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Lance Berkman, who missed the Thursday’s Grapefruit League opener due to a bruised left knee, made his exhibition debut against the Tigers on Friday night. Functioning as the club’s designated hitter, Berkman was 1-for-2 with a double and a strikeout: “You can only do so much in the cage,” Berkman said. “You need to go…
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Yes, this story is a day old, but I couldn’t resist the temptation to point out a piece that will get everyone worked up over nothing. Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News writes that the Yankees are furious that Alex Rodriguez did not immediately inform them that he had been contacted by the…
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According to his agent Bart Hernandez, Cuban shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria is now able to sign with any team. Jorge Arangure of ESPN.com tweeted the news last night. Hechavarria was temporarily blocked as the Office of Foreign Assets Committee verified his age, identity and residency. Many scouts like the 21-year-old Hechavarria better than Jose Iglesias, who…
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Ubaldo Jimenez was scheduled to make his Cactus League debut during Friday’s split-squad game against the Angels, but was delayed nearly two hours because of a traffic jam following a fatal bus crash that killed more than six people and left more than 15 people injured in an area just south of Tempe. Jimenez elected…
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Don’t tell Craig, but there are some other exciting prospects playing in the Grapefruit League besides Jason Heyward. One of them is Mets right-hander Jenrry Mejia. The 20-year-old Dominican has generated some considerable buzz, most notably from Darryl Strawberry earlier this week: “I went to Omar and told him, ‘You’ve got to make this guy…
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Not that manager Trey Hillman’s lineup is going to make or break the Royals offense this year — it’s already obviously broken — but Jason Kendall has hit second the last two days and could be an option there in the regular season. For what it’s worth, Hillman told the Kansas City Star that no…
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Phenom Bryce Harper has been on a parental-imposed media blackout for much of the winter. He emerges a bit today with a profile in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. It’s a good read if for no other reason than it reminds you that Harper is painfully, painfully young to be going through what he’s been going…
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bengie molina homers. regardless, what were Mets thinking? this guy can play. – Jon Heyman tweeting after Bengie Molina hit a home run in the second game of spring training. Heyman is seemingly overlooking the fact that Molina is a career .276/.308/.418 hitter — coming off a worse year than that — and is on…
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Specialist says thyroid imbalance 'should have no long-term affect on' Reyes
Mar 5, 2010, 4:40 PM EDT
Brian Costa of the Newark Star Ledger talked to New York Thyroid Center co-director Robert McConnell about Jose Reyes’ overactive thyroid gland: I wouldn’t think he should be inconvenienced for more than a few weeks or a month or so. This should have absolutely no long-term affect on his career. Depending on the level of…
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Take some time to look at this new Cliff Lee card from Topps and tell me if you see anything wrong with it:And no, it’s not just the fact that he has never pitched a game for the Mariners. You figured they’d Photoshop that. It’s the poor job they did that irks. I mean, why…
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MLB.com’s Ken Gurnick reports that Braden Looper “is doing all he can to stay in shape at home near Chicago, waiting for an acceptable offer” from the Dodgers (or another team, in theory). Los Angeles was linked to Looper throughout the offseason, particularly once their other starter targets like Joel Pineiro and Jon Garland signed…
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The Yankees look good, but they can be beat this year. Easy? No. Only a precise hit will set up a chain reaction and the shaft is ray-shielded, so you’ll have to use proton torpedoes, but FOX’s Dayn Perry says it can be done: So the Yankees are bound to repeat, right? No, actually they’re…
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The fact that Boras — a dude who hardly ever has elite clients sign early — would talk to the Brewers about Prince Fielder two years before free agency was something of a head scratcher when we learned about it yesterday. But then I read Heyman’s column today (don’t think I enjoy it; I have…
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Today’s practice was a costly one for the Indians, who lost both reliever Jason Grilli and outfield prospect Jordan Brown to leg injuries during the same workout. Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that “Grilli’s leg was immobilized as he was taken off the field” after suffering the injury during an agility drill.…
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This is why you shouldn’t pay much attention to those February “Player X is throwing free and easy” articles: The Diamondbacks acknowledged on Friday morning that Brandon Webb might not be ready to start the season on time and could begin the year on the disabled list. “It’s a long season,” General Manager Josh Byrnes…
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Huston Street has been unavailable for game action since his shoulder began hurting after throwing batting practice last week, but the Rockies’ closer was able to play catch from 120 feet today and even threw 15 pitches off flat ground. “We just want to make sure we get a couple good days under our belt,”…
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Cool pics of some mediocre mid-70s architecture being demolished over at Zell’s Pinstripe Blog. If they keep bashing away they might actually find the old stadium that Mantle, DiMagiio, Gehrig and Ruth played in.
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Commenter YankeesfanLen schools another commenter — Andy — who didn’t understand where I was coming from in the Dayton Moore thread this morning: Andy, I’ll introduce you to the program . . . To keep things fair, our AL whipping-boys are the Royals, NL the Metropolitans. We throw in the Pirates, kind of like a…
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After disappointing debut, Viciedo likely moving to first base
Mar 5, 2010, 12:43 PM EDT
Billed as a big-bat third baseman when the White Sox spent $10 million to sign him out of Cuba last offseason, Dayan Viciedo “certainly appears to be gradually making his move across the diamond” according to MLB.com’s Scott Merkin. Viciedo still considers third base his primary position after playing there almost exclusively at Double-A last…
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Random spring training hearsay is always fun. Here’s a good one from Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times: Rays manager Joe Maddon said Yogi Berra told him Evan Longoria “reminds him of Joe DiMaggio a bit.” Allowable because I’m not offering it for its truth — outside of some random film I’ve never seen…
