The House That Dewey Built (Free subscription) | yesterday
After Daisuke Matsuzaka notched his 11th victory of the season last night in Seattle, it might be interesting to sneak a preliminary gander at the American League Cy Young Award race. As early as it is, this is typically the time of year where a handful of guys have begun to separate themselves [...]
The Turner Report (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
St. Louis Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter will start a rehab assignment with the Springfield Cardinals Sunday, it was just announced on Fox Sports Midwest. Carpenter has not pitched since opening day of the 2007 season. He won his Cy Young Award in 2005 and won a World Series games as the Cardinals captured the world championship the following year.
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
With the second half of the baseball season kicking off today, here are the players in the AL who were the pre-All-Star Break leaders in the three major awards. This also happens to be how I voted in the on-going blogger voting being run by Rotojunkie . Expect the overall results to be up by Friday. AL CY Young: 1. Justin Duchscherer, Oakland A's 2. Cliff Lee, Cleveland Indians 3. Roy Halladay,...
Bakersfield.com Sports (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The piece of paper had more than a dozen itemized rules, and Edinson Volquez was asked to sign it in spring training of 2007, agreeing to the conditions during his stay in the minor leagues. Going from the majors to high Single-A Bakersfield was demoralizing and a long way from when Volquez was rated the Rangers' No. 1 prospect by Baseball America in 2006.
Dan Shanoff (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
I don't think it's unreasonable... to argue that CC Sabathia is now the front-runner for the NL Cy Young award. That's at the top of today's Sporting News column . ...To keep covering the Brett Favre story if it's going to continue having weird plot twists like Roger Goodell stepping in and Donovan McNabb getting involved. ...For Josh Childress to escape the Hawks and flee to the sunny money...
Fire Brand of the American League (Free subscription) | yesterday
Each week, I am participating in the 2008 MLB Blog Poll at RotoJunkie.com. Below are my current votes for the Most Valuable Player, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards. These votes will be tabulated among other votes from other blogs to create a running master list of voting as the year progresses. MVP: 1. 1B [...]
USA Today (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
... told the Associated Press.So, let's ask the question, right now: Can a pitcher earn a league's Cy Young Award pitching only a half-season in the league?Why not'In fact, for the month of the July, Sabathia, the 2007 AL Cy Young Award winner, is arguably the MVP in the National League. "He's got unbelievable stuff," Milwaukee catcher Jason Kendall said. "That's a good team over there."In...
SI.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
You may want to consider adding Mike Marshall's 1974 Cy Young year to your list. While not strictly a "closer", entering 106 games and pitching 208 innings in relief (with 21 saves) is as mind-boggling now as it was then. Back when relievers were given the Firemen of the Year Award, he did the work of two whole firehouses and a squad of pumper trucks. -- Mike, Rye, N.Y.
YanksBlog.com (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... E.R.A. down around the 3.00 mark, could we possibly be talking about Mussina (dare I say it') as a Cy Young candidate?Neither team was able to push a run across until the bottom of the 5th, when the Twins were just begging the Yankees to get on the board. With runners on first and second with one out, Jose Molina grounded into what should have been an easy double play ball, but Twins 2B...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
... won all four starts since the Brewers acquired him from Cleveland.Related ArticlesThe reigning AL Cy Young winner has won seven straight decisions overall in his last nine starts.Cardinals starter Braden Looper (9-8) lasted five innings, allowing a run and seven hits. It wasn't enough against Sabathia and the Brewers, who are one victory away from a perfect 7-0 trip and a sweep of their...
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
It was more than enough for Sabathia (4-0), who followed up a four-hitter over Cincinnati and an eight-hitter over San Francisco with another gem, matching his career best for hits allowed with his third career three-hitter and 22nd complete game. The 6-7, 290-pound left-hander has won all four starts since the Brewers acquired the 2007 AL Cy Young winner from Cleveland. He has won seven straight...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
... the lead to 4-3 on Conor Jackson's run-scoring triple in the fifth, one of his three hits. Chris Young had three doubles, and recent ex-Padre Tony Clark, getting the start at first base, homered to give the Diamondbacks a brief 2-1 lead in the fourth. Aramis Ramirez ended an 0-for-26 slump with a single in the eighth when Chicago scored twice off Micah Owings, who was lifted after surrendering...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
It was more than enough for Sabathia (4-0), who followed up a four-hitter over Cincinnati and an eight-hitter over San Francisco with another gem, matching his career best for hits allowed with his third career three-hitter and 22nd complete game. The 6-7, 290-pound left-hander has won all four starts since the Brewers acquired the 2007 AL Cy Young winner from Cleveland. He has won seven straight...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
According to Dan Graziano of the Newark Star-Ledger: Roy Halladay is apparently unhappy in Toronto and has let management know it, and management has apparently responded by doing some quiet surveying of teams (such as St. Louis and the Dodgers) that are far, far away from the AL East in an effort to see what it could get for the 2003 Cy Young Award winner. Apparently, the returns other teams...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
... The 6-7, 290-pound left-hander has won all four starts since the Brewers acquired the 2007 AL Cy Young winner from Cleveland. He has won seven straight decisions overall in his last nine starts.After walking Brendan Ryan on five pitches to start the first, Sabathia retired 17 consecutive batters before Ryan's line-drive single just to the right of first baseman Prince Fielder with two outs...
