Stanton Recalled
Super prospect Mike Stanton was recalled from Double A Jacksonville today by the Florida Marlins. This could signify an act of desperation as the Marlins have struggled lately- especially with driving in runs and Stanton could fit the bill for a run producer in the middle of the order. Stanton is real impressive in terms [...]
Alfonso Soriano: Fantasy-viable once again?
If you’re in Chicago, you know quite well of Soriano’s loud and floundering season in 2009. Some fans yelled that he was merely underperforming, although the logic of the matter was that Soriano dealt with lingering injury problems all year. It was a major outlier on his career of above average to very good offensive [...]
Ace f/x: Dan Haren
April is almost over, and one thing I’ve noticed so far is that some starting pitching aces have struggled. Let’s break down one such pitcher using pitch f/x data.
Dan Haren
Haren is one of the best starting pitchers in the National League, and despite a good win/loss record, which is useless, anyway, he has struggled somewhat [...]
Jakubauskas to DL
Pittsburgh pitcher Chris Jakubauskas will miss at least 15 days after being placed on the disabled list following a scary incident against the Houston Saturday.
Lance Berkman’s line drive smashed into the head of the veteran right-hander, striking him just below the right ear. Jakubauskas suffered contusions and a concussion.
Chris hopes to return to pitching in [...]
Francona Swaps Lowell for Papi
Terry Francona pinch hit Mike Lowell for David Ortiz in last nights ballgame based on Papi’s poor performance thus far. Lowell didn’t make much noise, but worked a walk as the Red Sox went on to win 7-6 walk-off style. The big news comes because it was a game that was tight, and Francona went [...]
Milwaukee’s elderly catchers
The predominant starters behind the plate for the Brewers since 2005 all have something in common: They are all in the their mid to late 30’s and in the extreme tail-ends of their careers. Damian Miller, incumbent starter from 2005 to 2007, retired after his Brewer tenure. Jason Kendall started in 2008 and 2009, and [...]
Rays Win In 12 Innings, Overcome Bases Loaded, No Outs In 11th
The Tampa Bay Rays won their ballgame last night with a 2-run shot by Pat Burrell in the 12th inning. Burrell has largely been a disappointment to the Rays since signing after the Phillies World Championship season in 2008. If he can come up with some big hits like this, that opinion may change.
Manager Joe [...]
Whats up with Carlos Lee?
The question must certainly be asked what is going on with the Houston Astros cleanup man.
In today’s 7-2 loss to the Cubs he did break a career worst 0-18 slump with a single. But that still leaves him hitting just .103, 4-39 this season.
Lee also has zero RBI’s, no extra-base hits, and only [...]
Robinson Cano Takes Ownership of His Name
Robinson Cano, the second baseman of the New York Yankees, was named after Jackie Robinson. Last night on the annual celebration of the anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, Robinson Cano came out swinging in honor of the man who gave him his name.
He belted two line drive home-runs [...]
Teixeira’s Slow Start – Yanks Not Worried
Mark Teixeira has consistently not been a very good hitter in April. In the first month of the regular season Teixeira is a .249 hitter and is very close to .300 the rest of the months combined. This season Teixeira has only 3 hits to date.
The Yankees aren’t worried however, the same thing happened last [...]
