0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 7/26/2014
A week ago, it seemed like the Red Sox were poised to crawl out of the AL East cellar and make a run at a wildcard spot. Now, less than a week from the trade deadline, they’re starting to sell. Jake Peavy is the first piece to go, with Boston sending the struggling right-hander back […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 7/7/2014
It’s safe to say Brandon McCarthy’s time in Arizona did not go as planned. Signed to a two-year, $15.5 million deal prior to last season, McCarthy was traded to the New York Yankees over the weekend for the equivalent of a bag of balls: a replacement-level pitcher in Vidal Nuno, with the Diamondbacks even giving […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 7/2/2014
Triple plays are rare. Two teams challenging different parts of the same play is even more rare. Both happened at once in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. In the 4th inning, Adrian Gonzalez flew out to Michael Brantley in left field with runners on the corners and nobody out. Dee Gordon tried to tag from […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 7/1/2014
Manny Ramirez may be 42 years old, but one of the original kings of pimping home runs showed Monday night that he still has it. In his second game as player/coach for the Iowa Cubs, Manny crushed a two-run homer off of Omaha’s Sugar Ray Marimon to centerfield. The bat flip is vintage Manny, and […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 6/30/2014
Three weeks ago, the San Francisco Giants were one of the best teams in baseball. When they beat the New York Mets on June 8, they moved to 42-21, giving them the best record in the National League and pushing them a season-high 21 games over .500. They were on pace to win 108 games […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 6/23/2014
The San Diego Padres have the third-worst record in baseball and — again — are at the bottom of the league in just about every offensive category. On Sunday, they became the first team this season to fire their general manager. Josh Byrnes was let go after nearly 2.5 years on the job. Byrnes took […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 6/22/2014
Apparently Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright is a huge soccer fan, showing up at the ballpark this morning with an American flag painted on his face. Wainwright isn’t pitching today — Carlos Martinez takes the mound against the Phillies this afternoon — so here’s to hoping he keeps the facepaint on all afternoon while he’s in […]
“I think you have to take it in the nature in which it was meant and it was meant to be geared toward their fan base. It was just amazing that it was that much directed at our organization. I think that part probably caught me off-guard the most.”
“Not saying that’s surprising. We’ve gone through this the last few years, especially last year with the Cardinal Way stuff getting blown way out of proportion. I think it can put a bad taste in a lot of peoples’ mouth. But in defense of the recognition that our guys have had — whether it’s having a number of guys on the All-Star team — that stuff isn’t just handed out. These guys have worked hard for that. They have deserved it, and they have earned it, and I don’t think that’s anything for us to apologize for.”
–Mike Matheny on the Fox Sports Wisconsin “attack ad” against Yadier Molina
[MLB.com]
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0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 6/18/2014
Kirk Gibson is not a fan of Ryan Braun. This is well-documented. Ever since it was revealed that Braun was using banned substances during the 2011 postseason — the same postseason in which Braun’s Brewers dealt Gibson’s Diamondbacks a crushing walk off loss in Game 5 of the NLDS — there’s been a feeling that […]
“I wasn’t surprised I got hit. I was surprised I got hit in that situation and circumstances. You’d have to ask him [if the HBP was about 2011]. I wish him the best. I hope he finds peace and happiness in his life and is able to enjoy his life. I wish him the best.” –Ryan Braun on Kirk Gibson, after getting hit by Arizona pitcher Evan Marshall Tuesday night
[Twitter]
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0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 6/17/2014
Politicians who trail in the polls late in the race tend to go negative in their advertising. As it turns out, so do baseball teams.
Jonathan Lucroy is quietly having an unbelievable season, and is just now starting to get some national publicity for it. Catcher is a hard position to break into the All-Star Game at if you’re in the National League, though, considering Yadier Molina and Buster Posey are locks to make it just about every year.
In the most recent All-Star vote tally, Lucroy sits in third, trailing Posey by nearly 300,000 votes and Molina by 900,000. So if you’re the Brewers, how do you close the gap with less than a month to go in voting? UNLEASH THE MOLINA ATTACK ADS.
Fox Sports Wisconsin also produced an ad for Carlos Gomez, who recently slipped to fourth in the NL outfielder voting:
Both spots were put together by Fox Sports Wisconsin producer Brad Weimer, who you can follow on Twitter.
“It was coming. We’re going to appeal it. I made my peace yesterday, and we’re going to move on from it. We’re going to go ahead and try to get that down.
“Obviously, I don’t want to be down for five days. I need to try to help this team in any way. We’ve got a lot of tough games up in the road, and I need to be a part of this team. I’ve been a part of this team for a long time, and I don’t want to be down for too many days.”
“[Fernando Abad] didn’t get suspended? I had no idea. I don’t really care. He’s a part of the Oakland A’s organization. I’m a Baltimore Oriole. I did what I did, and he did what he did. We both have to pay for the consequences.”
-Manny Machado after learning he’d been suspended for five games
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0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 6/9/2014
After the series he had against Oakland, it’d be too easy to sit here and say Manny Machado is immature and needs to grow up. But Manny Machado is immature and probably needs to grow up. Machado’s interesting weekend started in the third inning Friday. He was standing at second with two outs when Adam […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 6/7/2014
As the draft wraps up today, Kendrys Morales’ wait in comp pick purgatory is finally over. The slugging DH/1B has agreed to a one-year deal with the Minnesota Twins for a prorated $12 million. At this point in the season, a prorated $12 million deal would pay Morales about $7.6 million for the rest of […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 5/27/2014
Monday was not a good day for the New York Mets. First, top prospect Noah Syndergaard landed on the DL with a flexor strain in his pitching elbow and could be the latest pitching phenom (unles Yordano Ventura beats him to it) to face Tommy John surgery. He’s headed to New York to be examined […]
