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Royals Review (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Last night, July 7, 2008, featured perhaps the most amazing and underrated event in baseball history. Two Allard Baird prodigies, Runelvys Hernandez and Denny Bautista, got decisions in the same game, for the Astros and Pirates, respectively. Some would say that the real story was that there are at least 2 other GM's in MLB who also believe that the above-referenced players belong on an MLB roster....
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The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Zach Miner paid the price for a 4 walk effort on Tuesday night with an assignment to Toledo. Aquilino Lopez who was being stretched out as a starter has been recalled to provide a strike thrower in the pen. Both moves are warranted, but my first thought when hearing of this was Denny Bautista. [...]
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Denny Bautista was hit in the right elbow on a comeback line drive from Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura in the fourth inning of Friday's game.
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Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Pirates reliever Denny Bautista left tonight's game against the Tampa Bay Rays with an arm injury.
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Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Denny Bautista answered his phone Wednesday and unexpectedly found himself part of the Pirates' pitching shuffle.
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Pirates right-hander Ian Snell was placed on the 15-day disabled list Thursday with a muscle strain in his right elbow. The move cleared a roster spot for right-handed reliever Denny Bautista, acquired Wednesday from the Detroit Tigers. Bautista was expected to be available for Thursday night's game against the New York Yankees. Snell (3-7) complained of a sore elbow after lasting four innings during...
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Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Just before the Tigers and Cardinals played through a six-hour, rain-delayed, run-filled slog, Dave Dombrowski put Denny Bautista on the I-80 turnpike toward his new employer. Destination: Pittsburgh. Bautista was traded to the Pirates for minor league reliever Kyle Pearson . (Thanks to Matt for posting the news in last night's GameThread .) The Tigers had 10 days in which to trade Bautista or release...
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The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
I didn’t get a chance to touch on this last night because I had left for the game when the news hit. The Tigers traded Denny Bautista for Pittsburgh minor leaguer Kyle Pearson. With Bautista DFA’d the Tigers had 10 days to find a home for him. In exchange they get AA [...]
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Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Making a low-risk move for a player with potentially high upside, the Pirates on Wednesday traded for hard-throwing right-hander Denny Bautista.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
The Tigers have traded righthander Denny Bautista to the Pirates for righthander Kyle Pearson today.
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
According to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pirates acquired 25 year-old reliever Denny Bautista from the Tigers today for 23 year-old minor league reliever Kyle Pearson. Bautista seems like a reasonable project for the Bucs to toss into the back of their bullpen. Bautista averages 94-95 mph with his fastball, but five organizations have already given up on him.
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Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
No sorry not Joel Zumaya but the guy who effectively filled in for him while he was injured. Denny Bautista is a 27 y/o right handed relief pitcher who produced an ERA of 3.32 in 16 appearances ( 19 innings), he allowed one home run and only seven runs. Until this year his numbers have not been pretty bad on the major league level, but he has been traded by four consecutive teams (Marlins, Orioles,...
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Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Blame it on Joel Zumaya . Blame it on Fernando Rodney . Blame it on Freddy Dolsi . But there wasn't a spot available for Denny Bautista in the Detroit Tigers' bullpen, and it appears that Dave Dombrowski thinks that's a permanent development. Jon Paul Morosi reports that Dombrowski believes he'll be able to trade Bautista this week, after discussions with a few teams left him feeling "optimistic"...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Dave Dombrowski said he is optimistic he will be able to trade right-hander Denny Bautista this week. Bautista's contract was designated for assignment Friday to clear a roster spot for right-hander Joel Zumaya. "I'll be working on that over the next couple days," Dombrowski said. "I've had conversations with clubs, but you never know until you get to the final stages of discussion." BRIGHT FUTURE:...
