One year ago today, Mariano Rivera became the first pitcher in baseball history to appear in 1,000 games with one team. He is currently eighth on the all-time games pitched list with 1,051 appearances, but he won't be making any more this season after tearing his right ACL. Here's the latest from around the web…
- Jays Journal interviewed GM Tony LaCava, the Blue Jays vice president of baseball operations.
- Baseball Hot Corner interviewed Blue Jays prospect Daniel Norris.
- MLB Reports interviewed former big leaguer Karim Garcia.
- Baseball Time In Arlington wrote about Neftali Feliz's injury and Roy Oswalt.
- Redleg Nation calls the Reds' decision to make Aroldis Chapman the closer a mistake.
- Monkey with a Halo says the Angels should sign Mike Trout to a contract extension.
- Lasorda's Lair believes this year's Dodgers are similar to the 1988 team.
- Bucs Dugout listed Neal Huntington's eight best moves as Pirates GM.
- Royals Review asks if you'd hire Royals GM Dayton Moore again.
- I-70 Baseball thinks Royals manager Ned Yost must go.
- NASORB says the Mariners must cut ties with Chone Figgins.
- Call to the Pen wonders if Brandon Morrow is officially an ace.
- Disciplines of Uecker listed some replacement starting pitchers for the Brewers.
- BoSox Injection wrote about the Daniel Bard dilemma facing the Red Sox.
- Talkin' Sox with Dan thinks the Red Sox should listen on their catching depth.
- Rays Colored Glasses wonders if the Rays could trade for David Ross.
- FanSpeak thinks the Orioles should target Adam Dunn in a trade.
- Wahoo's on First wonders if Kevin Youkilis is a fit for the Indians.
- Rising Apple says the Mets are better off without Jose Reyes in the clubhouse.
- Puckett's Pond wrote about the Twins' long-term search for a third baseman.
- Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness examined the Dodgers' roster crunch.
- We Should Be GMs says we have to respect the Phillies' array of cast-offs.
- 85% Sports wrote about the Cubs and the upcoming draft.
- MLB Draft Insider published the latest version of their mock draft.
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Kevin Youkilis will fit in at Cleveland, providing Justin Masterson retrofits into the Red Sox starting rotation!
The Bard situation is self inflicted. He’s pitching to contact with a fast ball, slider (which flattened out recently), and a bad change. He really needs to get back in the pen and let it loose.
Red Sox need to nut up and pull the trigger on this experiment. It didn’t work, time to admit the failure and move on when they still have a shot.
And they very well may do that when matsuzaka is deemed ready for some for some turns in the major league rotation