 Wow, it has already been 24 days since our last update on Mike Stanton. Since then, Stanton his a small slump, but busted out in a big way. His current numbers are a massive 17 homers, 1.146 OPS, .306 AVG, 44 RBIs and 33 Runs. Sure, he has also sports a 37:45 BB:K ratio, but with on OBP of .440 it obviously has not been an issue in AA. The reason for today's update is that ...
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 Will Ohman is now officially the Baltimore Orioles closer, according to Tristan Cockcroft. How long he will last will be determined by the health of Mike Gonzalez and Alfredo Simon. Ohman is off to a great season, with 17 strikeouts to go with his 0.00 ERA and 1.15 WHIP through 15.2 innings of work. Sure, he may not get a lot of save opportunities playing for Baltimore, but as an...
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 According to Bill Ladson, who covers the Nationals for MLB.com, Stephen Strasburg could make his debut in the Bigs when the Pirates come to National Park June 8th through the 10th. Ladson says that a "team source" supplied the information, but it does not seem to be confidential to the team. Just take Nyjer Morgan's take on dude possibly making his first start against Morgan's former t...
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 Sean Rodriguez, a 25 year old two bagger for the Rays, was playing at the beach with his daughter and Ray's shorty Jason Bartlett when he had an extremely ironic thing happen. Dude was nabbed by a sting ray. Luckily for Rodriguez, it was only a minor sting on his foot and he will not need any time off.
Some time off might do dude good though, as he is batting .211 with 30 strikeouts i...
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 If you have not yet heard the name Jeremy Hellickson, it is probably because people like myself tend to talk way too much about Aroldis Chapman and Stephen Strasburg. Meanwhile, Hellickson may be the first to arrive in the bigs, and he may have the most value this season. Why don't we take a look at what Hellickson is doing and learn a little more about who this cat is.
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 When I first saw the phrase "Bailey placed on DL" my initial thought was "oh crap!" Then I saw it was not Andrew Bailey, who currently sits at eight saves on the year in 10 opportunities. Then I clicked the link and discovered it was not Andrew, but rather Homer Bailey. Factor in that Johnny Cueto may miss his next start with a blister and it almost immediately made me wonder if ...
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