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Jayson Werth, $126M, Nationals
What do Jayson Werth, $126M, and the Nationals have in common? For the next seven years, everything.
He's a year older than Adam Dunn. Although Dunn is a bad outfielder and only an acceptable first baseman, Werth is getting three more years and $70M more than the recently departed Washington first baseman.
This contract is tied with Vernon Wells for the third-largest ever for an OF, behind Manny Ramirez and Alfonso Soriano (h/t to rotoworld).
Game 115: Indians 4, Orioles 1
by xrickx on Aug 12, 2010 10:28 PM EDT
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LGFT Kevin Millwood drew the start for the Orioles, a $12M veteran in the final year of his ill-advised, post-Cleveland deal. The Indians countered with 22-year-old Jeanmar Gomez, making his fourth career start.
Trevor Crowe hit fifth in today's lineup, one spot ahead of Matt LaPorta. Generally, batting order is largely irrelevant, but then again, so is Trevor Crowe – a perfect union, of sorts. In the first inning, with a man on second and third with two outs, Crowe attempted to bunt for a hit. The ball went foul, the count moved to 0-2, but Crowe worked the count full before legging out an RBI infield single to give
The Indians went up 2-0 in the second inning on a single by Jason Donald, followed immediately by a double by third-baseman de jour Andy Marte and an RBI groundout from Lou Marson. In the fifth, Shin-Soo Choo took a pitch off his recovered right hand, stayed in the game, and scored when Trevor Thome followed with a double off the base of the CF wall. 3-0 Tribe. Manny Acta, take another bow.
Gomez cruised through the first four innings, then hit a two-out hiccup in the fifth. Michael Brantley made a nice running catch on a Caesar Izturis dying liner to end the threat and the inning. Ty Wiggington’s two-out, RBI single in the sixth was the only
Rafael Perez came on to clean up the seventh, and he did so uneventfully. He stayed on for the eighth, and smooth defensive plays by Marte and Asdrubal on consecutive groundballs killed any hopes for an O’s rally. Asdrubal added an RBI single in the ninth. (Controlled) Pure Rage needed eight pitches (seven strikes) to pitch a 1-2-3 ninth for his 14th save. The Perez duo threw three innings of relief, needing 33 pitches, 28 for strikes.
After only two singles last night, the offense came alive tonight with 11 hits. Brantley finished the day 4-5 (all singles, but no complaints) and Asdrubal, Crowe, and Marte each added two hits.
Elsewhere, Carlos Carrasco pitched tonight for
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If they had kept everybody at least for two more years [after 2007], I think we had a chance of having a really good team. You look back on Cleveland and the only one that's left is Jake [Westbrook]. It's kind of sad to me.
C.C. Sabathia, idiot and baseball pitcher.
The guy who thinks the team should have been kept together for two more years after 2007 is the one who first jumped ship a few months into his imaginary two-year "shoulda-kept-us-togther" time frame with his refusal to sign a contract extension.
Am I missing something?
Gimenez Up, Redmond DFA
Chris Gimenez joins the team, and Redmond is sent packing. More power off the bench.
Gimenez is not as bad as he showed last year, and he's no defensive wizard. Still, he'll only be behind the dish once per week. Make the most of it.
Huff Demoted
Huff officially sent to AAA, with a corresponding move to be announced tomorrow before the game.
In related news, Luis Valbuena at no risk of being demoted, because if you don't play, you can't make a bad impression.
Santana called up, Marson sent down
Carlos Santana will be called up tomorrow, according to Enrique Rojas of ESPN Deportes.
Steven Strasburg vs. Carlos Santana? Why not.
Saul Rivera Bombed in Debut
Just so we're clear that he wasn't anything special, here's why he was traded without being given a shot.
Game Six: Tigers 9, Indians 8
by xrickx on Apr 11, 2010 5:12 PM EDT
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2010 is a new year. In four 2009 starts against Cleveland, Justin Verlander gave up THREE runs in 30 innings. Today, the Indians scored five runs off Verlander—all earned—in the first inning. The Detroit pen later allowed a sixth run to score on Verlander’s tab. That would not be enough.
New years sometimes look like old ones. Jake Westbrook continued the string of passable but inefficient starting pitching performances by Tribe hurlers. He labored through 5 and 2/3 innings and battled some BB and HBP hiccups, but had an uncharacteristic seven strikeouts to keep the Tribe’s lead in tact. His inability to work deep into the game meant the bullpen would be called upon to protect a 7-3 Tribe lead. The bullpen, however, reached into its familiar bag of tricks.
Manny Acta was forced to use his relievers, but his choices were sometimes curious (letting Westbrook face Magglio a fourth time before calling on Jensen Lewis to face Miguel Cabrera; Laffey for one batter; Joe Smith getting the quick hook in favor of Rafael Perez despite three of the next four batters being right handed) and most times ineffective. The pen walked seven batters in three innings, with Chris Perez contributing four of his own in between getting three outs in a failed four-out save opportunity. After Perez walked in the tying run, Lou Marson allowed his second passed ball of the game, and the Tigers scored the winning run.
The Indians and Rangers open Progressive Field tomorrow, Monday, at 3:05PM EST. The Indians need innings from their starters, and Fausto Carmona, the object of the eternally hopeful, takes a second shot at 2010. Presumably, Mike Redmond will be doing the catching — no passed balls are expected.
Summoning 2007 (pd content)
Jim Callis in his chat picks two dark horse AL Cy Young candidates, and he picks Brett Anderson and Fausto Carmona.
To which I say, stop the madness. I know what dark horse means. And Callis further qualifies his choice as "a real dark horse," as in a fat chance. Still, that's unreasonable.
Nonetheless, nice to see scoutarari with some hope for Fausto.
Talbot to Start, Laffey to Bullpen
Castro with the latest. Talbot to start. Laffey to the pen.
I Used to Like Shin-Soo Choo
Choo has hired Scott Boras. Let the J.D. Drew comps begin. Somebody do some research and see if Boras guys sign pre-arb deals.
Update: Also, Boras will continue announcing the signing of one player each week for the next 20 weeks to erase the bad press on the departure of Felipe Lopez. At the end of 20 weeks, all 20 players will partake in a cage match for the right to be represented by Boras. All 19 losers will still be retained by Boras but will pay 4% commission in all future contracts signed rather than the 3% owed by the winner.
More Shake Up: New Pacific Rim Scouts
Hoynes chimes in from the GM meetings: The Indians fired the two scouts responsible for the Tribe's Pacific Rim scouting. One new full-time scout has been hired and will live in Japan. Two more part-time scouts will cover Taiwan and S. Korea.
Obviously, [the candidate must be] a good communicator, internally and externally. Somebody who can effectively demonstrate good awareness and the ability to communicate across a broad spectrum of players, cultures and personalities.
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I would certainly like that manager to have some defined thoughts about managing the bullpen.
Herges DFA, Abreu Up
I guess the Indians really are going to give Mike Gosling a chance to let us remember his name.
Hawk Harrelson, Professional Idiot
In response to Bobby Jenks getting warned for throwing behind Ian Kinsler, Hawk Harrelson demands that MLB get umpires who can correctly judge the ebb-and-flow of the baseball game. He's sure that Jenks has no reason to throw at anybody.
Post-game, Bobby Jensk confirms that the pinch was intentional.
Harrelson, who watches every pitch of every White Sox game, misses the obvious, while the umpire, who sees only a small portion of White Sox games, gets it absolutely correct.
Watch the video in the link, listen to Hawk, and find further confirmation that he's undoubtedly one of the most idiotic announcers with a job.
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Sowers Up, Chulk DFA
To make room for Sowers, Chulk has been DFA.
Tigers Acquire Jack Wilson...Indians Rejoice
The Tigers have acquired SS Jack Wilson from the Pirates. Beautiful if you're an Indians fan.
Update: Dombrowski is denying that it's a done deal.
Chad Cordero a FA
Nationals today made Cordero a FA. He had shoulder surgery. Recovering from shoulder surgery isn't as much a guarantee as recovering from Tommy John.
He's a free agent after 2009, and he'll probably, as the link notes, be working on an incentive-based deal.
Anthony Reyes interview w/ BP
Free BP.com content, "Five Minutes" with Anthony Reyes. Dig it.
Indians Fire Louie Isaac
Indians apparently are looking for a new bullpen mentality. I'm not sure this falls on Isaac, but after 15 seasons the club wants a new voice in the pen.
Paging CC Sabathia
Not that we're at all surprised, but sometimes it's just fun to hear them say it. From Hank Steinbrenner:
"We're going to win it next year," he said. "If we need to add a top veteran pitcher, we'll do that. We'll do whatever we need to do. Next year we'll be extremely dangerous."
Rosenthal Interviews Brandon Phillips
Well, I guess this was one way to handle it. Please enjoy.
Rick Ankield - Unreal OF Assists
Rick Ankiel throws out two runners in the most impressive display of an outfield arm I have ever seen, and that includes Vlad and Ichiro.
Did anybody else see this?
Indians Call up Brad Snyder, Option Sowers
Well I'm not sure anybody saw this one coming.
Brad Snyder was called up today. I imagine he'll be going down when Laffey is called up tomorrow, unless the Indians go short a pitcher (Mastny?) for a while...which would make no sense.
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