MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer answers readers' questions in a mailbag piece. Within the article, he provides his opinions on a few Indians-related topics.... There's "no way" the Indians will sign someone as expensive as Kerry Wood this year. If the club is involved in signing free agents at all, Hoynes expects the deals to happen later in the offseason, and at very little cost....
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Today, Dying Quail posted his shoestring-budget plan for the Astros offseason, and it included signing a top-tier reclamation project so that new pitching coach Brad Arnsberg could work his magic. I like the idea of going for upside this offseason with our pitching signings...I'm not really up for repeating the Hampton/Ortiz experience next season. Inspired, I've cobbled together quick profiles on...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
In a post to Paul’s Random Stuff, Paul looks in to the 14 players from the Mets who were added to the Topps 2009 team set. UniWatch is asking fans to vote for the Worst Uniforms of All Time, and, of course, the Mercury Mets are up for Worst Short Lived Uniform Ever. To vote in UniWatch’s poll, [...]
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The Giants had a pretty busy day yesterday, re-signing second baseman Freddy Sanchez to a two-year deal, and outrighting lefty Noah Lowry, making him a free agent. Henry Schulman of The SF Chronicle has some more Giants' rumors for us this morning... GM Brian Sabean says he sees a "later-developing market. We don't have a relative sense of urgency like last year, which will play in our favor."...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
You know, even that's a stretch. However, there are two bits of MLB news that could affect how the 2010 Brewers shape up. Besides, on a slow day like today, what more do you want? Breaking out of San Francisco: Item 1: Would-be free-agent Freddy Sanchez re-signs with the Giants (2 years/$12 million). There are only a handful of productive second-basemen on the FA market, so it's a big deal when a 3-time...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
According to Henry Schulman of The SF Chronicle, Giants lefthander Noah Lowry will become a free agent today after he is removed from the 40-man roster. Schulman said Lowry's agent was informed of the move today, who added that he is "completely healthy throwing three days a week on his normal offseason program without any restrictions." Lowry hasn't appeared in a game since August of 2007...
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Here is the FanGraphs win probability graph from the Twins-Tigers play-in game the other night. This is how a robot interprets excitement. View full size photo uploaded October 8, 2009 Now that the regular season is over, the Reposter will be scaled back a bit. There is no shortage of things to talk about during the season, but now that our favorite baseball team has shut it down for the winter few...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
In a bad economy, many teams are going to face tough choices on how to budget their funds to build the best teams possible. Many intelligent teams are trending toward locking their talented young players up early, and avoiding the arbitration process as much as possible. For some players who are eligible for arbitration, the fact that tendering them a contract would assure they are paid at least 80%...
Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
I don’t remember if I posted this already, but you can find the information over at Cot’s . I thought I’d post it here as well. Here’s a list of the potential free agent pitchers after this season. Starting Pitchers Brandon Backe HOU Miguel Batista SEA Josh Beckett * BOS Erik Bedard SEA Daniel Cabrera ARZ Bartolo Colon CWS Jose Contreras COL Doug Davis ARZ Justin Duchscherer...
Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
#48 LHP Pat Misch, congratulations on the first career victory in the major leagues. It's a testament to his talent that Misch has lasted this long without earning a win. Misch had tied a major league record by going 0-12 in starts, overall; he's made 55 appearances since 2006 without recording a single win. If he didn't have at least decent stuff he would be long gone from baseball. Misch won his...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009
Here's how trade rumours can get started in this era of instant blogification. "Hey fans, did you hear about the Giants' Matt Cain and Noah Lowry, the Indians' Cliff Lee, the Reds' Aaron Harang, the D-backs' Jon Garland, the Rockies' Jeff Francis, or, how about the Jays' Roy Halladay? Any or all might be available at the trade deadline."
The FanHouse - Cowboys (Free subscription) | 05/21/2009
by Jon Bois Filed under: Giants , MLB Injuries , The Dugout As Fletch reported yesterday , Noah Lowry 's agent contends that the Giants misdiagnosed Lowry's arm issues, put him under the knife for the wrong surgery, assigned him the wrong rehab program, and jeopardized his career. The Giants are denying this. From Calvin and Hobbes , November 18, 1990: CALVIN. Your foot hurts? What kind of stupid problem...
McCovey Chronicles (Free subscription) | 05/20/2009
More photos » by Matt Slocum - AP An itty-bitty man inspects various ligaments and tendons inside Noah Lowry's arm. Browse more photos » Think back to the days before Tim Lincecum. Back to the days when Matt Cain was still a teenager. There was a time when it wasn’t a foregone conclusion that the Giants were going to spit out healthy and productive young pitchers. Back before the...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/20/2009
Maybe I'm living in Fantasyland, but I have this vision of all the adults involved in the Noah Lowry situation calming down by this winter, sitting around a conference table and deciding the best thing for all is Lowry re-signing a minor-league make-good contract for 2010. I say so for one simple...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 05/20/2009
San Francisco Giants left-hander Noah Lowry was scheduled to undergo surgery Tuesday to remove the first rib on his left side, due to symptoms from thoracic outlet syndrome.
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