Dammit that sucks. Fight hard and be strong young lady.MakMan44 said:Goddamnit.
Mike Aviles 4 YO daughter was diagnosed with leukemia.
Such bullshit that kids that young have to go through that. T&P to his whole family.
Dammit that sucks. Fight hard and be strong young lady.MakMan44 said:Goddamnit.
Mike Aviles 4 YO daughter was diagnosed with leukemia.
Such bullshit that kids that young have to go through that. T&P to his whole family.
The next to last current player who was on an Expos team. The other is Bartolo Colon.vadertime said:Bruce Chen retired today. Had been DFA by the Indians.
Lester is 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA for May. Guess his pickoff problems aren't hindering him this month.Jon Lester has 54 MLB at bats in his career.
And zero hits.
MLB record for worst start to a batting career is 58 AB with no hits. He could get there in his next start.
If the Sox would have outbid the Yankees we`d be going for the 3peat this year. Plus already have the division clinched by now. If only!!!!Plympton91 said:Big loss for the Yankees. He's having a great season.
keninten said:If the Sox would have outbid the Yankees we`d be going for the 3peat this year. Plus already have the division clinched by now. If only!!!!
Just stating the facts:John Marzano Olympic Hero said:
Cut the crap.
MakMan44 said:Don't we already have two good Ellsbury lites in our current line up though?
http://m.padres.mlb.com/news/article/126243866/will-middlebrooks-makes-first-professional-start-at-shortstopMentalDisabldLst said:Someone want to detail the Wrath-of-God-style plague that I assume must have struck the Padres organization that would have brought them to make such a lineup decision?
LOS ANGELES -- Looking for a way to get more production out of a lineup that's hit the skids in May, the Padres gave third baseman Will Middlebrooks his first professional start at shortstop Saturday against the Dodgers.
"We'll see how he looks tonight. We need some offense. That's the thing," said Padres manager Bud Black.
Middlebrooks has played two-thirds of an inning at shortstop as a professional, and that came earlier this month as part of a double-switch. Cory Spangenberg, batting .222, got the start at third base.
"We just felt tonight was maybe a time to put him at short … sort of shake up our lineup a little bit," Black said. "Collectively as a group, we like to be a little creative and think a little outside of the box and do some things to maybe pick the club up."
nattysez said:WMB played the whole game at ss. Remarkably, it looks like only one ball was hit his way - it was hit right at him and he made the play. Padres lost 2-0.
HriniakPosterChild said:
EV smiles. If only Adrian Beltre had shown that flexibility a few years ago...
His walk rate is down to 2.14 and he's finally starting to strike batters out like he was expected to. He may have turned that corner many of us had given up on him turning.LesterFan said:Rubby de la Rosa: 9 IP 6 H 2 ER 0 BB 5 K
Respectable 4.08 ERA/4.02 FIP/3.43 xFIP in 53 innings (8 starts)
Snodgrass'Muff said:His walk rate is down to 2.14 and he's finally starting to strike batters out like he was expected to. He may have turned that corner many of us had given up on him turning.
Cleveland Indians players and coaches are shaving their heads in support of teammate Mike Aviles, whose 4-year-old daughter is being treated for leukemia.
The gesture started with a couple of players over the weekend but has grown to include most members of the team, including coaches, with each sporting a shaved head or a buzz cut.
Now at 57 AB heading into tonight's game; still no hits.Lose Remerswaal said:Jon Lester has 54 MLB at bats in his career.
And zero hits.
MLB record for worst start to a batting career is 58 AB with no hits. He could get there in his next start.
Lose Remerswaal said:Ryan Lavarnway DFA'd by the O's
0 for 58phrenile said:Now at 57 AB heading into tonight's game; still no hits.
He was already outrighted once, in January. Article XX D (2) of the CBA:vadertime said:
the linked article says he could refuse an outright assignment to the minors. How can he do that with only 1.5 years of service? Craig has 4+ and he couldn't.
(2) Election of Free Agency—Second Outright Assignment
Any Player whose contract is assigned outright to a Minor
League club for the second time or any subsequent time in his career
may elect, in lieu of accepting such assignment, to become a free
agent. In the event that such Player does not elect free agency in lieu
of accepting such assignment, he may elect free agency between the
end of the then current Major League season and the next following
October 15, unless such Player is returned to a Major League roster
prior to making such election.
It's not about service time, when a player has been outrighted before, like Lavarnway was this past offseason, he has the right to refuse the assignment if a team tries to outright him again, Craig had never been outrighted before.the linked article says he could refuse an outright assignment to the minors. How can he do that with only 1.5 years of service? Craig has 4+ and he couldn't.
Record broken.Lose Remerswaal said:Jon Lester has 54 MLB at bats in his career.
And zero hits.
MLB record for worst start to a batting career is 58 AB with no hits. He could get there in his next start.
Maddon is a baseball genius after all. I can't wait to see him hit Lester clean up.Lowrielicious said:Record broken.
Still hitting in the 8 hole though, so Madden is maximising his atbats at least. For some stupid reason.
Kick them (the Red Sox) when they're down. Nieves canned, Beyeler trashed, anybody else while we're at it?AB in DC said:Cespedes now blames Arnie Beyeler for his being traded this offseason.
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/2015/05/28/yoenis-cespedes-red-sox-coach-treated-like-was-rookie/JbpJ8PWuRS0PUvRYfDjY4O/story.html?p1=feature_pri_hp
judyb said:It's not about service time, when a player has been outrighted before, like Lavarnway was this past offseason, he has the right to refuse the assignment if a team tries to outright him again, Craig had never been outrighted before.
AB in DC said:Cespedes now blames Arnie Beyeler for his being traded this offseason.
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/2015/05/28/yoenis-cespedes-red-sox-coach-treated-like-was-rookie/JbpJ8PWuRS0PUvRYfDjY4O/story.html?p1=feature_pri_hp
Well, that's pretty intriguing, but without details one doesn't know what to think. In Castillo's case, he does need some teaching. Is he going to resent those lessons, too?
The first-base coach treated me like I was a rookie when I got there, wanted me to do things a rookie would do, and I told him I wasn’t going to, so he started talking.
oumbi said:Update on Jose Iglesias. Forty games into the season and his slash line sits at .333/.390/.426 for an OPS of .816.
He has pretty much stopped hitting for extra bases since the start of May. On May 3rd or so he had 1 HR, 2 triples, and 4 doubles. Now, near the end of May, he has a season total of 1 HR, 2 triples, and 5 doubles.
Smiling Joe Hesketh said:
.963 OPS in April, .678 OPS in May as he only slugged .313 in May.