Minnesota Twins Season Preview Detroit Tigers Porcello will start against Cleveland on opening day Chicago White Sox Garcia who only won 5 games in three seasons in rotation Cleveland Indians Laporta and Brantley competing over the chance to play in the majors Kansas City Royals Hochevar signs to a one year $1.75 million deal
Minnesota Twins Young recovering from his mother’s passing looks towards baseball to heal Detroit Tigers Jackson looking good as the team’s center fielder Chicago White Sox Garcia being given as shot although he won only 5 games over three seasons Cleveland Indians Choo might have to serve in the Korean Military for 2 years Kansas City Royals Seitzer entering 2nd year as hitting coach expects improvement
Feb 262010
Twins Duensing competing to get on starting rotation Tigers Bonderman appears healthy White Sox Vizquel still ready to contribute Indians Branyay with a one year contract is back Royals DeJesus put in right field
Minnesota Twins Scott Baker to be the first pitcher of the 2010 season Detroit Tigers Bobby Seay has bursitis. Seems to be located in the bicep area and not the shoulder which is a positive Chicago White Sox Juan Pierre got to show his abilities during the Manny suspension last year and this year finds himself acquired by the White Sox who liked what they saw Cleveland Indians Adds Russell Branyan to the team Kansas City Royals have to deal with the fact that they are without a left handed starters and possibly relievers as [click to contimue reading...]
Minnesota Twins Jose Mijares arrives at camp a day late in good shape despite not pitching over the winter Detroit Tigers Carlos Guillen OK with playing mostly a DH role now that Johnny Damon is coming on board Chicago White Sox Gavin Floyd who went out early in ’09 with a left hip problem now appears healed and ready to play Cleveland Indian’s Jake Westbrook appears healed from Tommy John surgery played winter ball and appears ready to pitch for the first time in the majors since 2008 Kansas City Royals coming off from the 2009 [click to contimue reading...]
Mark Buehrle has some streak going. He has started as the White Sox Opening Day Pitcher for eight of the past nine years. But his record, while not bad, doesn’t seem to dominate for that first game. For season openers he has a 3.99 ERA, 2 wins, 1 loss and 4 no decisions. .. Also, it seems that Buehrle doesn’t fully embrace this tradition. He recently remarked that “I still think they’re making a mistake pitching me Opening Day.” In his mind Peavy should get the ball on April 5th. It seems that Buehrle would rather it not be [click to contimue reading...]
Johnny Daman and the Detroit Tigers have settled on a deal that is reportedly worth $8 million for a one year term. Tigers Manager Jim Layland said “Today makes us more competitive than yesterday.. This isn’t some signing. This is a guy who has substance and a track record. …” Adding the lefty should be a positive to the Tigers Offense which finished 2nd in their division behind Minnesota with a .528 average. Complete MLB Story is here.
The Cleveland Indians are in a non-enviable position. Basically revenues are low and they compete against some teams where money is no problem. So I guess they did the only thing they could only do… Something, Anything …. So they shook up the front office a bit. And to their credit I don’t see them blaming people as they realize that it’s very difficult to build revenue if the local economy is horrible and the fans are staying at home. So after the 2010 season Mark Shiparo will become Team President and Chris Antonetti GM. These [click to contimue reading...]
