July 2010
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TRADE DEADLINE DAY
Today’s the big day. Every fan of a team in contention wakes up hoping for the player that will put the team into the World Series conversation. And Orioles, Pirates, Royals fans etc. all pray that their GMs will find a way to spin shitty role players into golden prospects.
I’ll be out of commission for the whole day so if anything crazy happens I won’t know about it. Which will...
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“When I got the call. I thought it was joke from (Charlotte teammate) Brent Morel...”
– Lucas Harrell after his first Major League victory against the Athletics. Harrell got the call-up after Daniel Hudson was shipped off to Arizona for Edwin Jackson, leaving the White Sox without a starter.
While it’s a beautiful moment in the life of every Major League pitcher, don’t...
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jblanks asked: Not really an asking, but a comment. I really enjoy your blog. Sometimes I can't always get around to watching sportscenter and what not and your blog really helps me keep up to date with all the details and such.
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Yankees Yearning for Kearns Earns Them A Turn →
Sorry for the headline, but it practically wrote itself.
The Yankees added some bench help grabbing a resurgent Austin Kearns from the Indians for a PTBNL. He’ll especially do well to go up against tough lefties late in games, though his lack of playing time in the Bronx will hurt him in the offseason as he looks to get a new contract.
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Heard this: →
(via mightyflynn)
Buster Olney needs to get his hands on a thesaurus.
Anonymous asked: How do you watch all this baseball?
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Christian Guzman Also Headed to Texas →
At this point, Texas is practically a different team than they started the season with. It’s like Texas thinks that if you make more trades than any other team in baseball, you get bonus victories. I haven’t read my copy of the Major League Rules and Regulations lately, but I don’t think that’s the case.
No big names are coming back to Washington making this one of those...
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Ed Wade Must Secretly Hate the Astros →
Dealing Lance Berkman and Roy Oswalt are actually good things. However, dealing both of them for minimal prospects AND covering large portions of their contracts is insane.
There are usually two rules to follow when trading quality veterans like these guys:
Save a bunch of money and get a group of scrubs and role players.
Pay their contracts and loot the prospects of another team.
Ed Wade...
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Carlos Zambrano Open to A Trade →
That’s like saying I’m open to winning the lottery. There’s no team out there willing to part with the players or cash necessary to take on a headache of a player who is a shell of what he once was.
Good luck, Carlos.
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.065/.194/.161
Taylor Teagarden’s robust line after picking up his second hit and first home run on the season in the Rangers 7-4 victory against Oakland.
Saying that Teagarden has been a dissappointment is a massive understatement. Teagarden’s complete inability to hit, as evidenced by his -4 OPS+ (That’s a negative by the way. NEGATIVE.) was a major reason the Rangers went from a catching...
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Scoreless inning streak for the Padres bullpen after their 3-2 victory against the Dodgers. Mat Latos, in the throes of inning limitation, went 5 innings while giving up only 2 runs leaving the relievers to make it through the rest of the game.
Thanks to Oscar Salazar’s pinch hit RBI in the bottom of the ninth, Bud Black’s bullpen (how’s that for alliteration?) did not get...
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Miguel Tejada Off To Sunny San Diego →
The cost-cutting move nets the Orioles minor league pitcher Wynn Pelzer, which is ironic considering how few “Wynns” the Orioles have this season (Oh god. Did I just write that? And I’m leaving it there?)
It’s a decent move for the Padres as the non-factor Everth Cabrera will be relegated to the bench, but it’s not like Tejada is a great hitter at this point in his...
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Jorge Cantu Is A Texas Ranger →
And the Rangers get him for the low, low price of Evan Reed and Omar Poveda. Poveda is out for the season due to Tommy John surgery and Reed is a 24 year old reliever who is just getting his first taste of AAA. Poveda ranked 15th on John Sickels 2010 Rangers prospect list while Reed wasn’t listed.
Which isn’t to say that it’s a bad haul for the Marlins. After a hot first month,...
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Brian Bannister’s ERA over his last three starts. While I’m sure he’ll take some solace in that his .345 BABIP is unsustainably high over that time, it’s not much better than the 5.56 ERA he had in 18 starts before hand. For all of Brian Bannister’s applied sabermetrics, it unfortunately cannot make up the difference for someone who’s stuff is just at the Major...
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“It felt like I hit a tennis ball or a golf ball. I think I hit every seam, every...”
– Brandon Phillips after hitting a grand slam that smacked the giant slide in Miller Park. The Reds beat the Brewers 10-2.
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Tigers Trade for Jhonny Peralta →
Apparently July 28th was a big day for trades. With rumors swirling that Roy Oswalt will be headed to Philadelphia after all, and Scott Podsednik sent to LA, Jhonny Peralta and his amazing bat o’ inconsistency is head to Detroit. The Indians are getting minor league pitcher Giovanni Soto back in return.
Soto is performing well in A-ball, but has only a high 80s fastball and may have trouble...
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And the Scott Podsednik Train Rolls On →
This time he’s headed from Kansas City to sunny Los Angeles where he will play left field until Manny Ramirez returns. The Dodgers gave up Lucas May and Elisaul Pimentel two minor leaguers for a fairly minor return. Of course, Scott Podsednik represents a massive upgrade over the living zombie that is Garrett Anderson which only speaks poorly of the roster construction the Dodgers came into...
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“Too flashy. I didn’t know that’s in the rulebook. Oh it’s not...”
– Brian Wilson after being fined $1,000 for his fantastically flashy orange shoes. You know, these ones. Sweet kick admirers and people who enjoy minimal amounts of personal expression are sighing heavily the world over.