0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/30/2012
The Philadelphia Phillies lost 5-1 to the Chicago Cubs yesterday in a game that saw the Phililes get just two hits. For the season, they’ve scored just 70 runs, fourth worst in baseball. Their .635 OPS is 25th in the league, and their .288 OBP is third worst in baseball. Here’s the thing about the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/29/2012
The Arizona Diamondbacks made a long-anticipated move by sending starter Josh Collmenter to the bullpen. However, instead of replacing him with top prospects Trevor Bauer or Tyler Skaggs, they went with the third best starter down in AA Mobile: Pat Corbin. Earlier this week, I talked about the possibility of Arizona shifting Collmenter out of […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Going into Saturday’s game, eyes around baseball were focued on two players: Bryce Harper of the Nationals, and Mike Trout of the Angels. This was Harper’s first action in the show, but Trout had received a brief callup last year for the Angels. Their expectations were not necessarily met. Playing left field and batting seventh, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/28/2012
Scott Hairston of the Mets hit for the cycle last night, and he did it by the end of the sixth inning. That’s pretty impressive. What else is pretty impressive is that Hairston’s Mets lost the game….18-9. The last team to lose when they had a player who hit for the cycle was when Kelly […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Bill Shaikin of the LA Times is reporting that the Angels have released DH Bobby Abreu. April 28, 2012 Abreu’s first two seasons in Los Angeles were pretty successful. He had an .825 OPS, 15 homers, and 30 steals in 2009. In 2010, his OPS dropped to .787, but he hit 20 homers and stole […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/27/2012
The day is finally upon us. The Washington Nationals are calling up uber prospect Bryce Harper on Saturday. On Sat., the Nationals will place 3B Ryan Zimmerman on the 15-Day DL & recall OF Bryce Harper, who will make his MLB debut at Dodger Stadium — Nationals PR (@NationalsPR)
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Each of these two teams is at the top of their division (the Rays are tied with Baltimore, which is shocking), while the Rangers one up the Rays by holding the best record in baseball at 15-4, and already have a +55 run differential. The Rangers look like the class of baseball right now, while […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Boston Red Sox left fielder Carl Crawford, who hasn’t played an inning this season, will be out three more months with a sprained UCL in his left elbow. The UCL is the elbow ligament that is typically repaired in Tommy John surgery, though Crawford is going to attempt to rehab his elbow since the ligament […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Tigers outfielder Delmon Young was arrested this morning and is being charged with assault after shoving a man in front of the Tigers hotel in New York, where the team will play the Yankees this weekend. Young was apparently highly intoxicated during the incident, and was actually taken to a hospital to sober up before […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
First, it was Sean Marshall allowing a three run homer to Angel Pagan in the ninth to propel the Giants to a 6-5 win over the Reds. Next, it was Brandon Allen of the Rays launching a moonshot two run homer off of Angels closer Jordan Walden to give the Rays a 4-3 victory. Finally, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
You remember that story from Wednesday night about the Rangers fans who didn’t give the kid the ball? Well, they spoke to WFAA-TV in the Dallas area on Thursday, and are claiming ignorance. Sean Leonard and Shannon Moore, take it away. “My fiance Shannon and I were honestly unaware of the situation of the little […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/26/2012
Another pitcher has gotten bit by the Tommy John bug: Mets starter Mike Pelfrey, who was placed on the DL on Tuesday with a sore elbow. The news was shared by Mets manager Terry Collins today after the Mets’ 3-2 win over the Marlins. With Pelfrey due to hit his final year of arbitration after […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Coming into the 2012 season, the Los Angeles Angels were the most hyped team in baseball following the signings of Albert Pujols and CJ Wilson. After 18 games, the Angels are in the basement of the AL West with a 6-12 record. Only the pathetic Twins and Royals have worse records in the AL. Their […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
In the White Sox 5-4 loss to the A’s yesterday, Paul Konerko (yes, that Paul Konerko) hit his 400th career homer. Konerko is 36 years old, and he’s remained relatively healthy over his career, only missing more than 25 games once since becoming a regular in 1999. He has seven 30 homer seasons, and three […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Jimmy Trania of Sports Illustrated
