Links for Sunday, as we await tonight's Subway series rubber match….
- The Cincinnati Enquirer's John Fay looks at what a trip to the disabled list for Homer Bailey would mean for the Reds' rotation. Bailey left today's game after just 2.1 IP with shoulder soreness. Fay writes that it won't be Aroldis Chapman, who is having his next start pushed back due to a blister.
- Joel Sherman breaks down the tremendous amount of talent in the rookie class of 2010, and wonders if it ranks among the best ever.
- In a separate article, Sherman profiles Mike Pelfrey's success so far in 2010, and relays that the New York right-hander wants manager Jerry Manuel to keep his job.
- Former MLB pitcher Jose Lima has died of a massive heart attack, reports Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes (via Twitter). Our condolences go out to Lima's family and friends.
- Tracy Ringolsby of FOX Sports lists ten veteran players who he thinks deserve to be traded to another team.
- Pirates fans could see 2008's second overall pick, Pedro Alvarez, arrive in Pittsburgh soon, writes Bob Cohn of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Alvarez is hitting just .243 at Triple-A Indianapolis this season, but he has homered ten times and slugged .497.
- The Chicago Sun Times' Rick Morrissey says that Ryne Sandberg might not be a good fit as the eventual manager of the Cubs, even if fans would love to see it.
- With Rays Senior VP of baseball operations Gerry Hunsicker in Houston this weekend, Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle looks back on Hunsicker's tenure as the Astros' GM.
i this the jose lima who pitched for the dodgers in 2004?
Yes, Lima Time is over. 🙁
yea feel so bad for him RIP.
RIP Jose Lima. Wow I just saw him at a Dodger game just a couple of weeks ago. Very sad.
Lima kind of puts sports in perspective more than most ballplayer deaths for me. Because I think it’s impossible to have rooted for a team that had Lima and not loathed him at some point. But that doesn’t mean you wished honest misfortune upon him. RIP.
Read the article and the guy isn’t convincing at all. Sure, Ryno doesn’t have a lot of managerial experience. However, he has a lot of playing experience, and most people agree that Ryno played the game right.
Thus, it would follow that Ryno would be an excellent manager.
I like his brand of baseball. I’m not a big fan of Lou’s.
I think the article is convincing. He’s not saying that Sandberg can’t or won’t be a good manager. He’s saying that the reasons to make Sandberg manager involve a lot of wishcasting, nostalgia, and narrative. It would make people feel good. It would be a good story. But if you were simply looking at qualifications, Sandberg would be a dicey or at least premature candidate. I think that’s totally fair.
RIP Jose Lima, you made that 2003 season fun for us Royals fans. Let’s not remember that 2005 season though.
hurry Pedro, please.
R.I.P. Jose Lima!
It will never be Lima time again. Sad. RIP.
Its Lima time in heaven.
RIP Jose Lima. I will never forget the great season you had in Houston in ’99.
Maybe the good lord wants a little Lima time RIP.
RIP José Lima. You may be gone but it will always be Lima time in my heart!
Jose Lima was fun in Houston. Passionate. We loved him. No more Taco Cabana commercials of Rock101 Lima Time, ever. Crazy, I was looking his stats up about a hour ago!
If I may pay a quick homage to Mr. Lima, I’d love to use MLBTR as my grieving box:
I had the pleasure of meeting Jose Lima when he was on the Astros, he came to NY and I happened to be a lucky fan who was in the front row, near the Astros dugout during Batting Practice.
Jose came up to my friend and I and started chatting away, when I told him we had something in common; the same last name.
Jose lit up light a Christmas tree, like he had found a long lost relative. He was super excited and kept asking me what island I was from “The DR? Puerto Rico? Cuba?”
When I told him I was actually from an island called Sicily, he rubbed his forehead in confusion; “I don’t think I’m familiar with that island,” he said.
RIP Jose, you made me a life long fan that day, and your spirit will be missed.