I’ve found it kind of odd that so far in this 2012 season, Roy Oswalt has not been on a roster. It’s not because he can’t pitch anymore. Yes, he does have some injury concerns with that troublesome back, but he’d still be on of the better starters on most staffs. It has to be [...]
If you’re like me, you’ve been holding on to Michael Morse in your fantasy baseball league, waiting for him to come off the DL. He was shut down on April 11th with a torn lat muscle. Sounds painful. But, according to manager Davey Johnson, Morse will “for sure” be activated by June 8th for their [...]
Ike Davis is considered to be one of the top young players in the New York Mets organization. The first baseman is being counted on to be one of the centerpieces of the franchise moving forward. Except that he’s been awful this year. He’s got 5 HR’s while hitting .160. Yep, .160. He makes Freddie [...]
While the offense of the Philadelphia Phillies has picked it up a bit as of late (thanks, Chooch), it’s still hardly a well-oiled machine. It’s not the one-run debacle that it was earlier this season, but they could use help. And according to Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com, that help could be on the way in [...]
Did you miss the battle between Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel and home plate umpire Bob Davidson this week? It was pretty great. Manuel got upset that Davidson got in Brian Schneider’s way as he tried to grab strike three in the dirt. Schneider couldn’t get the ball and the dude was safe at first [...]
The 2012 season has not been too good to the Philadelphia Phillies. They’ve been in last place most of the season and just got their first three-game winning streak of the season on Tuesday. Not good for a team with a huge payroll and World Series aspirations. Now, the team gets some more good news. [...]
Whoops! When Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter named Jim Johnson as the team’s closer, we made light of it, saying basically “who the hell cares?” Boy, was OTR wrong…again (happens all the time, we’re used to it around here). While it may not last forever, right now Johnson is smoking hot. He closed out the [...]
Ken Rosenthal’s report makes it clear that no trade is immediate, nor is one likely. But, he says that the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies have discussed possible trades including Cole Hamels and Shane Victorino. It sounds ridiculous, but not when you consider that the Phillies are in last place in the NL East [...]
The Washington Nationals are having a good-news/bad-news type of day. The bad news is that they obviously had to place Jayson “I hate all Philadelphia fans and will firebomb that city when my wrist is healthy” Werth on the disabled list. You’ll remember that he broke his same troublesome wrist on Sunday night against the [...]
On Sunday night, Philadelphia Phillies stud Cole Hamels mowed down the Washington Nationals both literally and figuratively. He gave up just one run through eight innings, and also made sure he plunked Bryce Harper in the first inning. That wasn’t seemingly a big deal, except that he admitted after the game that he did it [...]
The Washington Nationals have been pretty damn excited lately and they’ve had good reason to be. They are off to an 18-10 start and own first place in the NL East. However, they’re taking on a bit of water. 3B Ryan Zimmerman is already hurt, as is Michael Morse, who was supposed to the be [...]
I can’t think of much worse news for the New York Yankees. On Thursday night, closer Mariano Rivera was in the outfield during batting practice before their game. That’s all well and great until he collapsed in a heap holding his knee and had to be carted off the field. The end result? A torn [...]
A couple days ago Detroit Tigers OF Delmon Young had a little incident that involved a physical skirmish, booze and racism. Needless to say, the Tigers and MLB didn’t appreciate it. Young was placed on the restricted list and, according to Danny Knobler, will be re-evaluated on Monday. “Dombrowski says if Delmon is cleared by [...]
Good news, Yankees fans! Remember how excited you were when you sent Jesus Montero and others to the Seattle Mariners for Michael Pineda? Yeah, unless you run into him in a bar or restaurant, you won’t be seeing him for quite a while. Pineda developed arm issues and the diagnosis is pretty bad. According to [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies might have one of the worst lineups in all of baseball. Check that, they do have one of the worst lineups in all of baseball. I don’t even have the stats in front of me, but I’ve learned enough through empirical data. Many fans in Philly can’t wait for the return of [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies just keep rolling. It’s not enough that they struggle to even score one run against poor pitchers, but now they keep getting good news. First, we found out that Cliff Lee had to go on the 15-day DL with a side strain. Now? The one guy they have who can hit the [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies are off to a rough start. They are hovering around .500 while the rest of the division (minus the Marlins of course) is thriving. Not only that, their offense is absolutely butt awful. So, they’ll need that starting pitching, huh? Of course they will! Well, they better hope some other people step [...]
The San Francisco Giants are full of great young pitching, which is all well and good. It’s one of the best situations you can be in, until it’s time to pay them. They just recently doled out a huge contract to Matt Cain, and now it’s Madison Bumgarner’s turn. According to SFX, they extended Bumgarner [...]
Since signing a mega-deal with the Boston Red Sox last offseason, Carl Crawford has been a waste of space. He did next to nothing last year, and now is hurt so far this season. Crawford underwent wrist surgery in January and then had a setback with elbow soreness. So yeah, he’s not helping the Red [...]
The Boston Red Sox are aware of what life is like without Jacoby Ellsbury. In 2010, he was on the DL almost all year, but bounced back to have an MVP-like 2011. Well, it’s good that they are used to living without him, because he won’t be playing baseball any time soon. Tampa Bay Rays [...]
It doesn’t take long for things to go south for the New York Mets. They started out 4-0 and seemed poised to win all 162 games this season. But, while it’s still very, very possible, it’s going to be much more difficult now that David Wright will have to sit down for a bit. Monday [...]
As you surely have heard by now, the Miami Marlins have suspended manager Ozzie Guillen for five games for comments he made recently to Time magazine. Guillen had nice words for Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and many people didn’t care for that. “I respect Fidel Castro,” Guillen said in the article. “You know why? A [...]
Talk about a slow news day. File this one under: No One Gives a Crap. The closer situation for the Baltimore Orioles is about as interesting to sports fans as women’s rights are to Republicans. Manager Buck Showalter has finally ended all the speculation that has kept most of America awake at night since February. [...]
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is one of the best young pitchers in all of baseball. Ok, forget “young” pitchers, he’s one of the best in MLB period. The guy won the NL Cy Young award last year (so far in his career, the AL Cy Young award has eluded him). Well, today’s start [...]
The Boston Red Sox traded for Oakland A’s closer Andrew Bailey this offseason to replace the departed Jonathan Papelbon, who signed a big-money deal with the Philadelphia Phillies. However, it looks like they’ll have to wait a little bit before they see their closer in action. According to Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe, Baily [...]
