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Friday Rockpile: Jeff Francis to make return on Sunday; Eric Young Jr. heads to DL with fractured tibia
Fractured tibia lands Young on shelf | All Things RockiesYoung injured; starts set for Hammel, Francis | Inside the Colorado RockiesMultiple sources are now reporting that Eric Young, Jr. siffered a fractured right tibia in Wednesday's game against the Phillies. No word yet on how long he is...
O Starters Where Art Thou?
Recently a certain Red Sox hurler has come under scrutiny, and I'm not talking about the guy whose DFA announcement caused birds to sing and lepers to dance Javier Lopez. No, the man under fire is Josh Beckett, two-time playoff hero, 2007 Cy Young runner up, and "on paper" Sox ace. I'm with those...
Mets Starting Pitcher tRA+
An explanation of tRA+ can be found at StatCorner. Short version for lazies: It considers what the pitcher actually did -- not just what earned runs he happened to allow -- adjusted for defense and park and expressed relative to the league (100 = average). This can't really surprise anyone given...
Saturday Rockpile: Attitude change in '09, Opening Day optimism, Examination of the Hammel trade, more
The Denver Post's Dave Krieger goes in depth on the Rockies' change of attitude to start this season. While it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the lowered expectations have helped ease the team, there's still something to be said about the way the guys have bounced back thus far....
5 Best Opening Day Starts in White Sox History (Retrosheet Era)
Because I don't want to write one of those forced preview pieces. #5. Wilbur Wood, 1973 -- 9 IP, 4H, 1R, 2BB, 6K Only 22-thousand people saw Wood's gem to open the '73 season. There were three other Complete Game, 1-run allowed outings that didn't make the list; Billy Pierce, 1956; Juan...
Mark Buehrle is Your Opening Day Starter, Officially
While I wouldn't go so far as to call Mark Buehrle's final spring outing brilliant, it should be good enough to quiet those who wonder if the Sox kid gloves with Buehrle are a result of some undisclosed injury. He got a couple of extra outs thanks to some poor base running by the Rockies, but...
White Sox Settle Center Field, Leadoff Mess... for now
The unceremonious dismal of Jerry Owens (along with a few others) has made the White Sox opening day roster all-but-official. But the Owens news is the longest-running, most headline-grabbing battle of futility, so we'll start there first. "I was disappointed," Guillen said of Owens,...
White Sox Still Riddled with Roster Questions
While the beat writers start to ring the alarm bell on the health of Mark Buehrle, Ozzie Guillen seems concerned (with good reason) about the backend of his rotation. The Sox will send Bartolo Colon to the mound in a Cactus League game Wednesday, and the Sox will be closely monitoring his velocity....
White Sox Lock Up Gavin Floyd Long-Term
The White Sox made the longest spring training ever a little bit more exciting this weekend; first, naming Chris Getz their starting second baseman (leadoff hitter to follow), then signing Gavin Floyd to a 4-year extension. Along with the news that Floyd had signed an extension came word that...
Should The Mets Sign Pedro Martinez?
A few weeks ago, the Mets' fifth starter forecast was mostly Garcia with a chance of Redding. When the Mets signed Tim Redding to a guaranteed major league deal back in January the odds were good that he'd fill out the rotation for them. Heck, it looked like a pretty good deal for the Mets at the...
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