Holliday & Beltran were not cheap.

 

Holliday was not. But Beltran was 2 years, $26 million, that's nothing for a FA. If it doesn't work out, it's easy to drop him. Deals like that is what they seem to excel at, same thing with when they signed Berkman.

 

They do spend in free agency, I meant that they don't overspend on guys. (Other than Holliday maybe.)

Edited May 11, 201312 yr by LittleHurt05

Man Patrick Corbin & Wade Miley are studs for the DBacks.

 

That team is severely overlooked, but they can really do it all. Not to mention they have some key guys out as well.

Liriano going for the Pirates today in his first start of the season for them.

A lot of firsts in MLB by Alex Cobb last night. From Stark's espn article

 

We can end the competition for Box Score Line of the Year right now. Let's just hand it to Alex Cobb, who spun off this line for the ages in the Rays' 6-3 win over San Diego on Friday:

 

4 2/3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 13 K, 1 WP, 1 HBP, 1 balk

 

Want to attempt to digest that? Great. Let's do it.

 

• 13 strikeouts, 14 outs? The Elias Sports Bureau tells us that's never been done, in any game ever played. And there's a good reason for that: It's almost impossible. The fewest innings anyone had ever pitched before this in a 13-strikeout game was five, by Zack Greinke last Sept. 25.

 

And this gem

 

• Of course, to be technical, Cobb did get two outs that weren't whiffs, since one of his strikeout victims reached base on a wild pitch -- as part of one of the craziest innings in baseball history. Ready for the wacky details?

 

The third inning of this game went: Strikeout/wild pitch, steal of second, strikeout, steal of third, strikeout, run-scoring balk, strikeout.

 

Got that? According to Elias, it was the first inning ever played in the history of baseball in which a pitcher struck out every hitter he faced and still gave up a run. Try that on your Xbox 360 some time.

 

• But wait. Let's think this through another way. As a bunch of our loyal Tweeters put it, this guy just had an inning with no hits, no walks, no hit batters and four strikeouts and he still gave up an earned run!

 

I asked Retrosheet founder Dave Smith to run that feat through his hard drive Saturday. His verdict, after checking every game since 1951: No pitcher in the Retrosheet files had ever pulled that off. The only other four-strikeout innings that produced an earned run all featured at least one hit.

 

 

Gotta love baseball.

Liriano going for the Pirates today in his first start of the season for them.

 

He's pitching great today. We know it'll get worse.

He's pitching great today. We know it'll get worse.

 

NL hasn't seen him though, so I think he'll actually do quite well. Getting to face the pitcher should help him a lot as well.

NL hasn't seen him though, so I think he'll actually do quite well. Getting to face the pitcher should help him a lot as well.

Yeah...if he's got a problem, it's that he'll lose his focus and his control mid-inning and it winds up with a big inning. If 1/3 of those get shut down because he hits an 8th or 9th hitter who is useless...that could prevent the big inning and let him start fresh and focused the next time out.

16.1 hitless innings in a row for Rockies offense.

16.1 hitless innings in a row for Rockies offense.

 

Just about to say.

 

That's incredible.

I saw on mlbtraderumors where Juan Nieves is getting credit for Lester's improvement this year with the Red Sox.

Edited May 11, 201312 yr by fathom

And it's over. Hit up the middle.

Buehrle pitched 7 shutout innings at Fenway. Walked the leadoff man in the 8th. Oliver came in and gave up a triple.

 

So one run earned, and he'll probably come away with a no decision. And his team will lose.

 

Jays won..wow.

Edited May 11, 201312 yr by flavum

Amazing stat I heard today. The Brewers have faced 9 straight starting pitchers (in May) with an ERA below 3.0

Look at the season Neal Cotts is having.

 

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?p...&pid=425840

 

 

Humber DFA.

 

Since the perfect game- 123.1 innings, 8.03 ERA

 

His career is probably over.

Edited May 12, 201312 yr by flavum

Humber DFA.

 

Since the perfect game- 123.1 innings, 8.03 ERA

 

His career is probably over.

Since the day his kid was born he has been awful.

Since the day his kid was born he has been awful.

 

And he gets dumped on Mother's Day. Ouch.

And he gets dumped on Mother's Day. Ouch.

Davey Johnson pulled Gio today after 7 innings and 86 pitches of 2 hit baseball. Storen quickly came in and gave up the lead. Needless to say, the Nationals fans are not happy with Johnson's managing this season.

Davey Johnson pulled Gio today after 7 innings and 86 pitches of 2 hit baseball. Storen quickly came in and gave up the lead. Needless to say, the Nationals fans are not happy with Johnson's managing this season.

 

The Baseball Gods hate when pitchers are pulled in 1-0 games with less than 100 pitches.

Look at the season Neal Cotts is having.

 

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?p...&pid=425840

 

BRING HIM BACK

BRING HIM BACK

 

But really. We need another lefty, yes?

How awesome has Jean Segura been this year for Milwaukee? Good to see the Brewers get a great return on their Greinke investment.

How awesome has Jean Segura been this year for Milwaukee? Good to see the Brewers get a great return on their Greinke investment.

 

Dodgers would be better to stick to their franchise history, which is scouting and development (until the 1990's), not overpaying for aging veterans.

Edited May 14, 201312 yr by caulfield12

Dodgers would be better to stick to their franchise history, which is scouting and development (until the 1990's), not overpaying for aging veterans.

 

Segura was from the Angels organization, not the Dodgers