No one thought too much about it when the New York Yankees included Ian Kennedy in a deal to get Curtis Granderson a couple years ago. But, Kennedy has been phenomenal this year for the Arizona Diamondbacks and it’s tough for the Yanks to bitch because Granderson has been amazing too. He’s actually leading all [...]
It may have gotten a wee bit tougher for us to sell our brilliant “99 Problems but a Pitch Ain’t One” t-shirts. While the Philadelphia Phillies’ starting pitching has lived up to all the hype, their bullpen is starting to break down a bit. With closer Brad Lidge already on the DL, we learned today [...]
Sometimes running OTR can be tough. Sometimes I don’t have time to post everything I want to in a given amount of time. Other times – like now – I’m sitting at the computer trying to find something good to post, but can’t really find anything I like. A big “thank you” to everyone’s favorite [...]
A New York Mets team source tells Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com that the team is close to finalizing a deal with former San Diego Padre and current injury-riddled pitcher Chris Young. The deal will be completed pending an all-important physical. Young has proven that he can pitch at a very high level in the Majors. [...]
According to ESPN‘s Buster Olney, the Boston Red Sox and San Diego Padres have agreed to a trade that would send Adrian Gonzalez up to New England. He says that the players have been agreed to, they just need Gonzalez to pass his physical. “Sources: Padres and Red Sox have agreed to a Gonzalez trade, [...]
The Atlanta Braves are in the thick of an intense Wild Card race. With the NL East already wrapped up by the Philadelphia Phillies, they need to keep pace with the San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants and the Colorado Rockies (but not so much). In short, they can’t afford to be taking on water. [...]
Ken Rosenthal has announced via his Twitter feed that the San Diego Padres have signed pitcher Jon Garland to a one-year deal with a mutual option for a second. “Garland: One year, $5.3M with #Padres- $4.7M plus $600,000 buyout on $6.75M mutual option for 2011,” he tweets. Rotoworld mentioned that this is a great deal [...]
Chicago White Sox pitcher has been activated from the Mark Prior List as expected and will make his first start for the club Saturday night against the Kansas City Royals. This will be his first start since 1997 June 8, when he went down like a Saigon whore with a strained tendon in his ankle. [...]
San Diego Padres general manager Kevin Towers says that there is a chance that Jake Peavy will. never. pitch. again. Ok, he didn’t say that. He just thinks there is a chance that he doesn’t pitch again this year. “I think it’s 50-50 if Jake will pitch again this season,” Towers said. “We’ll know more [...]
Baseball America has learned that the Padres are promoting their top prospect, Kyle Blanks, to the majors. He was hitting .283/.393/.485 at Triple-A Portland in the Pacific Coast League and can play left field or first base. He also has 12 HR’s, nine doubles and 38 RBI’s in the minors. Oh and he’s 6′ 6″, [...]
