After another loss for the Tigers bullpen was accumulated this evening I took a look at where Detroit stood in terms of their bullpen around the league. Turns out pretty the news is not good; the Tigers rank 27th overall with a reliever ERA of 4.98 followed only by Colorado, Tampa Bay and Kansas City. […]
Joe Mauer, who currently leads the Minnesota Twins in batting average and on-base percentage, was put on the 15-day DL with a strained left quadriceps muscle. Mauer was last years American League batting champ and was off to a great start so far this year hitting .353/.446/.480. This move is retroactive to May 5th.
So far […]
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland has created the position of ‘Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis‘ to be filled by Baseball Prospectus writer Keith Woolner. Congrats go out to Keith. This certainly seems to be a growing trend around baseball and it’s great to see.
Sports Illustrated Fungoes Blog says Cleveland is a bunch of April overachievers.
Despite Cleveland’s early […]
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Before the season many outlets and sports writers were of the opinion that the American League Central would be the toughest league in baseball and the division has certainly lived up to the hype so far. One reason is that each team is pretty talented and spending time beating each other up as Leyland put […]
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The Chicago White Sox slugger Jim Thome appears to be headed to the 15-day disabled list. He hurt himself during the White Sox game against the Angels on Friday night re-aggravating a rib injury which manager Ozzie Guillen sees as a serious injury:
“I always worry about that injury more than any other,” Guillen said. “That […]
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
White Sox starter Mark Buehrle pitched a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers this evening. I listened to the last inning once I saw that he had one going through eight. He allowed a single walk (to Sammy Sosa) and racked up eight strikeouts, very impressive performance.
Buehrle had a 4.32 ERA going into the night and […]
So the first week of baseball has come and gone. Well for the American League Central at least as Boston and Texas are playing as I write. So let’s take a look back and see who’s already hot at the plate. I only split out hitting statistics, pitching stats are a bit more difficult as […]
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The American League Central has bore the brunt of the weather woes around MLB in both games postponed as well as injuries and roster adjustments. Yes, these postponed games so early in the season can cause managers to scramble to get the matchup’s they were looking for early in the season.
Take for instance the Tigers […]
Here’s a glace at where the rest of the American League Central teams will be tomorrow for Opening Day.
Cleveland Indians v.s. Chicago White Sox
2:05 pm ET - U.S. Cellular Field
After a bit of a scare last week, C.C. Sabathia gets the start for Cleveland. Opening Day at U.S. Cellular Field last year was where Sabathia […]
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