Sean strikes out the side on 13 pitches in the 5th. He's rolling. 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 7/0 K/BB, 70 pitches And that's the final line for Gallagher, Cotts replaces him on the mound in the 6th.
Wow. I didn't notice that. To me, that makes it much more realistic that Hendry can add Griffey to this team. Also, isn't Prior arby-eligible? Ack, forgot about Prior. He's not going to be getting any type of raise though, and in the off chance he does it's not going to be much at all, < 1 mil.
A little less conventional 1-2-3 for Gallagher in the 4th. Simokaitis committed an error to let the first man reach, then both were retired on an unconventional double play that I can't figure out. 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4/0 K/BB, 57 pitches Iowa leads 3-0 after an error on a sac bunt scores two runners.
Linebrink showing off why he was worth that prospect haul. WP moves runners to 2nd and 3rd, so now they're walking Pujols. 1 out and Duncan coming up with the bases loaded.
Zambrano signing an extension worth 17 million annually adds less than 5 million to the payroll. He's already making 12+ this year. Put another way, adding Griffey and extending Zambrano adds only 7 million to the payroll if coupled with Jones and Eyre not being on the club next year. Also of note, the Cubs aren't facing any jumps in arbitration this year. Their only eligibles right now are Ohman, Wuertz, and Cotts.
We just won 6-0. We have been playing great baseball without Murton. Who cares about Murton at this point? Namely because the people getting playing time instead of him(Floyd and Fontenot) are not hitting at all.
I've argued the same thing in the past. Seems to me, you get a lot more chances to throw LF to home/2nd than you do RF to home/3rd/2nd. Cause and effect though. Is that because there are more opportunities, or are there more opportunities because the weaker arm is traditionally in LF and the stronger in RF?
He just screen caps ESPN.com's matchup page ;) It's probably the most organized one. Yahoo only has stats since 1987... so it might leave out veteran match-ups. But I might just switch to Baseball Reference... IMHO the most trusted baseball stats site. I can't think of too many hitters and pitchers who have been around since 1986, you're probably safe using Yahoo if you wanted to.
The Cardinals are not going to catch anyone with a rotation that's a mix and match of: Wainwright Looper Thompson Wells Reyes Maroth Wellemeyer And the fans in attendance embarrass themselves by doing the wave behind the plate while they get strike 3 on Mench to end the inning. Mench with some magic words for Vanover, I won't be surprised if he's tossed when they come back from commercial.