The National League has always been seen as more of the “cerebral” league in baseball, the one where managers have to think and not just throw out eight hitters plus an additional one each day but have strategy, one of which pitching is more valuable than hitting. Pitching has created several headlines this season, with one no-hitter and two, count ’em, TWO perfect games (one...
Read MoreThe Oliver Perez experiment should be over! Saturday’s putrid performance shows that this guy’s career with the Mets is over. Pretty soon Perez will be lucky to throw batting practice for a single A team. I understand Perez is still owed more than 20 million dollars but he’s doing nothing at all for this team. His presence hurts this team. I never understood why the Mets had...
Read MoreAAA International League: Buffalo 4/9/1, Syracuse 7/14/1 Jon Niese had a very good rehab outing today, despite giving up 8 hits (2 bunts and 3 bloops), he surrendered just 2 runs. Ruben Tejada had a good game out of the leadoff spot with 2 hits, and Josh Thole snapped a mini slump (2 for 13) with 2 hits and a walk. Jesus Feliciano DNP. ss Ruben Tejada 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2b (8), .296 2b Justin...
Read MorePhiladelphia Phillies: (28-21; Leader) The Phillies managed to take two out of three from the Marlins. They were shutout on Sunday, but the story of the weekend was Roy Halladay’s perfect game. There’s nothing more that I can say about it that hasn’t already been said on this site. The Phillies will play the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta with first place on the line. Atlanta Braves: (28-22; -.5) The...
Read MoreIn a report to MLB Trade Rumors, Tim Dierkes posted of Nelson Figueroa’s release: The Phillies designated pitcher Nelson Figueroa for assignment to make room for Brad Lidge, tweets MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki. Figueroa, 36, was claimed off waivers from the Mets on April 7th and tallied nine games for the Phils. Last year for the Mets Figueroa compiled a 4.09 ERA, 7.5 K/9, and 3.1 BB/9 in...
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