Buffalo 6, Gwinnett 5, Game 1 Michael Antonini’s meteoric rise through the system took him to the highest minor league level tonight, a year after he was pitching for the Savannah Sand Gnats in the South Atlantic League, the lowest full season league in organized baseball. And while he has struggled in Binghamton this year, the ascent itself is quite an accomplishment. He ran into massive...
Read MoreAccording to Bart Hubbuch of the NY Post, Tim Redding will come off the DL and make his first start of the season on Monday against the Dodgers. He also writes, Redding, the former National who was signed to a one-year, $2.25 million deal in the offseason, has been sidelined since early in spring training with a strain in his right rotator cuff. Redding will square off against Dodgers lefty...
Read MoreShortstop Jose Reyes will miss his second consecutive game due to a right calf injury. Reyes did say that it was feeling better than yesterday so the condition is improving. Carlos Delgado will also miss another game with his hip injury, and questions still swirl about regarding his status for the rest of the season. I am somewhat concerned that the bench will be short again tonight, but that...
Read MoreAtlanta Braves (Record in last 10 games, 6-4; games gained/lost on div. leader in last 10 games, -2) I think you know what the braves were up to this week on the field. Off the field however, they called up Kris Medlen to take Jo-Jo Reyes’s spot in the rotation after he lasted 3 innings Wednesday. The Braves also released three minor leaguers, including Chen En Hung. Hung is a 21-year-old...
Read MoreYesterday Jose Reyes was the big topic of conversation and it was due mostly to a couple of reasons. The first being, his erratic decisions while running the bases (or trotting), and the second big flare up came when the news hit that a stiff calf would keep him out of the lineup. The radio call-in shows were hit with waves of trade Jose Reyes calls and even our site had plenty of comments that...
Read MoreI know what they say – you win as a team and you lose as a team. And trust me, I’m the last one to put an individual player’s statistics and milestones ahead of what’s best for the team. However, I feel that Major League Baseball needs to do something to properly reward a starting pitcher for a quality performance when he leaves with the lead after 5 plus innings and his...
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