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Posted in Baseball, Signings, Transactions on Mar 21st, 2010
The Minnesota Twins and stud catcher Joe Mauer have agreed on an eight-year, $184 million contract that will pay Mauer a ton of money.
“Mauer’s deal will pay him $23 million each year from 2011 to 2018. #stribtwins,” Joe Christensen tweets.
Holy hell that’s a lot of dough. One would have to think that [...]
Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan and his elbow will miss the entire 2010 season.
Nathan tore his ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow on March 6 during a 20-pitch outing in a spring training game against the Boston Red Sox.
For ten minutes on Sunday, Nathan had a catch with Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson. It [...]
Cleveland Indians closer Kerry Wood is back to his old ways. And when we say “old ways,” we mean finding himself back on the Mark Prior List. Chris Perez will take over the closer role for the next 6-8 weeks as Wood is out with a strained right latissimus dorsi muscle.
“I’m excited, but [...]
According to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Bay Rays catcher Dioner Navarro was carted off the field on Saturday after a nasty collision at the plate.
“#Rays Navarro taken off field on cart, injury to left leg appears very serious based on how much pain he appeared to be in,” tweets Topkin.
After the [...]
It’s been a rough spring for the newest Seattle Mariner Cliff Lee. First he gets suspended for five games after throwing at Chris Snyder’s head, and now he has an abdominal strain that could bump him from his first start. Larry Stoner says it’s not too serious, however.
“Mystery solved: Cliff Lee has a [...]
Posted in Baseball, Suspensions, Transactions on Mar 17th, 2010
Maybe the Philadelphia Phillies knew what they were doing when they shipped Cliff Lee out of town. Ok, not really. But the Mariners’ Lee did get suspended for the first five games of the season after he threw at Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Chris Snyder on Monday.
Of course, Lee can appeal, but we don’t [...]
Posted in Baseball, Fun with drugs on Mar 17th, 2010
Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington failed a drug test last year, according to Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman. Why on Earth was a manager using steroids? The easy answer is that he wasn’t; he was rolling up dollar bills and snacking a little cocaine.
“I did make a mistake and I regret that I did [...]
Posted in Baseball on Mar 16th, 2010
Philadelphia Phillies fans probably won’t see Dominic Brown play at Citizens Bank Ball Park this year unless there’s a bunch of injuries to their outfield, but this kid is ready to tear it up.
Against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, the former 20th round (yep, 20th round) draft pick went 3-for-3 with two bombs and four [...]
Posted in Baseball on Mar 16th, 2010
It’s just the Grapefruit League right now, but it’s better to hear that Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels is looking very strong as opposed to him melting down on the mound after just two innings every time he suits up. But yes, Hamels was strong again on Tuesday as he allowed just two hits [...]
This is great news as the Philadelphia Phillies try to defend their back-to-back National League crowns. Newly acquired third baseman Placido Polanco left today’s game against the Pirates with an injured knee. So far, they are calling it a strain.
Polanco hurt himself trying to catch a pop up on the pitcher’s mound in [...]
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