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Jered Weaver scheduled to throw off a mound Thursday for the first time since fracturing elbow
May 7, 2013, 10:43 PM EDT
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From Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com comes word that Angels ace Jered Weaver is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday for the first time since fracturing his left (non-throwing) elbow when he tried to avoid a comebacker April 7 in Arlington, Texas. If everything goes well during Thursday’s mound workout and he suffers no…
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Barry Jackson, columnist at the Miami Herald, has the story: The Marlins, whose attendance ranks last in the National League five weeks into the season, have decided to close the upper bowl at Marlins Park for at least some weeknight games – an approach the team used at times at Sun Life Stadium. The upper bowl…
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Blue Jays left-hander J.A. Happ departed the field on a stretcher after taking a Desmond Jennings line drive off the left side of his head in the second inning of his start Tuesday evening against the Rays. Happ appeared to be conversing with paramedics as they led him off in a cart, but his neck…
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Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times reports that the Dodgers have placed Jerry Hairston Jr. on the 15-day disabled list with a strained groin muscle and called up utilityman Elian Herrera from Triple-A Albuquerque to fill the vacant 25-man roster spot. Hairston, who suffered the injury while running the bases Saturday, is expected to…
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Chipper Jones, who knows a little bit about moving from shortstop to third base, thinks it’s time for Troy Tulowitzki to make the move. At least that’s what he tweeted last night in defense of his selecting former teammate Andrelton Simmons as the NL’s best shortstop. Y’all are watching the best all around shortstop in…
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As first reported by beat writer Alex Pavolvic of the San Jose Mercury News, center fielder Angel Pagan is back in the Giants’ starting lineup on Tuesday night against the Phillies after sitting out the past couple of games with a mild hamstring strain. Pagan is batting .275/.328/.367 with four stolen bases and 24 runs…
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I’m pretty sure Derek Jeter woulda been a Hall of Famer even without the intangibles
May 7, 2013, 5:42 PM EDT
Howard Bryant’s latest ESPN column considers Derek Jeter. It starts thusly: THE MAGIC OF baseball will always live in the storytelling Pretty lucky for Bryant, given that he’s a storyteller! Anyway: – the grandeur of Ruth, the Midwestern identification with Musial, the unbreakable Robinson and the complex defiance and moral ambiguity of Bonds. It’s what gives…
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James McDonald has been scratched from tonight’s scheduled start and placed on the disabled list with what the Pirates are calling shoulder discomfort. Jeanmar Gomez will take McDonald’s spot against the Mariners. McDonald has struggled all season, posting a 5.76 ERA with a league-high 20 walks in six starts, but previously insisted that he was…
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Matt Adams is off the disabled list after missing the past two weeks with a strained oblique muscle, which is a pretty rapid recovery from an injury that often lingers much longer. It’ll be interesting to see how much playing time the Cardinals give Adams, because he was off to an amazing start as a…
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That Bo Jackson scouting report from earlier today, I am informed by Larry Granillo, is from the Baseball Scouts Database at the Hall of Fame website. Which is really cool. It has a searchable database for scouting reports on any number of players. I just randomly looked up Randy Johnson’s first archived scouting report from…
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Red Sox put Joel Hanrahan on DL, call up Allen Webster, demote Felix Doubront to bullpen
May 7, 2013, 4:21 PM EDT
Joel Hanrahan exited Monday night’s game with a strained forearm and the Red Sox have placed him on the disabled list. Manager John Farrell has already said that Junichi Tazawa, not Koji Uehara, will serve as the fill-in closer with both Hanrahan and Andrew Bailey on the shelf. And to add another arm to the…
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Scroll past the story about the new male strip club in the Castro and you’ll find this item in the San Francisco Chronicle: . . . the San Francisco Giants have agreed to pay $700,000 in back pay and penalties to 74 batboys, cooks, clubhouse attendants and other workers after a federal audit concluded the…
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As expected the Brewers have sent Francisco Rodriguez to high Single-A and Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that he’s slated to make a few appearances there before moving up to Triple-A next week. Rodriguez signed a minor-league contract with the Brewers on April 17 and it includes an opt-out clause if they…
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John Farrell was on MLB Network Radio today and was asked about his closer situation, what with Joel Hanrahan leaving Monday’s game with forearm soreness: “We’d look to close Tazawa, keep Koji in the 8th inning role. Fortunately we have some depth internally” Koji being Koji Uehara, of course, who many probably assumed would be next…
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See if you can guess what I’m gonna say before I say it.
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While on the disabled list with a quadriceps injury Ian Stewart had been playing at Triple-A as part of a minor-league rehab assignment. He hit just .091 in 13 games, so when Stewart was deemed healthy the Cubs activated him from the DL and optioned him to Triple-A. And then he decided to leave the…
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Dayn Perry posted about this over at CBS. Someone picked it up at Reddit before that. Whoever unearthed this, however, is deserving of our gratitude, because it’s awesome sauce: it’s Bo Jackson’s scouting report when he played at Auburn: I think a lot of people my age tend to over-project what Bo Jackson could have been…
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After throwing 42 pitches in his first minor-league rehab start last week Matt Garza took the mound at Triple-A yesterday and threw 54 pitches. He recorded 10 outs, giving up one run on four hits and zero walks in 3.1 innings. He threw 37 of 54 pitches for strikes, struck out three, and according to…
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Matt Kemp is the best: gives a disabled fan an autographed ball … and his cap and jersey
May 7, 2013, 11:36 AM EDT
Vin Scully is my Homeboy found an amazing video from the Dodgers-Giants series last weekend. The description from YouTube says the fan in it is disabled and is “fighting a tough battle.” Matt Kemp came over to sign an autograph and … just watch: Gettin’ dusty in here. Pardon me for a bit.
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Todd Helton pleads guilty to DUI, gets probation and $400 fine
May 7, 2013, 11:19 AM EDT
Todd Helton received one year of probation, a $400 fine, and 24 hours of community service today after pleading guilty to “driving while ability impaired” stemming from a DUI arrest in February. Helton was arrested after driving to a gas station near his house to buy lottery tickets, telling police officers that he’d consumed “two…
