Links for Sunday….
- Injuries have really soured the Royals' half of the Mark Teahen trade so far. Both Chris Getz and Josh Fields are on the disabled list, and the Associated Press reported today that Fields will undergo hip surgery that will likely end his season.
- Ethan Trex has an interesting article up on CNN.com that highlights some unusual contractual clauses over the years, including George Brett becoming partial owner of a Memphis apartment complex back in 1984 and Charlie Kerfeld receiving 37 boxes of orange Jell-O in 1987. Seriously.
- It looks like a trend is developing in the NL Central. A few days after the Cubs moved Carlos Zambrano to the bullpen, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports that the Brewers will do the same thing with Jeff Suppan and his $12.5MM salary. As for Zambrano, the Cubs won't use him on back-to-back days for now, tweets MLB.com's Carrie Muskat.
- Joel Sherman of the New York Post tries to play matchmaker and work out a Carlos Silva–George Sherrill/Jamey Carroll trade between the Cubs and Dodgers. I'm not sure such a swap necessarily makes sense for either team, given the Cubs' lefty surplus and Silva's price tag next year.
- Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal writes that Victor Martinez is working overtime to improve his throwing, presumably hoping to silence the constant rumblings about the Red Sox shopping for a catcher.
- The latest mailbag from Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer includes a Carlos Santana update and an assessment of the Indians' free agent prospects following the 2010 season.
I haven’t heard any rumblings about the Red Sox shopping for a catcher. If anything they should be shopping for relief help.
Are you kidding me sherman? Yesterday it was just Sherrill for Silva straight up. You New York writers.. Im suprised you even know who the Dodgers are. First off, the Dodgers arent trading a pitcher like Sherrill, a valuable and servicable reliever (do you remember that he was a closer for baltimore?) for an old washed up retread that nobody wants? And now you put Carroll in there too? That contract they gave Carroll is what 3 months old? I bet the ink hasnt dried yet. If the Dodgers were “penny-pinching” they wouldnt have signed him to that deal in the first place. So you want us to give up our super ute guy, and our second best reliever, that would be the closer on most teams, for an overpaid, unwanted retread? Funny stuff. Its amazing to me that people like you have a job in an economy like this. .
That Bobby Bonilla contract is madness! Scott Boras has nothing on that guy’s agent.
Steve Phillips. Oh how the rest of the league misses thee…
Steve Phillips. Oh how the rest of the league misses thee…
That Bobby Bonilla contract is madness! Scott Boras has nothing on that guy’s agent.
Yea, the dodgers paid a lot to get Sherrill. I don’t think they would give up on him that easily for Silva.
Hitters have a .178 BABIP against Silva. Early Season Success = fluke
His control is too poor to be a reliever. For all the crap he takes, he’s not yet had a horrific outing that warrants a move to the bullpen.
His control is anything but fine. It’s always the reason for his awful starts. They’d have too many lefties in the pen if they moved him there. Not to mention there’s no one to replace him in the rotation.
The Mets really ought to consider moving Feliciano. So many teams are looking for reliable relief help, they might be able to hold him hostage for ransom to the highest bidder.
They already have 2 lefties in the pen. Valdes and Takahashi have pitched well enough to stay up with the team. If anything, they need a righty in the pen with Igarashi out.
No, either Harang or Arroyo will be the next; possibly both.
And it’s almost money in the bank one of them will be there soon. Or, I guess, money in the pen in this case…
Jeff Suppan was moved to the pen today by the Brewers. They’re in.
I say that knowing full well that Arizona has NO lefty’s in their pen. Start there, Mets.
Justin Upton for Pedro Feliciano. I’m sure the Mets would even throw in Jeff Francoeur, too.
I’m obviously kidding but the Mets have no reason to deal Feliciano.
Of the 13 lefty PAs against Hisanori Takahashi, they’re .182/.250/.273 with 1 BB and 6 K. The Takahashi from last year (Ken) was better against righties than lefties.
Of the 38 righty PAsa gainst H. Takahashi, they’re .250/.417/.357 with 8 BB and 10 K.
So there goes one reason for putting Perez in.
They could use a long reliever but Fernando Nieve should be delegated to that role. Manny Acosta might take on that role with Nieve taking Igarashi’s place since he’s on the DL right now.
Perez is not a guy who should be a reliever. With having him start, you can make sure he’s well prepared and develop a game plan with him. He just does not seem like the type of guy who can warm up a bit before an inning and come in and pitch well. Then there’s the previously mentioned issue with his control. Last thing you want is him coming to face Howard, Utley, and Ibanez and walking Howard and then falling behind 3-0 to Utley. If his problem was just the long ball, it’d be a different story. But he tends to walk a lot of guys before he gives up said long ball.
And of course there’s the fact that he has the talent to throw 8 shutout innings with 10 Ks.
yeah, knew you were joking
Just knew your joke was really on point too, with it likely happening in Cincy soon.
But I can only halfway agree with the assessment of the Reds. Because the thing is, they have been trying to trade them for a while, and it just doesn’t look like its happening. They have Maloney who should be in the majors now, Wood has a strong argument and of course they will probably rush Chapman because, well…
Besides, Dusty always needs more young arms he can destroy – that should be their priority number one!
I don’t really think they want to trade him, or will, or even should-but this is the place where you can speculate on trades, right? I only threw Feliciano’s name out there because he’s the kind of guy that maybe a dozen teams would seriously consider acquiring.
I thought the cubs had a “surplus” of lefties. Check it out, not so Sherman, Sherrills a leftie too! You moron!
I thought the cubs had a “surplus” of lefties. Check it out, not so Sherman, Sherrills a leftie too! You moron!