This generation’s Oakland A’s have been a boring team on the basepaths, employing an organizational philosophy that eschews the risk of a caught stealing by leaving their runners parked on the bag. This trend suddenly changed in 2009, with the A’s attempting 181 stolen bases. This marked the highest franchise total in 16 years, and [...]
In essence, the Angels have swapped gimpy designated hitters, downgraded from Lackey to Piniero, lost Figgins and gained Rodney. Meanwhile, Roy Halladay went to Philadelphia, Cliff Lee went to Seattle, and Aroldis Chapman went to Cincinnati. The Angels wanted an ace pitcher and they ended up with Joel Piniero. It’s the kind of dream/reality contrast one would expect to find with the New York Mets, not the L.A. Angels.
Eye 2012 as a potential break-out year for the organization. It is likely when the bulk of the core of the organization will be at the Major League level, when Votto will be in his prime, and most importantly, when the Reds will have money and interest as a means to attract premier free agents.
The Twitterers are a-clackin’ away at the ol’ typewriter — this one’s a doozy, folks. Yes, the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, and Arizona Diamondbacks engaged in a three-way trade.
NYY gets: Curtis Granderson from DET
DET gets: Austin Jackson and Phil Coke from NYY; Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth from ARI
ARI gets: Edwin Jackson from DET; [...]
Monday is the last day of the 2009 minor league regular season. For some players, that may mean a call-up to the major leagues. For others, it’s the beginning of an off-season spent preparing for the next step on the ladder to the majors. And for others, it’s the end of an opportunity to play [...]
Like over-30 minor league hitters, there are a handful of minor league pitchers floating around the minors putting up numbers worth taking a look at as the ‘09 season winds down.
Who’s the next D.J. Carrasco, Alberto Castillo, Joe Nelson, Rodrigo Lopez or Mark DiFelice? Let’s take a look:
Chris Bootcheck, Pittsburgh Pirates
Minor League Team: Indianapolis Indians, [...]
We love them prospects, don’t we? Matt Holliday just scored the Athletics three more to add to the organization’s neverending upside (don’t worry, A’s fans, that’ll be traded away before it can reach it’s full potential!) and the Blue Jays are looking to score a nice haul for their ace Roy Halladay.
Well, there’s plenty of [...]
Like a lot of students, Orioles prospect Brian Matusz visited Washington, DC when he was in junior high. Like a lot of kids that age, he visited the monuments and the Smithsonians, but never imagined he’d return to the Mid Atlantic to help renew hope in the long-suffering Baltimore Orioles organization.
“In eighth grade I didn’t [...]
Baltimore Orioles general manager Andy MacPhail announced just before tonight’s Orioles-Blue Jays game that überprospect Matt Wieters will start behind the plate for Friday’s game vs. the Detroit Tigers.
Wieters, a catcher, is generally regarded as the #1 prospect of all the position players in the minors, and his callup has been long anticipated. Baseball America [...]
After a fairytale 2008 season, Orioles prospect Jake Arrieta’s 2009 campaign was a much different story through the first week of May. A string of rainouts in April and early May and a groin pull introduced the first few clouds into the promising career of Baltimore’s number three prospect, according to Baseball America.
“The layoff was [...]
