Poor Pitching is Sabotaging Seattle Mariners Early in 2013
The Seattle Mariners have built up a reputation as a team that is built on pitching and defense, but that couldn’t hit their way out of wet paper bag. Heading into the 2013 season, the Mariners’ front office seemed determined to change that. They aggressively added big bats to their lineup via trades and moved [...]
Brandon Maurer has Earned Spot in Rotation for Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Mariners are set at the top of their rotation for the 2013 season. Felix Hernandez is the unquestioned ace of the staff and free agent acquisition Joe Saunders lines up as the No. 2. Behind them, Hisashi Iwakuma is in line for No. 3 spot in the rotation which leaves the back end [...]
Yovani Gallardo Must Carry The Milwaukee Brewers Starting Rotation In 2013
The Milwaukee Brewers has an offense that can contend in the NL Central next season (when healthy). The fate of the team, however, will rest in an unproven starting rotation outside of unquestioned ace Yovani Gallardo. While the Brewers figure out what exactly they have with the rest of their pitchers, the pressure will be [...]
Kansas City Royals Scrap Plans To Move Aaron Crow Into Starting Rotation
When the Kansas City Royals drafted Aaron Crow with the No. 12 overall pick in the 2009 amateur draft, they did so with visions of the right-hander becoming the cornerstone of their starting rotation. After two years in the bullpen, however, it looks like Crow is settling in as a high-ceiling reliever instead, and that’s [...]
Tampa Bay Rays Relief Pitcher Cesar Ramos Will Play For Mexico In World Baseball Classic
Players from all over the world will proudly represent their countries in next month’s World Baseball Classic in what has become one of the more entertaining international baseball tournaments. Cesar Ramos, a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays, will get to feel that pride this year as he has accepted the invitation to pitch [...]
MLB Rumors: Are The Milwaukee Brewers Looking for Pitching Help in the WBC?
They say you can never have too much pitching. That’s especially true of the Milwaukee Brewers who are skating the very thin ice of not having enough pitching this spring, particularly in their bullpen. That’s why Milwaukee should be paying extra special attention to the World Baseball Classic to see if Jose Valverde could help [...]
Ned Yost Gives Kansas City Royals Model Of Toughness Following Gall Bladder Surgery
Ned Yost is trying to build the Kansas City Royals into an AL Central contender with a tough, no-nonsense approach. Turns out, that tough exterior isn’t just for show. Yost was back at work first thing Wednesday morning after undergoing surgery to remove an increasingly troublesome gall bladder just 12 hours earlier. Yost says the [...]
Blind Pitcher Juan Sandoval Getting His Chance With Tampa Bay Rays This Spring
Spring Training is filled with stories of guys trying to make their MLB dreams come true, getting their shot to make a big league roster with an impressive showing in camp. That’s what Juan Sandoval, a 32-year-old right-handed reliever from the Dominican Republic, is hoping to accomplish this spring with the Tampa Bay Rays. Unlike [...]
Alex Gonzalez Unhappy Being Asked To Move To First Base By Milwaukee Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers are still mulling their options at first base to start the season following Mat Gamel‘s injury earlier this week. The chances of the club looking internally for the stop-gap candidate until Corey Hart‘s return are looking greater every day, which could mean that Alex Gonzalez will get work at first this spring. [...]
