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Friday, April 28, 2006 |
Pickoff Moves
Today's Birthdays
Bob Botz LAA b. 1935, played 1962
Jim Poole LAN b. 1966, played 1990
Mark Ryal CAL b. 1960, played 1986-1987. How does a guy like this get 100 plate appearances? When starting CF Gary Pettis is hitting just above the Mendoza line and appears in fewer than 140 games, and your starting LF, Jack Howell, only gets 449 at bats, that's when. Beware the likes of Ryal: when players like him (latter-day Angels fans, read: Eric Owens) get this much playing time, something's seriously wrong with the team.
Cordero Out, Otsuka In As Rangers' Closer
Probably the biggest news in the AL West is that Akinori Otsuka has replaced Francisco Cordero as the Rangers' closer. Cordero blew five of his first eight save opportunities.If You're Ned Colletti, You Can Never Have Enough Ex-Giants
Which explains why the Dodgers are considering putting in a waiver wire claim on Tyler Walker.Update: Walker is now property of the Devil Rays. Thank you, Jesus!
How The Rockies Are Doing It
The first-place Colorado Rockies (and you have no idea how shocked I am to write those words) have surrendered the fourth-most runs in the NL (120) while scoring the second-most runs (123). Using the modified (1.83 exponent) Pythagorean win-loss formula, this comes out to an 83-79 full season. In a sign that the NL West may not be the Stooge Division anymore, the 12-10 Rockies would be in a respectable second place to the 14-7 Mets in the NL East, but tied with Milwaukee for fifth in the NL Central. And, they've been doing it without Todd Helton.
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