Boston outfielder Daniel Nava and Cincinnati third baseman Mike Costanzo were barely on their parent team’s radar as recently as spring training, yet they are wearing major league uniforms.
Cubs demote Blake DeWitt, bring up Travis Wood
May 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Chicago Cubs, sporting the second to worst record in the national league, today recalled left-handed pitcher Travis Wood from Triple-A Iowa. To make room for Wood on the roster, infielder Blake DeWitt has been designated for assignment.
Wood, wearing number 30, started for the Cubs in today’s storm delayed contest against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Field.
Cincinnati Reds and Joey Votto agree to 12 year, $200 million deal
April 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Star slugger Joey Votto agreed to a 12-year deal with the Cincinnati Reds today that is the longest guaranteed contract in major league baseball history. The contract adds 10 years to his old contract, and includes a club option for 2024.
The Reds secured their 2010 National League MVP for more than $200 million, a much more expensive contract than Ken Griffey Jr. when he returned to his home town. The longest MLB deal in history is also the largest in Reds’ history.
Unlike Prince Fielder with the Brewers and Albert Pujols with the Cardinals, the Reds weren’t going to let their star get away.
Cubs Deal Sean Marshall to the Reds; get Young Players in Return
December 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Theo Epstein sent a message of rebuilding today. Actually he already sent that message earlier this week when he said that the Chicago Cubs were not interested in acquiring Prince Fielder. It’s clear: a youth movement, rebuilding from scratch is going on in Chicago.
Today, Theo acquired left-handed pitcher Travis Wood, outfielder Dave Sappelt and minor league infielder Ronald Torreyes from the Cincinnati Reds for left-handed pitcher Sean Marshall. Marshall leaves the Cubs with a 32-40 record, seven saves and a 3.96 ERA in 292 appearances over six seasons.
Chicago Cubs Have a Couple Top Prospects in Arizona Fall League
November 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Here’s a listing and synopsis of some of the top prospects in the Arizona Fall League. Many reside in the AL Central and NL Central divisions. The Chicago Cubs have two.
Streak for the Cash: Orioles over Reds
June 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
“We’re going streaking… through the quad to the gymnasium!” Okay, maybe just virtually, but nonetheless we are one-for-one so far on picking ESPN’s Streak for the Cash. Let’s keep it going!
For the remainder of the baseball season, I will try to give one baseball game a day that I think is a lock for the Streak for the Cash. Let’s see how big of a streak we can build.
By: Justin Mertes-Mistretta
Brewers Rickie Weeks Having an All-Star Type of Year
June 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Investing in players hasn’t been one of the Milwaukee Brewers’ strong suits in the last decade or so. But to their credit, it seems the Brewers have learned from their mistakes and are making all the right decisions in 2011.
One of those right decisions was re-signing second baseman Rickie Weeks to a five-year, fifty million dollar contract.
Weeks is having a career year while leading all NL second baseman in at-bats (299), runs (51), hits (87), doubles (19), home-runs (14), on-base percentage (.359) and slugging percentage (.508).
With that said, why is he second to the Cincinnati Reds Brandon Phillips in All-Star votes?
By: Nick Grays
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MLB Discusses A Completely Logical Realignment
June 11, 2011 By 3 Comments
ESPN’s Buster Olney is reporting that Major League Baseball Officials are discussing a divisional and league realignment that would leave both the American League and National League with 15 teams. As a person that has been pushing this idea on friends and colleagues for years, I’m all for it.
By Peter Christian
Link Bank 6-8-11: Women of Weinergate Photos, Agents at University of Texas
June 8, 2011 By 1 Comment
Pictured above is Gennette Cordova (left), the 21-year-old college student who originally helped to get this Weinergate thing started. But in this post, you’ll get to see photos of all the main accusers. And wait till you see the pic of Representative Anthony Weiner (D- NY) with his cats, and his provocative photo title. Hilarious. Party on!
-Up next after Cordova is Meagan Broussard (pictured below), the 26-year-old Texan who received of Weiner’s (D – NY) sexts, has a MLB connection. (Busted Coverage)
“Her brother, Ben Broussard, played seven seasons in the bigs with the Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers. If you’ve never heard of him, you’re probably not alone…Broussard, a former second-round draft pick of the Cincinnati Reds, batted a middle-of-the-road .263 during his career. His last season in the majors was 2008, when he played in only 26 games. His Twitter account has been silent since June 2.”
By Paul M. Banks
Cincinnati Reds Tom Cochran Experiences Epitome of Baseball Roller Coaster
June 3, 2011 By 2 Comments
Anyone who had ridden a roller coaster should be able to relate to what Independent Baseball veteran Tom Cochran has experienced in recent days.
“I’ve never had a bigger smile on my face,” he told MLB.com last Sunday after the Cincinnati Reds gave the 28-year-old lefty his first call-up to the major leagues. “I jumped out of bed, my wife jumped out of bed. I’ve never had such a good feeling in my life.”
Blueprint for winning the MLB MVP Award
May 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Let’s look at has been consistent in the MVP winners of the past. It seems like voters emphasize batting average over defensive position, or OBP. My preconception is that more MVP winners come from East coast teams and are generally first basemen, or second basemen. Also, I think voters emphasize a teams’ overall record in their voting. Am I right in feeling this way? Well, let’s see….
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