TruffleShuffle

yeah dempster has been lights out and we don't need runs so good move leaving him in here.

haha yadier molina just made a fool out of himself sliding feet-first into first base.

someone make vance pee in a cup.

vasquez was a nice pick up for the braves. he's always kept his walks down; his biggest problem has been the long ball and this park is tough for HRs with the deep power alleys.

the DSL cubs won 6-4 despite making 5 errors and 5 caught stealing. carlos henry didn't have any of the errors, mostly because he was the DH.

this is like the playoff game last year, he keeps leaving the fastball either up and out of the zone, or too high in the zone where it can get hit hard. get the ball down.

kelly johnson and his .422 june OPS, terrific free pass. although i'm surprised he was able to keep fouling off so many pitches considering how bad he's been.

let's see how bad that missed strike three bones us over.

wake up blue.

that might be out in wrigley.

does soriano have clauses based on PAs? If not, then this has nothing to do with what truffle was talking about it makes perfect sense to keep ordonez on the bench in order to save yourself 18 MILLION DOLLARS. You can find 700 OPS guys in AAA for 50 bucks oh i agree, but i think that MLB can file a grievance on behalf of the player if he is being benched to prevent an option from vesting. the fact that he's hit so badly would probably make it tough for him to win that grievance, as it appears that his benching is justified from a pure performance standpoint.

2 runs from the mutts... probably should have had 3 but hey it's a good start.

he's basically a non-prospect and is too old for that league, but hey, at least he's giving them really good production. castro is also 3-5 in that game with a triple and 3 runs scored.

The Tigers have announced that Magglio Ordonez is being benched indefinitely. 2007 was obviously a fluke (.381 BABIP), 2008 he came back to around his "usual" level, and then this year his numbers are way down - .273/.347/.344/.690. probably the most alarming part is that he's not being hurt by bad luck with balls in play (.313 BABIP), but rather that his power has completely evaporated - only 9 doubles and 2 home runs. the complicating factor is ordonez' contract: so far, ordonez has 242 PAs in 2009 and 865 PAs in 2008-09, meaning that he only needs 215 more PAs for his $18M option to kick in for next season. if ordonez has started to decline, clearly that contract would be a disaster. plus the tigers' attendance is way down since the michigan economy is in the toilet. the questions: 1. What should the tigers do here? Should they bench Ordonez now and hope that he picks it up when they start playing him again? Should they just release him outright, so that there's no chance that option vests? Should they continue playing him without thinking about that option? 2. Are they justified in reducing his playing time based on his performance this season? 3. If he gets little playing time and his option doesn't vest, does he have a grievance? 4. Are playing time options a good idea? What about performance-based options - I don't think these are approved by the MLBPA, but should they be? Should MLB teams be allowed to reduce playing time because they don't feel that the player will not perform up to the value of their future options?

That is a seriously unfortunate name. :lol:

let's face it, guzman was gonna get hurt at some point regardless of whether he pitched yesterday. he's the rich harden of the bullpen.

i pictured logan watkins as being black too. i did picture hak-ju lee as being asian, though.

they're both outliers.

finally wells will get the long-awaited shaving cream pie in the face.

i think the alien that possessed vitters' body in may has departed.

walk, jamey carroll grand slam, wells runs out of the dugout and bludgeons gregg to death.

randy wells will murder every member of the bullpen with a bat if they blow this.

frick you valbuena

lol wut

yet another fine game from our $136 million man.