By James Bailey It has been a season of adjustments for Ricky Nolasco, so it shouldn’t be too shocking that the Marlins righthander was able to rewrite the script just six days after the Astros handed him his worst start of the year. Last Wednesday, Houston scorched Nolasco for 10 runs in 3.1 innings. Tuesday [...]
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By Bill Begley Next to New York (and in a neck-and-neck race with Philadelphia), maybe the hottest spotlight with the most learned and committed audience in the major leagues is in Boston. Up there, the “Sawks” aren’t merely a baseball team, they’re a religion.
By Thom Henninger The Florida Marlins briefly pulled into a first-place tie with Philadelphia by virtue of their three-game sweep of Washington this week. The bullpen played a key role against the visiting Nationals, allowing just two runs in 9.1 innings. The relievers were especially critical in Wednesday’s 5-3 come-from-behind victory. Josh Johnson departed in [...]
By James Bailey We’ve reached the final weekend of interleague play, with a second round of “rivalry” matchups pairing nearby teams in New York, Chicago and the nation’s capitol. Statewide bragging rights are on the line in Florida and Ohio. More notably, it’s the last Manny-free weekend of the major league season—unless he’s dumb enough [...]
By James Bailey Chris Carpenter vs Josh Johnson St. Louis Cardinals at Florida Marlins June 9, 2009 Chris Carpenter’s back, and he’s better than ever. The fragile veteran has been nearly unhittable this year, showing no ill effects of the numerous injuries he’s battled over the past few seasons. The Cardinals are looking to Carpenter [...]
By James Bailey The contenders (Phillies, Mets, and Braves) are separating from the pretenders (Marlins) and the neverminds (Nationals). Philadelphia is in the lead for the moment on the strength of a six-game winning streak, but they face a challenge if they hope to ride the league’s second-worst pitching staff into the postseason. The Mets [...]
By James Bailey It was a busy week on the transaction front, even with Padres ace Jake Peavy scotching a potential deal to the White Sox. The Orioles finally dumped Adam Eaton; Daisuke Matsuzaka and Carlos Zambrano came off the DL while Rich Harden and Edinson Volquez went on; and several highly touted prospects were [...]
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By James Bailey Max Scherzer vs Andrew Miller Arizona Diamondbacks at Florida Marlins May 21, 2009 These guys were among the highest rated pitchers available in the 2006 draft and were plucked 11th and 6th respectively in the first round. Scherzer held out until just prior to the ’07 draft before inking with Arizona for [...]
By Pete Sabatini Before the start of the 2009 campaign, the NL East, much like the AL East, was projected to be at least a three horse race. As we get past all the opening days, some players shift on and off the DL, and a rhythm to the season starts to form, it appears [...]
By Thom Henninger It looks as though the World Series champion Phillies will have more than just the Mets to worry about in 2009, as both the Braves and Marlins have won five of their first six games. Sure, both the Braves and Marlins have secured three of their five wins in three-game sweeps of [...]
