We’ve had all kinds of fun with the story of the 49 year-old Jamie Moyer coming back from Tommy John surgery and actually landing a job in the major leagues. But now it seems that fun is over: Rockies designate Jamie Moyer for assignment. — Tracy Ringolsby (@ROOTSPORTS_TR) May 30, 2012 Sad jams. Moyer made…
Here are some notes on this year’s amateur draft, which is now less than a week away… The Cubs will hold a workout for shortstop prospect Carlos Correa at Wrigley Field today, Bruce Levine of ESPNChicago.com reports. The Cubs select sixth overall in Monday’s draft. Jim Callis of Baseball America previewed the Orioles‘ draft with [...]
I sometimes get confused with units of measurement. Yards? Feet? Meters? Hectares? Bushels? Pecks? It’s all so mystifying! So imagine, if you will, that there is a unit of measurement that we can all agree on. Because it’s awesome. Ladies and gentlemen: the Altuve. It’s pretty self explanatory. But, just by way of example, that…
Reds right-hander Mat Latos had an odd outing Sunday: he allowed five homers but no other hits or walks in 7 1/3 innings in defeating the Rockies. Carlos Gonzalez hit two of the five homers off Latos, with Troy Tulowitzki, Michael Cuddyer and Dexter Fowler also taking him deep. Fowler’s homer in the eighth knocked…
One wonders how much longer the Rockies will stick with Jamie Moyer after the 49-year-old left-hander gave up four homers and seven runs in five innings Sunday in a 7-5 loss to the Reds. It was the fifth time in his last six starts that Moyer failed to complete six innings. Aided by a weak…
UPDATE: Troy Renck of the Denver Post reports that Chacin was diagnosed with an injury to his pectoral minor muscle involving a nerve entrapment. This rules out an injury to his biceps, shoulder or elbow. The injury can be treated through rest and exercise, but Chacin isn’t expected to resume throwing for at least another…
Here’s the latest about the Rockies as the team opens up a three-game series against the Reds in Cincinnati…. GM Dan O’Dowd tells MLB.com’s Thomas Harding that the organization isn’t going to make any quick changes based on the club’s poor record thus far, including his own job. “That’s human nature: fire the GM….And we’re [...]
After watching Ramon Hernandez perform poorly while playing through tendinitis in his left hand for most of the season the Rockies have placed the veteran catcher on the disabled list. Hernandez played well enough for the Reds in 2010 and 2011 that the Rockies gave him a two-year, $6.4 million contract at age 37, but he’s…
Not a single baseball fan believes that New York Mets third baseman David Wright will be batting .400 by the end of September, not even David Wright. But it’s fun to follow along as the days and games go by and he still maintains his high average. Going into Tuesday night’s New York-Pittsburgh Pirates game, [...]
This past offseason, the Minnesota Twins signed Jason Marquis to a cheap one-year deal worth $3 million to solidify the back of the rotation. Through 34 innings this season, Marquis has done anything but that. Without Scott Baker, the Twins starting rotation has been a train wreck, which is pretty much what everyone thinks of [...]
