0 comments by Joe Lucia on 8/1/2012
Your browser does not support iframes. During last night's Dodgers-Diamondbacks game, legendary Dodgers play by play announcer Vin Scully read a tweet from new Dodgers outfielder Shane Victorino. Of course, Scully probably has no idea what Twitter is, and his interpretation of the social media service was hilarious. First, he called the tweet "a Twitter"…twice. […]
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The 2012 trade deadline is now in the rearview mirror, and short of waiver claims and minor league callups, each team has their core group of players set for the playoff march. Of course, some teams fared better than others to prep their teams for an October run, or for future years. Let's take a […]
0 comments by Charlie Saponara
The 2012 trade deadline has come and gone and the flurry of action this month has been astounding. The advent of an extra wild card and the falling of formerly competitive teams turned into unprecedented buying and selling of numerous star-level players. However, not all trades are created equal. Sometimes these deals work out for […]
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AJ Burnett came within four outs of his second career no-hitter last night. The catch was that the Pirates were playing the Cubs, who hadn't been shut out since 1965, when Sandy Koufax twirled his fourth no-hitter in a three year span, a perfect game on September 9th. The last no-hitter thrown at Wrigley Field […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/31/2012
Chicago White Sox starter John Danks will miss the rest of the year due to a shoulder injury, and he'll have surgery on Monday. Danks hasn't pitched in the majors since May 19th, after which he was placed on the DL with soreness in his shoulder. An MRI taken after a rehab start revealed a […]
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Well, that Ryan Dempster trade couldn't have come at a better time. A little over an hour after acquiring the Cubs starter,
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The Ryan Dempster saga finally has an ending, and it's an unexpected one. Dempster didn't land with the Braves, the Dodgers, or the Yankees, but
0 comments by Joe Lucia
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15 or so hours after bolstering their offense with Travis Snider, the Pittsburgh Pirates struck out, trading outfielder Gorkys Hernandez to the Marlins for Gaby Sanchez. The Marlins are also picking up Pittsburgh's competitve balance draft pick in the deal. The 28-year old Sanchez has been a nightmare for the Marlins this year, OPSing only […]
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The St Louis Cardinals again did what they did last year — picked up some relief help for a highly thought of piece. They traded third baseman Zack Cox, the fourth best prospect in the organization, to the Miami Marlins in exchange for reliever Edward Mujica,
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The long-rumored deal between the Phillies and Giants for right fielder Hunter Pence is tenatively complete,
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In one of the more under-the-radar trades of a busy night of deals on Monday, the Texas Rangers acquired catcher Geovany Soto from the Chicago Cubs. This move was something of a surprise since Texas was not known to be in the market for catching help since they already have Mike Napoli in place with […]
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The Phillies are
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Start waving the green flag on the Cubs fire sale. In addition to trading Geovany Soto to the Rangers, the Cubs have also dealt starting pitcher Paul Maholm and outfielder Reed Johnson to the Braves in exchange for pitching prospects Arodys Vizcaino and Jaye Chapman. Johnson is the fourth outfielder that the Braves have desperately […]
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Last month, when the Rangers signed Roy Oswalt, the prevailing thought was "why in the hell do they need ANOTHER starter?" Well, this is why: in 15-8 drubbing against the Angels last night, Oswalt threw just five innings, allowed eight runs on 11 hits, and gave up three homers. For the season, Oswalt now has […]
