Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Yankees acquire Golson
After trading off Melky Cabrera and top prospect Austin Jackson this off season, the Yankees have acquired Greg Golson from the Texas Rangers, and will bring him to major league camp to compete for a spot on the 25-man roster. With Xavier Nady signing with the Cubs, and Johnny Damon apparently too expensive, Golson will have a good opportunity to earn a spot with the World Series champions. Here on the Jersey shore, the Yankees games are all televised locally, and if he does not make the team, he will be assigned to Scranton. Golson played parts of 2 seasons (05 & 06) for the BlueClaws.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Phillies take care of business
The Phillies have signed all their arbitration eligible players, completing the task by signing Carlos Ruiz to a 3-year, $8.8 million deal, with a club option for the 4th year. Ruiz, a native of Panama and an original BlueClaw, turned 31 this week.
With the trading of both Lou Marson and Travis d'Arnaud in the last 6 months, it appears the Phillies will rely on Ruiz for the foreseeable future. Speaking of Marson, the Cleveland Indians have said they will give Lou a shot at the full time position in Cleveland and they expect him to win the job. The top prospect in the Indians' system is catcher Carlos Santana. Santana is recovering from hand surgery and is scheduled to start the season at AAA Columbus. This will allow Lou to show what he can do at the major league level, much like the opportunity Jason Jaramillo got when Ryan Doumit was injured for Pittsburgh last year. Jaramillo was the Pirates regular catcher for 2 months and got 206 at bats in 63 games for the Pirates, posting a .252 batting average in his rookie year.
With the trading of both Lou Marson and Travis d'Arnaud in the last 6 months, it appears the Phillies will rely on Ruiz for the foreseeable future. Speaking of Marson, the Cleveland Indians have said they will give Lou a shot at the full time position in Cleveland and they expect him to win the job. The top prospect in the Indians' system is catcher Carlos Santana. Santana is recovering from hand surgery and is scheduled to start the season at AAA Columbus. This will allow Lou to show what he can do at the major league level, much like the opportunity Jason Jaramillo got when Ryan Doumit was injured for Pittsburgh last year. Jaramillo was the Pirates regular catcher for 2 months and got 206 at bats in 63 games for the Pirates, posting a .252 batting average in his rookie year.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Bourn avoids arbitration
Michael Bourn has avoided an arbitration hearing, resigning with Houston for this season for 2.4 million. Mike hit .285 and led the National League with 61 stolen bases in 2009!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Happy New Year
Happy 2010 everyone!!
Some interesting comings and goings since I last posted, but with the season quickly closing in on us, here are some notes about our boys you may have missed.
The Phillies have released Luis Arzeno, Rob Roth, Dan Brauer, Esmelvin Jimenez, Brendan Akashian, Vladimir de los Santos and T.J. Warren.
Fidel Hernandez, Alex Concepcion, and Mike Spidale have been resigned for this year.
Taylor Buchholz, who missed all of 2009, has been resigned by the Rockies for $1.05 million for this year.
Mike Taylor and Adrian Cardenas have been invited to major league camp by the Athletics, joining Josh Outman .
Carlos Carrasco, Lou Marson and Jason Donald are on the Indians 40-man roster.
Kyle Drabek, Travis d'Arnaud, and Jesus Merchan have been invited to camp by the Blue Jays, joining Randy Ruiz there.
Alfredo Simon will try a comeback with Baltimore, Robinson Tejeda will vie for a spot in the Royal's rotation, and Matt Maloney will be given a chance for a spot in Cincinnati.
Jason Jaramillo will return to Pittsburgh, Gavin Floyd will be in the ChiSox rotation, and Michael Bourn is still with Houston ( so is Brett Myers!)
As the hot stove heats up, I will try to stay on top of things.
One more note, best wishes to Quintin Berry, who will be married this month!! Good luck, Q!!
Some interesting comings and goings since I last posted, but with the season quickly closing in on us, here are some notes about our boys you may have missed.
The Phillies have released Luis Arzeno, Rob Roth, Dan Brauer, Esmelvin Jimenez, Brendan Akashian, Vladimir de los Santos and T.J. Warren.
Fidel Hernandez, Alex Concepcion, and Mike Spidale have been resigned for this year.
Taylor Buchholz, who missed all of 2009, has been resigned by the Rockies for $1.05 million for this year.
Mike Taylor and Adrian Cardenas have been invited to major league camp by the Athletics, joining Josh Outman .
Carlos Carrasco, Lou Marson and Jason Donald are on the Indians 40-man roster.
Kyle Drabek, Travis d'Arnaud, and Jesus Merchan have been invited to camp by the Blue Jays, joining Randy Ruiz there.
Alfredo Simon will try a comeback with Baltimore, Robinson Tejeda will vie for a spot in the Royal's rotation, and Matt Maloney will be given a chance for a spot in Cincinnati.
Jason Jaramillo will return to Pittsburgh, Gavin Floyd will be in the ChiSox rotation, and Michael Bourn is still with Houston ( so is Brett Myers!)
As the hot stove heats up, I will try to stay on top of things.
One more note, best wishes to Quintin Berry, who will be married this month!! Good luck, Q!!
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Looks like a done deal
The Roy Halladay deal looks like it is done, Halladay has reportedly agreed to a 3-year $60 million extension, which will make him a Phillie for the next 4 seasons. The Phillies will send Kyle Drabek, Travis d'Arnuad and Michael Taylor to the Blue Jays. Taylor will immediately be moved over to Oakland with Toronto getting Brett Wallace.
The other part of the deal will send Cliff Lee to the Mariners with the Phillies receiving 3 prospects in return, thus easing the toll on the farm system and making it a net 4 prospects for Halladay, much more reasonable than the 7 it appeared to be yesterday. The Mariners are sending pitcher Phillipe Aumont, Seattle's first rounder in 2007 who had a good season at 2 levels of A ball, as well as making a splash in the AFL, outfielder Tyson Gillies (.341 at high-A High Desert in the California League), and pitcher J.C. Ramirez (8-10, 5.12 also at High Desert).
In other notes, Zack Segovia has been released by the Nationals. Hopefully he can now get invited to another spring training. Also R.J. Swindel has signed with the Rays, who had released him last season. Swindel made 6 appearances for the Indians in 2009 bouncing back and forth from AAA-Columbus to the majors.
The other part of the deal will send Cliff Lee to the Mariners with the Phillies receiving 3 prospects in return, thus easing the toll on the farm system and making it a net 4 prospects for Halladay, much more reasonable than the 7 it appeared to be yesterday. The Mariners are sending pitcher Phillipe Aumont, Seattle's first rounder in 2007 who had a good season at 2 levels of A ball, as well as making a splash in the AFL, outfielder Tyson Gillies (.341 at high-A High Desert in the California League), and pitcher J.C. Ramirez (8-10, 5.12 also at High Desert).
In other notes, Zack Segovia has been released by the Nationals. Hopefully he can now get invited to another spring training. Also R.J. Swindel has signed with the Rays, who had released him last season. Swindel made 6 appearances for the Indians in 2009 bouncing back and forth from AAA-Columbus to the majors.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Halladay price too high
The reports this morning have the Phillies acquiring Roy Halladay in a 3-team deal with Cliff Lee going to Seattle and Kyle Drabek, Michael Taylor and Travis d'Arnuad going to Toronto. If you add in Carlos Carrasco, Jason Donald, Lou Marson and Jason Knapp, who the Phillies sent to Cleveland last summer for Lee, the Phillies have given up 7 prospects to land Halladay. If they were going to trade Drabek and Taylor anyway, why didn't they just trade them to Toronto at the deadline last year?
The A.P. initially reported that Jay Happ, Domonic Brown and Joe Blanton were the players dealt, so we will have to await the official announcement to see who actually is going, but, in my opinion, either combination is too much if you add in the price for Lee.
The A.P. initially reported that Jay Happ, Domonic Brown and Joe Blanton were the players dealt, so we will have to await the official announcement to see who actually is going, but, in my opinion, either combination is too much if you add in the price for Lee.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Rule 5 news
We lost another HomeSider in the Rule 5 draft last week as Carlos Monasterios was selected by the Mets and immediately traded to the Dodgers. Los Angeles said Carlos will have the opportunity to compete for a spot in the rotation this spring!!
Good Luck, Monte, we will be watching!!
Good Luck, Monte, we will be watching!!
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