southsider2k5 Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 Jerry Crasnick @jcrasnick 2h Another name to put on list of future #dbacks manager candidates: Joe McEwing. Goes back a long way with La Russa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 42m Quote of year. RT @TBrownYahoo: Boras: "Shooting, stabbing or cannibalizing a player is not a part of baseball or being a proper teammate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 (edited) QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 21, 2014 -> 11:31 AM) Jerry Crasnick @jcrasnick 2h Another name to put on list of future #dbacks manager candidates: Joe McEwing. Goes back a long way with La Russa. La Russa, who joins former St. Louis colleagues Dave Duncan and Dave McKay in Arizona, apparently has no plans to disassemble the Gateway Arch piece by piece and transport it by U-Haul to Phoenix. Then again, it’s only his fourth day on the job.Right now the buzz is swirling around LaRocque (current Cardinals' Director of Scouting) and (Mike) Aldrete. Next week it might be Walt Jocketty, Jose Oquendo (Cards), Mike Gallego (A's) or Jim Riggleman. What the Diamondbacks lack in talent, they’ll more than make up for in rumors and innuendo this summer. from Crasnick piece at espn.com http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/i...p-d-backs-brass This is the big question. A lot of people asked why La Russa would leave a cushy job with the commissioner’s office and jump back into the fray with a team. The answer was readily apparent to anyone who entered his office at 3:30 p.m. and saw him immersed in his lineup card and the injury reports on game days. La Russa missed the competition and the heat of the battle in a way that fielding media inquiries about replay and the “transfer rule” simply couldn’t fill. But the demands of this new CBO role will test his judgment and his patience. La Russa needs to view the proceedings from 35,000 feet, delegate authority to the people below him and develop a vision. That’s not necessarily going to be easy for a guy whose mood varied solely according to what happened between 7 and 10 p.m. for 33 years. In the final analysis, La Russa isn’t going to make his mark as CBO by hiring the most St. Louis Cardinals' employees or proving that gut instincts and scouting judgments trump statistical analysis. The final chapter of his illustrious baseball career will be judged on whether he can bring a winner to Arizona. I imagine Tony La Russa, of all people, wouldn’t want it any other way. Edited May 22, 2014 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautox Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 To make room for Calhoun on their 25-man roster the Angels have sent pitcher Hector Santiago down to AAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 21, 2014 -> 09:30 AM) Considering they gave Guerrero $28 million and Olivo's on a MLC, I think I know how this one ends. And it has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 QUOTE (beautox @ May 22, 2014 -> 09:52 AM) To make room for Calhoun on their 25-man roster the Angels have sent pitcher Hector Santiago down to AAA I'm not a big fan of Hector the pitcher, but he does seem to be a good guy. I think this move is to stop his arb clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Prince Fielder is seriously considering season-ending surgery on his neck. I still can't believe the Rangers let the Tigers out of that s***ty s***ty contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 22, 2014 -> 01:28 PM) I'm not a big fan of Hector the pitcher, but he does seem to be a good guy. I think this move is to stop his arb clock. It's because the Angels know he doesn't do well in the pen and that he's already had his development borderline ruined by being a relief pitcher instead of starting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 QUOTE (Jake @ May 22, 2014 -> 02:47 PM) It's because the Angels know he doesn't do well in the pen and that he's already had his development borderline ruined by being a relief pitcher instead of starting That, and he has pitched awfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 22, 2014 -> 03:39 PM) That, and he has pitched awfully. be me to it, I just wasn't sure so I checked BBR, yeah, he's been bad this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Barring a bad 9th inning by the Jays pen, Buehrle 8-1, 2.16 Won at Fenway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasttriptotulsa Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 QUOTE (flavum @ May 22, 2014 -> 05:55 PM) Barring a bad 9th inning by the Jays pen, Buehrle 8-1, 2.16 Won at Fenway. Unbelievable. While I'm sure at some point he will come back down to Earth and end up with a typical Buehrle season, it would be awesome to see him 20 wins and a sub 3.00 ERA at the end of the season. He's come close but never accomplished either feat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 The Rangers were blowing out Detroit so Detroit puts in backup infielder Danny Worth to pitch . This was the first time he has pitched on any level. He proceeded to K all 3 TX. hitters he faced with knuckleballs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 22, 2014 -> 11:13 PM) The Rangers were blowing out Detroit so Detroit puts in backup infielder Danny Worth to pitch . This was the first time he has pitched on any level. He proceeded to K all 3 TX. hitters he faced with knuckleballs. He might have a better future as a pitcher (Steve Sparks/Wakefield) than an infielder. He messed up two routine plays (one because of the sun) in just a couple of innings the other day, and has never been much of a hitter. http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/76156...0023#!PMFOM Argues that MLB needs to look more closely at the Japanese PBL for a model/template for preventing TJ injuries...including the introduction of the six-man rotation, with one more roster spot added as a sweetener for the MLBPA because of the diminished stats/salaries for starters used to getting paid for 30+ starts per year. Maybe they could actually pitch deeper into games, and it would come close to balancing out.... 5 man rotation=32.4 starts per season 6 man rotation=27 starts per season Let's say a starter was averaging 6 innings per start with the old way. He'd have to pitch 7 or 7 1/3 IP per start over 27 to balance out his total innings for the course of an entire season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Whoever mentioned last night that the MLB Network was questioning whether Buehrle had a stretch of dominance like this, yes he has. Just not to begin a season. 2001- Starts 8-17: team 8-2, 6-1, 1.94 ERA 2002- Starts 7-16: team 6-4, 6-3, 2.33 ERA 2005- Starts 7-16: team 8-2, 6-0, 1.51 ERA 2007- Starts 12-21: team 6-4, 6-3, 2.18 ERA 2011- Starts 17-26: team 7-3, 5-1, 2.15 ERA He also had a 21 game stretch with 19 quality starts and a 2.54 ERA And with all of these stretches, he pitched a minimum of 71 innings. This year, Buehrle has thrown 66.2 innings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasttriptotulsa Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Looking at Buehrle's stats for the past 365 days really shows that he's been on a good run for awhile. Over the past year his stat line goes as follows 33GS, 19-8, 3.01 ERA, 209.1 IP, 6 K/9, 2.73 K/BB. Thats a pretty lengthy stretch of dominance for a guy who most have never considered an ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ May 23, 2014 -> 08:14 AM) Looking at Buehrle's stats for the past 365 days really shows that he's been on a good run for awhile. Over the past year his stat line goes as follows 33GS, 19-8, 3.01 ERA, 209.1 IP, 6 K/9, 2.73 K/BB. Thats a pretty lengthy stretch of dominance for a guy who most have never considered an ace. MBINAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 23, 2014 -> 08:27 AM) MBINAA O no u didnnnnnnn!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Suspended games turn history on its head MLB · 10 hrs ago · Suspended games turn history on its head Summary It's all in the Major League Baseball rule book. The Reds traded Griffey to the White Sox on July 31 that season, so when the suspended game resumed Aug. 25, Griffey was called on to hit for Brady Anderson in the bottom of the 14th inning of the game the White Sox lost, 4-3. http://www.veooz.com/news/5HCrb7P.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasttriptotulsa Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 23, 2014 -> 09:15 AM) Suspended games turn history on its head MLB · 10 hrs ago · Suspended games turn history on its head Summary It's all in the Major League Baseball rule book. The Reds traded Griffey to the White Sox on July 31 that season, so when the suspended game resumed Aug. 25, Griffey was called on to hit for Brady Anderson in the bottom of the 14th inning of the game the White Sox lost, 4-3. http://www.veooz.com/news/5HCrb7P.html That's supposed to say Brian Anderson. It's kind of funny looking at Griffey's game log from 2008 on Baseball Reference. It has a line before April 28th that says "Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Chicago White Sox" and then a line after April 28th that says "Player went from Chicago White Sox to Cincinnati Reds". Makes it look like he was traded three times that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Ron Roenicke bevingtoned last night and called for the bullpen and no one was warming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS 1m one gm, who may seek a catcher, said regarding miguel olivo's availability: "I don't think we are biting on this one." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 JIM BOWDEN @JimBowdenESPNxm 4m Alex Anthopoulos told us that he's looking for starting pitcher, long term solution at 2B or 3B and LH reliever Sirius 209 XM 89 #BlueJays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 Chuck Garfien @ChuckGarfien 12m Derek Jeter has the most appearances at any single fielding position in MLB history (2,584) w/o having played another position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Hurtin Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Ryu perfect for the Dodgers through 7. Dodgers winning 1-0 over Reds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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