the guy everybody looks up to and he walks in the room and everybody perks up. As far as where we’re at right now, that’s huge that he stays.”

  • The Nationals have placed Stephen Strasburg on the 15-day disabled list for shoulder stiffness.

“They’re taking every precaution with me,” he said. “It’s doing great already. [I'm] making big strides … and when the time comes, I’m going to be ready to go.”

  • The Giants have won 17 of their last 21 games and Buster Posey extended his hitting streak to 21 games.
  • Giants closer Brian Wilson was fined $1,000 for his orange cleats. They are the flashy (but cool in my opinion) he wore at the All-Star Game. Marlins Manager Rodriques complained about the cleats, calling them “a little too bright, too flashy.” During pregame Brian colored in 50 percent of the cleat black with a sharpie.

“I’m going to keep wearing them, but I’ve changed them to 50 percent black for the guidelines, and you guys can attest to that,” said Wilson, holding up one shoe. “I’ve got pretty good eyes. I can eyeball 50 percent. I don’t think they’re going to be nit-picky about 53 percent not black. I’m making an effort.”

“The fact that he thinks these shoes throw 97-100 with cut might be a little far-fetched,” Wilson said. “I guess we should probably have these checked for performance-enhancing cleats.”

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  • The Orioles hire Buck Showalter as their manager -MLB
  • The Royals traded OF Scott Podsednik to the Dodgers for two minor leaguers, Lucas May (C) and Elisaul Pimentel (RHP)
  • The Rangers placed Ian Kinsler on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left groin. The club called up (1B/OF) Mitch Moreland from Triple-A Oklahoma City.
  • Ben Sheets in out for the remainder of the season with a torn flexor tendon in his right elbow.

“He’ll be missed both on the field and off the field,” Geren said. “He’s been a great teammate for a lot of the young guys. A lot of them looked up to him for his competitiveness and, off the field, he was just a pleasant guy to be around.” 

“The whole year’s been frustrating,” Sheets said. “From where I was before spring, it’s never really taken any jumps you always hear about. To say I felt good for extended periods of time would be false. I felt good here and there — a couple innings here, a couple innings there, but nothing sustained throughout the year.” 

  • Dan Uggla hit his 143rd Career Home Run, ties Mike Lowell for Marlins franchise leading record. It is his sixth homerun in his last six games.
  • Cardinals are 39-10 this season after scoring in the first inning.
  • The Chicago White Sox are 17-1 at home since June 9th.
  • Roy Halladay pitched his eigth complete game of the season. He gave up 6H, 1ER, 9K, 114 pitches. The Phillies have won seven straight games and 10 straight victories at home.

Doc (Last 5 home Starts) 4-0, 0.43 ERA, 38/4 K/BB, 0.83 WHIP

  • The Tigers have lost nine straight road games.
  • Joey Votto (last eight games) .471 AVG, .853 SLG, 4HR, 10RBI

 

 

Blown Call at HP, rough 4th, Bucs lose 5-3 to the Padres

In an instant, everything can change. The Bucs learned it the hard way last night as they lost to the Padres, 5-3.

In the first inning, with runners on first and third, Garrett Jones hit a grounder to first-baseman Adrian Gonzalez. He threw to home to try to get Jose Tabata at the plate. After a few seconds of waiting for the call by home plate umpire Bill Welke, Torrealba tagged Tabata and he signaled for the out. The replays clearly showed that Jose made a great play by touching home plate and avoiding the tag. John Rusell came out to argue the call, but it stood, no run. That ended the first inning for the Pirates, the momentum shifted.

 

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It’s hard to really blame a loss on one call that happened in the first, but it definitly was a factor in what could have been an entirely different game.

“He didn’t see Jose’s hand go in there,” Russell said of Welke. “I think he’d know if he had to look at it on replay. But he didn’t see the hand go in there … and it did.”

Said Tabata, through his interpreter, first-base coach Carlos Garcia: “I was kind of surprised when he didn’t call anything at the beginning, because I know for sure my hand touched the plate. And I was kind of surprised that he saw that play the way he did, but I’m pretty sure he just told me that he didn’t see me touch the plate, and that’s why he didn’t make any call.” 

Could’ve helped obviously,” Russell said of the run that wasn’t. “It’s a tie game. We score the three runs, we tie it up, [and] it might have changed the outcome a little bit. You hate for something like that to happen, because it is a run, and plays that cost you runs, they hurt, especially in a close game.”

The Pirates managed to only get six hits and two earned runs off Correia through six innings. (Correia’s ERA is 5.09, the worst of the staff of Padres starters. That tells you how good the arms have been.)

Paul Maholm, coming off arguably one of the best starts of his career, pitched six innings, giving up nine hits, four runs with two walks and two strikeouts. If it wasn’t for the rough second inning, Paul would have pitched a pretty good game. (He gave up four runs, four hits, faced eight batters and threw 28 pitches in the second.)

I really can’t say they hit a ball hard,” Maholm said of the second. “They found holes, broken-bat double — just the kind of inning that happens. But I felt good. I still felt like I could go out and throw my pitches when I wanted to, and try to keep us in the game. That was the biggest thing, is make sure it didn’t get any bigger.”

The Pirates cut the lead to two runs in the fourth inning when Pedro Alvarez single advanced two runners into scoring position thanks to a throwing error by Everth Cabrera. Lastings Milledge singled home both runners making the score, 4-2. 

In the fifth inning, Tabata hit an RBI ground out to bring the game within one run.

Brendan Donnelly came in to pitch in the seventh inning. Throwing 13 pitches, 12 of them balls, he walked the bases loaded with no outs.

D.J. Carrasco came into the jam and continued to prove what a great asset he is to the Pirates. The Padres only managed to get one run, a Will Venable Sac Fly.

Heath Bell recorded his major-league leading 28th save of the season.

 

  

 
The Bucs have a challanging series on their hands, not only are the Padres first in the National League but a big part of that has been their stellar pitching this season. Entering Friday’s game the Padres leads MLB in Bullpen ERA (2.87), and second in Starting Pitching ERA (3.30) and rank third in Strikeouts (750).

 

Today’s Pitching Matchup: 

Matt Latos 10-4, 2.45 ERA

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Jeff Karstens 2-5, 4.84 ERA

Latos just coming off the disabled list (strained left oblique) will start against the Pirates. He leads the Padres with 10 victories and will be making his first start since July 8th. Matt, who has proved to have one of the strongest arms in the NL in the first half of the season, has even impressed veteran Heath Bell.

“He’s showing what we all think he can do,” Bell said. “He’s not just a young kid with great, unbelievable stuff that doesn’t know what he’s doing. Every outing he’s learning.

“I told him, ‘You have the potential to be a No. 1. You have the potential, when we lose a few games, to be that stopper, that ace that we know we can ride.’ … With Mat, we have a chance to win every single outing.”

 

Karstens retired the first 12 batters he faced on 29 pitches his last outing. Although he did give up two long balls to both Fielder and Weeks he did mange to throw 53 of his 66 pitches for strikes. Jeff hasn’t picked up a win since June 19th, but has allowed just three runs or less in three of his five starts since.

I just felt I had a really good rhythm throwing strikes,” Karstens said. “And then, when I got ahead, I was expanding the zone a little bit, making them chase. Just doing what I’ve been doing while I’ve been here.”

 

Other Pirates News:

  • To say Neil Walker has been hot is an understatement. In the Brewers series he went 11 for 17, with 4 2B, and 5 RB. Raised his AVG from .289 to .320, 51 points in the 2nd half alone. He’s been great since being called up on May 25th.

“What he went through, I think really made him a stronger player,” Russell said. “Fighting his way, struggling a little bit in Triple-A and finding it toward the end of the season last year. Came in, he knew Pedro [Alvarez] was going to play third, so I think it challenged him in another direction. We challenged him to play other positions and challenged him to try to find a spot that he could settle in.”

  • Pirates promote 33rd round draft pick Justin Ennis (LHP) to Single-A West Virginia.
  • Joel Hanrahan’s miserable six-run seventh inning against the Brewers three months ago is not a distant memory, not even close.

 

“I wouldn’t say that I put that outing behind me, I’d say I use it more as motivation,” Hanrahan said. “These guys, they’re coming up there trying to take food off your plate at all times, and you’ve got to go out there and take it personally and go out there and try to do your job, I guess. But I use that as motivation because, you can ask [Octavio] Dotel and [Brendan] Donnelly, we’ve all had games like that against Milwaukee, and we use that as motivation and try to work on it and try to get our numbers down as much as possible.”

Hanrahan has done just that, giving up just 10 earned runs in 37 2/3 innings (38 appearances) since, lowering his ERA from 15.75 to 3.67. Take away that April 22 outing, which came in a Pirates’ 20-0 loss, and Hanrahan’s ERA is 2.43.

The 28-year-old right-hander struck out two in the ninth Thursday against the Brewers and has now tossed four scoreless innings in four appearances since the All-Star break, striking out six, walking none and allowing just two hits.

With the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline fast approaching, Pirates manager John Russell has repeatedly said he likes what he has in his bullpen. Hanrahan isn’t oblivious to the chatter, but his mindset remains the same.

“This time of the year, obviously, there’s a lot of trade talks going on with everybody, and people joke about it and everything, and you got outside people coming in, like family members, asking questions,” Hanrahan said. “It’s nice not to see your name in there and then it is also flattering to see your name in trade rumors, too — that teams are interested in you and other teams feel like you can help them in the playoff race. That’s always fun, too, but it’s one of those things you can’t worry about. You just go out there and pitch.”

 

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Around the Ballparks:

  • Corey Hart’s x-ray on right wrist came up negative, his MRBI showed just a thumb bruise. Doesn’t appear to be DL, but he may be out few days

  • Ned Colletti says Dodgers are serious buyers–With the trade deadline nearing, general manager says he has been on the phone and actively trying to improve the team. -LATimes


  • In yesterday’s Mariners/Red Sox game, Chone Figgins got into a fight, not with the Sox but his own Manager, Don Wakamatsu. After he got pulled in the fifth inning for not hustling, they exchanged words and it got pretty heated. You can watch the video here if you missed it.


  • The long comeback of Rockies Pitcher Taylor Bucholz is almost complete. After undergoing Tommy John in 2008, he is set to be activated today before the game vs the Phillies.


  • Jim Leyland not excited to trade away Tigers’ prospects -freep.com


  • Roy Halladay- 8 scoreless innings last night is the 7th time Halladay has pitched 7+ innings & allowed 0 ER, most in majors.


  • Phillies have posted consecutive shutouts for 2nd time this season. Last time they had 2 such streaks in a season was 1986.


  • Joe Mauer: 1st HR since July 6. All 5 HR this season have come on road. Mauer hit his 5th HR in his 13th game last season.


  • Orlando Hudson diagnosed with strained right oblique, which tends to linger and send player to the DL.


  • The Nationals exercise team option and will Jim Riggleman as the manager for 2011.


  • The A’s sign catcher Kurt Suzuki to a four-year, $16.25 M extension.


  • Pedroia thinks he won’t need to make a minor league rehab stint. “The Red Sox need me more than the PawSox.” (via @ESPNJoeyMac)


  • Choo activated from the DL. Aaron Laffey onto 15-day DL with left shoulder fatigue.


  • Largest win pct improvement (NL) entering thurs:

               2009          2010         Dif.

Padres               .463           .591          .128

Mets                  .432           .516          .084

Reds                  .481           .552          .071

Nationals           .364            .432          .068

Braves               .531            .585          .054

  • 10 + Wins and ERA under 2.00 thru 20 starts:

2010- Josh Johnson 10W, 1.61 ERA

2000- Pedro Martinez 14W, 1.40 ERA

1998 Greg Maddux 12W, 1.57 ERA

1997- Pedro Martinez 12W, 1.80 ERA

  • San Diego Padres Pitching Staff-MLB Rank(Entering Fri):

ERA- 3.30 (2nd)

Pen’ ERA- 2.87 (1st)

Shutouts- 12 (2nd)

Opp AVG- .239 (2nd)

Strikeouts- 750 (3rd)

Road ERA- 3.75 (3rd)

 

Here are some pictures I took from the game last night.

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Heath Bell about to record his ML leading 28th Save.

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Paul Maholm facing Adrian Gonzalez in the 1st inning.

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Matt Latos during BP.

 

All-Star Break Stats (League & Team Leaders) Pt 1 (AL)

2010 American League Leaders:

AVG

  1. J. Hamilton TEX .346
  2. M. Cabrera DET .346
  3. J. Morneau MIN .345

ERA

  1. D. Price TB 2.42
  2. C. Buchholz BOS 2.45
  3. C. Lee TEX 2.64

HR

  1. J. Bautista TOR 24
  2. J. Hamilton TEX 22
  3. M. Cabrera DET 22

WINS

  1. D. Price TB 12
  2. C. Sabathia NYY 12
  3. J. Lester BOS 11

RBI

  1. M. Cabrera DET 77
  2. V. Guerreto TEX 75
  3. A. Rodriguez NYY 70

K

  1. J. Weaver LAA 137
  2. F. Hernandez SEA 131
  3. J. Lester BOS 124

  

 

 BALTIMORE ORIOLES:

AVG

  1. Nick Markakis .308
  2. Adam Jones .276
  3. Miguel Tejada .276

HR

  1. Ty Wigginton 14
  2. Adam Jones 14
  3. Luke Scott 12

RBI

  1. Ty Wigginton 45
  2. Adam Jones 39
  3. Miguel Tejada 35

WINS

  1. David Hernandez 4
  2. Matt Albers 3
  3. Jeremy Guthrie 3

ERA

  1. Jeremy Guthrie 4.77
  2. Brian Matusz 4.77
  3. Kevin Millwood 5.77

K

  1. Kevin Millwood 84
  2. Brian Matusz 80
  3. Jeremy Guthrie 57

 

BOSTON RED SOX:

AVG

  1. Adrian Beltre .330
  2. Kevin Youkilis .293
  3. Dustin Pedroia .292

HR

  1. Kevin Youkilis 18
  2. David Ortiz 18
  3. Adrian Beltre 13

RBI

  1. Kevin Youkilis 57
  2. David Ortiz 57
  3. Adrian Beltre 55

WINS

  1. John Lester 11
  2. Clay Buchholz 10
  3. John Lackey 9

ERA

  1. Clay Buchholz 2.45
  2. Jon Lester 2.78
  3. John Lackey 4.78

K

  1. Jon Lester 124
  2. John Lackey 68
  3. Clay Buchholz 64

 

NEW YORK YANKEES:

AVG

  1. Robinson Cano .336
  2. Brett Gardner .309
  3. Nick Swisher .298

HR

  1. Mark Teixeira 17
  2. Robinson Cano 16
  3. Nick Swisher 15

RBI

  1. Alex Rodriguez 70
  2. Mark Teixeira 60
  3. Robinson Cano 58

WINS

  1. C.C. Sabathia 12
  2. Phil Hughes 11
  3. Andy Pettitte 11

ERA

  1. Andy Pettitte 2.70
  2. C.C Sabathia 3.09
  3. Phil Hughes 3.65

K

  1. C.C Sabathia 104
  2. Phil Hughes 91
  3. Andy Pettitte 87

 

TAMPA BAY RAYS:

AVG

  1. Carl Crawford .321
  2. Evan Longoria .300
  3. Ben Zobrist .285

HR

  1. Carlos Pena 18
  2. Evan Longoria 13
  3. Carl Crawford 11

RBI

  1. Evan Longoria 61
  2. Carlos Pena 54
  3. Carl Crawford 50

WINS

  1. David Price 12
  2. Matt Garza 10
  3. James Shields 7

ERA

  1. David Price 2.42
  2. Jeff Neimann 2.77
  3. Matt Garza 4.05

K

  1. James Shields 109
  2. David Price 100
  3. Matt Garza 86

 

TORONTO BLUE JAYS:

AVG

  1. Fred Lewis .276
  2. Vernon Wells .265
  3. Alex Gonzalez .259

HR

  1. Jose Bautista 24
  2. Vernon Wells 19
  3. Alex Gonzalez 17

HR

  1. Jose Bautista 56
  2. Alex Gonzalez 50
  3. Vernon Wells 49

WINS

  1. Brett Cecil 8
  2. Shaun Marcum 7
  3. Ricky Romero 6

ERA

  1. Shaun Marcum 3.44
  2. Ricky Romero 3.71
  3. Bret Cecil 3.97

K

  1. Brandon Morrow 111
  2. Ricky Romero 108
  3. Shaun Marcum 88

 

CHICAGO WHITE SOX:

AVG

  1. Alex Rios .305
  2. Paul Konerko .299
  3. Alexei Ramirez .274

HR

  1. Paul Konerko 20
  2. Carlos Quentin 19
  3. Alex Rios 15

RBI

  1. Paul Konerko 63
  2. Carlos Quentin 61
  3. Alex Rios 49

WINS

  1. Freddy Garcia 9
  2. John Danks 8
  3. Mark Buehrle 8

ERA

  1. John Danks 3.29
  2. Gavin Floyd 4.20
  3. Mark Buehrle 4.24

K

  1. Jake Peavy 93
  2. Gavin Floyd 90
  3. John Danks 86

 

CLEVELAND INDIANS:

AVG

  1. Shin-Soo Choo .286
  2. Austin Kearns .270
  3. Johnny Peralta .252

HR

  1. Shin-Soo Choo 13
  2. Russell Branyan 10
  3. Travis Hafner 8

RBI

  1. Shin-Soo Choo 43
  2. Jhonny Peralta 39
  3. Austin Kearns 38

WINS

  1. Mitch Talbot 8
  2. Fausto Carmona 8
  3. Jake Westbrook 5

ERA

  1. Fausto Carmona 3.64
  2. Mitch Talbot 3.99
  3. Jake Westbrook 4.75

K

  1. Justin Masterson 82
  2. Jake Westbrook 62
  3. Fausto Carmona 61

 

DETROIT TIGERS:

AVG

  1. Miguel Cabrera .346
  2. Magglio Ordonez .313
  3. Austin Jackson .300

HR

  1. Miguel Cabrera 22
  2. Brennan Boesch 12
  3. Magglio Ordonez 11

RBI

  1. Miguel Cabrera 77
  2. Magglio Ordonez 56
  3. Brennan Boesch 49

WINS

  1. Justin Verlander 11
  2. Max Scherzer 6
  3. Jeremy Bonderman 5

ERA

  1. Justin Verlander 3.82
  2. Max Scherzer 4.61
  3. Jeremy Bonderman 4.79

K

  1. Justin Verlander 110
  2. Max Scherzer 88
  3. Jeremy Bonderman 68

 

KANSAS CITY ROYALS:

AVG

  1. David DeJesus .326
  2. Billy Butler .322
  3. Scott Podsednik .301

HR

  1. Jose Guillen 15
  2. Billy Butler 9
  3. Alberto Callaspo 8

RBI

  1. Jose Guillen 54
  2. Billy Butler 46
  3. Alberto Callaspo 41

WINS

  1. Brian Bannister 7
  2. Zack Greinke 5
  3. Bruce Chen 5

ERA

  1. Zack Greinke 3.71
  2. Brian Bannister 5.56
  3. Kyle Davies 5.57

K

  1. Zack Greinke 101
  2. Kyle Davies 60
  3. Brian Bannister 60

 

MINNESOTA TWINS:

AVG

  1. Justin Morneau .345
  2. Delmon Young .305
  3. Joe Mauer .293

HR

  1. Justin Morneau 18
  2. Jason Kubel 11
  3. Delmon Young 10

RBI

  1. Delmon Young 58
  2. Justin Morneau 56
  3. Jason Kubel 49

WINS

  1. Carl Pavano 10
  2. Kevin Slowey 8
  3. Scott Baker 7

ERA

  1. Carl Pavano 3.58
  2. Francisco Liriano 3.86
  3. Kevin Slowey 4.64

K

  1. Francisco Liriano 117
  2. Scott Baker 95
  3. Carl Pavano 71

 

LOS ANGELES ANGELS:

AVG

  1. Torii Hunter .298
  2. Erik Aybar .283
  3. Howie Kendrick .273

HR

  1. Torii Hunter 15
  2. Mike Napoli 14
  3. Kendry Morales 11

RBI 

  1. Torii Hunter 62
  2. Howie Kendrick 52
  3. Bobby Abreu 47

WINS

  1. Joel Pinerio 9
  2. Jered Weaver 8
  3. Ervin Santana 8

ERA

  1. Jered Weaver 3.20
  2. Ervin Santana 3.76
  3. Joel Pineiro 3.95

K

  1. Jered Weaver 137
  2. Ervin Santana 100
  3. Joel Pineiro 74

 

OAKLAND ATHLETICS:

AVG

  1. Ryan Sweeney .294
  2. Daric Barton .272
  3. Rajai Davis .268

HR

  1. Kurt Suzuki 10
  2. Kevin Kouzmanoff 8
  3. Adam Rosales 6

RBI

  1. Kevin Kouzmanoff 40
  2. Kurt Suzuki 37
  3. Ryan Sweeney 36

WINS

  1. Trevor Cahill 9
  2. Gio Gonzalez 7
  3. Ben Sheets 4

ERA

  1. Trevor Cahill 2.94
  2. Gio Gonzalez 3.79
  3. Dallas Braden 3.83

K

  1. Gio Gonzalez 98
  2. Ben Sheets 82
  3. Trevor Cahill 63

 

SEATTLE MARINERS:

AVG

  1. Ichiro Suzuki .326
  2. Franklin Gutierrez .256
  3. Jose Lopez .240

HR

  1. Milton Bradley 8
  2. Franklin Guiterrez 8
  3. Casey Kotchman 7

RBI

  1. Jose Lopez 37
  2. Franklin Gutierrez 36
  3. Casey Kotchman 29

WINS

  1. Cliff Lee 8
  2. Felix Hernandez 7
  3. Jason Vargas 6

ERA

  1. Cliff Lee 2.34
  2. Felix Hernandez 2.88
  3. Jason Vargas 3.09

K

  1. Felix Hernandez 131
  2. Cliff Lee 89
  3. Jason Vargas 68

 

TEXAS RANGERS:

AVG

  1. Josh Hamilton .346
  2. Vladimir Guerrero 3.19
  3. Ian Kinsler .310

HR

  1. Josh Hamilton 22
  2. Vladimir Guerreo 20
  3. Michael Young 12

RBI

  1. Vladimir Guerrero 75
  2. Josh Hamilton 64
  3. Michael Young 54

WINS

  1. Colby Lewis 8
  2. C.J. Wilson 7
  3. Frank Francisco 6

ERA

  1. Colby Lewis 3.33
  2. C.J. Wilson 3.35
  3. Scott Feldman 5.32

K

  1. Colby Lewis 105
  2. C.J. Wilson 82
  3. Scott Feldman 63

 

 

Cliff Lee to Rangers & other notes

 

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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.

 

Around the ballpark

Some updates from last nights games:

  • Red Sox beat the Rockies 13 to 11. Dustin Pedroia hit a 2 run homer in the the top of the 10th. He also went 5 for 5 on the night with 3HR 2B 5RBI 4R BB

 

  • Cubs and Mariners went into extras last night as well. The cubs won 3-3 in the 13th. Hernandez went 9IP 5H 2ER 8K.

Cubs                                                   Mariners

54                 Batters Faced                  49

7                   Pitchers used                   5

225                Pitches                          170

The game lasted 4 hours and 2 mins.

  • The White Sox have won now 9 straight. (They beat the Braves 2-0 last night)

In their last 14 games they are 11-1 w/ a 2.06 ERA 0.94 WHIP with 76 K and 22B

They are the 1st club to sweep Atlanta since April 29th. They are now only 2 1/2 games back of the Twins in AL C.

Who’s Hot?

Marlon Byrd has a .390 AVG & 8RBI in last 19 games.

Chase Utley in the last 6 games is batting .455 with 6R 8RBI and 10H in 22AB

Jayson Werth in last 6 games is batting .444 with 4R 7RBI and 8H in 18 AB

Carlos Pena has hit safely in his last 14 of 16.

Who’s Not?

Doc Halladay is 0-3 with a 4.09 ERA in his last 3 starts.

Tampa Bay Rays in the month of June:

.258 AVG (9th) 99 R (7th) 4.69 ERA (12th) They have los 6 of 7, 17 of 27 and have dropped from 1st place in the AL E to 3rd.

 

Last night during the game aparently Lastings Milledge had a heated discussion with Gary Varsho and Bobby Crosby. You can read the full story here

I guess its official. Although the Pirates haven’t annouced it yet. Daniel McCutchen will start against the A’s tomorow. A McCutchen 34 Jersey was spotted in the dugout.

Evan Meek after the game last night: (gave up 2 runs in the 7th)

“Nights like that you try to replay in your head and figure out what went wrong and you just kind of come up blank,” Meek said. “It’s a terrible feeling. That seventh inning is usually mine, and I usually get the job done. That’s a tough loss because it’s a game I think we should have won.”  

 :-( You can read the whole article here

Today’s Matchup:

Brad Lincoln (Makes his 4th ML Start)        vs             Ben Sheets

0-1 w/ a 6.50 ERA 18 IP 7K 6BB                                2-7 w/ a 4.95 ERA 87.1 IP 61K 37BB

Sheets in 8-8 with a 2.92 ERA career against the buccos

I have yet to see Lincoln pitch in person. I couldn’t make it to his home debut and gave away my ticket the other time he started at home. The other 2 starts have been on the road. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to see him in person soon.

The Pirates have lost 14 Straight games on the road. Please oh pretty please snap that streak tonight!

 

Any Vin Scully fans out there?

 

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Personally I think he is hands down the greatest broadcaster of all time. When I hear his voice I smile. I love listening to his stories and you learn something new everytime you listen to him. When I lived in LA I had the oppurtunity to listen to him everyday and I never took it for granted. I even met him once in Phoenix, AZ when the Dodgers were playing the Dbacks. It was only for a few seconds I don’t even remember what I said because I was so in awe. Anyways, the reason why I brought him up was because I read this great story in the NY Times. ”Pulling up a Chair with the great Vin Scully” its a must read for all you Scully fans. 

 

Okay, one more thing and I’ll go. I love to ramble if you haven’t noticed. If you missed the post game show with Rocco Demaro last night I highly recommend you listen to the podcast Jay Jaffe of Baseball Prospectus was a guest on the show. “Consider the K” was the article he wrote where he talked about the value of the strikeout from both the hitters perspective and the pitchers perspective. It was Very interesting.

  

Randon Notes

This is such an exciting next few days for me. Today, is April fools (I love playing pranks on people) tommorow is my birthday, sunday is Easter festivites and MONDAY is opening Day!

So much to look forward too! This will be my last post before the season begins. I’m so freaking excited! I wish all the teams luck. I’m looking forward to a great 2010 season.

 

  • ESPN magazine’s predictions:

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  • As you probally know by now, the Pirates claimed Hayden Penn off waivers from FL Marlins. To make room for him on the roster, they designated Brandon Moss for assignment.

     Can’t say I didn’t see that one happening. Since we got him from the Jason Bay trade, he has been down right awful. I think I read somewhere that in ST he had a pretty long hitless streak.

  • The Pirates also resasigned Erik Kratz to minor league camp, making Jason Jaramillo as backup catcher to Ryan Doumit.

 

  • Spring training has been pretty rough for the pirates. Last time i checked I think they were 7-16.

I’m excited that ST is almost over and the 2010 season is FINALLY ready to begin!

 

  • Lastly, I want to thank everyone for all the kind words and all of the comments I’ve gotten about giving away some of my tickets. I was raised by one of the kindest, sweetest, nicest mothers you’d ever meet and it rubbed off on me. I realize I could sell my tickets (ones I can’t make it to) on stubhub bc let’s be honest, everyone could use money these days but I understand how the economy is right now. I have loved baseball since I was little and during rough times its nice to forget about everything and enjoy yourself at a game. I know it sounds cheesy but if everyone gave a little, or spread a little love the word would be a much better place. I hope I don’t have to miss to many, but things come up. I will miss most wed games during the first half of the season. So keep checking back (you dont even have to read my blog lol) and hopefully you’ll get my seat to an upcoming game. 

 

Only 4 Days 2 Hours 58 Minutes!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Oh, and PS. Opening day Monday I am going to PNC park the crack of dawn. I am having bfast near by the park and want to be one of the firsts in line. If any other Pirates fans plan on going early, let me know. I love meeting Pirate fans!

 

Cliff Lee ESPN Interview

For all you Cliff Lee fans out there,

 

url-757394.jpg(I used to love watching him play in Cleveland. I’m sad that I wont get to see him much this season, but I’m glad he has a good oppurtunity in Seattle.) he was interviewed in the current ESPN Magazine. I thought it was a cute interview so I typed it out.

 

Kenny Mayne waxes lyrical about the Pacific Northwest with Cliff Lee

KM: Now, have you found a place to live out in Seattle yet?

CL: O’m actually going to rent Jamie Moyer’s house from him.

KM: I’d like to undercut Moyer: I have a rental property that might interest you more than Jamie’s. Mine’s probally smaller, but it’s on a lake. I’ll even offer two months for free.

CL: Wait, you serious?

KM: Sure am. If the Moyer deal falls through or he comes sort of a tyrant as a landlord, get back to me. Our last renter sucked. His Dogs trashed the place.

CL: Well, Jamie’s house is pretty nice. He’s got lke, 50 Kids, so it has to be pretty big.

KM: How much of a shock was the trade? Your comments suggested you weren’t thrilled.

CL: I enjoyed my time in Philadelphia, and I thought we were working out an extension. So the trade was a suprise. But as time passed and I thought about Seattle, I realized it’s not a bad situation. They have an unbelieveable defense and a pitcher’s park, and they made solid moves during the offseason. It’s going to work out. It’s going to be good for my career.

KM: There’s a certain amount of pride in being called the ace. But Felix Hernadez damn near won the CY Young last year. Does it matter to you who’s the ace and who’s no 2?

CL: That word is used to loosely in the big leagues. Just because someone in the No. 1 starter doesn’t mean he’s an ace. Not every team has an ace. So for people to suggest that we could be co-aces, that’s an honor. But really, I hope we have five aces.

KM: This baffles me: How do you pack for a 12 day road trip? Wear the same stuff twice?

CL: No, I make it a point to wear something different every day. If I can’t stuff it all into one suitcase, I’ll take two. The more you do it, the easier it gets. But I deffinitely don’t repeat.

KM: I hear you’re an acid outdoorsman, as many Arkansas guys should be. Did Moyer put in his rental package, as I would, a pheasant hunting trip to Montana?

CL: [Laughter] No, he didn’t. He just took my wife and me out to dinner.

KM: I once hit a deer with my car driving home from work. Does that count as hunting?

CL: No quite. But that’s why hunting is important- to keep the population in check. There are so many deer now that you can run over them in your car in the neighboorhood.

KM: It’s sad. They’re running out of space. I live in a little town in Connecticut, and people keep building homes in the hills. So now we have deer, foxes, wild turkeys..I even saw a bear. It scared the hell out of me, but he was just looking for food. I didn’t know what to do.

CL: You run the other way.

KM: I called the police. They said, “Did he do anything menacing?” And I said, “His presence is menacing.” and they said, “If he’s not doing anything wrong, oh well, you have bears.”

CL: Right. They wait for him to eat somebody before they do something about it.

KM: Have you hear the full history of baseball in Seattle?

CL: No, I haven’t.

KM: Well [deep inhale] We had a team in 1969: The seattle pilots. They lasted one season, and then Bud Selig bought them and turned them into the Milwaukee Brewers. In the following years, our then-state attourney General, Slade Gorton, sued the American League to get another team. That’s how the Mariners were born. And now that the Sonics have been stolen and the Huskies and Seahawks hit rough patches, it’s up to you guys to turn the city’s spirits around.

CL: I’m more than willing to do my part.

MLB Network’s Projected Rotation, Starters, Pens

I was watching the Hot Stove on Thursday and they were projecting the Rotations, Starters and Bullpens of all the MLB teams. I’m curious to see how well they will do come opening day. Here it is if you missed it:

 AL West:

  • Angels:

Rotation 

R Jared Weaver

L Scott Kazmir

R Ervin Santana

L Joe Saunders

R Joel Pineiro

Lineup

SS Erick Aybar

RF Bobby Abreu

1B Kendry Morales

CF Torri Hunter

DH Hideki Matsui

LF Juan Rivera

2B Howie Kendrick

3B Brandon Wood

C M. Napoli/ J. Mathis

Bullpen

R Jason Bulger

R Kevin Jespen

R Matt Palmer

R Fernando Rodney

R Scot Shields

R Brian Stokes

Closer: L Brian Fuentes

 

  • Rangers:

Bullpen

R Neftali Feliz

R Dustin Nippert

R Darren O’Day

L Darren Oliver

R Chris Ray

L C.J. Wilson

Closer: R Frank Francisco

Rotation

R Scott Feldman

R Rich Harden

R Tommy Hunter

R Colby Lewis

5th Spot: L Derek Holland, R Brandon McCarthy, L Matt Harrison

Starters

C Saltimalamacchia

1B David

2B Kinsler

SS Andrus

3B Young

DH Vladimir Guerrero

RF Cruz

CF Bordon

LF Hamilton

 

  • Mariners:

Rotation

R Felix Hernandez

L Cliff Lee

L Ryan Rowland Smith

R Ian Snell

5th Spot: R Doug Fister, L Luke French, L Jason Vargas

Starters

C Johnson

1B Kotchman

2B Lopez

SS Wilson

3B Figgins

DH Ken Griffey Jr

RF Suzuki

CF Gutierrez

LF Bradley

Pen

R Shawn Kelley

R Brandon League

R Mark Lowe

L Garrett Olson

L Chris Seddon

R Sean White

Closer: R David Aardmsa

 

  • Athletics

Rotation

R Ben Sheets

R Justin Duchscherer

L Dallas Braden

L Brett Anderson

5th Spot: R Trevor Cahill, R Vin Mazzaro

Pen

L Craig Breslow

R Joey Devine

L Gio Gonzalez

L Brad Kilby

R Michael Wuertz

R Brad Ziegler

Closer: R Andrew Baily

Starters

C Suzuki

1B Barton

2B Ellis

SS Pennington

3B Kouzmanoff

DH Jack Cust

RF Sweeney

CF Crisp

LF Davis

 

NL West:

  • Dodgers:

Rotation

R Chad Billingsley

L Clayton Kershaw

R Hiroki Kuroda

R Vincente Padilla

5th Spot: L Eric Stults, R James McDonald

Starters

C Russell Martin

1B James Loney

2B Belliard

SS Furcal

3B Casey Blake

RF Andre Ethier

CF Matt Kemp

LF Manny Rameirez

 

  • Rockies:

Rotation

R Ubaldo Jimenez

R Aaron Cook

L Jorge De La Rosa

R Jason Hammel

L Jeff Francis

Starters

C Iannetta

1B Helton

2B Barmes

SS Tulowitzki

3B Stewart

RF Hawpe

CF Fowler

LF Gonzalez

  • Giants:

Rotation

R Tim Lincecum

R Matt Cain

L Barry Zito

L Johnathan Sanchez

L Madison Bumgarner

Starters

C Molina

1B Huff

2B Sanchez

SS Renteria

3B Sandoval

RF Schierholtz

CF Rowland

LF DeRosa

** I did think it was pretty funny when they said SF has the 3 P’s: Pitching, Posey and the Panda (insert the HIIIYAA) I had to rewind it and hear it agian =)

  • Padres 

Lineup

CF Tony Gwynn

2B David Eckstein

1B Adrian Gonzalez

3B Chase Headley

LF Kyle Blanks

RF Will Venable

C Torrealba/ Hundley

SS Everth Cabrera

Rotation

R Chris Young

R Jon Garland

R Kevin Correia

L Clayton Richard

5th Spot: R Matt Latos, R Tim Stauffer, R Seasn Gallagher, L Wade LeBlanc

  • Diamondbacks:

Rotation

R Brandon Webb

R Dan Haren

R Edwin Jackson

R Ian Kennedy

R Billy Buckner

Starters

C Montero

1B LaRoche

2B Johnson

SS Drew

3B Reynolds

RF Upton

CF Young

LF Jackson

 

AL East:

  • Yankees: 

Rotation

L CC Sabathia

R AJ Burnett

L Andy Pettitte

R Javier Vazquez

5th Spot: R Joba Chamberlin, R Phil Hughes, R Chad Gaudin

Lineup

SS Derek Jeter

DH Nick Johnson

1B Mark Teixeira

3B Alex Rodriquez

C Jorge Posada

2B Robinson Cano

CF Curtis Granderson

RF Nick Swisher

LF Randy Winn/ B Gardner

  • Red Sox:

Pen

R Daniel Bard

R Michael Bowden

R Manny Delcarmen

L Hideki Okajima

R Ramon Ramirez

R Tim Wakefield

Closer: R Johnathan Papelbon

Starters

C Victor Martinez

1B Kevin Youklis

2B Dustin Pedroia

SS Scutaro

3B Beltre

DH David Ortiz

RF  Drew

CF Cameron

LF Ellsbury

  • Rays:

Pen

R Grant Balfour

L Randy Choate

R Lance Cormier

L JP Howell

R Andy Sonnanstine

R Dan Wheeler

Closer: R Rafael Soriano

Lineup

CF BJ Upton

LF Carl Crawford

1B Carlos Pena

3B Evan Longoria

2B Ben Zobrist

DH Pat Burrell

SS Jason Bartlett

RF Kapler/ Perez

C Dioner Navarro

  •  Blue Jays

Rotation

L Ricky Romero

R Shaun Marcum

R Brandon Morrow

L Marc Rzepczynski

5th Spot: L Brett Cecil, L David Purcey, R Dustin McGowan

Starters

RF Jose Bautista

2B Aaron Hill

DH Adam Lind

CF VErnon Wells

3B Edwin Encarnacion

1B Llye Overbay

LF Travis Sinder

C John Buck

SS A Gonzalez/ J McDonald

  • Orioles

Starters

C Wieters

1B Atkins

2B Roberts

SS Izturis

3B Tejada

DH Luke Scott

RF Markakis

CF Jones

LF Remiold

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