February 8th, 2010 •
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Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Free Agents, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Teams, Toronto Blue Jays • Tagged as A.J. Burnett, Andy Pettitte, Brad Bergesen, Brandon Morrow, Brett Cecil, Brian Matusz, C.C. Sabathia, Chris Tillman, Clay Buchholtz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dana Eveland, David Hernandez, David Price, David Purcey, Dustin McGowan, James Shields, Jason Berken, Javier Vazquez, Jeff Niemann, Jeremy Guthrie, Joba Chamberlain, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Kevin Millwood, Marc Rzepczynski, Matt Garza, Phil Hughes, Ricky Romero, Scott Richmond, Shaun Marcum, Tim Wakefield, Wade Davis
There is an old adage in baseball that “good pitching beats good hitting”. In this series I want to look at the starting rotations from each division and see how they match up with others. The American League East has always been a case of the haves and the have nots. At the top you [...]
December 22nd, 2009 •
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Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Rumors • Tagged as Arodys Vizcaino, Boone Logan, Brian Cashman, Javier Vazquez, Matt Diaz, Melky Cabrera, Mike Dunn, Ryan Church
Joel Sherman of the New York Post has confirmed that the Yankees have acquired Javier Vazquez and LHP Boone Logan from the Braves for outfielder Melky Cabrera, LHP Mike Dunn and RHP Arodys Vizcaino. This an interesting pick up for the Yankees. During his first tenure in the Bronx, Vazquez put up less then stellar [...]
December 17th, 2009 •
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Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Teams, Toronto Blue Jays • Tagged as Andy Pettitte, C.C. Sabathia, Curt Schilling, Greg Maddux, Javier Vazquez, Johan Santana, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens, roy halladay, Roy Oswalt
The second installment of the MLB Network’s Prime 9 players of the decade list focuses on starting pitchers. In my opinion, this list contains a few obvious omissions and one pitcher that shouldn’t find his name on the list. Here are your top 9 starting pitchers of the decade in descending order: 9. Javier Vazquez [...]
December 7th, 2009 •
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Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, Free Agents, Rumors, Washington Nationals • Tagged as Adam Dunn, Bobby Cox, Brad Hawpe, Carlos Gonzalez, Chipper Jones, Derek Lowe, Dexter Fowler, Jair Jurrjens, Jason Heyward, Javier Vazquez, Jermaine Dye, Matt Diaz, Nate McClouth, Raphael Soriano, Ryan Church, Seth Smith, Tim Hudson, Tommy Hanson, Ubaldo Jimenez, Xaiver Nady
With the Winter Meetings upon us, every team is looking for ways to improve themselves. The Atlanta Braves are at a turning point in their development. Many of their former stars have left via free agency or trades, and those left are really starting to show their mileage. Bobby Cox has agreed to come back [...]
November 18th, 2009 •
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Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Free Agents, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Teams • Tagged as a's, AL, cardinals, danny jackson, Free Agents, Javier Vazquez, John Smoltz, kenny williams, Matt Holliday, NL, Raul Ibanez, reds, rockies, Seattle Mariners, white sox
With the AL’s domination over the NL for the better part of decade, general managers are having a harder time evaluating how a player will perform if they transition from the NL to the AL. Matt Holliday, for example, was a dominant player for the Rockies hitting well above .300. He was traded to the Oakland A’s where [...]
