MetsBlog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Phillies have signed Ross Gload to a two-year contract, according to MLB.com. The 33–year-old Gload hit .261 last season for the Marlins, but had a .318 average as a pinch hitter, while batting .271 against right-handed pitching. Gload has played first base and all three outfield positions during his career. Earlier tonight, FoxSports.com said Gload deciding between [...]
Flash of Steel (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rob Zacny comes to the plate as a pinch hitter, but we still manage to get three original panelists together for a long discussion about strategy games gone wrong. Ascendancy, MOO3, Road to Moscow, and other favorites. Listen here. RSS here. Subscribe on iTunes. Road to Moscow preview at IGN Bruce’s Review of Squad Leader Tom’s review of Axis and Allies Troy’s [...]
My view by Silvio Canto, Jr. (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... play 40 games behind Saltalamachia or Teargarden . Ivan can also DH or be a late game right handed pinch hitter. Signing Ivan also allows you to move Teargarden for some veteran pitching! 3) Add a starter like Rich Harden . He should be available at a reasonable price and should help the young starers. And he is only 28 with lots of upside potential if he can get over some recent...
Mets Today (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
A quick update on the goings-on in Indianapolis today … Various sources report that the Brewers have signed LHP Randy Wolf to a three-year, $29.75M deal. Have to say I’m glad it wasn’t the Mets locking up that much over that many years for an aging .500 pitcher with a history of shoulder problems and chronic elbow issues. The Phillies signed pinch-hitter extraordinaire Ross Gload to a...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
... affordable, I like the move for the Phillies. Gload has proven throughout his career to be a solid pinch-hitter and part-time player. To make room for players that accepted arbitration, the Twins designated Boof Bonser for assignment and the Braves DFA'd Ryan Church . The Church move is a bit of a surprise, and one that came as a result of another surprise: Rafael Soriano accepting...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... adds some value as the rare catcher who helps out at first base, and some (mixed) experience as a pinch-hitter. That's if they call him up during the course of the campaign to come; it's already being talked about how his real task is to mentor Josh Thole in Buffalo. Kahrl
Baseball Analysts (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... lone Major League plate appearance. (If you want to see a discussion on the practicality of short pinch-hitters taken well beyond its logical extreme, follow this link . Gaedel physically shrunk the strike zone. I’m interested to see what batters can control the strike zone without any such advantage. Who manages to earn a ball on a pitch on the black or a strike on a pitch...
