Friday, July 23, 2010 |
Dodgers DFA Justin Miller, Call Up Kenley Jansen
I'm not sure why they bothered calling up Justin Miller in the first place. (No, not this Justin Miller.)
Jon mentions that Jansen is a converted catcher, who started pitching in 2009.
Here's a LAT piece on Jansen from spring training.
Labels: dodgers, transactions
Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
Angels Trade Sean O'Sullivan To Royals For Alberto Callaspo
I just hate this trade. Hate, hate, hate it.
Update: Cot's has nothing on Callaspo's current deal, but he should be in his first year of arbitration eligibility. Bear in mind this is the same guy who the Angels sent to Arizona back in 2007 to get Jason Bulger, who hasn't exactly lit up the world with his pitching (though he does get lit up plenty).
Update 2: Au contraire, Cot's has moved him to the Angels page. He's making $460,000 this year, and I imagine is still subject to arbitration as I said above.
Update 3: Forgot to mention the third guy in this deal, Will Smith. The left-handed starter is in his third year in the minors, and has hurriedly been pressed into service all the way up to AAA as a 20-year-old. The fact that he's there says more about the Angels' needs than his abilities; he has terrible ERAs at each level, though his 5.60 ERA at Salt Lake, combined with the fact that he's spent more time there than anywhere else, says the organization has confidence in him. Pretty sure I don't like losing him, either, unimpressive strikeout rates or no.
Labels: angels, royals, stupid ideas, trades, transactions
Minors Start (Bogus) HGH Tests
More significantly, the HGH test baseball will be using is the same one mentioned back in February: the test a British rugby league used to catch one of its players. What will likely be left out of these new columns is that (a) the rugby player was the first one in several years of alleged HGH testing to ever be caught; and (b) he was only caught because testing officials received a tip the night before that the player had received a big honking shipment of HGH. If the rugby league was really using the test, it never caught anyone through random testing.As Craig intimates, this is just for show, a PR exercise that will catch only those MLB's drug overseers have been tipped off about.
Labels: drugs
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
A.J. Ellis Optioned, Jack Taschner Promoted
Joe Torre, Clayton Kershaw, And Bob Schaefer All Suspended
Update: AP via ESPN says both Schaefer and Torre have also received undisclosed fines for their actions. Imagine how pissed both will be if Kershaw decided, all cowboy-like, to plunk Aaron Rowand in the ass.
Labels: dodgers, stupid ideas, suck, suspensions
Padres Look To Move AAA Beavers To Escondido
Doubly Damned: How Mattingly Missed Two Rules
Watching Through My Fingers: Angels 10, Yankees 2
So when I looked up and the Yanks got to emergency starter Sean O'Sullivan for two runs in the first, that certainly was the end of the ballgame. Right? Not so much, because the Angels tied things up on solo runs in the second and third (and the one in the second despite the increasingly useless Hideki Matsui popping into a double play with none out), runs that were indicative of the sort of night Yankees starter Phil Hughes was destined to have: leaking base runners and giving up hits at a ferocious pace.
The Angels continued to claw at Yankees pitching until they took the lead in the fourth on a returning Maicer Izturis home run — no, I am not making that up. So it went for the rest of the evening, with the Angels blasting three homers, each for two runs, the other two off the bats of Mike Napoli and Matsui. Now, I intimated that Matsui is "useless" above, and certainly he wasn't last night, but there's no way you can describe his first half as anything other than a flop. Mike DiGiovanna's Times piece says the Angels expect he'll be productive in the second half, and of course this was a good way to help that out.
As for the Angels' pitching staff, O'Sullivan didn't allow another run the whole night, getting through six for a quality start plus, and even Scot Shields, Francisco Rodriguez, and Trevor Bell managed to keep the Yankees from scoring. Was there a team rabbit's foot involved? It feels like it.
Labels: angels, recaps, yankees
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
5 Gears In Reverse: Giants 7, Dodgers 5
However, the Giants took advantage of Clayton Kershaw's rough sixth to get within one. Then came utter collapse in the top of the ninth; Broxton managed to load the bases, one on a walk, which appeared to be a typical Broxton meltdown ... yet, no. With Joe Torre ejected in the seventh along with Kershaw, the Dodger vice manager went to the mound, left the mound ... and turned back. Bruce Bochy, alertly aware of rule 8.06(d) ...
VISITS TO THE MOUND BY A Manager or coach are covered under rule 8.06 in the Official Baseball Rules and section 7.12 in the Major League Baseball Umpire Manual. A trip to the mound begins when a manager or coach crosses the foul line. It ends when the manager or coach leaves the 18-foot circle surrounding the pitcher’s rubber.... complained to the umpires, who then (correctly) demanded Broxton leave the mound.
Now, those of us not happy with Broxton's late performances (All-Star Game notwithstanding) were happy to to see him leave... until I realized his replacement was George Sherrill. Sherrill promptly gave up an RBI double, and thus began the catastrophic end of this game, ultimately to end in a Dodgers loss.
Don Mattingly shouldn't be the manager of anything besides a McDonald's.
What an embarrassing game. Six straight in the loss column. Phew. See Jon for more details; I can't raise myself to mention them now.
Labels: dodgers, giants, recaps
Hank Conger Hits The DL With A Rotator Cuff Strain
Labels: angels, injuries, minors
Dodgers Disable Manny, Reinstate Ausmus
Eric Stephen says the Dodgers claim Manny's strain is "significant" and that he will miss upwards of three weeks. Jon has details at ESPN. The team may purchase the contract of Jay Gibbons from AAA Albuquerque.
Manny's injury was diagnosed with an MRI, so it's not like he's faking it.
Labels: dodgers, injuries, transactions
A Tale Of Two Closers
- Francisco Rodriguez blew a save for the Mets, but New York beat the Giants 4-3 anyway thanks to an Ike Davis RBI double in the top of the 10th.
- Jonathan Broxton not only blew the save but took the loss in a 5-4 loss to the Cardinals that saw him walk two, give up four hits, allowing Matt Holliday to hit an RBI single that almost — but not quite — made up for last year's gaffe in NLDS Game 2.
| Pitcher | WHIP | K/9 | K/BB |
|---|---|---|---|
| K-Rod | 1.154 | 11.4 | 2.81 |
| Broxton | 1.161 | 12.0 | 3.52 |
It occurs to me that the main if not primary difference between these players is really that one of them has been in a World Series, and had success, while the other one hasn't. Notably, Broxton melted down in front of these same Cardinals in last year's NLCS Game 4, which, as Jon pointed out earlier in the week, basically screwed him out of a lot of postseason ERA. But what surprised me most was reviewing K-Rod's postseason gamelog; he coughed up two runs to the Yankees in 2002 ALDS Game 2 on a single to Raul Mondesi (remember when he was good, or even still in baseball?) and a homer to Alfonso Soriano in his very first postseason appearance. Staked to protect a 4-3 lead, he instead reversed the situation, and was on the hook for a loss... until the Angels hit a pair of homers and a sac fly to put three runs on the board against El Duque for a lead they wouldn't relinquish.
A similar story occurs in K-Rod's 2002 ALCS Game 5, where he entered the proceedings in the seventh with the bases loaded and one out. He then allowed all his inherited baserunners to score, giving the Twins a 5-3 edge. That, of course, was about to be forgotten as the Twins brought in Johan Santana to pitch in relief. The subsequent seven-run inning — including Adam Kennedy's third home run of the game, a feat that would add his name to the list of all-time Angels postseason heroes — would immediately erase Rodriguez' failure to perform.
The pattern repeats itself in his World Series Game 6 performance, allowing Kenny Lofton to score on a wild pitch, a long solo homer to Barry Bonds that ended in the right-field tunnel, and an RBI single to Jeff Kent. Again, the offense bailed him out: between Scott Spiezio's three-run blast and the eighth inning heroics from Darin Erstad and Troy Glaus, his failures were rather quickly forgotten.
My point being, I wasn't particularly sad to see K-Rod go when the Angels let him walk in free agency, as he had a track record of erratic postseason performance (to go along with his regular-season performances). Broxton is in much the same boat — only minus the offensive support.
Labels: analysis, angels, dodgers
Administrivia: Archive Clipping
Update: Apparently, it can be done. Woot!
Labels: administrivia
Awesomeness: Kiddy Record With Jackie Robinson And Pee Wee Reese!
Sunday, July 18, 2010 |
Scott Kazmir Hits The DL With "Shoulder Fatigue", McAnulty DFA'd
The Angels also DFA'd Scott McAnulty.
Update: Rotoworld makes the following cogent comment:
Kazmir needs the break badly. He's allowed 30 runs over 19 2/3 innings in his last four starts and is 7-9 with a 6.92 ERA in 17 starts this season.
The Also-Rans: Mariners 2, Angels 1 (10 Innings)
As in that game, the Angels were tied in extras going into the ninth, only this time they didn't have a guy who could really threaten the opposition with a big hit. I found myself disagreeing slightly with the Rev's take on this game, i.e. it was principally about Jeff Mathis and his inability to defend behind the plate. (Mathis allowed the first run on an embarrassing wild pitch in the fifth that stopped not three feet behind him.) I'm not happy with Mathis, and find his defense wildly overwrought, at least as publicly espoused by various and sundry from within the organization. A straight WPA analysis shows leadoff man Erick Aybar as the worst culprit, especially for ending the game on a strikeout.
That is, we don't ask more of Brad Ausmus than Brad Ausmus can deliver. The bottom line here is that this is not a very good team, and whether Jeff Mathis delivers or not (and I fall on the side of criticizing his defensive play), the bottom line is that the Angels aren't fielding anything like a good team.
The upcoming road trip promises to be ugly.
Labels: angels, mariners, recaps, suck
Angels Less Crappy Than Mariners By One Run Again: Angels 7, Mariners 6
Juan Rivera's solo homer untied the game, and was that for scoring. Brian Fuentes walked the first batter he faced, lefty Ryan Langerhans, but faced the minimum by getting Josh Bard to bounce into a double play, and Jack Wilson to strike out. It was a win, but I really expected better from this team, I really did.
Labels: angels, mariners, recaps
Saturday, July 17, 2010 |
Two Games
Stuff About Yesterday: Angels 3, Mariners 2
The offense was barely good enough, but considering the opponent was Felix Hernandez (who provided his team a complete game loss), that's no small thing. The Mariners helped out Jered Weaver, who lasted seven innings himself, by erasing themselves to end two separate innings (Michael Saunders in the fifth, and Chone Figgins in the eighth). Helen counted, and aside from Ichiro, there's only one Mariner with a batting average over .260.Ironies: the two ex-Angels on the team were doing terribly, Casey Kotchman so much so that you begin to wonder whether he'll even be in baseball next year. He grounded out to short to end the game, and there was something immensely sad about it. I had really high hopes for him.
Dodgers Lose Two In One Game: Cardinals 8, Dodgers 4
Manny Ramirez didn't survive the first inning (hamstring strain), and Russell Martin may end up forced to the DL with a thumb injury. The rest was the usual crap against the Cards in St. Louis, including a four-inning start by Chad Billingsley, who's looking more and more vincible this year.Labels: angels, cardinals, dodgers, ex-angels, injuries, mariners, recaps
Friday, July 16, 2010 |
Andrew Gallo Fails In Venue Change Bid
Gallo is charged with three counts of murder, driving under the influence, hit-and-run and driving with a suspended license. According to prosecutors, Gallo ran a red light and crashed into a car driven by Courtney Stewart at a Fullerton intersection. Police said he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19% -- more than twice the legal limit -- when he was tested two hours later.
Labels: angels, nick adenhart
Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
Reed Johnson Disabled, Manny Ramirez Up
Labels: dodgers, injuries, transactions
McCourts Warned Divorce Court Could Force Dodgers Sale
With each of the McCourts claiming to be low on cash, and with bills piling up, Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon threatened to resolve both issues at once by putting the Dodgers on the block.So shut up and settle, dummies. Also:"The parties are unintentionally pushing the court toward an interesting position — selling the asset which is being fought over," Gordon said in a court hearing.
In his latest court filing, Frank McCourt reported his available cash at $680,000. He said could not meet the conditions for a bank loan intended to cover his legal costs and had in recent weeks "borrowed $650,000 from my brother, $650,000 from a business associate and $150,000 from another business associate" to cover court-ordered support.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 |
David Pinto On The AL West Race
Labels: angels, predictions
Dodgers DFA Sherrill
Labels: dodgers, stupid ideas, transactions
Molly Knight On The McCourt Divorce
Says [Jamie McCourt's attorney David] Boies: "Every dollar Frank spends on attorneys to keep Jamie from getting a penny could be spent on starting pitching." Boies says that even if Frank wins on the post-nup, he'll have to pay Jamie a percentage (maybe half) of the Dodgers' appreciation in value -- which is community property -- since the agreement was signed. McCourt paid $431 million for the team in 2004, and the team now could be worth nearly twice that. Given that Frank's lawyers argued he couldn't afford to pay the nearly $1 million per month in temporary spousal support that Jamie requested (he first offered nothing; in May the judge settled on $637,159), he may not be in any position to pay her the hundreds of millions he might owe.I've already made my position clear on multiple occasions about payroll — you're generally better off signing amateur talent, often, than you are paying veterans with that same money, so the major league payroll dollars don't necessarily correlate well to winning. Nonetheless, this sounds like a "we're not going to spend money, period" sort of declaration, with the caveat that it's coming from some cowardly anonymous source....
While the McCourts were living large, the Dodgers, in 2008 and 2009, spent less than any other MLB team on the draft and international-player signings, an area the team once dominated. Frank told reporters during spring training that the divorce has nothing to do with the payroll; and multiple former club execs say there's truth to the claim. "It was Frank's plan all along to run a team with a payroll of about $80 million," says a former high-ranking club official speaking on condition of anonymity. "His thinking since he bought the team was: 'This isn't the AL East. Why would I spend $150 million to win 98 games when I can spend half that to win 90, if that's all it takes to make the playoffs in our division?'
Update: Jon interviewed Molly on the writing of the piece, which she said required 60 hours on the phone with the two principals' attorneys alone.
The PR department pleaded with [Jamie] to take care of the people closest to her, because if you don't do that you're likely to get sniped. I think that's what you're seeing now in the press with both of them. Jamie acted a bit like Marie Antoinette (if these Dodgers employees are to be believed), and Frank created too many enemies by firing longtime Dodgers execs at will. I think that was their biggest mistake more than anything else they've done. They've created too many enemies to contain this PR nightmare. It wasn't that hard to get people to talk.
NL Wins, Broxton Does, Too, Sorta: NL 3, AL 1
Broxton, for his part, has fared numerically quite a bit better than his Dodger forerunner, but it's also a peculiarity of his record that despite being never asked to get more than four outs in any single game, he is overall 0-2 with a 4.40 ERA. Yet the fact that he has hitherto done appreciably worse in NLCS games (5.06 ERA) is all but exclusively due to his 2009 series against the Phillies.
Yet for me, the feeling will persist — as it did last night — that while Broxton belongs among the game's very good, it's unlikely he will break into the ranks of the elite, mainly because of his postseason numbers. I confess I was right there with others expecting him to gag up the lead; and when David Ortiz got a leadoff single, that felt like exactly the opening I and the rest of the skeptics anticipated.
But what we did not count on was Joe Girardi managing himself out of the game. Part of his problem was that he treated it exactly like the exhibition it was, and so his bench was rather depleted by the time Ortiz made first. His one option left to him — which he did not avail himself of — was A-Rod, but not only did he not pinch-run for the notoriously slow Ortiz, but he didn't have him pinch-hit for Adrian Beltre, either. There has been some talk — mostly on Twitter, from what I can tell — that A-Rod is nursing a sore something-or-other, which means Girardi was loathe to actually run the game as though it counted. And so the game, for Beltre struck out, and John Buck hit into the strangest fielder's choice you'll ever see: a 9-6 with the ball actually hitting the turf first. As Helen said at the time, Broxton owes Cub Marlon Byrd a drink or maybe several rounds, for he did the most masterful job of decoying the runner I've ever seen, getting Ortiz to think he had a chance at catching the fly. With the plodding Ortiz caught halfway between the bags, he was a dead duck at second.
So the game, with Ian Kinsler flying out to center to finish proceedings. The rest was surprisingly entertaining, though perhaps that has more to do with actually being there; I still rate this as one of the better All-Star games I've ever seen, and even have nice things to say about the Home Run Derby, too, which was far more fun in person. About the only bad thing to happen all night was the iPhone Facebook app failing about ten minutes into the game, which I at first thought was AT&T being censorious jerks; but subsequent reports from Huffington Post indicated it was a nationwide affliction, perhaps caused by a bit of bad Javascript. Also, I note in passing that the legions brought out their DSLRs, and hardly anyone seemed to have been checked for the official and ridiculously short four inch lens length. That part is nothing short of infuriating, and enough to make me renounce my season tickets.
Final bonus points: Matt Freaking Capps was the winner. SRSLY.
Labels: all-star game, recaps
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
George Steinbrenner Dies
Labels: obituaries, yankees
Sunday, July 11, 2010 |
The End Of Two Careers: A's 15, Angels 1
- Why are Cory Aldridge and Paul McAnulty on the 25-man roster?
- What was Tony Reagins thinking when he traded for Scott Kazmir?
- How much longer will the Angels continue to let Reagins make these kinds of mistakes?
Labels: angels, athletics, front office, recaps
Saturday, July 10, 2010 |
What Happened To The Dodgers Bullpen? Dodgers 9, Cubs 7
The thief, in this instance, was George Sherrill, the former destroyer of souls but now merely another arm; at least, we can all agree, Joe Torre used him correctly, having him face only one man, lefty Tyler Colvin — who hammered one for an RBI double. Justin Miller finished the eighth, gave up a run of his own, and was allowed, after that shaky performance, to start the ninth as well. But Jonathan Broxton, even though he, too, gave up a run, at least managed to finish the game for a Dodger victory.
None of these, however, had Ronald Belisario's excuse for sucking: he hit the restricted list for substance abuse. It certainly explains, in part, anyway, why he hasn't been what he used to be.
Ted Lilly, who started the game for the Cubbies, is rumored to be on his way out, and while I have read elsewhere — and can't quite find a link for it now — that the Dodgers have been thinking of him as an option given they failed to get Cliff Lee (as if they ever were a serious contestant). Lilly, formerly a Dodger farmhand, never made it out of the fourth inning, and ended the day with an ugly seven earned runs. Three of those were due to a now sadly rare Russell Martin home run.
Friday, July 09, 2010 |
Rangers Acquire Cliff Lee From Mariners
I like this more for the M's than the Rangers, because the M's weren't going anywhere and needed to restock their farm system anyway, and the Rangers had prospects to spare. The Rangers, on the other hand, only get this year with Lee and there's no indication (as I write this) that Lee will accept or negotiate an extension with Texas before he becomes a free agent. It solves the M's first base problem (no, Casey Kotchman was never going to be the guy to fix it), gives them some pitching, and a nice little throw-in, too.
Update: Lueke was apparently involved in a date rape in Bakersfield. Cringe. Maybe that's why the Rangers were pleased to let him go.
Labels: mariners, rangers, trades, transactions
Divorce Records Show Dodgers Charity Paid Exec $400,000
“There’s nothing in the filing that makes you think that he was actually working 40 hours a week for the foundation,” [tax attorney Marcus S.] Owens said. “Their return raises a lot of red flags. If this was brought to the I.R.S.’s attention, it would normally conduct an audit and have the organization substantiate what the fellow does and how he spent his time.”
Thursday, July 08, 2010 |
Swept: White Sox 1, Angels 0
Good lord, this is a bad team.
Labels: angels, recaps, suck, white sox
Angels Lose Windy City Series: White Sox 5, Angels 2
The other add-on is McAnulty, a squat ex-prospect whose ex- standing is of slightly more recent vintage. As a one-tool player, he wasn't exactly a blue chipper after starring at Long Beach State, but as a bat-only type the Pads picked him in the 12th round of the 2002 draft. After moving up to Triple-A for part of 2005, he spent the three subsequent seasons marking time there, usually manning first base, sometimes knocking around left field, and sporadically showing up at third base and right field as the Padres struggled to find ways to extend his utility while running up against the fact that he wasn't going to push past Adrian Gonzalez or hit enough to play an outfield corner every day. He got his first real chance to hang around in the majors in 2008, but by then he was already being crowded up by other prospects. Last season, he washed up in the Red Sox and then the Rockies organizations, and came back to SoCal as a minor-league free agent and established “professional hitter.” The Angels initially put him in Double-A, where he went silly, bopping 14 homers in 176 PAs as a 29-year-old Texas Leaguer.The most interesting thing to come out of a particularly abrasive series was the sudden yet not entirely unexpected injury to Jake Peavy, who went only 1.2 innings before he left Tuesday's game, and had injury problems in late seasons to begin with. His muscles detached from his shoulder, and Peavy is almost certainly facing surgery and will be done for the season. I sometimes wonder whether the Angels wouldn't be better off if Scott Kazmir turned up lame one of these here games, just to keep him from serving up meatballs to the opposition.That got him back to the PCL, where he'd been splitting time between DH, first, and third, but unlike [Cory] Aldridge he wasn't becoming a much more mild hitter elsewhere in the circuit, overall hitting at a .360/.390/.559 pace that translates to a .243 TAv. All of which suggest he's little more than a variant on Ryan, someone you can spot at first base for Mike Napoli if you want that extra lefty bat, with the one extra element being that he's given third base a shot often enough to make him a similar variant from the dissatisfactions with Brandon Wood once in a while (especially once the fascination with Frandsen wears off).
Labels: angels, injuries, transactions, white sox
Sunday, July 04, 2010 |
An Open Letter To Angels Management About Cameras
Today was the second time I have been harassed by stadium security about my Canon DSLR -- the first time in the stands about my 100-400 lens, the second time at the gate about my 70-300 lens (which, according to the first group, should fall under the "shorter than 8" long" secret rule).In short, this is simply ridiculous. And all of this comes on top of a second place team getting thumped by the Royals! I realize this isn't much of a threat to overall revenues, but if this is going to be official policy, we will not renew our season tickets for 2010.
- I do not appreciate having secret rules foisted on me after years of having brought my camera and lens(es) to the park with no complaints from anyone around me. This is particularly galling in my section because the section is often empty or nearly so.
- Because the rules apparently are secret (they certainly aren't posted anywhere on the Angels website!), the people in security feel they can make up any length they want. The guard at the gate today pulled a pencil of arbitrary length out of his pocket -- who knows if it was 8" long! -- and declared my 70-300mm stubby lens "too long". (By my measurements, it's actually 7.5" inches, fully extended, including the mount.) Only the "good cop" in the line next to me convinced him to let me in with the gear.
Labels: angel stadium, angels, stupid ideas
Saturday, July 03, 2010 |
A Rant: Royals 4, Angels 2
But my main complaint tonight was about security harassing me about my camera and lenses on the way in. The guy I drew whipped out a pencil and demanded my lens stack up as shorter than it; I almost didn't make it in, save for the good cop in the line next to me who suggested I be waved in. Look, guys, the way the Angels are playing — losing at home to the friggin' Royals — management should be grateful people are showing up to the games at all, let alone bringing cameras to record what happens. If they persist in this, I'm not renewing my season tickets. Seriously.
[Bruce] Chen, an arm so pointless he was schlepped from the Braves to the Phillies to the Mets to the Expos to the Reds to the Astros to the Red Sox to the Blue Jays to the Orioles in less than FOUR CALENDAR YEARS, was, inexcusably, perfect through 6 innings, though he did have some help in the form of two great David DeJesus (of Montreal) catches in CF. Erick Aybar finally recognized that 85-mph pitches aren't "fastballs" in the 7th, but after Bobby Abreu somehow swung and missed at a third strike, Mike Napoli popped up to end the 0-0 threat.
A Narrow Thing: Royals 2, Angels 1 (10 Innings)
The fact of Bloomquist's scoring the tying run in the top of the ninth proved to be only the opening volley in what became an Angels fail. The slap-hitter also ended up driving home the game's winning run against a hapless Scot Shields, who looks one or two batters away from either a DL stint or retirement.
All this was really sad, because Joe Saunders pitched quite a game otherwise, considering; and the Angels just couldn't convert their chances. A bad, foul night for all parties concerned in the Angels camp, and even despite some fairly good offensive performances by guys normally at the bottom of the lineup; the real problem was the 1-3 hitters going 1-for-13 at the top of the lineup.
Pointless save of the game:
Howie Kendrick's fine stop at the end of the eighth to end the Royals' threat.
Labels: angels, recaps, royals
Thursday, July 01, 2010 |
Snakes Fire Manager Hinch, GM Byrnes
AZ Snake Pit reports that Byrnes has five years remaining on his contract.
Labels: diamondbacks, firings, managers
Manny's MRI Shows Hamstring Inflammation
Manny injured his hamstring in the second inning of Monday's tilt against the Giants.
Dodgers Outright Cory Wade To AAA Albuquerque
Scott Kazmir, You Are Dead To Me: Rangers 6, Angels 4
The Angels may need another starter, and sooner than they imagined. Scott Kazmir hasn't had a quality start since June 18 against the hapless Cubs. It's like the new, crappy Angels are replacing the old, better ones, and while I recognize the wisdom in the maxim that it's better to trade a player a year too early than a year too late, I'm having trouble stomaching that right now.
Labels: angels, rangers, recaps
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